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<blockquote data-quote="aaeismacgychel" data-source="post: 1974868" data-attributes="member: 748794"><p>I think the reason why FAU couldn't make adjustments starts with Goldin/their bigs. Goldin was the most important player on the floor for them last night, but from what I saw, if there is an area where he struggles, it's help defense. He's just a bit slow to shift over and make size and length count. As well, none of the FAU guards were quick enough to slow down TSJ or physical and tall enough to stop Marcus from bullying them. So because you aren't getting that imposing rim protection from Goldin, and because you can't stop either TSJ or Marcus 1 on 1, you're really in a bind. You can start trying to pull doubles on them, but both can distribute the ball, and all that's going to happen is you're going to give up wide open threes or clear paths to the lane putting Goldin who can be foul prone at a severe risk of fouling out.</p><p></p><p>In general this game had to feel for them like Penn State felt for us last year. No matter what you choose to do with Pickett, someone is getting easy buckets unless you have a guy physical and fast enough to defend him 1 on 1. This time though we had 2 Pickett 's on the floor. Best of luck...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aaeismacgychel, post: 1974868, member: 748794"] I think the reason why FAU couldn't make adjustments starts with Goldin/their bigs. Goldin was the most important player on the floor for them last night, but from what I saw, if there is an area where he struggles, it's help defense. He's just a bit slow to shift over and make size and length count. As well, none of the FAU guards were quick enough to slow down TSJ or physical and tall enough to stop Marcus from bullying them. So because you aren't getting that imposing rim protection from Goldin, and because you can't stop either TSJ or Marcus 1 on 1, you're really in a bind. You can start trying to pull doubles on them, but both can distribute the ball, and all that's going to happen is you're going to give up wide open threes or clear paths to the lane putting Goldin who can be foul prone at a severe risk of fouling out. In general this game had to feel for them like Penn State felt for us last year. No matter what you choose to do with Pickett, someone is getting easy buckets unless you have a guy physical and fast enough to defend him 1 on 1. This time though we had 2 Pickett 's on the floor. Best of luck... [/QUOTE]
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