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Message: [QUOTE="Madbiker, post: 1201207, member: 312"] I don't think it was lack of effort on D. The offense was very bad, not just missed shots but terrible shot selection which then resulted in fast break transition baskets going the other way. Happened all night. When a team shoots a low percentage there are going to be a lot of open court situations and the D is going to look bad. When we avoided those situations the D was better. One aspect that was poor was the play of Cooney and Kaleb at the top of the zone. Their coverage of Cal's 3 point shooters, especially Bird was terrible. Going in you have to know that Bird is a really good 3 pt shooter and mark him and stay on top of him. But he was open (with nobody within 5 feet of him) several times. Cooney looked lost IMO. The best D combination was a brief stint that paired Patterson and Gbinije at the guards. [/QUOTE]