Been playing and watching basketball for many, many years and have never seen as much in-season improvement in a player as FU's Pegues has shown. This kid went 0 for the game from 3-point land and still won the MVP. He is arguably our best long-distance threat, and he just didn't have it last night. So, he distributed the ball beautifully from PG and he drove to the hoop incredibly well. When he did not make the shot, he got fouled....and made most of them. He very much deserved the honors he received last night and should have gotten from the coaches for his play all season. That likely served as motivation for the tourney. Furman has been blessed with a lot of really good point guards, but this kid has the capacity to be the best of them all.
JP PEGUES
On the broadcast the ESPN announcers chided the snub: “I love the nine voting SoCon coaches, but it’s unbelievable to me they left Pegues out of the honors list.”
Pegues played a fantastic game. He drove the ball well in the paint (most of the team did, this was really our most effective form of offense last night), drew fouls, got some rebounds, played good defense. He did exactly what you're supposed to do if you're cold from the arc - find other ways to contribute. That's a sign of maturity, which in turn is a sign of good coaching. You love to see it.
Also want to give a shout to Alex Williams - 12 points (including 2 3's), 6 boards and 25 minutes off the bench.
Also want to give a shout to Alex Williams - 12 points (including 2 3's), 6 boards and 25 minutes off the bench.
FU All The Time. This is the way.
look forward to having him two more years.
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Y'all are going to laugh at me when I say this (or maybe not), but JP reminds me of Ja Morant (without the guns).
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How about the spinning drive down middle for a double pump layup for Alex? That is a big man to be showing moves like that. Gonna be a good one.'Din Djarin wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 9:04 amPegues played a fantastic game. He drove the ball well in the paint (most of the team did, this was really our most effective form of offense last night), drew fouls, got some rebounds, played good defense. He did exactly what you're supposed to do if you're cold from the arc - find other ways to contribute. That's a sign of maturity, which in turn is a sign of good coaching. You love to see it.
Also want to give a shout to Alex Williams - 12 points (including 2 3's), 6 boards and 25 minutes off the bench.
I hope we can keep him. I hear there is a lot of poaching going on in that transfer portal and he could start for a lot of power teams.
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They were talking on the Clempson network about MB and JS coming back when they could have went to P5 schools. Says a lot about the FU program and more importantly those 2 young men. I think the most improved part of JP’s game is his driving to the basket. Use to rarely try it, now it is s huge part of his game.
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JP is much shiftier this year and an improved ball handler. His confidence level has also grown exponentially through the year.apaladin wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:14 amThey were talking on the Clempson network about MB and JS coming back when they could have went to P5 schools. Says a lot about the FU program and more importantly those 2 young men. I think the most improved part of JP’s game is his driving to the basket. Use to rarely try it, now it is s huge part of his game.
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If Richey leaves, he’s taking Pegues with him
He made the difference. At times he seemed to be the confident guy when others got shaky. I feel much better about next year. We won’t be quite as good, but easily good enough to win the SoCon. The year after that we might be really good.
By the way I can honestly say that I was never really concerned during this tournament. Knew we would win because we were so obviously better than the people we were playing. If we can get any kind of decent draw we’ll win our first round NCAA game. Then I’m gonna say 60/40 us in the second round.
Winning all the time does wonders for confidence.
By the way I can honestly say that I was never really concerned during this tournament. Knew we would win because we were so obviously better than the people we were playing. If we can get any kind of decent draw we’ll win our first round NCAA game. Then I’m gonna say 60/40 us in the second round.
Winning all the time does wonders for confidence.
