I'm all for physical post play. Physical play on the perimeter and chucks on every cutter is ruining the game. It's why we have the 55-50 snooze fests. The NBA fixed this years ago and college has lagged behind.
I do agree with the hand check call needing to be enforced. This should have always been the case. But good defensive players can find ways to legally impede a player's movement, getting in their way and making it difficult for them, and this physicality is essential to the game.
I think that's a bit unfair. He's had some great guards too, and even though he's left without a NC frequently, he consistently gets very deep into the tournament. There's some luck factor to that. He's an incredible coach, his complaining aside.I don't care for annual rule changes either, but Izzo's issues are his failures to recruit and teach a guard who can control a game. He's always trying to run offense through big slow stiffs.
I like to watch guys bang down lowYeah, I hear you James, and yet the Big East had many great years being a physical league. It may not be what Naismith envisioned but I like a physical game.
He's put a few average guards into the NBA. Izzo doesn't put good guards into the NBA because he doesn't draw good guard talent out of high school. He doesn't draw good guard talent because of his style of play. None of the high profile guards want to play in Izzo's system.I think that's a bit unfair. He's had some great guards too, and even though he's left without a NC frequently, he consistently gets very deep into the tournament. There's some luck factor to that. He's an incredible coach, his complaining aside.
Amen!
Good man defense has nothing to do with impeding progress, college kids are simply not disciplined enough to execute this way. It's a problem on ball, 0ff ball , and on post play. Lemme guess, you think they don't play defense in the NBA huh?
@champs99and04 perhaps "handchecking" specifically, but you can't argue the style of play is much different from say the 2009 lakers and the 2014 Spurs, right? Maybe college is just taking much longer, which makes sense since there are like 8 times the amount of hoopers in d1 than the NBA.
At the end of the day it's not going to be the same as the pros so we all are in agreement, I just don't know how they can increase scoring without increasing ft attempts at the moment . Edit: I've always been a proponent of adopting all the NBA rules, specifically the 3 in the key , which would dispose of many junk defenses.