4 assists as a team the entire game

[Eric15]

On 24 made field goals.

Clemson had 17 assists on 26 made field goals.

If we play as a cohesive unit just a little bit more, we probably win.

 

[samspann1]

There was little ball movement and even less dribble penetration.

 

[FloridaFan]

Clemson got assists by virtue of passing it into the post for the easy shot. A lot of our shots are coming from iso plays. Assist numbers are misleading like JB said last week

 

[OrangeYaGladi]

Offense was fine tonight IMO

 

[Eric15]

Offense was fine tonight IMO

I thought there were too many reckless deep shots and not enough getting the ball to Q and Marek on the low block.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Joe is too tentative with his passing.

 

[patcuse]

On 24 made field goals.

Clemson had 17 assists on 26 made field goals.

If we play as a cohesive unit just a little bit more, we probably win.

We play zone defense most scores are going to be from an assist.

 

[tptcuse]

Joe is too tentative with his passing.

I was concerned that he kept dribbling into double and triple teams in the lane.

 

[samspann1]

Offense was fine tonight IMO

I can't disagree more. I thought that, the last 15:00 of the second half, the offense was horrible. Every basket was a struggle. Ball movement was poor, and many poor shots.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Girard needs to play like he did the last 5 minutes. That said we have moved to a lot of Hughes/Buddy isos. I also think teams running us off the line is playing a part.

 

[Cusefan0307]

I can't disagree more. I thought that, the last 15:00 of the second half, the offense was horrible. Every basket was a struggle. Ball movement was poor, and many poor shots.

Think a lot of that is related to Dolezaj being out. He’s kind of the Draymond Green of our offense.

 

[patcuse]

Joe is too tentative with his passing.

Vs a rushed turnover?

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Vs a rushed turnover?

Yes, that’s exactly what I mean.

 

[Brooky03]

The offense was fine. Assists matter more when you have slashers and low post threats. We have neither.

The difference with this team between an assisted basket and an unassisted basket is whether the shooter decides to take a dribble before his 3 or not.

 

[OrangeYaGladi]

I can't disagree more. I thought that, the last 15:00 of the second half, the offense was horrible. Every basket was a struggle. Ball movement was poor, and many poor shots.

Per Kenpom, Syracuse started the night 20th in offensive efficiency. Now they are 17th. It was an objectively good offensive performance against a strong defensive team, on the road.

It was not SU's best game, but offensively it was more than enough to win.

 

[Eric15]

The offense was fine. Assists matter more when you have slashers and low post threats. We have neither.

We certainly don’t have slashers, but I think Marek is very capable when given the opportunity to go to work in the post.

 

[Brooky03]

We certainly don’t have slashers, but I think Marek is very capable when given the opportunity to go to work in the post.

True, but he usually has to do some unassisted maneuvering. We don’t have a great ‘dump it off and dunk’ guy on the roster. Sidibe is selectively capable.

 

[samspann1]

Think a lot of that is related to Dolezaj being out. He’s kind of the Draymond Green of our offense.

I thought the offense bogged down before he fouled out. But yes, him fouling out certainly hurt.

 

[Cusefan0307]

If Edwards makes that pass to Quincy with a minute left then we win.

 

[samspann1]

Per Kenpom, Syracuse started the night 20th in offensive efficiency. Now they are 17th. It was an objectively good offensive performance against a strong defensive team, on the road.

It was not SU's best game, but offensively it was more than enough to win.

We shot 42% from the field, and 29% from 3-pt land, with 4 assists. If this was a good offensive performance, Clemson's must have been off the charts.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Missed several opportunities where the smallest guard on Clemson ended up guarding Q, MD or Hughes and we never once made an attempt to get them the ball

 

[CuseFaninVT]

If Edwards makes that pass to Quincy with a minute left the we win.

Q was looking for the lob or rebound?

 

[Zelda Zonk]

They defended Joe pretty well. Kept him from doing much other than launching from deep. That's the game: keep us from making plays for each other, and we get sucked into Iso ball on a not-hot shooting night.

 

[OrangeYaGladi]

We shot 42% from the field, and 29% from 3-pt land, with 4 assists. If this was a good offensive performance, Clemson's must have been off the charts.

Well yeah...Clemson's was clearly better, given that they scored more points and were annihilating the interior of SU's porous defense.

 

[Jake]

On 24 made field goals.

Clemson had 17 assists on 26 made field goals.

If we play as a cohesive unit just a little bit more, we probably win.

Athletic teams who are allowed to grab a little are going to stop us. It’s fine. We aren’t athletic enough to get separation in those cases.