11-09-2023, 10:11 AM
Some disclaimers:
I was not at game (am on east coast now)
The live feed didn't have the whole game
I missed some more part of the broadcast from some few brief of my own interruptions.
Given that, I have 2 summarized observations:
1. Great game against Hawaii
2. Our guards will need play better vs upcoming tougher teams for us to continue to win
By and large our bigs (and wings) were good to fantastic.
So our guards ended up bringing the ball up the court and often just feeding a not particularly open big
However, the guards did not often move the ball enough to disrupt the defense
The big being fed was usually not already open for a good shot, otherwise our guards woulda had the assistsĀ
Our bigs were covered, but they were playing great one on one and taking it to their overmatched opponent
Our bigs created their own open shots without help from our guards.
Or our bigs (and wings like Hannah) made a good assist to another big or wing.
Not a lot of great penetration from our guards and when done was sometimes wild and failed
This is reflected in the box score where our guards didn't shoot well and didn't penetrate well and didn't assist well.
The game success was mainly our bigs just putting wicked one on one moves on their overmatched players, or good pass off to other big/wing.
That's fine, great, for playing vs Hawaii.
But for Indiana, and later Utah, UCLA, Colorado, etc. our bigs can't have as much expectation to just power one on one thru their frontcourt.
To win we'll need much better play from our guards to set up the plays, get the defense off balance, and get a good shot look from an open teammate.
I was not at game (am on east coast now)
The live feed didn't have the whole game
I missed some more part of the broadcast from some few brief of my own interruptions.
Given that, I have 2 summarized observations:
1. Great game against Hawaii
2. Our guards will need play better vs upcoming tougher teams for us to continue to win
By and large our bigs (and wings) were good to fantastic.
So our guards ended up bringing the ball up the court and often just feeding a not particularly open big
However, the guards did not often move the ball enough to disrupt the defense
The big being fed was usually not already open for a good shot, otherwise our guards woulda had the assistsĀ
Our bigs were covered, but they were playing great one on one and taking it to their overmatched opponent
Our bigs created their own open shots without help from our guards.
Or our bigs (and wings like Hannah) made a good assist to another big or wing.
Not a lot of great penetration from our guards and when done was sometimes wild and failed
This is reflected in the box score where our guards didn't shoot well and didn't penetrate well and didn't assist well.
The game success was mainly our bigs just putting wicked one on one moves on their overmatched players, or good pass off to other big/wing.
That's fine, great, for playing vs Hawaii.
But for Indiana, and later Utah, UCLA, Colorado, etc. our bigs can't have as much expectation to just power one on one thru their frontcourt.
To win we'll need much better play from our guards to set up the plays, get the defense off balance, and get a good shot look from an open teammate.
