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Message: [QUOTE="Chief00, post: 5203526, member: 11108"] SJU shot 8% better from the field and 16% better from 3. Hurley stopped our second half comeback by replacing Reed with Johnson. Things were never the same even after quickly putting Reed back in. Johnson should be in last year’s role, he isn’t a starting center. Much is on Hurley having Reed and Johnson covering guards at half court, while leaving big men wide open rolling underneath. At least 5 times McNeeley/Ball’s had to rotate and then their man hit threes. If we stopped the destructive high hedge we could start Reed and not have him and Johnson pile up fouls. That would also give us more rebounds and points in the paint. Additionally, this disasterous hedging also creates poor 3 point defense with many defenders being caught in between and sometimes fouling a 3 point shooter running out late to him. The flagrant 1 foul in the first half that created a 7 or 8 point swing was the turning point in the game / making a close game a landslide, it did not look like a flagrant foul in the replay. When pressed, we don’t get the ball to the middle - no excuse for that from a strategy/implementation perspective. I am all for being hard on players and playing harder, but that doesn’t address our many mental mistakes, turnovers, lack of fundamental screens and poor rotations. Time is here to do things smarter this year. [/QUOTE]