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Message: [QUOTE="Tenspro2002, post: 2432988, member: 889"] Tremendous win that will have repercussions in March in terms of quality wins and strength of schedule (with opportunities for more quality wins this week). The toughness was great, a near-complete 180 from last year's team that played soft and with minimal basketball IQ. 3-point defense was vastly improved from the first half to the second. That's going to be critical going forward if we continue to be unable to score from outside ourselves. Gilbert looked much better and even finished around the rim a few times (though he also got blocked at least once). Free throw shooting, with the exception of Gilbert, also was excellent in the second half. This team can do a lot of damage off the dribble-drive by finishing and/or drawing fouls. That said, KO simply has to develop some kind of offense that isn't just the lead guard taking his man 1-on-1 off the dribble. 4 assists, or whatever we had, is pathetic at this level of basketball. We're going to need a Plan B at some point, and it almost cost us a win tonight as our offense completely broke down for most of the second half. Team defense and rebounding is a vast improvement over the last few years, and we're not even into December. As the rotation tightens up (sorry, Mamadou), we should become even tougher and more cohesive on the defensive end as the year goes on. That gives us a pretty good floor, with offensive development the factor that will determine our ceiling. Overall a big-time performance on the road in a critical early-season game -- very encouraging. [/QUOTE]

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