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[QUOTE="freescooter, post: 5200600, member: 1023"]
This.  Plus I don’t think they have the athletes.  Or defenses have figured them out. Against Seton Hall and again against Villanova Ball in particular was defended much more aggressively than he had been in some earlier games. Same with Karaban and even McNeeley until he started driving and they began feeding Reed inside. That forced Villanova to react and that opened more space for ball. It has been very noticeable this year that we have rarely been able to drive either to score, get fouled or dish.  That was a staple of the Newton Cam game and in the second half of 2023 after they moved Jackson inside instead of in the backcourt, that team too.  While I sort of get what Nelson is saying, I think the system has broken down a bit this year much like it did in the first half of 2022-23.  It took some adjustments, the biggest one getting Jackson away from the 3-point line where teams were basically ignoring him and bating him into taking 3s.  This year's team needs to make some adjustments too.  Getting McNeeley driving might be part of it.  I assume the knee has limited Diarra from doing it as much as he did.
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