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Post by sader1970 on Dec 15, 2019 10:13:53 GMT -5
I will admit to generally being an optimist and predicted 10-11 wins. Now think 4-5 wins more realistic and even that might be optimistic. Announcers on ESPN yesterday correctly pointed out how young/inexperienced our current team is. In a number of games we get out to an early double digit lead but simply can't hold it. Other teams adjusting or just start getting hot. We are consistently inconsistent and making foul shots will help.
My hope was when we got to PL play the team would start to gel. I think we are farther off than I anticipated and while I still think we will improve, I am afraid not enough to win many games this year. Perhaps just lose close games rather than blowouts.
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Post by lou on Dec 15, 2019 10:13:56 GMT -5
Yes we did play zone...they threw a few passes for dunks and we were back to man
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Post by crusader1970 on Dec 15, 2019 11:29:40 GMT -5
Did anyone notice that HC seems to be using a bit more zone? I did. But Coach Nelson only went to it in desperation late in the game because so many players were in foul trouble.
Seeing MAAC players blow by our defenders over and over tells me that we need to develop a respectable zone defense that we can throw at an opponent on and off for 40% of the possessions. Just my opinion.
One other thing though.....at least play zone when the opponent is taking the ball out under their own basket. Most out of bounds plays rely on picks and are rendered ineffective against a zone. We gave up 4 easy points yesterday because we played MTM on the OOB play and our
defender got picked off.
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Post by hchoops on Dec 15, 2019 12:16:14 GMT -5
Not many colleges play a respectable zone defense, esp without solid bigs and tall guards, even 40% of the possessions
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Post by WorcesterGray on Dec 15, 2019 13:50:21 GMT -5
Not many colleges play a respectable zone defense, esp without solid bigs and tall guards, even 40% of the possessions American didn't play a lot of zone in 2014, but Brennan had one in his tool-bag, respectable enough to completely turn around his team's fortunes against Holy Cross in the tournament semi-final and help the Eagles win the PL title. Every team at this level needs to play some zone when the circumstances call for it, especially a team whose man-to-man is thoroughly incompetent.
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Post by hchoops on Dec 15, 2019 14:12:54 GMT -5
The last few seasons many here were highly critical of Carmody’s zones, saying we should play man to man.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Dec 15, 2019 14:16:18 GMT -5
The last few seasons many here were highly critical of Carmody’s zones, saying we should play man to man. Carmody's zone sucked. Not all zones suck.
We should have one in the tool-box.
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Post by efg72 on Dec 15, 2019 14:22:05 GMT -5
I much prefer zone options and traps as long as you have length, decent lateral movement with quick rotations, and good basketball IQ, but I know most prefer m/m
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Post by possum on Dec 16, 2019 9:07:38 GMT -5
Our defense the last few years consisted of Floyd covering up a myriad of defensive deficiencies. Now that he's not protecting the paint it should not be a surprise that our defense is terrible. Don't think it's going to matter much whether we play man or zone as other than Pridgen and perhaps Copeland no one on this roster is even an adequate defender.
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Post by Chu Chu on Dec 16, 2019 13:24:51 GMT -5
What happened to the team that played so tough against Maryland?
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Post by Tom on Dec 16, 2019 14:06:54 GMT -5
What happened to the team that played so tough against Maryland? Two thoughts 1) There was literally zero video of us. They probably thought Butler would be the primary focus of the offense. They had no idea what our primary D would look like 2) Sometimes a heavy favorite can go into a game with an attitude they can go through the motions and still pull out a win. There might have been some of that on MD's end
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Post by hchoops on Dec 16, 2019 14:18:35 GMT -5
1- UMD is not a good defensive team. Game prep is not Turgeon’s strong point, as Dado has frequently reminded us. UMD did not stay in front of Lowder, or give the necessary help.
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