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Message: [QUOTE="ThabeetDown, post: 4205733, member: 4336"] I wrote the first post in this thread nearly 2 years ago, so when [URL='https://twitter.com/snyuconn/status/1494149415145254912?s=21']we saw flashes of this last night[/URL] with Whaley's back-to-back dimes in the middle of the second half it reminded me of how the small ball offense under Hurley can really be outstanding. This post was centered on Whaley and 4 guards -- the team on the floor last night was Whaley-Cole-Martin-Polley-Jackson for the two Whaley dimes -- essentially 4 guards (not getting into semantics about Martin/Jackson/Polley, they're not true 4s, so if you want to say Whaley and 4 wings, lets do that. It's small ball regardless). He's largely been removed from this role due to Sanogo being on the court -- and of course Sanogo can't perform this role since he has limited ball handling/passing skills. I would love the team to do more of this when Sanogo gets into foul trouble again (I still am amazed he went 37 min without a foul last night) as Whaley really does make the offense move with 4 wings, especially without a true PG. That unit has played very well: [ATTACH type="full"]73431[/ATTACH] Of note, 45.8% from 3 and 76.5% at the rim is what you want and scoring at nearly 137.7 points per 100 possessions. To compare, the main two rotations are at: [ATTACH type="full"]73432[/ATTACH] Obviously much better on D with Sanogo as a true center (and Polley over Whaley on offense in the second lineup) but the shooting numbers are way, way down on offense compared to the Whaley+4 one above. By no means am I advocating for Sanogo to play less, but all I wanted to do is point out that Whaley still can play a huge role on this team in a small offense when they have to. I know we didn't get to see much of it vs Nova Round 1 with the fouls, but would love to see Hurley dust off some of those plays from that UCF game I showed in the first post vs the Wildcats on Tuesday when they might have to go smaller. [/QUOTE]

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