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[QUOTE="SoBeCuse, post: 2418596, member: 796"]
True.  Paschal and Oshae have exceeded expectations quite a bit like you say and that is helping the team all around.  I think we have streaky drivers and finishers.  TB and Oshae being the most reliable.  Frank sometimes drives, sometimes can’t get by his guy, and then when he can he really struggles to finish still.  We saw some floater potential last game and recently.  Hope that continues.  Often Frank and Tyus (Frank especially) stall too much just pounding the ball in one place wasting the shot clock and then we get a bad shot while the defense did nothing.

I posted in another thread about offensive efficiency.  I’m not worried about the defense.  It’s possible we haven’t been pushing up on shooters enough recently because of injuries to Sidibe and such.  The perimeter D I expect to change and/or get better.

Oshae IS the third guy.  13.6/9.2!  Certainly good enough.  He just needs to pick his spots better.  Offensive efficiency must get better or it will catch up with us sooner or later.  We are ranked 106.  Our tempo is 336.  Yes we play zone and teams will hold the ball more but we are getting more stops on defense than in recent years and rebounding GREAT.  Those extra possessions other teams aren’t getting and we are benefitting from that.  That 106 number is not good at all.  Virginia holds the ball on offense and Baylor plays zone.  Their tempos are slow too like us but their AdjO efficiency ranks are 49 and 23 respectively.  Ours MUST improve.
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