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<blockquote data-quote="NarrowJ" data-source="post: 1972472" data-attributes="member: 748804"><p>I can't imagine any team seeing what we did against that press today and thinking it's the blueprint to beating us. Sure, we had the turnovers, but we also beat their press often and they were totally gassed from running it with 8-10 minutes left in the game. That's what a press does, it creates turnovers. The thing a press also does, is give up easy buckets when you have long players who can advance the ball by passing instead of dribbling, a SG who is faster than any other player on the court, and bigs who will sprint down and catch a pass and make a layup.</p><p></p><p>As much flak as Ty gets on here, again he's nearly the best PG in the B1G as far as taking care of the ball, which is what you want with a PG. He's not a flashy scorer, which I feel like is what people see in other PGs and think it's necessary. He hasn't had any of these 5+ turnover games like many of the other PGs that everyone else likes to salivate over like Epps, Dennis, etcetera (and without mentioning his defensive ability). He's already shown some improvement as a playmaker in the last couple of games as well, imo. Give the team some time to gel and he'll look better as the primary ballhandler as the season progresses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NarrowJ, post: 1972472, member: 748804"] I can't imagine any team seeing what we did against that press today and thinking it's the blueprint to beating us. Sure, we had the turnovers, but we also beat their press often and they were totally gassed from running it with 8-10 minutes left in the game. That's what a press does, it creates turnovers. The thing a press also does, is give up easy buckets when you have long players who can advance the ball by passing instead of dribbling, a SG who is faster than any other player on the court, and bigs who will sprint down and catch a pass and make a layup. As much flak as Ty gets on here, again he's nearly the best PG in the B1G as far as taking care of the ball, which is what you want with a PG. He's not a flashy scorer, which I feel like is what people see in other PGs and think it's necessary. He hasn't had any of these 5+ turnover games like many of the other PGs that everyone else likes to salivate over like Epps, Dennis, etcetera (and without mentioning his defensive ability). He's already shown some improvement as a playmaker in the last couple of games as well, imo. Give the team some time to gel and he'll look better as the primary ballhandler as the season progresses. [/QUOTE]
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