Yes but he sees those moves at practice. They are 2 different players skill and impact on the game wise.. I was surprised when he did not get subbed in at the 14 minute mark of the second half. Remember he was put back in in the first half with 2 fouls.
Not just over. He got away with an awful lot of shoving away folks who had him boxed out with his body without ever being called for it.
The high hedging against a well coach team really impacts Sanogo’s defensive rebounding. Tough to rebound when you are running back to the basket from 23 feet out. I do think Hawkins is underrated as a defensive player.
This is a great point. I was at the game, and it was very apparent.
Chief did not know that a block shot out of bounds, counts as an offensive rebound for the other team. I was going to bring something up about blocking out of bounds but thought directing a block as a Russell or Walton would do, is a little beyond our current skill set. Maybe Jackson and Clingan would have potential and mindset to potentially do?
The single biggest factor in the win.
It seemed like C play zone quite a bit in this game. The penetration of guards in recent games resulted when our guards got beat and our bigs were in foul trouble. Why not play more zone when this happens. That defensive position also puts us in better position to control defensive rebounds and guards again some burly dudes taking so many offensive rebounds. Just change up the look from time to time.
This is not true! Our great team defensive effort led by low post offense was the difference.
I really don’t see what the problem is regardless of defense. Hurley has Sanogo defensively playing guards 23 feet from the basket in the half court anyways. Karaban has consistently been abused on defense with drives to the rim the last few conference games, so why not have a 7-2 shot blocker in there.
Some of these takes are absolutely laughable!
Both things are true. Team played excellent defense and Creighton missed some makeable shots at times.
I posted the original at 2:20pm, and a correction 7 minutes later when I notice it, and before anyone commented. Because of the 5 minute max edit rule imposed on this forum, I was unable to correct the OP and added the comment. Who’s digging their hole deeper?
So far I have watched the first 15 minutes of the first half again. Creighton has yet to play a zone, Kaluma has maybe 3 rebounds, pushed off once and Schwerneiner (need spellcheck here) has 2 baskets, both vs Alleyne.
What is laughable about it?
I do.
Again, I think having practice scrimmages officiated would really help. For a team high ranked at defense, we have a lot of fundamental flaws. Reckless intensity needs to be substituted by smart intensity.
Same could be said if UConn was hitting their 3’s the past couple games. Goes both ways.
