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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 3749529, member: 833"]
I don't hate Hurley's offense, but there are inconsistencies.  If he is going to lean that heavily on dribble penetration, I would like to see more crashing the boards.  When Whaley or Carlton are crashing, UConn is a tough team to stop.  Sanogo will probably be better on the boards than either of them pretty soon.  UConn has two 6'11 players that don't even get on the court.

If UConn had Gordon, Anderson, Hamilton and Napier on the perimeter, I would say don't bother with offensive rebounding, UConn won't need it.  UConn doesn't have that kind of shooting.  UConn is an OK 3 point shooting team.  Hurley likes dribble penetration, which means we need someone at the weakside block for the dump or the rebound.  A short shot has about a 36% chance of an offensive board.  That drops to the low 20's on a 3 pointer.  Bouk, and it looks like Cole, will leave short rebounds when they do miss, which are easy putbacks.

Better yet, it is going to be Whaley's man that switches over for help, so he is going to be open on the weakside block a lot, just like he was yesterday.  I do agree 100% that our 4 out has a lot of standing around at the 3 point line, or guard/guard screens on the perimeter, which aren't typically effective for any team.
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