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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5623346, member: 405"]
You have to remember, GT are a very good defensive team, and they took away the actions at the rim that we ran so many of in the first half.  All those dunks weren't there in the 2nd half.

They packed the lane and dared us to drive.  They all got 4 fouls, but shockingly none of them got 5.  I don't have a problem with the 2nd half offense, except for a couple things - George lost his cool and had a handful of turnovers about midway through the 2nd half, to start their run.

We missed 4 shots and had 4 turnovers on 8 possessions when they cut our 20 point lead to 12.  After that, the refs were playing to the home crowd, and let them beat us up for the ball.

The other thing I was disappointed about was that we slowed the game down too soon, and stopped moving when we were trying to run clock.  The purpose is not for your PG to waste time pounding the ball into the floor.  You want guys cutting without the ball, to get that surprise open layup.

We stopped doing that, while we were slowing down the game.  If you play 30 second possessions, you have to get good shots, not hopeful 3's as the clock runs down.

Other than that, I thought we played really well. Very happy with the win.  I feel very positive about this run of games.  Now, it will be a question of whether they are mature enough, and tough enough, to grind out physical games.

Today, we had a lot of talent on the floor.  The balance, with Donnie back, is that we can hurt you in so many ways on offense.  We are way less predictable.
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