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[QUOTE="KevMonstah, post: 2938387, member: 327"]
What gets tiresome with this team in games ...

- they run basically a 3 man weave, with picks from a 7'2" center thirty plus feet from the
  hoop, that doesn't gain anything.  as UVa was making their run, SU tried this, clearly looking
  to get an open three, and they couldn't find anything.  then they'd try a drive, and it would
  get blocked, because it's an easy offense to defend.  i'd never pop out to cover chukwu on
  a pick.  why?  the only real creativity you get on O is when marek is in, because then you do
  get back cuts, but not otherwise.  and look, post oshae, and run the offense thru that, not 
  a weave.

- the defense would get stretched out to where three guys would be on the same wing as 
  two shooters, chukwu would be down low trying to watch two guys on the post, and the 
  remaining guy - a shooter - would still find a way to get wide open.

- and when UVa would FINALLY miss ... that herb salt would tap the ball back out where a
  teammate would pick it up to extend the possession.

And, I get that the zone is the defense, but, 8-12 from deep in the first, "yep, they can't keep
that up."  and then they do, and you can't commit to making it difficult on the offense.  press,
and fall into the zone, don't wait until five mins left, and down 20.  the stretch of "up 43-42 to
down 66-46" was awful in all phases.  they're playing just good enough to lose, except for last
night where everything went wrong in ten mins.

kev
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