Lemoyne loses by 41 to UConn
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Yeah, that team. 41 points. Do you get my point?
DomeHolmes
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I watched a little bit of it. Lemoyne was able to beat their guys off the dribble too. The difference was, they rotated with sound help defense. Yukon had three or four bigs who were willing to slide over and contest the layup. They were quicker and more athletic than our big guys and made it look easy. The other thing they did was switch on screens. It allowed someone to always be in front of their player rather than chasing him. But again, they have the athletes to do it, and it’s easier to do if you have a rim protector.
also, Lemoyne missed a lot of the open threes they made against us. Yukon frustrated them and took them out of the game mentally which we weren’t able to do.
but watching this, it made it very apparent just how bad our help defense really is, and our defensive scheme in general. Freeman, Lumpkin, and Davis in 76 minutes yesterday, had a total of one foul. No aggression. No one even tries to rotate. How can it be possible that we have three bigs (two of them veterans), who have no instinct on how to rotate or have never been expected to do it?
if we can’t get this figured out, we are going to have to play zone and live and die by three-point shooting. Texas, Tennessee will score 100, all at the rim if we don’t.
also, Lemoyne missed a lot of the open threes they made against us. Yukon frustrated them and took them out of the game mentally which we weren’t able to do.
but watching this, it made it very apparent just how bad our help defense really is, and our defensive scheme in general. Freeman, Lumpkin, and Davis in 76 minutes yesterday, had a total of one foul. No aggression. No one even tries to rotate. How can it be possible that we have three bigs (two of them veterans), who have no instinct on how to rotate or have never been expected to do it?
if we can’t get this figured out, we are going to have to play zone and live and die by three-point shooting. Texas, Tennessee will score 100, all at the rim if we don’t.
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Yeah trying to compare UConn to Syracuse and the point differential. Cuse doesn’t belong even remotely close to a comparison of back to back Champs.. Cuse won by 2. UConn won by 41. UConn is that good and Cuse has a long way to go. But the amount of talking after a win about how bad the team is is already old and it never ends
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Don't be shocked if Yukon wins another NC this year. They are that good with lots of new players, and they are just going to get better as the season progresses. We don't deserve to be compared to them. And we should get better as well as we also have a bunch of new players. Fortunately, our coaches and players haven't written off the season.
It’s a valid comparison. I wanted to know if Lemoyne was better than we thought after that game. I don’t care that It was another great UConn team. 41 points! Now I know…..Lemoyne stinks.
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It's truly shocking stuff they just won back to back. Flash back to 2017...
If we played them tomorrow we could lose by 40 too. Four new starters, transfers and frosh but they look pretty cohesive on O and on D. And this was a game where they missed a bunch of open looks they made last year. They play really well as a team. The game they have coming up against Gonzaga will tell if they are as good as last year. Makes me glad I am old and view Georgetown as the biggest rival. The UCONN rivalry fans must be sick about how far below them we are today. There is hope, hoops does not take as long as football to become really good.
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