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Message: [QUOTE="CardiacCuse, post: 4940104, member: 6979"] the root of this debate rests upon the quality of the halfcourt offense. this season, the halfcourt offense hasnt been good. in this pitt game, they shot great and it worked. they also got 8 made baskets off passes out of the post or passes off the dribble, in the halfcourt...we havent seen much of that this season (and we should)...passing out of the post (even simply using the post!) and passing off the dribble should be core elements of this offense. because the halfcourt offense has been so poor and mainly reliant on iso penetration ...one of the best ways this team has had to score is off of steals and fast breaks. any team that SU can't turnover at a high clip has had a very good chance of beating the Orange. there wont be any fast breaks if they cant get steals and turnovers. slowing down the game hasnt really been an option because the team hasnt been good enough in the halfcourt. I dont think it will work well to slow games down in the future. taking care of the ball is important and not turning the ball over is one of the keys to victory for this team. they turned it over waaaay too much vs UNC and Duke. but that wasnt bc of fastbreaking. it was bc of pressure defense and being rattled. a ton of the turnovers in those games were in the halfcourt and due to a stagnant offense and poor decision making. fastbreaking doesnt cause turnovers. bad decisions do. judah and copeland especially need to stop just putting their head down and deciding beforehand that they will shoot no matter what the defense does. the team in general is good at not turning it over...but against a pressure D, that changes. fastbreaking is a strength of this team and they need to continue to employ it. they just need to do so without the turnovers. theyre not going to shoot 60% from 3 every game...they need to diversify the offensive approach...pcik and roll, screens off the ball, fast break, etc etc to keep opponents guessing. slowing games down wont work against a UNC or Duke, imo. [/QUOTE]

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