Chief’s Briefs - Texas Edition

[Chief00]

I shortened the OP to emphasize a few key points many Yarders are still missing

I would add that we held a very good team, especially a sensational team on offense that averages 90 points, to 63

One thing I learned about Texas, they can shoot

Texas could really get the ball quickly up court in transition. Ironically, the high volume of game stopping fouls against us with FT attempts (28) may have hurt Texas’s rhythm/momentum more than ours - since we are used to the abundance of whistles in our game. Texas need more than 4 threes (31%), FG % 38% and 68% foul shooting - how did all that teach you they could shoot?

 

[Fan1978]

Some truth there but the flip side is he is a good team player and teammate. You don’t achieve that by shooting 100% of the time you touch the ball. So yes he needs to find that sweet spot after 2 months recovering from an injury.

We are on the same page, he is a good team player but best for the team to shoot more.

 

[Excalibur]

The obsession with the high (should be called “hard”) hedge remains laughable. We continue to give up more rebounds off of drop coverage because of the resulting uncontested dribble penetration.

Y’all are saying “X” when the reality is “not X”.

 

[Excalibur]

And how about the reason we don’t rebound well is because of the high hedge. How many shots are taken while our center is employs the high hedge? How about ZERO?

People would rather have our bigs out of position helping on penetration, though that has been a failed tactic all season.

 

[Stinger92860]

IF this team doesn’t win a national championship..

it will be cause of FTs.

I know it, you know it, Chief knows it, the casuals know it.

Rebounding, as FT won’t mean as much as we’ll have bigger leads

Right now we are ranked 228 at 69.9% for free throws. BTW, the team ranked last is Cuse at 56.8%., thats horrible.

We need to get better or it could bite us. Mid 70’s would be nice considering where we are now. Another glaring issue for is we are ranked 270 in getting to the line, resulting in only 13 ppg from the line. Considering how much we foul I am surprised that our FT differential is only -3.

The guys we need improvement from the most:

Reed - to avoid a wack Tarris defensive approach
Smith - he may become our go to PG closer, he will get fouled at the end of games
Reibe - another wack him target, but I think with his stroke he improves as the season progresses
Stewart - who is 4th on the team for minutes so far, which I did not realize, though with Mullins starting now Stewarts minutes should decrease

Silas shoots FTs at a 76% clip which is better than average, but barely. Also, he needs to be on the floor vs on the bench with foul issues

 

[AllHusky]

Right now we are ranked 228 at 69.9% for free throws. BTW, the team ranked last is Cuse at 56.8%., thats horrible.

We need to get better or it could bite us. Mid 70’s would be nice considering where we are now. Another glaring issue for is we are ranked 270 in getting to the line, resulting in only 13 ppg from the line. Considering how much we foul I am surprised that our FT differential is only -3.

The guys we need improvement from the most:

Reed - to avoid a wack Tarris defensive approach
Smith - he may become our go to PG closer, he will get fouled at the end of games
Reibe - another wack him target, but I think with his stroke he improves as the season progresses
Stewart - who is 4th on the team for minutes so far, which I did not realize, though with Mullins starting now Stewarts minutes should decrease

Silas shoots FTs at a 76% clip which is better than average, but barely. Also, he needs to be on the floor vs on the bench with foul issues

Somehow ball needs to be in Mullins and Balls hands at end, until Silas gets straightened out and is the dependable lead we need(poetry!)
Karaban is suspect at the line also.

 

[Lafayette]

Yeah, that was a bad decision to pass it to Reed during that break.
His range is ridiculous and he gets the shot off so quickly. One of my sons refers to him as ‘The Flamethrower’, because of the balls release, trajectory and path to the basket.

But the awareness to tap back that long rebound was amazing!

 

[Chief00]

The obsession with the high (should be called “hard”) hedge remains laughable. We continue to give up more rebounds off of drop coverage because of the resulting uncontested dribble penetration.

Y’all are saying “X” when the reality is “not X”.

The dribble penetration is often a result of a mismatch on the guard dribbling, a mismatch rooted in the high hedge.

 

[Chief00]

Somehow ball needs to be in Mullins and Balls hands at end, until Silas gets straightened out and is the dependable lead we need(poetry!)
Karaban is suspect at the line also.

Alex is good enough at the line at crunch time. Not perfect but good.

 

[Chief00]

People would rather have our bigs out of position helping on penetration, though that has been a failed tactic all season.

Generally, a Big should be in the paint to begin with on defense unless his man steps up with 3’s and we frankly have not seen much of that this year. If he is in the paint by definition he is helping on penetration.

 

[Chief00]

Just rewatched the game. Looked to me like Braylon camped out in the corner an awful lot in this game. hard to set screens for someone who isn't moving

I agree, and my guess is it was by the coach’s design to spread the floor. The problem with that is that Reed’s not 100% and even if he was Texas had a very tall and physical center.

 

[Chief00]

I heard that from Hurley too and it makes sense. I noticed Mullins run straight into white jerseys a handful of times last night.

Either way, at this point I’m shocked when he misses. I laughed out loud at one of his jumpers last night because this kid seems automatic.

Enjoy watching him play. I hope we see Mullins play healthy for a good stretch.

 

[Excalibur]

The dribble penetration is often a result of a mismatch on the guard dribbling, a mismatch rooted in the high hedge.

The penetration occurs when we drop.

 

[ucp990411]

Somehow ball needs to be in Mullins and Balls hands at end, until Silas gets straightened out and is the dependable lead we need(poetry!)
Karaban is suspect at the line also.

Alex Karaban has shot 84% from the free throw line in his career. I guess that makes him suspect at the line? What the heck do you want from the guy

 

[Chief00]

The penetration occurs when we drop.

But we are in mismatches by then due to the high hedge switching.

 

[Lafayette]

That’s the first time I’ve read “penetration” so many times in a basketball forum!

 

[HooperScooper]

Alex is good enough at the line at crunch time. Not perfect but good.

He's 16-19 for 84.2%. That's a low amount of attempts but not sure what the two of you are expecting. 19-19?

 

[Fan1978]

Alex Karaban has shot 84% from the free throw line in his career. I guess that makes him suspect at the line? What the heck do you want from the guy

They want him to be shabaz

 

[Chief00]

He's 16-19 for 84.2%. That's a low amount of attempts but not sure what the two of you are expecting. 19-19?

I said Alex was good but not perfect from the line. 84% FT aligns with that assessment. I consider the 80% - 86% range good. Upper 80’s very good and above 90% perfect (excellent).

 

[alphasigko]

I think that rhis was the 1st game where there were 2 passes to no one in the 2nd half the I have witnessed in any recent Husky game. Just bad passes or each the result of not understanding of the called play?