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I think Newton has to get the message that he needs to be more aggressive. Drive to the hoop and put a shot up. He’s been focusing on distributing more since this team has so many options but we need someone to take it to the hoop strong. If he doesn’t make it, he has a good chance to get fouled.

Diarra has shown the ability in limited action. Andre too at times but that horse has been beaten to death.
 
Discipline, on the court and on the bench. Three Ts in three games is stupid…..period. No excuses.
 
Game was lost to due to too many guys not playing to their strengths, pressing their luck and having it bite them at the worst possible time.

1. AJ not realizing the D wants him jacking 3's. That he made a few doesn't excuse setting at the end of the game.
2. Same with Sanogo and jump shots.
3. Hurley and the T. Moronic under any circumstance. Worst play of the game.
4. Karaban getting in foul trouble because he's a freshman stuck against experienced bigs.
5. Hawk not getting open from deep and messing around inside.
6. But mostly, a horrible defensive effort. I swear it seemed like every open shot went in for X.

Sanogo couldn't be stopped in the post in the 2nd half no matter how many guys were on him. Needed more of that all game.

Not a horrible loss and winning the return is a must. Just disappointed they choked away a very winnable game.
 
Mr. Wonderful said:
Sanogo needs to learn how to pass out of double teams better.
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Yup, one play they triple teamed him and it was an easy strip. Sanogo's selfishness has telegrsphed to everyone scouting him how easy it is. Adama says, "Pass out of a triple team? It'S a-no-go."
 
SubbaBub said:
1. AJ not realizing the D wants him jacking 3's. That he made a few doesn't excuse setting at the end of the game.
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Yup, not who should be shooting end of game 3's. Also, 1:15 left and they were hoisting them like there was 3 seconds left on the clock. Need to learn some composure.
 
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Dan Hurley has to stop with keeping lineups in a game when the mismatches and shortcomings are apparent.
Recognize that AS has become a defensive liability when playing not to foul. If Newton and Alleyne cant run the point stich with Diara - his energy is better than nothing.
He expounds about the depth but is hesitant to use it at crucial times
If he doesn't correct this there will be no huge successes
 
CTrefugee said:
...........we need to correct to challenge for the national championship. I have my opinion. What is yours?
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Well, im pretty concerned that Sanogo is a weak defender in the post 1v1 against any big that has any type of scoring ability or size. Dan Hurley is still getting outcoached in the final minutes of close games and the T was inexcuseable and pretty much sealed our fate. we dont have a floor general. Hawk needs to come up bigger than what he was today.
 
Icehawk said:
@auror, we shoot 20.8 per game barring the Xavier game so maybe just feels like it after that game? Don't get me wrong I love drawn fouls since they are all upside.
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The last 4 games in Big East play we shot 29, 30, 30, and 37 3's. We shot 30 3s in 2 of the other 11 games, and in both games we were absolutely on fire (making >43%). Didn't sniff that % in any of these 4 games. 2 of the 4 games in that stretch we shot less than 10 FTs.
 
That Guy said:
We're two dimensional. We only feed it into Sanogo and take a bunch of threes. We don't have anyone that can drive to the basket effectively.
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In the early season cupcake games, Newton did a lot of driving to the basket.

Maybe better competition and /or losing the ball on his drives, stifled his initiative.

AJ rarely drives to the basket and shoots when he gets there.
 
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CTrefugee said:
...........we need to correct to challenge for the national championship. I have my opinion. What is yours?
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I think we stop point guards from driving into a crowd under the basket without having a clue about what is going to happen next.
 
Today the problem was defense. Danny even said it in the huddle on TV.
 
Firstly a little better driving and spacing in the paint. Also lately Karaban hasn't been draining 3's at the usual rate and Joey C has kind of been invisible. Other than that we're a young team with a lot of pieces but you can't count on ever having 3 or 4 Senior starters nowadays. We're doing pretty good, but matchups, hot teams, and other things can factor in to getting dinged now and again. Consistency is a key for any team, but for this team the season depends on putting it together down the stretch. Coach can't approach every practice and every game like the Super Bowl or guys will burn out and not just physically.
 
Jay-Bone said:
Yup, not who should be shooting end of game 3's. Also, 1:15 left and they were hoisting them like there was 3 seconds left on the clock. Need to learn some composure.
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When your Coach loses it there's a trickle down effect.
 
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Certainly not the number 1 issue but a glaring weakness is that we have four important rotation players that aren’t much of an offensive threat. If anyone told me before the season started that on a lot of nights we would get almost no offense out of the combination of Newton, Alleyne, and Diarra I would have said this team is in big trouble. Luckily the offensive contributions from Clingan, Cali, and Karaban have helped make up for that. Unfortunately when Clingan and Cali’s minutes are down rim protection, rebounding, and scoring points is even tougher. Imagine how good we could be with just a bit of consistent offense from Newton and Alleyne. I don’t mind Diarra not being an offensive guy if he can continue doing the things he’s doing, but it would be nice if the other two (or at least one of them) could bring some offense to the table fairly consistently.

Side note: Adama had 1 rebound against Nova ALL GAME! (And 7 points). Hurley has to give Clingan more minutes when Sanogo is overmatched. It’s not rocket science. We have the best freshman big in the country. Clingan will make freshman mistakes but he’s already a better rebounder, shot blocker, pick and roll player, and passer out of the double team than Adama is (And probably a better overall defender). You can also just throw the ball up to him in the post over everyone else. He has skills (and height) that no one else on the team has. When he’s on the court he has a big effect on the game. He makes things happen on both ends that no one else can.
 
