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Message: [QUOTE="FireballPhil, post: 4068974, member: 553"] I think you are mostly correct, this could indeed be a rough season to take in. Defensively we need Benny to get better in a hurry. We cannot extend the zone out to cover the good three point shooters because we don't have a guy quick enough to rotate back down to the weak side corner-Benny solves this problem. He reminds me of Hak in this regard, but can he provide the offense Hak did in order to get him the playing time he needs? Right now it sure isn't being seen, but he is a 4/5 star for a reason-one must think he can and will improve dramatically. Hopefully he can pick up some things watching some film over the next few days and make the adjustments we believe he is capable of. Offensively, we are a different team when Cole is playing and scoring well. He just opens up so many things for everyone it makes him the difference maker. In order for this team to succeed, he needs to be steady. Not great, just steady. Joe also needs to stop picking up his dribble in the back court while under pressure. He is the same style of point that Gerry was, and has many of the same strengths and weaknesses. He has improved a ton since last year but obviously his work is not yet done. Will he continue to improve? I think he will, and I think there will be adjustments made to help him bring the ball up court. It would be nice for him to play more off ball, but honestly there are issues with both our PG's that need work. At least we have a chance to score with Joe. The team is still a work in progress. It has been said all preseason that this is a very tough non conference schedule, and we were all proud of how hard it was and how good it will look come March playing the teams we have. Now that we have lost to these teams the sky has fallen. Not many cupcakes to fatten the schedule, we all knew this was the hardest season in forever to get to 20 wins. If they figure out how to extend the zone while covering the corner, and how to bring the ball up in traffic we have a decent shot at winning more games than we lose, just because of our shooting ability. If we don't we won't even sniff an NIT bid. [/QUOTE]

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