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Message: [QUOTE="homunculus, post: 5134787, member: 3170"] The talk about the offense being bad is poor hindsight. Standard Boneyard backfilling of storylines based entirely off the “vibes” of the outcome. Missing wide open shots doesn’t mean you’re not running your offense. It’s not up to the level of last season but the system hasn’t been the problem. We mostly got [I]whatever we wanted [/I]on offense in Maui. Against Dayton they were [I]unguarded[/I] on a large number of threes and layups - and simply missed. We led relatively comfortably for a good 50% of the Colorado game. Colorado’s biggest lead was 1. We looked less good against Memphis because we were getting fouled constantly, hence the complaints about the FT disparity. Even the defense - while not good enough - hasn’t been quite as bad as people are making it out to be. I just rewatched the Memphis game. We outplayed them for long stretches of that game on [I]both[/I] ends of the floor but they just kept making shots. Yes, we had far too many defensive breakdowns that led to fouls on drives or open 3’s - but Memphis still made more tough shots than easy shots. It also makes it easier to play offense if you know that simply flinging yourself at the defender and whipping your head back will get you free throws. We [I]completely[/I] outplayed them on the floor in OT and officiating ended it. [/QUOTE]