Sure hope for a better defensive effort Way too many wide open threes
still don’t know how Pitt got off a good shot going full court
Is 40 Minutes of Hell Back?
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still don’t know how Pitt got off a good shot going full court
With the frenetic style I think those 3's may be the hardest thing to learn
Of course they don't.
MugCostanza
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On a neutral court Georgetown would be underdogs against the following teams:
IPFW
Utah Tech
Sacramento State
Lipscomb
Stetson
About 200 others
I think it might be best to pump the brakes on all the ‘are we back’ sentiments after beating Georgetown on a last second shot at home.
IPFW
Utah Tech
Sacramento State
Lipscomb
Stetson
About 200 others
I think it might be best to pump the brakes on all the ‘are we back’ sentiments after beating Georgetown on a last second shot at home.
Thanks for resurrecting this thread 112. I really wish that CMA would listen to me. We'd be having a much better season if he did
Thanks for resurrecting this thread 112. I really wish that CMA would listen to me. We'd be having a much better season if he did
I think the point of bringing this post back was missed lol. This post was created this past Summer. The optimism was high and especially that 40 Minutes Of Hell would be the norm. Yet that style of play is pretty much completely abandoned by CMA this year. Ironic
This seems like a proper thread for thoughts I've have had on this lately. Anderson completely abandoning the press (it did come back at the end of the Georgetown game) is so odd to me. I realize it didn't go well, but to just junk what is supposed to be your calling card is hard to understand. I get no 40 minutes of it but to not even press for five minutes a half? Especially in games when they fall behind.
I watch a lot of Syracuse and right or wrong (and their fans consider it wrong now) it's still a 2-3, unless they go to the press. A press that, by the way, looks way better when I see them at it than anything we have used since Rutherford and LJ were on the team year one. They didn't just switch to man-to-man halfway through the year.
I'm not convinced the team would be doing better if he used it more, but I don't think it would be doing any worse. At least I would figure the coach has a system that HE believes in. Instead it feels like he is just desperately throwing junk against the wall and seeing if something sticks.
I watch a lot of Syracuse and right or wrong (and their fans consider it wrong now) it's still a 2-3, unless they go to the press. A press that, by the way, looks way better when I see them at it than anything we have used since Rutherford and LJ were on the team year one. They didn't just switch to man-to-man halfway through the year.
I'm not convinced the team would be doing better if he used it more, but I don't think it would be doing any worse. At least I would figure the coach has a system that HE believes in. Instead it feels like he is just desperately throwing junk against the wall and seeing if something sticks.
It was clear after a while that the “40 minutes” was more a slogan than a consistent part of the Defense. I don’t think fully implemented it would have meant squat. One of our weaknesses is the inability to get back to defend when doubling, leading to killer threes by opponents. You can bully weaker teams, but the good ones are prepared for the press and take advantage of it more often than not.
Related to this is how poor we often defend in the half court, unnecessarily doubling anyone with the ball to generate steals leading to open guys. Doubling a gifted post guy is one thing, a lesser player another. Lastly, something that drives me crazy is our guys consistently trying to poke the ball from behind, a low % play if done too much creating 5 on 4 situations. This habit is allowed with this helter skelter approach to defending. A guy like Curbelo functions as a free safety essentially guarding no one. What successful team spurns solid on the ball D for freelancing? None!
CMA’s rep as a D guru is folk lore imo and the team spurns discipline for ratty basketball defensively
Related to this is how poor we often defend in the half court, unnecessarily doubling anyone with the ball to generate steals leading to open guys. Doubling a gifted post guy is one thing, a lesser player another. Lastly, something that drives me crazy is our guys consistently trying to poke the ball from behind, a low % play if done too much creating 5 on 4 situations. This habit is allowed with this helter skelter approach to defending. A guy like Curbelo functions as a free safety essentially guarding no one. What successful team spurns solid on the ball D for freelancing? None!
CMA’s rep as a D guru is folk lore imo and the team spurns discipline for ratty basketball defensively
Bringing the heat with this post
I know you’re talking more than just recently but not having Posh at the head kills it. Plus losing Mathis 5 or so games back means more minutes for Storr and Pinzon, neither of which I think has the type of game to guard full length of the court. Add to that that Soriano has firmly established himself as our best player, so maybe no/less press, is an approach that’s easier to play him max minutes with.
