basketballjones

You mean the one I prefaced by saying this? "Went to the game last night.... My initial thought - recruiting evaluation is really hard. Check that - it's really easy at the B1G/ACC/Big East/Pac10/B12 level. Those obvious guys speak for themselves. However, that next group right under them can make or break you as a program. There's guys down in that next tier that have potential to be special and real steals. Those same guys could also end up at an NAIA or a D2 and just be average." Sure. But I'm not sure what you'll get out of it considering they'll play for completely different programs that will never play one another. And there's about 100 variables to determine who ended up "better." And as I said in that thread - I hope I'm wrong. But yeah let's revisit it someday.

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Just because I don't ever want this thread to die, since I too despise Adidas: https://twitter.com/tapnorris/status/828366593461743616

Not saying anything anyone else hasn't already - but 3pt defense has to be fixed. Nothing more deadening that watching us make a run and then give up a dagger. I would start with something I've been saying for a quite a bit during Miles tenure - we MUST SWITCH MORE. I have more thoughts on what I believe our mentality should be with post defense, but I don't have the time or energy to hit on them now.

What's the math logic behind continuing to double the post when it's giving up 3's to a great 3pt shooting team? 2<3 Just don't foul and play the percentages.

Does the young guy with the bad haircut officiate every single big 10 game? If I turn a big 10 game on I swear he's doing it.

Very complicated question. And one you couldn't know unless you were at practices and in team meetings. Basketball isn't as black and white as football is (admittedly it's getting muddier as most teams use spread principles, even when they are power running teams, now along with RPO principles and plays). "What" your offense is in basketball is more what is emphasized, and what pace you do it at. For instance, Creighton plays as if the shot clock is not existent- therefore what is clearly emphasized is dudes taking shots they feel are in rhythm to shoot and creating rhythm shots for teammates. They want to run and gun, and beat you via mathematics of field goal percentages and number of possessions. Wisconsin under Bo Ryan clearly wanted ball reversals, inside touches, and the entirety of the shot clocked used to find the perfect shot. Many other coaches want multiple paint touches via the drive or post entry every possession, before a shot is put up. Some coaches preach give up a good shot for a great one. Some otter preach shooting great shots regardless of when they happen (as in, you make it a great shot if it's something you are good at and you are in rhythm). Obvioisly there's many different forms of offense and different ways to distort the defense. Some coaches run a designed set every time down the court. Some run a revolving/continuity offense. Some install motion principles with rules individual players abide by as far as screening, cutting, posting, driving, spacing, handing off, or ball screening. But regardless of how you plan to attack the defense, what shots and at what paced define what kind of offense you are. And it seems to me that full, 100% buy-in from the players, and understanding of the team offensive concept, is what makes the ball going in the hoop at a high enough % to win at the tempo you want. Of course, assuming you have the talent in the first place.

Well it was fun while it lasted.

If ed was healthy and either Tai or Glynn were injured we wouldn't even be in games imo.

I think I see what you're trying to say here.... it's subtle, but I see it.

You and Jim Weeks of Beatrice fame would agree with one another. To the tune of many wins. Problem with this philosophy is you will run into teams who dominate you in the post, backdoors, well organized ball screen action, and a lot of and1's at the rim. In other words, college basketball players are too good with the ball, too good at the rim, and coaches are too good with their spacing and actions to not help.

So I didn't get to watch the game - but what you're describing sounds like a late stunt to help in a pack defense. The basic fundamental of any pack defense is that you're in help early, before the other guy's drive has started, then as he nears you on the drive, you're cutting him off, anticipating him to pass to the guy you're guarding so you can close out to him. However, sometimes you have to help a bit late, which means you're lunging towards the gap to help the drive while the drive is already happening. This a breakdown in the defense that requires your team to make a decisions - do we all stunt and go or do we fully rotate? Sounds like the situation you're describing we rotated to help and the first guy who left had to scramble to find the open guy. Puts your team in a tough situation, yet if done right, guarantees no open kick out shot. Stunt and go, if done right, guarantees you won't lose a man since no one is rotating/switching - but if the stunts are hard enough and the guys don't recover well enough, you'll give up drive angles leading to kick outs. Where I've seen Nebraska struggle defensively these past two years has been being somewhat in the middle on that decision of whether we'll rotate or stunt and go. Also, regardless of that decision, when we lose/give up 3's, we seem to struggle to "help the helper." Defenses that are consistently elite at helping the guy who had to help win ball games. It shows awareness, anticipation, teamwork, and lack of indecisiveness.

I've never had any issue being critical of some issues I've had with TM - but I'm really not sure what you're getting at here. At this point, Jordy is flat out terrible. You're basically praying he doesn't make a mistake on defense and that he's gonna actually catch the ball without traveling/throwing up some weird shot on offense. If he's ever effective here, it won't be until his Junior/Senior year. The fact Miles gets him any minutes at all is solely a credit to his foresight and attempt to get Jordy minutes so he can gauge where he's at and get used to game speed at this level. Also, as others have said, scoring wasn't the problem yesterday. If you keep creeping within 3pts and then proceed to not be able to give up stops - playing the freshman (Horne) who's prone to defensive errors and rebounding errors - is not the right play. Could Horne have stepped up and made some amazing play to get us over the hump? Absolutely. But that's on him to correct those other mistakes so he's trusted to be on the court to do so. Our coaches have this team in a great position right now. Let's chill, and buy in. We have to be committed to making our home game environments ridiculously hostile - we are in control of our destiny right now.

I should have clarified. I'm not instate-baiting here. Just trying to access where I think these two are level wise.

Would you take either at NU?

I can't go - but would love to hear the thoughts of those who went.

I once beat Alonzo Edwards in a 5 spot shooting competition in "Coaching Basketball" class at UNL..... not that anyone asked

Dead legs... wish we coulda gotten that one with the break coming up. Didn't have it today - no big deal! Move on

Bad closeouts killing us right now. Major downside to playing/practicing zone a bit more. Different closeouts in man and zone.

Correct. I don't understand this. Jordy is simply not ready yet.

I think he's fine

This is, uh, how do I say this - "fun to watch" - is that how the kids say it?

I 100% agree. I'm getting so sick of it. The problem is how athletic and fast everyone is. Pretty tough to call a generic three step travel when you consider how fast they're moving and the gray area during the "gather" of the dribble. But I think it can be called on the catch better, and while pivot foots are being utilized.

We were playing packline before Mollinari came.

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