My thing is, with the coaching part, not so much about the rotation as the overall approach to the game. It's the same reason we lost games against Vermont and Butler - JB absolutely, steadfastly refuses to dictate the tempo even when he's got a team that's far superior athletically and thrives in transition, and he's going against a team that wants to slow it down and grind it out. We suck in the halfcourt. We've never had a good halfcourt offense, and it's especially bad when 1) you have a freshman point guard still getting used to this level, and 2) your best player is not making ANY shots.
So why not pressure them? I know JB said we aren't a good pressing team, but really? With our length and our athleticism, we can't press freaking St. Francis and force them into more turnovers and get some easy buckets, especially when we were struggling to score in the halfcourt sets?
It blows my mind that JB just consistently permits the other team to dictate the tempo in games like this. It works against us so damn much. Remember, before Gbinije's go-ahead basket, we had gone nearly 9 minutes without a field goal. But we were content to sit back in the zone and not try to create any easy baskets at the other end, and our offense consisted of a big man coming to the top of the key to receive a pass, three guys standing around doing nothing, and one guard trying like crazy to get open to get the ball back from the post player with the ball.
Sure, we made a couple adjustments down the stretch, but my point is we should have NEVER been in the position against St. Freaking Francis where adjustments were even needed.
