Anyone got a good youtube clip of Underwood's defense strategy/coaching?
Lots of denial, lots of ball pressure and a ton of energy hopefully!
Anyone got a good youtube clip of Underwood's defense strategy/coaching?
I believe that's completely possible, but he would have to be significantly better than those guys out of the gate to be our "best scorer" or "most dominant offensive threat" this year as was stated. Deron & Dee averaged 6 and 12 ppg respectively as frosh.
Anyone got a good youtube clip of Underwood's defense strategy/coaching?
They were last in their conference last year in points allowed.
If you score within 7 seconds, the other team will have a lot of possessions to score.
If you score within 7 seconds, the other team will have a lot of possessions to score.
Anyone got a good youtube clip of Underwood's defense strategy/coaching?
They were last in their conference last year in points allowed.
I am intrigued to see how they handle Matic, no doubt he does not look physically ready for Big Ten basketball and I think he may struggle defensively. However, kid seems smart and can really shoot it, I have a feeling he will see some minutes where we have another strong Big on the floor and maybe just giving guys a blow for 2-3 min at a time.
All speculation from Piper is that they'd like to Redshirt Matic. He has more information than I do, but I would be surprised if by year three or four Matic doesn't get a contract offer to play professionally in Europe and not be around for four years, let alone 5.
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That’s concerning, but when you play with tempo a much more interesting stat to look at is ppp allowed. I watched the Michigan game in tournament so I’m gonna assume that was awful too
His defenses have usually been good. The year before last, SFA averaged over 80 and gave up 63.
Last year, OSU led the league in scoring at almost 86 a game but gave up over 78. Definitely more up and down the court than we are used to.
I was looking for some ppp allowed. stats but didn’t find anything. The most advanced stuff I found was here. Lots of breakdowns, just no team ppp allowed, unless I missed it.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/oklahoma-state/2017.html
Reading that tweet where Underwood said Mark Smith could have a Jason Kidd like impact lead me to look at some stats. J-Kidd did this in his two years in college:
Fresh: 32mpg, 53/28/65, 13pts, 5reb, 7.7ast, 3.8stl, 3.9to
Soph: 35mpg, 54/36/69, 16.7pts, 6.9reb, 9.1ast, 3stl, 4.3to, PAC10 POY
I think it's fair to say Mark Smith won't average those assist and steal numbers and that his shooting numbers from 3 and the free throw line will be better. But if he's anywhere close to that, we'll be in for a treat. Year one, that Cal team made it to the Sweet 16 and he was the USBWA Freshman of the Year. Year two, they lost in the first round but J-Kidd was a consensus All-American and went 2nd overall in the NBA Draft.
KenPom has ppp. Sports Reference shows defensive 2 and 3pt shooting %'s. OSU last year allowed opponents to shoot 52.7% on 2 pts (312th in country) and 36.7% on 3 pt (279th in country). Both stats are really telling. Not impressive defensively.
I think we are getting way ahead of ourselves regarding Mark Smith. Can we at least let him play a half dozen games.
I think we are getting way ahead of ourselves regarding Mark Smith. Can we at least let him play a half dozen games.