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Message: [QUOTE="Billy Jack, post: 4514345, member: 4173"] Actually the teams body language and their energy level was terrible late in the first half. They were hanging their heads and nit paying attention to what X was doing as X transitioned from defense to offense. I thought that in the second half they absolutely did rediscover their identity. They pressure zones changing between different looks gave them renewed energy and out them in attack mode. Shot selection became much better as they took what the defense was offering instead of trying to drive to the basket on every possession as they did in the first half. If they continue to approach each game as they approached the second half, they will have an identity and they will be very successful. Xavier’s offense was successful because they hit 50% of their 3’s, which was playing over their heads even for a great shooting team like them. Had they hit their normal 40% on 3’s, we would have won the game. Only 32 of their 82 points were scored in the paint. What 2 bigs would have done would have done would have been to clog up the lane for our offense, which scored 26 points in the paint - almost equal to X’s 32 which you say were accomplished with ease. [/QUOTE]