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Message: [QUOTE="DCUNITED13, post: 5585062, member: 7985"] [LIST] [*]Loosing 4 straight games to is terrible [*]Loosing 4 straight where it was close at halftime or after is not good either [*]Losing 4 straight to Top 25 teams is tough (No other team has had this run of SOS as far as I can tell) [*]Losing 4 straight to Top 25 teams without your best player/leading scorer PF is tough [/LIST] There are a lot of noise on this board about a lot of things that sound just like last year. Well its not last year. [LIST] [*]We have a better team [*]We stay in contention against tough competition (Iowa St. was an anomoly) [*]We have exactly 1 Player playing from last years team (With JJ and Donnie being out at times) [/LIST] We need our shooters to hit at 33% from the 3. We missed significant number open 3 point shots this year. With this struggle, it nullified our ability to drive into the lane and have either a layup of a dunk from William Kyle. Nonwithstanding our horrific Free Throw showcase, we can be competative if we manage to shoot better. I like our Point Guard play. He plays within himself and not forces a lot. I would like to limit the turnovers from NG and KA speicifally. I would like to stop the quick 3 point shot when we are shooting 18%. The offence functions best if we have 72 possesions. Our Defence is good but requires a lot of effort. So far that was good until the late 1st half and entire 2nd half of the Iowa St. Game. I think Tennessee will kill us as we have limited big men to counter what they have. IMHO ==> Only way we win: (as we realized other Teams give us nothing) [LIST] [*]we get fast break points [*]limit offensive rebounds (which requires our guards to pinch in on rebounding effort and potentially limiting fast break points), [*]Hit our open 3 point shots at a high rate. [*]Avoid heat checks. [*]Continue to play defence like we did for the first 2 1/2 games of the Vegas Tournament [/LIST] These five we can control and execute with attitude and effort. Regarding Donnie, we have seen many big men get hurt and recovery time is significant. If he comes back in January, we will not see Donnie at full strength until February. It takes time to get back to full ability from any injury. I hope he does not rush back and hopefully gets well enough to play and contribute soon. [/QUOTE]

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