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Message: [QUOTE="sufan59, post: 5349313, member: 8789"] It’s because we have the bodies and physicality on this roster to compete on the boards, Eddie being the leader on that front. Ultimately though, we are just getting outclassed most of the time including those non conference low and mid major games that were close, but ultimately our superior talent willed us to victory. With the roster we had coming into the season, there was two things that I knew we would take a slight regression on that you can’t make up with coaching: athleticism and Maliq Brown’s poking ability. It seems that the reason last season was more successful is ultimately we could make up for a lack of team offense and team defense with 3 guys that can space the floor and get a bucket: Mintz, Copeland, and Starling. As well as Maliq who can cause several turnovers on defense a game with a special skill. Now we really have one guy that can use his athleticism to get a bucket this season with Starling. Last season it was that we didn’t get the buy in to run team offense and team defense consistently (maybe not a bad thing we went to iso several times). This season we do seem to have more buy in to run team offense and team defense, but we simply are getting out schemed on both sides of the ball. Once we realize that we are getting outclassed during the game you have two options: tell your players to make things happen with their athleticism or make adjustments. We don’t have enough guys to make things happen with their athleticism and adjustments don’t always work. If as a coach you don’t have good team offense and defensive plans and the ability to make adjustments. You must have the athletes that can freestyle at times. You really need both to be a contender. You need one of those areas to be a decent team with a winning record that can make the tournament. If you have zero of those things you have what we have now. I thought we would have had good team offense and team defense this season that would keep us competitive. I would also add that there are several good teams that get wins because of great coaching and team offense and defense and have no guys that can use their athleticism to get iso buckets consistently. [/QUOTE]

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