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Message: [QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 2830856, member: 43"] This 100% there are multiple reasons this team continues to be an average offensive team and some nights a dumpster fire. Frank not being 100% is clearly #1, I like Bees but hes whistling past the graveyard, Frank is no where near 100%. That loose ball late in the game showed that he has zero burst or speed, that ODU guy made him look like he was standing still. We need to get him back to the Frank of last year or this team is going to struggle all year. Perhaps the Christmas break will help. Also FT shooting is totally erratic. Against OSU we shot like 92%, yet against Gtown and ODU were missing Ft's left and right. Mixsing the front end of 1 and 1's, missing the ft to make it a 3 pt play etc etc. Not expecting us to shoot 85% as a team but we have been all over the place this year. The other issue is this team gets zero easy baskets and has a poor bball IQ. How many long 2's has this team taken this year? How many times have we have tried to lob it to Chukwu or make a contested pass to Sidibe that we end up turning over. It is mind boggling. There were at least 4 of these type of passes/turnovers against ODU on Saturday, including a horrific one late by Oshae. Secondly how many times has a loose ball or rebound fallen right to Chukwu and Sidibe for what should be a lay up and they inevitably drop it, have it taken away, or just bat it around before it ends up with the other team. I hate to keep beating a dead horse but this team is playing 4 on 5 constantly on offense. Chukwu when he is playing well at least can board and give a shot blocking presence but he's regressed offensively (if that's possible) and Sidibe must still be hurt because he has looked awful so far and that is being kind. I am not excusing the play of Frank or Tyus or Oshae but its beyond frustrating to watch our centers struggle to really do anything game after game after game. Our current tandem make the Forth/McNeil years look like the golden age. [/QUOTE]

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