In all seriousness, canât tell what to think of this team, FAU beat this same Detroit team by over 20 on their home court so I donât know if itâs a match up issue or we are just bad at guarding the 3 point shot⌠if itâs the second I donât think we will go as far as we want to this year but it is a improvement from last year I guess.
Like everyone has said on this board Hill is hoping he doesnât have to make two coaching changes to our biggest sports in the same academic year so I think baring some horrible slide Sanchez probably getâs this year and half of next, we will have to see how he does in the AAC⌠going to be interesting
I donât think itâs either, I think the loss in Detroit was simple a bad timing of the game. Coming off the tournament, having to travel, noon tip-off on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Add to that Detroit Mercy has a player who can create and make shots from anywhere. He is the type of player if having an off night then the team gets blown out.
I think comparing game scores to try to see who is better is never a good thing in my eyes. If you look yesterday Duke beat UMES by 27 and we won by 33. Virginia beat them earlier in the year by 27 as well. Maryland only beat Collin St by 16 and we won by 23. To me what you can get from that is this team is solid and is playing good basketball right now.
The biggest issue I see with our 3 defense is the nature of how engage. We typically sag off and wait until the ball is caught beyond the arc to go defend. If a guy gets hot we extend that and get up in the shooters face faster. Good shooters though need just a sliver of space, especially if they are feeling it. What we donât do is lock down that guy by denying them the ball forcing someone else to shoot. We allow the shooter to still get the ball to keep the defense scheme in tact and then play the averages that they wonât hit all of them. I wouldnât say we are bad at defending it, I would say the scheme allows a shooter to get on a roll and then can have trouble stopping once hot.
When the opponentâs players are in certain positions we do a good job doubling and putting a lot of pressure on the shooter or post. Most of the time this works, but occasionally the man with the ball gets a pass off which leads to an easy bucket or mismatch. We will only get better at recovering and backfilling, though.
Most teams we face wonât have as good as 3 point shooters as we have faced in Detroit and DavidsonâŚand when #2 got hot at App StateâŚthat will help.
While those things are all relevant, in the postgame yesterday, Millicic said they were unprepared for the Titansâ 2-3 zone in Detroit, and they didnât know how to attack it. He said they worked on that all this week, and were much better prepared this time.
Makes me feel better about the rest of the season. Was scared all we were gonna see the rest of the way was a steady diet of 2-3.
Watch them shoot 40% against us. Just how it always seems to go, well defended or not. Feels like we are always cursed to have someone have the game of their career against us from behind the arc.
Sanchez should implement the box in one defense, and use it when an opposing player gets hot from three point range to break him out of his shooting zone
I really donât understand college kids not being ready for a 2-3. Itâs a standard defense kinda learn and play against from the time they pick up a basketball. It shouldnât take a lot of preparation to know how to react.
It may not be everywhere but most younger youth leagues that I have coached donât allow zone. The idea is to teach kids to focus on fundamental defense as a foundation.
Most teams play man defense these days instead if zone, because of the number of good 3 point shooters. Davis got only one or two open looks yesterday and that was with him coming off double screens and him pushing off the defender before going around them. Every defense has itâs own weaknesses and matchup issues, be it man, zone, packline, box & 1. As a team, we shot poorly in Detroit and last night every player in the starting 5 for Detroit I think hit at least 2 threes. I agree that back in the day Bobbyâs junk defenses worked at times. But now that even 6â10 wings can hit threes and all 5 players are shooting them, I donât know that it would still be effective. Has anyone seen any teams at all deploying that defense?
His points are less a concern that his defense, rebounding and overall energy isâŚ
Ita totally unfair ro compare him to his dad,
But dig down a stoke the fire
Detroit Mercy is a lot like us last year. One do it all guy, Jamir, who dominated touches and shots. If he is on you can win, if he is not you will lose.
I like our TEAM better this year as they work hard for each other. Maybe a bit too unselfish sometimes.
Liked Threadgill taking an early shot, and making it, to get him going.
Really like Brice and believe he will get going. If he does, watch out.
