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I couldn't watch/listen. Something strange about Kolton's stats: 12 minutes, no points on 0-for-3, 4 steals. 3 fouls? He's just not geting it done as the starting point? Or hurt still/again? He missed a layup or two. He’s not out there to score. One of the fouls was a phantom call. He is steady. He...

69MG wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:25 am

Looking at the Mason chatter they are going to double Tre (makes sense) and make our perimeter players beat them. That's a sound strategy for anyone who watched the URI game. It's time for Carl and Sean to break out.

Tre can beat double teams.

Brown beat URIne too.

We need some swagger. Chaz and Put had Swagger. Not many since have. Some of Dk's last class were a bit too full of swagger for their own good too early.

The feelings people have for him may be real, however the poster there really lost credibility with details for me. The feelings may also be grounded in some truth. But, Basketball coaches have literally nothing to do with the paperwork aspects of college applications. There is no way a coach contro...

What rumors about Toppin?

Pipkins lead all players in scoring today coming off the bench and Providence had a nice upset at #16 Butler. PC was 11-10 entering yesterday’s ballgame, squarely a mediocre major D1 ballclub. Cooley gets his team prepared to play ON THE ROAD at #16 Butler in a packed Hinkle Fieldhouse. PC plays to...

I believe he brought in his 3 different press sets...I think the half court principles are the same as the last 2 years. I think this is accurate as well. When the HC consistently says the players can’t guard, he neds to look in the mirror and see he is not instructing them how to guard. Playing de...

I though TB was our defensive coach I believe he brought in his 3 different press sets...I think the half court principles are the same as the last 2 years. I think this is accurate as well. When the HC consistently says the players can’t guard, he neds to look in the mirror and see he is not instr...

I find it hard to believe that McCall doesn't teach/work on fundamentals in practice. I didn't buy it that DK was not teaching/working on fundamentals either. I get that their philosophies might be/have been more "let the players play" during the games, but in my mind that should lead to more time ...

Battle Ax wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 5:33 pm

It looks really bad when you can’t keep your freshman recruits (Sy and Woods).

When you recruit guys and then recruit over them and they don’t want to compete that can be a factor. Might be more to it as well.

You can build fundamental skills in practice. The will has to be there.

Perhaps the staff is not chosen for teaching fundamentals, but aspects such as recruiting talent. IMO, the AAU system rewards spectacular athleticism via videos, "top 10', etc., not talent development. And whatever their skill level is in high/prep school, most can simply outrun or outjump the comp...

Context is missing here. Last year Mark Schmidt took a team of mostly freshmen to the conference finals. Other teams confront the same challenges as we do, but haves been much more successful. They beat us, of course. Right, because he prioritizes fundamentals most likely and interchangeable scheme...

...crapping the plays and letting the guys ‘just play’...both could work but neither will work without rebuilding the foundation of the fundamentals these players play with...develop that and they can run any offense or defense they want. In 2+ years I have not seen any evidence that this is being ...