Pittsburgh. Virginia. Louisville.

[AlaskaSU]

Might be. I'm just going off what has been reported on him by coaches of Cuse and his other teams. 7'2 at a major program, with a starting role, gets you fast tracked into the NBA these days.

If DCII returns, Chewy is not even starting.

 

[Jasoncuse]

Our offensive gameplan stinks and there's really very few set plays that we run. It's the same 3-man weave up top and the pick and roll, followed by a launched jump shot or occasionally Malachi driving. Teams that play tough, physical defense will destroy this offense. And when Roberson isn't rebounding, we really struggle to score. This program used to get out and run, getting easy transition points, but that's gone the way of the dodo. I'm sure that's partially due to the defense, rebounding and lack of a shot blocker, but without guards that can and will push the ball, it's almost impossible to get the easy buckets.

Also, sitting back in the zone against coaches/teams that know how to break it down is just insanity. If the opposition struggles at the start of the game, everybody in the building and watching on TV knows they'll eventually start succeeding against the zone. The 2-3 is great against teams that are unaccustomed to playing against it, but against the Pitt, L'ville's, etc, it's just window dressing.

 

[tbonezone]

i miss those fast break days. we have become way too staid and predictable both offensively and defensively.

“Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

 

[Scotch]

And yet, Jaime Dixon consistently loses to west Virginia and Notre dame, two teams that Jb beats. So, JB is better than Huggins who is better than Dixon who is better that JB? Yeah, that makes sense. When dixon gets to a final four, then maybe you can make a moronic statement like that. Pitino is a better coach than JB. Let's see how he does when he has a ship reduction. Won't be able to press the way he likes. And with bennett, it's too early to call that. They have had 3 home games of the 4 they have played against us. And these have been their best teams. I guess Jb is better than Izzo. I think he is 4 of 5 against him. I guess jb is better than Knight. I think he was 4 of 5 against him. We can play that game all day long.

Styles make fights. There are bad match ups for JB's style, and JB is a bad matchup for other coaches.

Dixon's teams consistently exploit something we aren't that good at (rebounding) and also do a heck of a job guarding ball screens (our primary offense).

Bennett will do the same thing to us as long as he's at UVA.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Why do you root for them then?

I mean if their playing style and coach don't suit you likes, just switch your allegiances.

Find another team you can complain about less.

So when Hop starts mixing in some m2m, which will be your new team allegiance? You should probably start doing some research using any of the following criteria:

- zone exclusively
- NBA isolation
- slowest tempo in NCAA
- keystone cops press

Good luck with that.

 

[FrancoPizza]

i miss those fast break days. we have become way too staid and predictable both offensively and defensively.

If we don't run next year with Battle and Malachi up top and Chukwu manning the middle, then it's safe to say fast breaking is forever dead and buried somewhere in Oakwood Cemetery. I truly wonder how much of this is JB growing more conservative with age.

 

[Col. Bleep]

The old saying in boxing is "styles make fights."
Same in basketball.
Certain styles expose our zone and our general lack of offensive plays/sets.'

First of all, Pitt & Louisville have experience exploiting the zone...same way Calhoun did at UConn.
Pitt bangs relentlessly and usually has strong guard play.
Louisville, rebounds (we're one and done), runs (we're hustling back all the time and that takes a toll when you're playing 7 guys), shoots (if they're on, the game can get lopsided) and presses (we have to work for everything and can become sloppy).
Virginia is simply the most fundamentally sound team in the country. They don't beat themselves, play tough D and execute their offense. If you see UVA put up one bad shot a game, that's a lot and it's probably because the clock is about to expire.

Some years we may have the players to win our way. But if we want to beat these teams more often we have to change our style. That's not going to happen.

 

[Townie72]

So when Hop starts mixing in some m2m, which will be your new team allegiance? You should probably start doing some research using any of the following criteria:

- zone exclusively
- NBA isolation
- slowest tempo in NCAA
- keystone cops press

Good luck with that.

He won't mix in M2M.

You need to read "Bleeding Orange"carefully to understand it won't happen.

