basketballjones

Don’t ever hesitate to weigh in. I’m a losing coach with only enough information to be dangerous. But I do disagree. I’ve yet to watch a game where I’ve gone, “ah yeah, just don’t have the horses to compete with these guys,” yet. Not even close. Sure, we don’t have certain horses at certain spots some teams might... but basketball is a team sport. Whole outweighs the parts (as Creighton demonstrates year in, year out against us). Sure, a 5-star center answers the majority of our questions. But if you have a baseline talent to compete, which I believe we do, those intangible things become the primary issue.

Man I thought I had taken over the role, unintentionally, of the resident @nustudent slightly-negative-but-ultimately-realist poster position.... but you are a whole another level my man.

I don’t think any part, whatsoever, of my post mentioned talent. Literally nothing we are having a problem with - outside of Yvan’s role - is a talent issue.

We give great physical effort in ways, but refuse to do the little things right and play as a team, which is part of giving great effort mentally. We don’t have enough guys who will just catch a pass, and immediately reverse it or move it. Everyone wants to be the guy to make the play off of a ball screen or something. We’re very one dimensional. You just handle our ball screens as a team, then close out comfortably. Yvan continues to leave 7-10 guaranteed points in the ether by his I inability to finish bunnies and and1 opportunities. He’s a zero-threat as a roll man on ball screens, and he’s a zero-threat as a drop down guy in the dunker spot. He played 30 minutes and Michigan’s big had 13 and 15, so it’s not like he really negated much. We have to either attempt to see if Andre can do it with the bullets flying, put Shamiel as the 5, or just wait and pray for Walker. I watched it quickly, but by my count Thor gave up two massive, back-breaker 3pt shots by over/late helping on a drive from the corner - which is a major no-no in big boy basketball. He’s also just not a threat to do anything offensively.

Decent amount of time off between this game with nothing to do but get right... NU 74 OSU 72 10

This team just does not do the little things well. Minor breakdowns, offensively and defensively, every possession. We should be up 5-8 on these guys at half. If these guys would buy in and commit to doing the little things correctly we’d be just fine.

Slipping screens isn’t fancy. Slipping every single screen and not actually setting it, which is what these ghost screening teams are, is “fancy.”

I was just coming on here to comment on this. The ghost screening crap has trickled down from the nba. It works for like one team (whoever Mike D’Antoni is coaching). It’s one of those things, like playing a full-switching defense that looks beautiful, but only if you already know how to do everything before that. You’re skipping learning/developmental steps if you go to this type of stuff in college, before you’ve learned how to do the other thing well. As an example - the best team I ever coach defensively (statistically, look, record wise), we switched almost everything on ball and tons of stuff on the backside. Fought through/chased all stuff where it looked like a guy was coming through a screen to score. Looked great and worked really well. BUT, the only reason we were able to do that kind of “advanced,” stuff, was because we spent the last 2 years beating basic man-to-man, no switching principals in first. You can’t skip steps. Screening is the first step you must master before you can get fancy.

Excellent write up

NU 72 MU 76

Over dribbling and fading out of your area with the dribble. Two killers of this offense. Also, Yvan is not good and zero threat rolling to the hoop or posting up. Space killer.

Have you ever been to an NBA game?

Can you guys link some of these draft models?

Easy.

.... has a long ways to go to be serviceable, to put it nicely. We really need Walker back and ready to go when he’s eligible.

Lakes 3/3 from 3 to start quick release embarrassingly ugly beard

NU 94 DU 52

Wiscy 79 Skers 72 33%

I say it basically every year after this game. I’m so f-ing jealous of Creighton. Man it must be nice to be one of their fans. They always: Execute everything Play with zero hesitation Pass it hard, fast, and decisively Everyone knows their role Have tight, smart game plans Everyone plays supremely confidently Recruit, retain, and DEVELOP We on the other hand: Seem to have players who get worse? Revolving door of a roster Zero identity no matter who the coach is. Execute nothing Seem to never have a discernible scout/strategy

I’m just at halftime, watching a recording... but Yvan can’t play here. He’s simply not good enough. We desperately need a serviceable big that can at least make dump down lay ups.

Yikes. Other than this did you have a good day?

CU 82 NU 69

NU 78 GT 71 4

I, however, am thrilled he ignored Thor.

I think people in this thread are underestimating how desperate SDSU was last night and how well coached they are. That was a team throwing everything they had trying to get a win. We basically played like an older brother who doesn’t want to hurt his little brother too much, but the little brother won’t stop getting up.