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Ok so as we all sort of wait not so patiently for game 2 and hopefully a much better showing I did a little more analysis of just the first half vs Bryant defensively. The most interesting part is a lot of what we gave up was preventable or at least hypothetically. One thing that was really interesting was that in that first half- Buddy's defense was actually good. He wasn't the culprit much at all minus for a few speedbumps late in the half.
So here it goes-
Joe - 11 of Bryant's 51 points were the direct result of poor closeouts by Joe and one time where he played matador to a driver. They were half attempts he should have gotten to. In fairness most were against taller wings but still.
Buddy- only five points- one a poor closeout and the other a live ball turnover really fell on Buddy. He was solid defensively otherwise.
Griffin- 3 corner 3s including one where he was not in good position in transition were on him. He needs to get better here and gets a pass because he is the newest addition to the zone.
Quincy- only one real clear play stood out on a corner 3 where it's on Q, yet he like the rest failed in transition ( keep reading).
Richmond- two buckets are on the frosh. One where he played matador to a driver and another on the fastbreak where he was non commital and committed a ticky tack and one foul. Otherwise his defense was very solid overall. His cameo minus the few bad moments was excellent for a frosh.
The rest of the pts directly tied back to poor transition defense and poor execution of the press.
I have 20 pts not including FTs directly the result of Bryant scoring on the press or on the break. Some of those overlap with the above. The worst was the last quarter of the first half. Bryant scored 11 points beating the press once and then beating SU down the court four straight times in transition. SU showed it's game shape fatigue as everyone was huffing and puffing.
Another really obvious issue was that Marek missed several shots around the hoop despite having an otherwise good game and 3 of them as I counted turned into a fast break. The guards did an awful job rotating back quickly on those misses which should never happen.
When I look at tonight- there is a ton that can be corrected. Niagara will likely look to do well in the half court so the closeouts are key but we can't give up easy points on the break. We really handed Bryant 25-30 pts that should at least have been much more difficult. That is just the first half alone. Let's hope some practice, watching a little tape and getting game shape really shows up.
So here it goes-
Joe - 11 of Bryant's 51 points were the direct result of poor closeouts by Joe and one time where he played matador to a driver. They were half attempts he should have gotten to. In fairness most were against taller wings but still.
Buddy- only five points- one a poor closeout and the other a live ball turnover really fell on Buddy. He was solid defensively otherwise.
Griffin- 3 corner 3s including one where he was not in good position in transition were on him. He needs to get better here and gets a pass because he is the newest addition to the zone.
Quincy- only one real clear play stood out on a corner 3 where it's on Q, yet he like the rest failed in transition ( keep reading).
Richmond- two buckets are on the frosh. One where he played matador to a driver and another on the fastbreak where he was non commital and committed a ticky tack and one foul. Otherwise his defense was very solid overall. His cameo minus the few bad moments was excellent for a frosh.
The rest of the pts directly tied back to poor transition defense and poor execution of the press.
I have 20 pts not including FTs directly the result of Bryant scoring on the press or on the break. Some of those overlap with the above. The worst was the last quarter of the first half. Bryant scored 11 points beating the press once and then beating SU down the court four straight times in transition. SU showed it's game shape fatigue as everyone was huffing and puffing.
Another really obvious issue was that Marek missed several shots around the hoop despite having an otherwise good game and 3 of them as I counted turned into a fast break. The guards did an awful job rotating back quickly on those misses which should never happen.
When I look at tonight- there is a ton that can be corrected. Niagara will likely look to do well in the half court so the closeouts are key but we can't give up easy points on the break. We really handed Bryant 25-30 pts that should at least have been much more difficult. That is just the first half alone. Let's hope some practice, watching a little tape and getting game shape really shows up.