You have convinced me that you are the fan if some team that doesn't exist. I haveryou in my "Whiners" category.

 

[FrancoPizza]

He won't mix in M2M.
.

Hop is off the record as saying he will use m2m in some capacity. This is not me talking but what others have heard. Knowing mikes personality and history as a player that should not be any surprise. You still haven't answered the question- if hop uses any m2m which new team will you root for? the irony in your attacks is that you come off as a fan of JB and not a fan of the school. You'll drop your allegiance the minute JB retires.

 

[SBU72]

Speaking of hand checking, the NCAA rules committee supposedly made this a point of emphasis this year. Has anyone noticed that the refs are calling these fouls any closer? I sure haven't

Apparently you did not see the Bona/Dayton game. 47 fouls were called. They were aware of the point of emphasis. The head of official's was at the game. Of course there were only 30 called during the Pitt game. 26 in the Louisville game. (only 9 by SU. They did forget to play defense!) At Louisville, it seemed like almost every time a SU player drove the lane he was stripped of the ball with nobody touching them. Maybe the head of officials should show up the next time SU plays either of them!

 

[Townie72]

Hop is off the record as saying he will use m2m in some capacity. This is not me talking but what others have heard. Knowing mikes personality and history as a player that should not be any surprise. You still haven't answered the question- if hop uses any m2m which new team will you root for? the irony in your attacks is that you come off as a fan of JB and not a fan of the school. You'll drop your allegiance the minute JB retires.

Hasn't dissuaded you.

You are on record as disliking Boeheim.

Must be that hat and t-shirt you bought that keeps you around.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

I don't even think the rebounding was toughness or strength. They just have a guy where we don't on 104% of long boards that go the FT line. Is that all luck? The zone maybe but it happens on both ends of the court. Maybe we need to learn Physics and trajectories better?

We also tend to have one, two, or three guys running at and past a shooter, taking them out of rebounding position. It's typical for one guy, recovering and scrambling to cover a shooter, to fly by a shooter. But, in that game, i counted a few occasions with two guys converging and going past him. And, at least once, three guys... So, we're rebounding 2-3-or 4 against 5. And, it's not like the fly-by guys are moving toward our own hoop for fast break opportunities. They're just sailing out of bounds...

 

[CuseFaninVT]

We also tend to have one, two, or three guys running at and past a shooter, taking them out of rebounding position. It's typical for one guy, recovering and scrambling to cover a shooter, to fly by a shooter. But, in that game, i counted a few occasions with two guys converging and going past him. And, at least once, three guys... So, we're rebounding 2-3-or 4 against 5. And, it's not like the fly-by guys are moving toward our own hoop for fast break opportunities. They're just sailing out of bounds...

And its not like we've blocked more than a couple jump shots this year (pretty sure only Lydon and Coleman have done that). The guards especially need to be able to contest a shot without putting themselves so far out of position.

 

[Dave85]

Do we know that Battle isn't a PG?

After hearing that Howard is a combo guard(he's not), MCW could fill it up from 3(he couldn't) and that Roberson was a day 1 starter and could shoot from the high post(LOL), I don't trust people's takes on our high school recruits any more.

I get the idea of having length at the top of the zone on defense but I wonder if you have a really fast 6'0" guy who was a true PG maybe we would do better against pressure defenses. The Monmouth PG is like 5' 6" and is pretty effective.

I think Battle will play the 1 but he may not be as good as Howard bringing the ball up early in the season. But Battle will be tremendous driving to the basket.

 

[Dave85]

If howard doesn't start then I give up knowing anything about basketball

Howard looked pretty good at moments the last 3 games.

 

[Dave85]

If we don't run next year with Battle and Malachi up top and Chukwu manning the middle, then it's safe to say fast breaking is forever dead and buried somewhere in Oakwood Cemetery. I truly wonder how much of this is JB growing more conservative with age.

Why not Howard PG, Battle SG, Malachi SF, Roberson PF, Chukwu C ? That also seems like fast break city to me?