CTrefugee said:
I think we stop point guards from driving into a crowd under the basket without having a clue about what is going to happen next.
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Newton's drives yesterday reminded me of Alterique Gilbert's drives and even those of Christian Vital in his next to last season. From both, coughed up balls, stripped balls ,bad drives into a packed paint and even when the shots went up, they were blocked or off the mark.

Vital's last season or the second half of it, was a complete reversal with star studded performances.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
Well, im pretty concerned that Sanogo is a weak defender in the post 1v1 against any big that has any type of scoring ability or size. Dan Hurley is still getting outcoached in the final minutes of close games and the T was inexcuseable and pretty much sealed our fate. we dont have a floor general. Hawk needs to come up bigger than what he was today.
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AS is an outstanding one on one defender, what he isn't is a plus defensive rebounder. Opponents are targeting Karaban, Newton, and Hawkins.
 
I agree with almost all previous posts; it behooves our coaching staff to utilize practice to help players develop better techniques when driving to basket, either making layups or getting fouls.
Same practice time to develop and improve skills to stop opponents dribble penetrations.
This team will not achieve its true potential unless these glaring deficiencies are corrected.
It’s up to our coaches to work with key players to achieve both of above noted goals.
We will not win even Big East Championship if our offense consists of pass into Sanogo and three point shot.
And another must is for our coach to show and demonstrate discipline controlling their emotions to eliminate technical fouls.
This future success of this program is in hands of our coaches to correct above noted program deficiencies.
Ciao
 
uchusky32 said:
A wing or gaurd who penetrate and finish at the rim.
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This is a big one. Strength is another. We get outmuscled 1-4, it shows up on the boards and in those points at the rim. We can use a rim protector at the 4, and hopefully will get one soon. PG play is fine except we need Newton to be that guy who gets in the paint and scores. Clingan is going to play more, but not against mobile bigs who can shoot, where he’s a defensive liability.

I was astonished that people thought Sanogo was bad defensively against Xavier. He was often guarding two guys and disrupted a ton of scoring chances. The scoring came because nobody else could keep their man from getting to the rim. Even the Nunge P&R points came because Adama was out on Fremantle. Hurley asked him to do too much.
 
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Improviser said:
In the early season cupcake games, Newton did a lot of driving to the basket.

Maybe better competition and /or losing the ball on his drives, stifled his initiative.

AJ rarely drives to the basket and shoots when he gets there.
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When they pack in the paint they are waiting for you. They plan to take away the inside game for drivers and Sanogo. I think, as has been suggested, that we need an inside game., Whether Hurley likes it or not Clingan needs to be part of that inside game either with Adama or while he rests. That's a one-two combination punch but it will not work with Clingan sitting on the bench and getting seven minutes again while our outside shooters put up increasingly more shots and Sanogo gets worn down at the latter part of the game. The last 10 minutes should be the part of the game we really dominate. Take a look at the minutes their players put up. Our pressure in the last 10 minutes seemed to rattle them. Maybe we should have done more of that earlier in the game; especially with Diarra who is very quick and gives us that breakaway speed going the other way. The last 10 minutes is supposed to be OUR STRENGTH. We played right into the opponent's strategy. Players that can get the ball safely to Clingan inside is the other piece to this scenario. Their outside shooting is better than ours, especially on the road. Dan Hurley has to use a strategy that will impose our will against them with whatever will work and if we can get Clingan going it will really demoralize the opponent and keep Adama more rested which will make him more effective.
 
Mr. Wonderful said:
Sanogo needs to learn how to pass out of double teams better.
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Thirty Three said:
Certainly not the number 1 issue but a glaring weakness is that we have four important rotation players that aren’t much of an offensive threat. If anyone told me before the season started that on a lot of nights we would get almost no offense out of the combination of Newton, Alleyne, and Diarra I would have said this team is in big trouble. Luckily the offensive contributions from Clingan, Cali, and Karaban have helped make up for that. Unfortunately when Clingan and Cali’s minutes are down rim protection, rebounding, and scoring points is even tougher. Imagine how good we could be with just a bit of consistent offense from Newton and Alleyne. I don’t mind Diarra not being an offensive guy if he can continue doing the things he’s doing, but it would be nice if the other two (or at least one of them) could bring some offense to the table fairly consistently.

Side note: Adama had 1 rebound against Nova ALL GAME! (And 7 points). Hurley has to give Clingan more minutes when Sanogo is overmatched. It’s not rocket science. We have the best freshman big in the country. Clingan will make freshman mistakes but he’s already a better rebounder, shot blocker, pick and roll player, and passer out of the double team than Adama is (And probably a better overall defender). You can also just throw the ball up to him in the post over everyone else. He has skills (and height) that no one else on the team has. When he’s on the court he has a big effect on the game. He makes things happen on both ends that no one else can.
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^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^

I will add in Alleynes defense he can score and hasn’t had enough minutes or rope to do that, as it was in the 2nd half Saturday!
 
navery12 said:
We have a clear number 1 option to be the PG on offense and initiating the offense, surprised by how many people are saying that's an issue

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Well we shoulda fully buy into AJ as PG and have Newton off the ball more, because what we’re doing now obviously isn’t playing to his strengths. He averaged 18ppg last year. Since the Bama game he’s averaging about 5 shots per game. He needs to be more of an option.
 
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