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[QUOTE="cuse522, post: 1732202, member: 1149"]
Here's an example of a minor tweak I'd like to see next year. Instead of having Roberson or DC2 set the high ball screen, at least sometimes have Lydon or Malachi set it. They can both pop out behind the 3 point line, catch and shoot. They can also both roll to the basket, and take a pass.

I'd also like to see JB spending a little time coaching up whoever is setting the screen on how to roll to the basket effectively. They often just drift, and are in no position to do anything.

That's not changing the offense or making it more advanced, which I didn't advocate in my original post. I'd just like to see little tweaks like that, and it doesn't even have to happen all the time. We averaged around 70 possessions per game, I think, and just having Lydon and Richardson each do that 3-4 times a game would be nice. It then makes the play harder to defend the rest of the time, too.

Another example... By now anyone who watches any film should know our go-to corner inbound play when we have a 3-point shooter inbound, curl around the recipient of the pass, and take a return pass for a quick three. Why not have that player fake that and cut down the baseline instead every now and then? We might get some easy layups.

I'm not trying to re-invent the wheel here, I'd just love to see our offense grow and adapt a LITTLE bit over time if we're going to keep using the same plays in the same situations year in and year out. Go watch the G-Mac highlight reels of the Big East tournament run, I promise you're going to see that corner inbound play you saw Cooney run over and over again in his career.
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