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Our rotations were not good.Mainly interior defense
It happens sooooo often. Makes me crazy.A perimeter defense is particularly bad because we double team and then get burned when opponents kick it back out.
meanwhile against USC and Iowa.......Mainly interior defense
But we can hit free throws nowWhen Ndefo and Odukale left, whatever made our defense elite left with them!
Way too slow to cover pick and rolls.My concern is why is Bediako leaving the low post on defense and chasing his man away from the basket? By doing this there is no interior big man to stop drives to the basket. Often his man breaks to the basket and there is no one there to stop him since Bediako is left in no mans land. I would not have him get suckered into leaving the low post ever unless the guy he is guarding is a real 3 point threat!
Giving up 46 in the second half is even more alarming.Giving up 75 to Northeastern is alarming. I think that translates to 175 against Baylor.
Ikey and Ro did it too. Hate it. And a three point shooter dreams of playing us.My concern is why is Bediako leaving the low post on defense and chasing his man away from the basket? By doing this there is no interior big man to stop drives to the basket. Often his man breaks to the basket and there is no one there to stop him since Bediako is left in no mans land. I would not have him get suckered into leaving the low post ever unless the guy he is guarding is a real 3 point threat!
That was glaring...saw RIchmond and Sanders specifically late that left easy buckets for Northeastern.Our rotations were not good.
That young man Turner could shoot it. I just felt every time he shot it, it was going down.And a three point shooter dreams of playing us..
Has been that way for years but the shot blockers erased many of these mistakes. Not this year.Our defensive issues have nothing to do with a shot blocker or not…. They have to do with the fact that we’re constantly losing men on switches and chasing
Your best defender shouldn't be fouling out in 17 minutes vs Northeastern. We have a lot of work to do in practice if that's our defense if he's ever in foul trouble.We also didn't have Dre Davis on the court for almost the entire 2nd half....probably our best defender and rebounder.
Is 4 fouls in 17 minutes that much better?That 1 foul when he was backing up and called so late was an awful call. Even jacobsen said whats he supposed to do?
He rushes to much. Last night he got to the rim whenever he wanted.I hate to say it, but the longer Kadary is here the more it seems he is the square peg for a round hole. Whether we never got the right players to be around him or what, it just seems things don’t click on offense for us. He has great talent and size but he rarely sets the tone as a star or the way a lead guard should. There’s too many holes in his game overall. Unfortunately, I think we’ll be better off without him next year.
Our pick and roll defense is 1000 percent better than last year with Samuel.I was at the game last night and while I do not think the defense was elite I do not think it was as bad as being portrayed. Last night the kid Turner hit at least three deep shots well passed the three point line. I don’t blame those shots on the defense. I would let the kid take those shots and take my chances.
As to Bediako he has done a fairly good job of hedging the pick and roll and getting back as I don’t think Doherty or any other big man has killed us this year when he is on the court.
Part of the issue is that neither NgaNga nor any other big has shown that they can play the 5. We need EHE to come back and to develop Tubek.