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    FT attempt disparity since Rickma ranted about leaving the conference

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    I understand post play is different than getting to the rim, but your post play also draws fouls. Except if you are Billikens recently.

    Not quite at the same rate... BC is undersized therefore easy to defend w/o fouling. CR can't go left and can be guarded w/o fouling. JS and WR can present match up issues b/c of their quickness down low, but aren't strong enough to get into position where the defender is forced to either foul or give up an easy basket. Frankly I wouldn't hesitate to foul them, as they are both shooting at about a 50% clip from the line. I just don't like insinuating the refs are at fault in something like this when there are so many reasons to believe otherwise.

    FT attempt disparity since Rickma ranted about leaving the conference

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    We had 18 shots between Reed, Conklin, CR, and JBT. They are not exactly jump shooters. KM and Jordan both drove to the rim several times today. We got 3 free throws out of that. That is a big total of 3 and two were at the end of the game.

    Post play is different than taking the ball to the hole. KM does that well and with some frequency, and I would definitely expect him to draw more fouls, but for whatever reason, that is not the case. In general though we don't have guys beating their men and finishing at the rim, which where most fouls happen.

    Zone Defense

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    I can't believe I'm typing this, but last night maybe Brad Soderberg's "Pack Defense" would have been more effective at the end. That defense used to give me qualms. But it was made for an opponent like GW.

    I don't advocate playing zone the whole game, only late in the game against certain teams with athletes that haven't shown they can shoot- especially when SLU has a more than 1 possession lead.

    There are plenty of risks associated with playing a zone- a good outside shooter can destroy it. But GW and Charlotte didn't show they had anyone who could hit outside shots. Also the defensive players can have a tendency to react too late, and it hurts defensive rebounding.

    In his WGN Radio interview Monday night, Coach Majerus mentioned he doesn't play zones, citing that the NBA doesn't play zones. I support the Coach, but I don't think the NBA is a good reason.

    This dribble drive start started with Coach Walberg at Pepperdine, which went with him to Calipari at Memphis. I remember first seeing it with those undermanned Pepperdine teams in the WCC. It really didn't help them. But it has proven to be hard to stop with other teams.

    Rick has pulled a zone out of his hat before (Utah vs Arizona in particular) against teams with athletic, penetrating guards (Mike Bibby and a wing player whose name I can't recall). He used a triangle and two to prevent the dribble drive, and also to allow his star player (Andre Miller) to back off a bit on D. Jensen was on that team too. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this come out of the bag, but Rick wants his guys to play lockdown man, and will only go to this in special circumstances. Also, playing a great zone defense requires tons of practice (boxing out & rebounding) and chemistry (knowing when and where to move), and Rick won't settle for anything less that great. Hopefully they practice it more and are able to employ the zone D in circumstances like we saw last night sometime down the road.

    GW Thoughts on SLU

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    While Calipari's PGs haven't had success that actually counted while playing for him, you can't argue with their ability to compete at the next level. Derrick Rose is a 6'3" PG (one inch less than Wall) who is a scorer but has added a passing component to his game, and won ROY. Tyreke Evans (6'6" PG) is even more of a tweener than Wall and is excelling as a PG in the NBA, and probably will win this season's ROY. Wall has been favorably compared to each of them, even by Coach Cal himself. Just saying, he's for real. And perimeter players are more likely to develop into contributors than post players because of the relative concerns about injuries. Time will tell...

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