Week of 12/1 Games Thread
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But we're not playing at home. It's going to be the most intense atmosphere the Intl players have experienced yet (21,678 people). We need an A+ game across the board to even have a chance at a victory.
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I've got a brilliant offensive plan anytime you're down 1 score or less. Give the ball to your best guard and let him create no matter what the defense does. If he stumbles, don't worry, he's got it. If he's doubled, sit down, he's got it. If he's driving into multiple big men, I believe I've said he's got it.
There I can be a major college basketball coach.
I get so tired of the plan being hero ball to close out games. Run a damn play. Have secondary options, because more times than not that hero does not get a good shot off.
There I can be a major college basketball coach.
I get so tired of the plan being hero ball to close out games. Run a damn play. Have secondary options, because more times than not that hero does not get a good shot off.
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Dickie V needs to hang up his microphone.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
There’s no way he doesn’t see this as like a 4D chess thing, lol, because he NEVER calls a TO in the moments where conventional wisdom says you should.
Enough bricks in this UK/NC game to build multiple sh*t-houses. Kentucky 1/13 from 3 and NC 4/17. Combined 17%. And we complain about our shooting?
I just don't get it. they shouldn't be good. I look at their roster and go meh, nobody there scares me.... and yet they play hard, together and keep winning. their sum certainly amounts to more than their pieces
UConn back to stinking it up from the outside and no Tarris Reed…
Sounds about right.
Sounds about right.
Multiple guys in the system for multiple years (Kohler. Fears, Carr, Cooper) They play in the off season, they are just honing in on what they know about their roles in the offense, giving a certain look or eye roll (everyone knows what I mean). When the new guys come in. there is already a player expectation on how to practice, listen to coaches. who to go to when there are health or personal issues. That is a culture. The sum is way more than the parts. Just like PU.
Beard disagrees with AJ Storr’s thoughts.
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
I guess we know where he stands with AJ Storr
After last nights slate of games I am jealous of all the ranked teams who played poorly yet still win because the other team also played poorly
I know it’s my orange tinted glasses, but this never seems to happen for us lol
Against UConn their very first play was a guy made a three while falling down backwards… I was like “oh ok this is how this is gonna go”
I know it’s my orange tinted glasses, but this never seems to happen for us lol
Against UConn their very first play was a guy made a three while falling down backwards… I was like “oh ok this is how this is gonna go”
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OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
You can do that? I thought you could only run a ball screen at the top of the key with two guys parked in the corners.
I’m not sure I’d call 61 points an offensive masterclass. 7-26 from 3
Luckily for them Kansas was broke
But winning is a masterclass in those games.
Wait.. winning a game in which your opponent stinks up the joint (basically, they just sucked more than you did) is a masterclass?
Cam Ward is an excellent freshman who has had a major impact. 9 and 5 a game in a little over 16 minutes. I think at 6’9 and a good athlete he will be a pro.
He didn’t play last night as a precaution with a wrist injury, is expected to play against Duke. Had 18 and 10 against Arkansas where he got 23 minutes. Wil be a factor defensively on Boozer.
It’s easy to attribute “stinking it up” to the team but in reality it’s the scheming and adjustments. I only mentioned the offensive adjustments because those were easily highlighted.
And Kansas is not a good shooting team so the goal is to keep their best shooters from taking the shots comfortably
And yet UConn still played poorly though they won the game… not really what I’d term a “masterclass”
I just pointed that out in the context of the original post making it sound like UConn was running some elite offense.
The main thing is when we play poorly we get throttled with criticism on here
When other top 15 teams play poorly (which last night was most of them), endless excuses are made for them… going so far as to refer to a 61 point offensive output as a “masterclass”
A little tiresome to my eyes is all
When other top 15 teams play poorly (which last night was most of them), endless excuses are made for them… going so far as to refer to a 61 point offensive output as a “masterclass”
A little tiresome to my eyes is all
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I understand.
But here is the point: we do not seem to make in game, planned adjustments as a team like I saw in UConn games.
Also, we just aren’t physical like the Kansas and UConn teams. All the pushing and shoving definitely impacts the shooting prowess of the opposing team.
Getting the W in these tough battles isn’t merely left to the star player. Every position is gutting it out.
Team adjustments is what I see as a difference from what we do. We play NBA style isolation and exploit matchups.
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