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Message: [QUOTE="militarydog, post: 3775711, member: 9841"] 79-55 MSU final. J Carter 17 and 11 rebounds. Overall decent performance but the team is still working their way through the new offense and defense. Defense still is the main item for improvement as players are not completely consistent on assignments, don’t get good block out position, and are letting opponents square their feet on shots. Even last season we didn’t seem to have a consistent killer instinct on defense, especially in the post and forwards. We have got to get better in that area. Part of the issue I think is that J Carter and S Cooks aren’t back to the basket players or particularly mean. In contrast Y Morris seems to be the closest thing we have to filling both those needs. P Taylor, L Ebo (the Penn State transfer that followed the old staff to Texas), and O Owens (who went Kentucky) would have all helped in that area. However I’m very happy to see such a complete set of starting guards like M Taylor and J Mingo-Young. They really need to take an even bigger role. [/QUOTE]