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Message: [QUOTE="Hurleyman216, post: 5204734, member: 3517"] Yeah exactly...it's maddening. Karaban has been through these slumps before, but this is probably the worst we've seen from him by far. Hoping that Saturday was a break out of the poor shooting for him. Ball and McNeeley have been streaky, but when all 3 of them ever get going at the same time (or even 2 out of 3) then we are dangerous. Honestly, I still chalk some of it up to lack of freedom of movement on offense. Hurley has gone away from the constant motion offense for a couple of reasons. First, we are only playing 7 guys, so it's tiring to run that offense for 40 minutes. But secondly and most importantly is that the officiating in the big east allows clutching/holding/grabbing at will and it totally blows up our offense. If Diarra can get healthy we have 2 guys that are a threat to drive (Diarra and McNeeley). We also have Reed down low who we know has the ability to dominate if he can stay out of foul trouble. I don't feel great about us competing with some of the SEC teams at the top of the rankings as they all seem to be strong/athletic like St. Johns, but we can definitely take some teams out in March if our shooting turns around. [/QUOTE]