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Message: [QUOTE="General20, post: 1958162, member: 724"] Good summary. I didn't have time to get to one either, but a few things really stood out to me. We are phenomenal in transition. Unfortunately the only reliable way to get out in transition is to force turnovers which we are not doing right now. It seems to be a major point of emphasis for Boeheim. He wants to create turnovers any which way he can, because he knows they are going to become points for us. A key stat to look for in the Holy Cross game will be how many turnovers they have. I want to see close to 20, and so does Boeheim. Roberson has always been great at getting out in transition, but now he's a lot more fluid in his movement and can handle the ball a bit, which is helping him finish better. Combine that with Howard's passing ability and we may have something special. The caveat of course is, its only Colgate who has a habit of making everybody look like a world beater, but its certainly worth keeping an eye on this connection. Speaking of Howard, he had almost a perfect game. His per 40 minutes numbers were something like 22 points 18 assists and 8 steals while shooting 100% from the field and the free throw line. Gillon was almost as good. White was great on offense but lost at the top of the zone. Colgate almost always had 3 guards up top and White felt like he had to cover all three instead of trusting the forwards to come up and do their job. This of course lead to him being out of position on a number of occasions. Boeheim got some great film to use as a teaching tool in this game. I expect White to look at least a little better in the zone against Holy Cross and will be disappointed if he dosen't. Don't worry about Lydon or Battle, they are our two best players. Instead be happy that we scored 83 points without any meaningful contribution from either of our top two players. They both had the same problem, settling for jump shots (which weren't bad jump shots) and missing them when they could have taken the ball inside. They also had no real need to step up since we were dominating the game. These are first game of the season type problems and I wouldn't give much thought to it. [/QUOTE]

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