[SamuelMcF]

5.  Last point and a pet peeve of sorts.  The pull up 6-8 footer is your friend, especially when the defender gets to a spot and is obviously not in "contest shot" mode.  A couple times Stanford players took it all the way to the rack and initiated contact:  one a no-call missed shot; the other a charge (in fairness, a third time the Stanford player initiated contact and made a tough bucket - no foul called).

Amen! Seems to be largely a lost art across much of basketball - college and pro.

Moreyball. More and more teams only shooting from the "most efficient" parts of the floor: under the basket and from 3. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nea...e-rockets/

Also w/r/t the reduced turnovers - Haase is preaching tenacious defense and ball security.

3.  The closing run by Montana was slightly bothersome, but that's it.

More than slightly to me. How many times have they taken their foot off the gas and let their opponent back in?

All we know for now is our backups aren't good/we don't have depth. 14 straight against our bench in the final 3 minutes.

For sure about previous years you're correct. Our starters were notorious for not being able to close the door.

[SamuelMcF]

5.  Last point and a pet peeve of sorts.  The pull up 6-8 footer is your friend, especially when the defender gets to a spot and is obviously not in "contest shot" mode.  A couple times Stanford players took it all the way to the rack and initiated contact:  one a no-call missed shot; the other a charge (in fairness, a third time the Stanford player initiated contact and made a tough bucket - no foul called).

Amen! Seems to be largely a lost art across much of basketball - college and pro.

Moreyball. More and more teams only shooting from the "most efficient" parts of the floor: under the basket and from 3. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nea...e-rockets/

Also w/r/t the reduced turnovers - Haase is preaching tenacious defense and ball security.

3.  The closing run by Montana was slightly bothersome, but that's it.

More than slightly to me. How many times have they taken their foot off the gas and let their opponent back in?

All we know for now is our backups aren't good/we don't have depth. 14 straight against our bench in the final 3 minutes.

For sure about previous years you're correct. Our starters were notorious for not being able to close the door.