Billiken Rich Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 "it might be my misconception, but imo, we arent playing defense as in years past. and that goes for all of them. didnt matter if it was polk, lisch or brown, none of them stopped that law kid and i am sorry, acie law IV is not isiah thomas." I've noticed that too, even in our victories. I've also noticed that we've been scoring so much in transitions that pounding the ball inside to Ian, is no longer a first or second thought. It seems Brad is still in search of that balance between offensive freedom and defensive intensity....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 I'm more concerned that we are still capable of laying a 30-something point turd than I am about defensive intensity. We would have needed to hold them to around 29 points in order to win that game. I was hoping that the St. Joe's debacles from last year were a thing of the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 the reason it is important ace is that on those nights that nothing is falling or the fastbreak gets stopped, we have to return that favor or else it becomes a 30 point blowout. to become the likes of a&m we have to always bring the defense. then the offense becomes an afterthought. we basically backed ourselves in a corner last night. the defense has to always be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 I don't agree with the point that we are not pounding the ball into Ian. Every game this year has started with the ball going inside to Ian. He has had plenty of touches. What I have noticed is that he is getting the ball stripped as he makes multiple moves. I suspect he is making too many moves or he is not holding the ball high enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 We are getting it to Ian farther away from the basket this year for sure, and he is drawing multiple defenders. (A&M seemed to defend everywhere at once.) Shouldn't someone have been open somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 >the reason it is important ace is that on those nights that >nothing is falling or the fastbreak gets stopped, we have to >return that favor or else it becomes a 30 point blowout. > >to become the likes of a&m we have to always bring the >defense. then the offense becomes an afterthought. we >basically backed ourselves in a corner last night. the >defense has to always be there. I'm not sure why we can't try to bring it on both ends. Hit the offensive boards better, work harder for open shots, take care of the basketball, move without the ball, etc. Those all require effort too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 We appeared to be in slow motion. I don't think Lisch was dogging it but he couldn't break free to hit his own shot at all during that game. It was a replay of St. Joes with better players on the other end..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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