Championship Level Defense

[YearoftheHusky]

I honestly think that everyone is giving Adama too hard of a time about his offense. Seton Hall obviously schemed to stop him and dared everyone else to beat them. Well, we did.

 

[karstenkibbe]

A noticeable difference. Good guys switched on ball screens much more than usual. Made a huge difference. We did not allow any straight-line drives fighting through screens which has been a weakness of late. Made them settle for contested jump shots.

This. All night long. So smooth, great communication. Switches happened without hesitation and none resulted in mismatches in Seton Hall’s favor. Such a great effort by the good guys.

 

[KembaSlice]

Well then he needs to facilitate and not go 1 v 3

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Virginia won all D...No O

True enough for me to add that Virginia did not rush, force, or take ill-chosen shots to the extent that this team does.

All games moving forward will be against competition that will exploit this tendency, so it's not simply looking for something to complain about after a great win.

The next game is about snagging a 4-seed, which would need a victory in the successor game.

Like tonight, Friday is a rubber match. The other side of the bracket is represented by the two teams we haven't beaten.

 

[husky429]

Effort was great as always. Looked to me like the difference was everyone seemed to know who to prioritize in scramble situations... high level stuff

 

[Kenny11]

Jackson and Whaley were monsters on defense. Martin too. Everyone else was also good

 

[CL82]

 

[Kemba15]

 

[jibsey]

Tremendous amount of hand deflection and disruption on defense. It’s like each guy had 4 arms. Can that be coached?

 

[husky429]

Tremendous amount of hand deflection and disruption on defense. It’s like each guy had 4 arms. Can that be coached?

Yep. You look like you have 4 arms when your defense footwork is great, you positioning is solid, and you can put in 100% effort because you have trust in your teammates to help if you get beat. That's all signs of great coaching.

Hurley is a very good man to man defensive coach. Probably one of the best in the country. I'm fully convinced if we had a half-way decent zone and press in our back pocket for games a guard lights us up in the lane, we'd be a top 10 defense in the country.

 

[huskiesNhoos]

Virginia won all D...No O

This is so wrong...I can't even...UVA had the 2nd ranked offense in the country NC season but carry on with this totally inaccurate statement if it helps your narrative

 

[HuskyHawk]

I honestly think that everyone is giving Adama too hard of a time about his offense. Seton Hall obviously schemed to stop him and dared everyone else to beat them. Well, we did.

We didn't run the offense through him. From the start of the game, he was outside setting screens, with some pick and roll, but very little attempt to feed him in the post. The reality is that Obiagu does a great job on him and they double him. So it was obvious to me that Dan game planned away from him. I was actually going to credit Hurley for recognizing a difficult matchup and not forcing the ball into it.

 

[husky429]

We didn't run the offense through him. From the start of the game, he was outside setting screens, with some pick and roll, but very little attempt to feed him in the post. The reality is that Obiagu does a great job on him and they double him. So it was obvious to me that Dan game planned away from him. I was actually going to credit Hurley for recognizing a difficult matchup and not forcing the ball into it.

Very good game plan IMO. Whoever did the scouting from our last game and game planned last night deserves a ton of credit.

 

[auror]

We didn't run the offense through him. From the start of the game, he was outside setting screens, with some pick and roll, but very little attempt to feed him in the post. The reality is that Obiagu does a great job on him and they double him. So it was obvious to me that Dan game planned away from him. I was actually going to credit Hurley for recognizing a difficult matchup and not forcing the ball into it.

Yeah we went to Sanogo a few times in the 2nd half in quick succession when Obiagu was out and Sanogo was able to get decent position, but he still missed his jump hooks. It was noticeable because we didn't really do that most of the game.

 

[microfich]

Beautiful ugliness.
Beware the black swan for a partner at the dance.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Not sure I like the implication that we're some plucky mid-major, but we're certainly getting people's attention.

 

[CTBasketball]

Earlier this year we were losing games we shot poorly in. Nice to see the D step up tonight.

 

[tzznandrew]

This is so wrong...I can't even...UVA had the 2nd ranked offense in the country NC season but carry on with this totally inaccurate statement if it helps your narrative

Low scoring does not mean no offense. Efficiency efficiency efficiency.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Not sure I like the implication that we're some plucky mid-major, but we're certainly getting people's attention.

I also took it to mean there’s a lot of soft teams that are overrated in the power conferences that would get blitzed by us