Theoretically, having them behind the baseline could disguise who the in-bound passer will be. I think we've ran a variation of this in the past where the player who starts with the ball passes it to someone else behind the line who then in-bounds it.
The pitchforks were all warmed up, gotta use them for something
I understand but I just think they’re extremely eh. If Izzo decides to play Booker & Carr more we could be in trouble but they put no fear in me. We should win this game. They’re a really good team who doesn’t win games. They can be computer darlings all they want but we should score more points than them, preferably by like 10.
If we're going to have a shot at the conference title, we'll need all three....unless you're assuming wins at Wisconsin and Purdue at home.
Sure. This senior group from MSU has the least B1G wins out of all of Izzo’s senior classes. They’ve lost 20+ games since the beginning of last year (sorry don’t have exact number I think it’s 22?)…. They are who they are, and I’m sure they’ll somehow get to a sweet 16. But we own this group, we’re the better team, we have TJ back… until proven otherwise we own this MSU era of guys.
That's my working assumption. Our execution lately has been lacking.
Also felt like our comebacks were happening too early, so we were catching (or at least attempting to) too close to the baseline and/or sideline
How a football play has invaded March Madness
A football-inspired inbounds play is becoming more popular for teams looking to nail down NCAA tournaent victories.sports.yahoo.com
The players botched it the second time....no one went deep...normally you have two guys go deep and 2 curl back....and you can mix and match responsibilities
however a lot has changed for PSU since last year. Best players, coach, etc. are all gone.
How a football play has invaded March Madness
A football-inspired inbounds play is becoming more popular for teams looking to nail down NCAA tournaent victories.
The players botched it the second time....no one went deep...normally you have two guys go deep and 2 curl back....and you can mix and match responsibilities
Not to mention that this season the announcers can't seem to shut up about TSJ playing WR in high schoolIt looked like when they ran it last night nobody even really threatened deep and everyone was going about 75% speed. Like 3 guys took a couple steps then stopped and turned around. Definitely an execution problem. Luke is a former QB, why can't he draw up a designed route tree in the huddle
I copied this play when I coached girls basketball 2 years ago and it worked every time. As long as you vary who does what and make sure that people actually cut hard back to the ball or post up their defender, it's almost impossible to guard.How a football play has invaded March Madness
A football-inspired inbounds play is becoming more popular for teams looking to nail down NCAA tournaent victories.
The players botched it the second time....no one went deep...normally you have two guys go deep and 2 curl back....and you can mix and match responsibilities
Yup. Just like running a a route in football you sell the go get the defender to commit and flip his hips then you break it into a come back
Honestly if you're going to run this a lot in pressure situations, there might be some value in seeing if you can get an hour of Aaron Henry or Jim Leonhard's time.
It’s not that serious. We also have ran it in 2 years. All it is running hard, and cutting hard. Which they lacked yesterday
To learn how not to defend it?
Nice that their game with us is a 3-day turnaround for them. I just assumed with them already having played one more game than us, and us not playing until the weekend, that they were gonna get A week to get ready for us.
They are a good team, have great guard play, and could very well beat the Illini but I do think the Illini present some matchups issues for them.
I'd expect to see a lot more of Carr than you typically do matchup with the Illini's length.
