I agree with Bilas that much of the differecne is that we were flat-footed on defesne in the firs thalf last night and Lousiville is all voer them tonight. That's not 100% of it but it's a big part of it.
Our team has four problems right now, three of which are correctable:
1) We have no power forward and good rebounding teams can dominate us on the board more than we can make up for it with blocks and steals.
2) We have been shooting the ball poorly for some time now, although our nubmers were good lasty night. I think desparation causes players to just shoot and not think about it. As I said before, hopefully the muscle memory kicks in.
3) Scoop is back in the mode of thinking that he's got to do it by himself. That's basically waht "Bad Scoop" is. He shouldn't be challenged to "step up'. He needs to be told to calm down and realize that his job is to run the offense and take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves, not go one on four on a fast break.
4) Our defesne has fallen off down the stretch. It was awful in the first half vs. Cincy but even in the second half and other games it's not producing the steals and blocks and fast breaks it once did when we were dominating teams. I'd like to see the press used more proactively, as it was being used earlier in the season. But the big thing is that we aren't playing the zone as aggreessively as we were. Where are the traps, the tipped balls, the action out front, the blocks and the steals? We were getitng 15-20 fast break points per game. We got 2 vs. Cincy.
#1 Isn't walking through that door but we've done #2-4 before this year and need to do it again to go deep in the tournament.
, but I can shoot it an easy 20 feet in the air and hit the rim every time. It may go in more than the line drive, but it would give your big men plenty of time to push the other team under the rim.
