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This will be a very telling game, and I think we will learn a lot about this years team.
Can Dan Hurley gain some momentum against Ed Cooley? Cooley is 9-2 against Hurley in his coaching career, and has typical had Dan's number. This is obviously Dan's most talented team, so it will be interesting to see if he can keep a level head and out X&O Cooley. I wish our offense was more continuity instead of a zillion sets, because I think we become predictable and easy to scout. Will be interesting with a couple days of practice, if we see any new offsenive wrinkles.
Can Adama get back on track against a quality big? I don't really mind his scoring numbers lately, though they have been down the last three games. But he hasnt been rebounding like he should, and teams have figured out how to scheme him out of the paint and take him outof games. He has not shot hardly any free throws lately ( a teamwide trend that is disturbing). He will be facing one of the most talented bigs in the Big East in Hopkins. I will be interested to see how he plays.
Outside of Villanova, we have not shot a quality amound of freethrows. This has been due to simply not getting to the basket and settling for threes. Can we have someone get to the hole? Our FGP has been sub 50% since LIU and that puts so much pressure on our three point shooting when we are not getting to the FT line.
Rebounding has also dipped as of late. Again, when we go to the glass off of missed layups, we can do a better job rebounding becuase the defense has shifted. When we jack up threes, its hard to rebound.
I want to see us start to truly develop a rotation. Is it awesome that Joey C can come in and light it up occasionally, yes. But guys have to start knowing thier role and we need to develop an identity. The only identity we have right now is depth, but we need to fine tune how we utlize it.
Providence took a while to gel, but they are now rolling and this is a dangerous match up. It will be telling to see how this team rebounds and gets back to business. It has been awhile since we have seen a clean game start to finish.
Can Dan Hurley gain some momentum against Ed Cooley? Cooley is 9-2 against Hurley in his coaching career, and has typical had Dan's number. This is obviously Dan's most talented team, so it will be interesting to see if he can keep a level head and out X&O Cooley. I wish our offense was more continuity instead of a zillion sets, because I think we become predictable and easy to scout. Will be interesting with a couple days of practice, if we see any new offsenive wrinkles.
Can Adama get back on track against a quality big? I don't really mind his scoring numbers lately, though they have been down the last three games. But he hasnt been rebounding like he should, and teams have figured out how to scheme him out of the paint and take him outof games. He has not shot hardly any free throws lately ( a teamwide trend that is disturbing). He will be facing one of the most talented bigs in the Big East in Hopkins. I will be interested to see how he plays.
Outside of Villanova, we have not shot a quality amound of freethrows. This has been due to simply not getting to the basket and settling for threes. Can we have someone get to the hole? Our FGP has been sub 50% since LIU and that puts so much pressure on our three point shooting when we are not getting to the FT line.
Rebounding has also dipped as of late. Again, when we go to the glass off of missed layups, we can do a better job rebounding becuase the defense has shifted. When we jack up threes, its hard to rebound.
I want to see us start to truly develop a rotation. Is it awesome that Joey C can come in and light it up occasionally, yes. But guys have to start knowing thier role and we need to develop an identity. The only identity we have right now is depth, but we need to fine tune how we utlize it.
Providence took a while to gel, but they are now rolling and this is a dangerous match up. It will be telling to see how this team rebounds and gets back to business. It has been awhile since we have seen a clean game start to finish.