SWC75
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- I’ve never seen Jim Boeheim so down on a team.:
He’s obviously a very frustrated guy. I don’t think he’s very optimistic about this season. Should we be?
- Kaleb Joseph seems totally over-matched by the defenses he is facing at this level of competition. With Michael Gbinije sidelined, Trevor Cooney became our point guard by the end of the game. This may seem irrelevant but Joseph’s very unsuccessful moves reminded me of DaJuan Coleman when he was healthy enough to be on the court so he could make mistakes. Coleman was trying all the moves that got him past high school defenders and found they didn’t get him past college defenders. His problem is that he got hurt- twice- and never got a chance to learn how to play at this level. Joseph is a 175 pound guard rather than a 275 pound center but his problem is the same one. He just doesn’t know what he’s doing out there. He winds up trying to put on a dribbling exhibition and gets surrounded by defenders and either loses control of the ball or makes a desperate and thus bad, pass. At least he’s got a chance to learn to play on this level, which Coleman has never gotten.
- Turnovers are not always about the passer. I think our players do a poor job of positioning themselves as good targets for the passer. Sometimes they jasut seem to leave him alone as if he's supposed to figure out how to get the ball to them. Also, they don't view passing as a a team sport: one guy makes the pass and the other guy goes and gets it. Our guys wait for the pass to get to them, rather than going after the ball.
- Jim seemed dubious about Gbinije’s injury. It sounded almost as if he was begging out of playing in the game. I hope I’m reading too much into it.
- Chris McCullough 1 for 6. You’re 6-10 Chris. 6-10 guys don’t go 1 for 6.
- At least it’s better than 0 for 7, which is what BJ Johnson went.
- Rakeem Christmas is great but he only played 25 minutes due to his usual foul trouble. 25/40 = 62.5% of great. We need more than that.
- Up two, 2.8 seconds left. They have to go the length of the court. You can't really play defense so you don't want to foul. FRONT THE IN-BOUNDS MAN! Make him throw it sideways or up for grabs. If you don't, they'll got a makeable 35-40 footer. Remember Elmer Bennett? Heck, remember Tyler Ennis? We let their best shooter, Raheem Appleby, (see the next point), get an open look and it was dead on. It just didn't quite get there. If you front the inbounds guy, there's no need to sweat it out.
- The guy they worked on defending for a week had 15 points and halftime and the alley-op play they’d worked on defending all week worked three times in a row. Cool. No wonder the man’s frustrated.
- We already have three losses and are taking a trip the Villanova who has their best team in years and is much better than anyone we’ve played.
He’s obviously a very frustrated guy. I don’t think he’s very optimistic about this season. Should we be?
- Kaleb Joseph seems totally over-matched by the defenses he is facing at this level of competition. With Michael Gbinije sidelined, Trevor Cooney became our point guard by the end of the game. This may seem irrelevant but Joseph’s very unsuccessful moves reminded me of DaJuan Coleman when he was healthy enough to be on the court so he could make mistakes. Coleman was trying all the moves that got him past high school defenders and found they didn’t get him past college defenders. His problem is that he got hurt- twice- and never got a chance to learn how to play at this level. Joseph is a 175 pound guard rather than a 275 pound center but his problem is the same one. He just doesn’t know what he’s doing out there. He winds up trying to put on a dribbling exhibition and gets surrounded by defenders and either loses control of the ball or makes a desperate and thus bad, pass. At least he’s got a chance to learn to play on this level, which Coleman has never gotten.
- Turnovers are not always about the passer. I think our players do a poor job of positioning themselves as good targets for the passer. Sometimes they jasut seem to leave him alone as if he's supposed to figure out how to get the ball to them. Also, they don't view passing as a a team sport: one guy makes the pass and the other guy goes and gets it. Our guys wait for the pass to get to them, rather than going after the ball.
- Jim seemed dubious about Gbinije’s injury. It sounded almost as if he was begging out of playing in the game. I hope I’m reading too much into it.
- Chris McCullough 1 for 6. You’re 6-10 Chris. 6-10 guys don’t go 1 for 6.
- At least it’s better than 0 for 7, which is what BJ Johnson went.
- Rakeem Christmas is great but he only played 25 minutes due to his usual foul trouble. 25/40 = 62.5% of great. We need more than that.
- Up two, 2.8 seconds left. They have to go the length of the court. You can't really play defense so you don't want to foul. FRONT THE IN-BOUNDS MAN! Make him throw it sideways or up for grabs. If you don't, they'll got a makeable 35-40 footer. Remember Elmer Bennett? Heck, remember Tyler Ennis? We let their best shooter, Raheem Appleby, (see the next point), get an open look and it was dead on. It just didn't quite get there. If you front the inbounds guy, there's no need to sweat it out.
- The guy they worked on defending for a week had 15 points and halftime and the alley-op play they’d worked on defending all week worked three times in a row. Cool. No wonder the man’s frustrated.
- We already have three losses and are taking a trip the Villanova who has their best team in years and is much better than anyone we’ve played.
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