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Form-perfect haiku
No ad hominem attacks
Stay in the present
No ad hominem attacks
Stay in the present
Limit them to fewer.Score more points?
Mostly self inflicted errors. Poor shooting. Dry spells of not executing. Nova won’t take UConn lightly. UConn is capable of an upset.What, if anything is Nova nervous about re: UConn?
I think that as analytics-based teams like Villanova and Memphis become more prevalent, you will see more matchup zones. I don't know why we don't try one out. If teams are not going to take mid-range shots, there is no need to defend the mid-range.
Hurley having his bigs chase non shooting bigs outside kills us. I think we need a matchup zone in our toolbox at least to give opponents something to think about.
You only need to defend two spots against analytics based teams: the rim and the perimeter. You can leave everything in between undefended. With a matchup zone, you switch on all perimeter screens, and if they beat you to the basket, have someone at the basket waiting for them.. No need to defend the pull up or someone curling under for a 15 foot jumper.
If Gilbert had a floater or a 10 foot pull-up he’d easily score 15 or so ppg and it’d pull another defender making things easier for our bigs.I wish we could run some type of play like Daniel Hamilton and Brimah used to run with Hamilton getting to the lane and throwing a lob to Brimah. I could see Bouk and Akok running that. Something to create offense for Akok or a pull up for Bouk. We never seem to have much midrange. Either 3's or Carlton down low.
This is a game where UConn can exploit this matchup if we execute on both ends.What should be our game plan going into Saturday? How can we upset them? Depaul was able to keep it close. Any thoughts?
Josh's double double might look alright but he was horrendous in the Wichita State game.Personally, between the athleticism of Nova's starting frontcourt with Robinson-Earl at 6'9 232 and Bey at 6'8 216, might not be the worst idea for Josh to fade into a support role for this one, despite his good Wichita State game.
I’m replying to my own pregame comment here. I was right about us not shooting 25% from 3. We shot 13%. It’s completely unacceptable. Seriously there are Y league and JV high school teams with better shooters, and no argument about being tightly guarded because we had many wide open attempts as did Nova unfortunately, but Jay Wright gets shooters. Until Hurley gets some shooters this team will continue with these results.This is not a great Nova team, but what are we? We can’t shoot no 25% from 3 for sure. Would love to see big games from Gilbert and Carlton to reset the season.
Coach em upI’m replying to my own pregame comment here. I was right about us not shooting 25% from 3. We shot 13%. It’s completely unacceptable. Seriously there are Y league and JV high school teams with better shooters, and no argument about being tightly guarded because we had many wide open attempts as did Nova unfortunately, but Jay Wright gets shooters. Until Hurley gets some shooters this team will continue with these results.
Akok, Adams, Bouknight, came here with a rep as shooters. All have little confidence as of now. Adams has gone backwards recently.Coach em up
LikelyIs Nova any better than memphis, Houston and Wichita this year?