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[QUOTE="Dave85, post: 1960382, member: 3946"]
Great post as always you are the boss.  I do have a couple of comments.

During the Holy Cross game, although the press did not cause a turnover, it took 8 to 10 seconds of the shot clock during possession.  So when Holy Cross finally got into their offensive set, they practically had no time left to get a good shot off.  They made a bad shot and we rebounded.  So I'm not sure we can measure the success of the press solely by if it caused a turnover on our side of the half-court.  If they can delay the ball getting up the court those 8-10 seconds are gold if it forces our opponents to make bad shots because there's not enough time left on the shot clock.

Second, I am a very big fan of Battle.  I think he has some freshmen-itus.  As the season goes on and he becomes more confident driving to the rim he's really going to be a force on offense.  On transition, he's a lightning bolt.  He may be the fastest kid I've ever seen move the ball all the court in a very long time.   There may be faster but he's really fast up the court.  I'm really excited to see ceiling of his potential at the college level.  He's going to be a really good player for us.

With Gillon and AW3 shooting so well, there's a chance where both Lydon and Battle do not get enough points per game where both are kind of forced to come back another year.  Holy cow that would be fun!   I think Thompson is going to steal many minutes from Coleman this season.  Although I appreciate all Coleman's hard work to come back from injury I really like Thompson's offense.  The kid's low post footwork is really good.  Thompson was really well coached in HS.  I really like this kid.
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