FiveStar, given your knowledge of the system and Underwood, did you expect us to be farther along at this point? Anything else that you saw that we did better or worse than you expected at this point? And how long do you think it’ll take for us to run the system reasonably well? Also any thoughts on our defense?
Appreciate your posts.
I think we are further along than we showed against Eastern. It was very, VERY vanilla. Super basic sets and nothing outside basic entries. I think the breakdowns were not system based. When I finally saw the second half, there were some hero ball issues. The one time we ran spread all the way through BU put his hands up like LOOK, IT WORKS! As far as when we will really be clicking, probably Feb-BTT time. We will have been defended as many ways as possible, and the counters, and counter counters will be more incorporated. When teams have 3-4 options to guard off one look, and they know it, we're gonna have some fun. We supposedly put up 90 vs. Vandy, so at some point in that game it was really hummin.
Also one more for FiveStar or the group - given Underwood’s system and what we’ve seen so far, do we think that our weakness at big is surmountable, or are we basically screwed until we get more guys who can do a good job guarding bigs and rebounding?
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BU has played lineups vs hi majors and in the NCAAT with no players over 6'4, and won or been in position to win. We really only need one guy who can guard a post player, whether he is 6'6 or 6'10. It's more about perimeter ball pressure to make passing difficult, either to another guard or to the post. BU's rebounding style is to gang rebound the weak side (76-80% of shots go to the weak side he says), so with more numbers, the size should be offset. I also saw vs Eastern we switched big/little A LOT. He doesn't seem to be concerned with guards guarding posts down deep.