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[QUOTE="NineOneSeven, post: 1003452, member: 871"]
Don't people always say that Boeheim's style on O has typically been to roll the ball out there and let them play?

During the Iowa State game, after a player nailed a three (named Thomas I want to say?), the announcer said that their coach said that was one of "their thousand or so plays". Obviously, that's an exaggeration, but the point is, he drew up a play to get a player into a spot that is said player's strength, and it was executed. Now, of course there are two sides to this- the play call and the execution. You either a) run the play and convert, b) don't run the play and don't convert, c) run the play and don't convert, d) don't run the play and hope to convert.

Option C happens- shooting 50% (a great %), still means you missed half your shots. That's fine. You can live with missed shots if you are still getting the look you intended.

If it's option B and players are not running what was designed, that's where coaching comes into play. A quick substitution to the sideline- ask why said play was not run. Basically, bench the player for a minute to get a view of the game from a different perspective (yes, this definitely helps, trust me).

The point is- imo, we didn't have nearly enough of option C, (thus even less of A),  and way too much of option D. Where was the back door cuts? The baseline lobs? The pick and pops? It's simple basketball. I completely agree our players' were a large part of our challenges on offense, but I still firmly believe we didn't put all of our guys in the right position enough to make plays.
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