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<blockquote data-quote="brosox" data-source="post: 1180317" data-attributes="member: 7145"><p>You are spot on. The result in this game should not have been that much of a surprise in that it highlighted our two biggest weaknesses: Outside of possibly Nunn, we don't have a single player on the team who is capable of slashing to the basket and finishing. On the other hand, we totally lack the ability to stop teams with good slashers from penetrating and scoring, or dishing off for wide open threes. And, yes, if we are hitting our outside shots, we will have surprise wins against teams like Purdue. However, if we are not hitting our outside shots like today, we can also lose to the Rutgers, Minnesotas, Nebraskas and Penn States of the world. Without an inside force like Thorne, we just are extremely limited in what we can do offensively. I wish I knew the easy solution to our constant inability to stop other teams from penetrating against us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brosox, post: 1180317, member: 7145"] You are spot on. The result in this game should not have been that much of a surprise in that it highlighted our two biggest weaknesses: Outside of possibly Nunn, we don't have a single player on the team who is capable of slashing to the basket and finishing. On the other hand, we totally lack the ability to stop teams with good slashers from penetrating and scoring, or dishing off for wide open threes. And, yes, if we are hitting our outside shots, we will have surprise wins against teams like Purdue. However, if we are not hitting our outside shots like today, we can also lose to the Rutgers, Minnesotas, Nebraskas and Penn States of the world. Without an inside force like Thorne, we just are extremely limited in what we can do offensively. I wish I knew the easy solution to our constant inability to stop other teams from penetrating against us. [/QUOTE]
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