Missing Bunnies

[Red Don]

Some (myself included) have mentioned the seeming propensity of our team to flat-out miss a number of easy lay-ups/bunnies; before maybe getting some put-backs, or seeming to find 'the range.' Laughingly, I've suggested it seems to me we are more shooting 'Toward' the basket rather than 'At' the basket, at least close-in.

Re-watching the Maryland game, it seemed to me that it could be some of our players were playing too close to, or under, the basket. In that position it is pretty hard for one to shoot 'At' the Basket; (that is, unless you are expecting to make a basket from the 'Bottom Up,' i.e. go up, through the net first; but I don't think that counts.) There is no good angle for banking a shot to go in.

Could we be getting sucked-in to playing too close to the basket? This seems to happen regardless of who the post, or cutting player is. Getting sucked-in is probably easy to do, lobs into the post seem to have to be higher and higher to keep from getting picked off, causing the post to have to crowd the base line; limiting where they can go or what they can do with the ball. OK, I've had my say, You can start

[Bugeaters1]

22 minutes ago, Red Don said:

Some (myself included) have mentioned the seeming propensity of our team to flat-out miss a number of easy lay-ups/bunnies; before maybe getting some put-backs, or seeming to find 'the range.' Laughingly, I've suggested it seems to me we are more shooting 'Toward' the basket rather than 'At' the basket, at least close-in.

Re-watching the Maryland game, it seemed to me that it could be some of our players were playing too close to, or under, the basket. In that position it is pretty hard for one to shoot 'At' the Basket; (that is, unless you are expecting to make a basket from the 'Bottom Up,' i.e. go up, through the net first; but I don't think that counts.) There is no good angle for banking a shot to go in.

Could we be getting sucked-in to playing too close to the basket? This seems to happen regardless of who the post, or cutting player is. Getting sucked-in is probably easy to do, lobs into the post seem to have to be higher and higher to keep from getting picked off, causing the post to have to crowd the base line; limiting where they can go or what they can do with the ball. OK, I've had my say, You can start

 I think also that the player shooting the ball has a tendency to over shoot the ball thinking that they maybe getting some contact.

 

Edited March 10 by Bugeaters1

[HUD]

Ending up in the perfect position is hard sometimes  with the way  posts beat the crap out of each other.

[NUtball]

Many of the entry passes with the defender sealed (or fronting the post) lead the post player somewhere under the unit.  To avoid the defender tipping it, the pass has to have a little air under it and there's not a lot of room to operate if it connects.  Definitely a fine line between the perfect pass and simply making a successful connection.  Also, it's why we see quite a few of them tipped out of bounds or just straight thrown out of bounds.

[redsteve]

In the case of Maryland game, Maryland was getting hurt by Markowski in the first half, so they predictably went to the double team in the second half. Thankfully our guards and subs took up the slack. That's what you hope they would do, and they did. Jazz in particular. But others were big contributors. That's how you beat the double team.

 

All the post infighting ends up in sort of a dog fight. Markowski's real good at positioning before the rebound, and she and Potts, whoever, were getting shoved farther under the basket.....or to the floor like yesterday. ( happens when double teamed.)  It's a war in the post.

Edited March 10 by redsteve