This is something that I've definitely been wondering. Is Lavin empowering and trusting Jim Whitesell to have a significant role in the on-court product like he did with Dunlap?? Definitely a mystery, as I'd find it hard to believe that things would be going this way if Whitesell was in significant control of practices and the identity of the team.
Really hard to tell. There is so much inconsistency. For example, in the first 5-10 possessions last night we ran a little low flex cut for Jordan to get him the ball in the mid-post. DePaul seemed uncomfortable guarding it (likely a result of being unprepared for it, as we hadn't run that action once all season) and we got a bucket or two out of it. I thought it was brilliant stuff as we got our best playmaker touches in a different part of the floor, but then never went back to it for the rest of the game.
didn't Jordan have the ball at the end of the game and just stood there as the clock wound down then with 3 seconds left passed it to Harrison who had to throw up a 25 footer? Jordan is still learning but at the end of games, he hasn't done anything yet, just the opposite.
Who drew this up? Why did we go away from it? Was it intended solely to get a few easy baskets early with the thought that DePaul would easily adjust to it? Always more questions than answers when it comes to our X/O.
