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Feast week does not disappoint

Even with summer hype.
I never thought this team was 2nd or 3rd..
Now..It's more like 6th or 7th..
And that could be wishful thinking...
3/4ths of the coaches in this league would easily have our team in the top 3 this year. We have insane talent. Myles rice was amazing last year. Woody wants him to give it to Ballo at the top of the key.
 
3/4ths of the coaches in this league would easily have our team in the top 3 this year. We have insane talent. Myles rice was amazing last year. Woody wants him to give it to Ballo at the top of the key.
I question the idea that our talent is insane. We have more talent than last year, but the same level of coaching.

11-9 was my guess at the beginning of the season. After watching some games, I think that's going to take some luck.
 
3/4ths of the coaches in this league would easily have our team in the top 3 this year. We have insane talent. Myles rice was amazing last year. Woody wants him to give it to Ballo at the top of the key.
Coaching will trump our talent this year.
 
3/4ths of the coaches in this league would easily have our team in the top 3 this year. We have insane talent. Myles rice was amazing last year. Woody wants him to give it to Ballo at the top of the key.
Cav,
You may be right. But it is difficult for me to tell we have insane talent when we get steam rolled by other teams. Those teams seem to have insane talent in comparison. But the coaching component is critical.
One lacking talent category is outside shooting. If MM is defended well we dont have reliable perimeter scoring.
 
Cav,
You may be right. But it is difficult for me to tell we have insane talent when we get steam rolled by other teams. Those teams seem to have insane talent in comparison. But the coaching component is critical.
One lacking talent category is outside shooting. If MM is defended well we dont have reliable perimeter scoring.
This team won’t make the ncaa this year
 
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3/4ths of the coaches in this league would easily have our team in the top 3 this year. We have insane talent. Myles rice was amazing last year. Woody wants him to give it to Ballo at the top of the key.
Isn’t it insane, giving the ball at the top of the key to Ballo to start the offense? Just makes my blood boil.
 
Isn’t it insane, giving the ball at the top of the key to Ballo to start the offense? Just makes my blood boil.
No it's not insane, it's a Princeton high post set, generally going into a sideline zoom, with other options available and it's not the whole offense.. lmao. Some of you are hilarious, you ask for movement and off ball screening and when we run something with movement and off ball screening, you complain, just to complain, without even understanding what you're complaining about.

There's actually things worth criticizing, that ain't it .. maybe instead actually watch the whole play not just the ball and then complain that it gets players open but we instead focus on getting the ball to the wrong player on the block instead of the open shooter who can shoot or rotate the ball ..
 
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No it's not insane, it's a Princeton high post set, generally going into a sideline zoom, with other options available and it's not the whole offense.. lmao. Some of you are hilarious, you ask for movement and off ball screening and when we run something with movement and off ball screening, you complain, just to complain, without even understanding what you're complaining about.

There's actually things worth criticizing, that ain't it .. maybe instead actually watch the whole play not just the ball and then complain that it gets players open but we instead focus on getting the ball to the wrong player on the block instead of the open shooter who can shoot or rotate the ball ..
No.
 
No it's not insane, it's a Princeton high post set, generally going into a sideline zoom, with other options available and it's not the whole offense.. lmao. Some of you are hilarious, you ask for movement and off ball screening and when we run something with movement and off ball screening, you complain, just to complain, without even understanding what you're complaining about.

There's actually things worth criticizing, that ain't it .. maybe instead actually watch the whole play not just the ball and then complain that it gets players open but we instead focus on getting the ball to the wrong player on the block instead of the open shooter who can shoot or rotate the ball ..
We run that set but when we throw to the post nobody moves. The female announcer in Bahamas pointed it out a number of times.
 
Cav,
You may be right. But it is difficult for me to tell we have insane talent when we get steam rolled by other teams. Those teams seem to have insane talent in comparison. But the coaching component is critical.
One lacking talent category is outside shooting. If MM is defended well we dont have reliable perimeter scoring.
I think our defense is really why we suck so much. Our constant over helping and switching is so bad. We are lost always. Everyone has to be on the same page, and we aren’t even reading the same book.
 
We run that set but when we throw to the post nobody moves
There's movement while the set is run. No one needs to move on the post entry pass especially when they're the guy on the 3 line with their defender 10' away from them. The ball needs to move.. The problem isn't the set, it's too much emphasis on big to big passing, or post scoring, instead of inside out passing. We need more balance.
 
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I think our defense is really why we suck so much. Our constant over helping and switching is so bad. We are lost always. Everyone has to be on the same page, and we aren’t even reading the same book.
It’s positioning …watch how many times the wing defender is in a position that is not fundamentally sound. Ass facing lane as opposed to baseline. Elementary stuff.
 
There's movement while the set is run. No one needs to move on the post entry pass especially when they're the guy on the 3 line with their defender 10' away from them. The ball needs to move.. The problem isn't the set, it's too much emphasis on big to big passing, or post scoring, instead of inside out passing. We need more balance.
We need an inside out game or a cutter moving to the ball. We have zero offensive rebounding also with the way we stand around the perimeter
 
Isn’t it insane, giving the ball at the top of the key to Ballo to start the offense? Just makes my blood boil.
A lot of teams do it and Ballo proved early against Gonzaga that he was effective. The action before entry is awful and our gaurds can't consistently create a good entry angle. And there is that part where Ballo and our gaurds routinely get outrun to the other end.
 
We need an inside out game or a cutter moving to the ball. We have zero offensive rebounding also with the way we stand around the perimeter
There's a two cutters on that play, plus a weakside shift, and multiple other options.

Offensive rebounding has everything to do with ball watching and effort and very little with offensive positioning.

Same with the defensive side, they don't box out well and don't anticipate or react quickly to long rebounds. I suspect they're more concerned with getting down court in transition.
 
This team won’t make the ncaa this year
I don’t see them making it either. The whole non conference schedule was dependent on a good showing in the Bahamas and we shit the bed. Nothing is going to change as far as how we play. Occasionally we will out talent someone, but we will never be able to beat good teams consistently with Woodson on our sideline. I would guess we are looking at a .500 record in the B1G.
 
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A lot of teams do it and Ballo proved early against Gonzaga that he was effective. The action before entry is awful and our gaurds can't consistently create a good entry angle. And there is that part where Ballo and our gaurds routinely get outrun to the other end.
Sorry I disagree. It’s not effective. Just a few times as a trial, I like to see MaBako, a wing and three guards run a five out offense. Doesn’t have to be all the time. Of course it’s never going to happen. We’re going to dribble dribble dribble force it down low and more plodding dribble dribble dribble.
 
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There's a two cutters on that play, plus a weakside shift, and multiple other options.

Offensive rebounding has everything to do with ball watching and effort and very little with offensive positioning.

Same with the defensive side, they don't box out well and don't anticipate or react quickly to long rebounds. I suspect they're more concerned with getting down court in transition.
transition to what? looking for the best place to go stand
 
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