What do we think of this team's Defensive ceiling? T-Rank has us 17th in predicted Expected Defensive Efficiency (4th in Big Ten). The Ivisic twins give a great interior presence, but I think there are some questions about how to stop penetrating guards. This is (potentially) a big growth area...
had the pleasure to watch the game tonight, and while there are many fine players on the American team in my (only so slightly biased) opinion, Quentin Coleman looked like the best player on the court
Definitely disappointing with how much the Insiders were gassing up Blackwell coming here as super likely, and now we just gotta sit here and pretend like we wanted Vaaks and Jake Davis retained more the whole time? Nah. This is disappointing for sure. The difference between a (pre-season) "very...
As fun as it might be for someone to try, in today's game, that's likely to just be "40 minutes of wide open threes and free throws". Teams also got really good at quick reversal concepts and diagonal passing.
the only argument against is that he didn't see an uptick when guys were out. That's not *that* uncommon though, if you know an absence is temporary, you just tighten it up with the permanent players rather than try and integrate a new guy into the mix and possibly mess up the chemistry.
I said...