Coach Search Options after Autry

[007]

I don’t agree that they don’t have a good big. Nelson is having an excellent season. 16/10/1.5/1.5 on 60 percent from the field
and 70% from the line. He’s fantastic.

Nelson is featured the way Freeman should be featured.

 

[IthacaMatt]

What I'm seeing barely even looks like the same sport to my eyes. Just watch how they MOVE on offense.

The meaningful comparison here is not what pieces SU and USF have... but how they are used.

Do you ever watch UConn?
Their offense looks distinctly different to me.

USF, not so much. Lob feeds to athletic bigs. Not a ton of backcuts, screens.
Lots of motion at the top, but with guys who can actually make threes.

Our defense looked pretty good pre-season, playing against teams like Memphis.
They aren't especially big inside. They have a couple very good players.
We thought we had a couple, too.

 

[EnviroSciGuy]

Do you ever watch UConn?
Their offense looks distinctly different to me.

USF, not so much. Lob feeds to athletic bigs. Not a ton of backcuts, screens.
Lots of motion at the top, but with guys who can actually make threes.

Our defense looked pretty good pre-season, playing against teams like Memphis.
They aren't especially big inside. They have a couple very good players.
We thought we had a couple, too.

My wife, who knows nothing about basketball, sometimes looks up from her reading to ask me why the SU players are standing still while one guy runs around dribbling.

If you think that looks like USF... honestly I don't know how to respond other than to wonder if you're only getting audio of games.

 

[007]

teams like Memphis.
They aren't especially big inside. They have a couple very good players.
We thought we had a couple, too.

They have 2 guys that 7-1 that play

 

[Col. Bleep]

23/25 from the line. Lol

Tops in the country

 

[phil77]

favored by 8 won by 21

 

[EnviroSciGuy]

I can't believe Hardaway has been at Memphis for eight years. Lots of hype, but it doesn't seem like he ever actually does anything with it in the postseason.

 

[qdawgg]

23/25 from the line. Lol

Alright, that’s not going to work here. Who else is available.

 

[Cusefan0307]

favored by 8 won by 21

And they shot it terribly. Made up for it with 22 offensive rebounds. Rebounding is something Hodgson really emphasizes. Foreign territory to us.

 

[Jasoncuse]

Brown
Enis
Kingz
Athletic 4
Athletic 5

Fennell
Shooter
Shooter
Athletic backup big

That team is small, would need a lot more size to be a consistent threat in the ACC.
Brown is solid but can’t shoot. Under 40% from the field and only a handful of 3’s made all year. Enis is 6’2”, and while he’s a good outside shooter, he also struggles overall from the field.

Enis has come off the bench a few times this year and that would be an ideal role here if Kings were back. Kingz as the starting SG would be a lot better, I think.

 

[Cusefan0307]

That team is small, would need a lot more size to be a consistent threat in the ACC.
Brown is solid but can’t shoot. Under 40% from the field and only a handful of 3’s made all year. Enis is 6’2”, and while he’s a good outside shooter, he also struggles overall from the field.

Enis has come off the bench a few times this year and that would be an ideal role here if Kings were back. Kingz as the starting SG would be a lot better, I think.

Enis shoots 10 3’s a game! In all seriousness I’d like a better shooting lead guard thank Brown, but regarding Enis shooting 10 3’s a game I wouldn’t expect him to shoot much better than 40%. He still has a total shot percentage of 54%. Our shooting guard is at 48%.

 

[phil77]

Wish Nelson had another year left he would be a great package with Hodgson

 

[phil77]

Enis I think can play P4
Brown I am iffy about I see flashes but not sure. Could be a good bridge to help the install culture and system but not sure he can hang P4 it is close.

 

[RF2044]

Enis I think can play P4
Brown I am iffy about I see flashes but not sure could be a good bridge to help the install culture and system but not sure he can hang P4 it is close.

You can never have enough guys who can play.

Not everyone starts.

 

[Franz69]

 

[Sherman20]

I'll check them out, thanks.
I do have to say, since Hurley hired that assistant 3 years ago, their offense is freaking awesome.
Reminds me of UCLA under Wooden, Pete Carrill with the back door cuts at Princeton, or even UNC under Dean Smith when they had Phil Ford. Wow, that was an offense!

Are you talking about Luke Murray? Who’s been discussed here at length? He was hired back in 2021, so five years ago. But he had been on Hurley’s staffs at Wagner and Rhode Island before that.
Choice quote from The Athletic article below:
“Dan Hurley has long had a reputation for coaching tough teams who play hard. But an offensive savant? Typically his defenses were always better than his offenses. Not until his 11th season as a college head coach did Hurley have a top-50 offense. And last season, when the Huskies finished third, was Hurley’s first time with a top-20 offense. This year’s Huskies enter Monday night’s national championship game against Purdue as the most efficient offense in college basketball. It feels like he’s on the verge of a dynasty.”

How UConn built the ‘most complex’ — and efficient —offense in college basketball

Dan Hurley and assistant coach Luke Murray devised an offense heavy on off-ball screening and cuts, and it may lead to back-to-back titles.

www.nytimes.com

 

[NineOneSeven]

Do you ever watch UConn?
Their offense looks distinctly different to me.

USF, not so much. Lob feeds to athletic bigs. Not a ton of backcuts, screens.
Lots of motion at the top, but with guys who can actually make threes.

Our defense looked pretty good pre-season, playing against teams like Memphis.
They aren't especially big inside. They have a couple very good players.
We thought we had a couple, too.

You’ve had some pretty, I’ll say, interesting… yes interesting… posts this week.