The Section 103 Postgame Report.

#51
#51
If we have an unexpectedly abysmal year, compounded by the NCAA trouble... should Pearl be nervous?
 
#53
#53
This makes me feel sorry for the guy who started the thread about finding tickets for this game, because he had never been to a UT game before. Talk about a great 1st experience.
 
#56
#56
LawVol13 said:
It's just an example of poor offensive coaching. The key to the zone with Pearl was having someone like Prince or Tyler Smith who we could utilize in the middle.

They were guarding Tatum tonight from 3. If we swing the ball to Tatum, bring Harris to the ball-side elbow, we could have entered the ball the entire night and beat the zone. That's middle school level zone offense that we couldn't quite master.
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Cam Tatum, like the rest of our wings, is an utterly awful passer. You can't count on him to make a competent entry pass.
 
#57
#57
hatvol96 said:
Cam Tatum, like the rest of our wings, is an utterly awful passer. You can't count on him to make a competent entry pass.
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I'd rather see him screw some entry passes up than see the slop we saw tonight. At least it would have appeared we had some sort of plan of attack.
 
#58
#58
IPorange said:
So... Going forward, how best can this team attack the zone? Who has to step up?
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To me the obvious answer is to put Harris on the foul line and run the offense through him, but I didn't get to watch the game, so I don't know how this offense flowed, besides throwing it across the court and shooting a 3.
 
#59
#59
Heebs said:
To me the obvious answer is to put Harris on the foul line and run the offense through him, but I didn't get to watch the game, so I don't know how this offense flowed, besides throwing it across the court and shooting a 3.
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It didn't. It was about the most atrocious thing you'll ever see.
 
#62
#62
lylsmorr said:
So...would it be a bad idea to run the offense through Harris in the high post?
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Yeah, I was a little late on it. Didn't feel like editing.

But, maybe Pearl will recognize how obvious it is.

Doubt it.
 
#63
#63
Syracuse lost their exhibition game last year on their way to a #1 seed. Embarrassing, but not a big deal.
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#67
#67
kiddiedoc said:
That's different. Our offensive "flow" has resembled 3-year-old motor oil for a while.
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Actually running an offense against the zone would be helpful. Passing the ball around the outside of the zone and cranking up a three is not a zone offense.
 
#68
#68
BasketvolsFan said:
Actually running an offense against the zone would be helpful. Passing the ball around the outside of the zone and cranking up a three is not a zone offense.
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That's why I prefer to run a motion offense because you can still run it against a zone. You can still use ball screens against a zone (watch UK and Nova to name two), penetrate gaps and be aggressive instead slowing down and passing around the perimeter. Another easy way to attack the zone is to push the ball in transition before the zone can get set.
 
#69
#69
JZVOL said:
That's why I prefer to run a motion offense because you can still run it against a zone. You can still use ball screens against a zone (watch UK and Nova to name two), penetrate gaps and be aggressive instead slowing down and passing around the perimeter. Another easy way to attack the zone is to push the ball in transition before the zone can get set.
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bottom line is: you have to move - men and the ball. You either have wings / point who can get in the paint or you flash 4 and 5 to spots to penetrate. It's not magic. Our standing around waiting approach has been proven a failure for about the past 75 years.
 
#70
#70
BigPapaVol said:
bottom line is: you have to move - men and the ball. You either have wings / point who can get in the paint or you flash 4 and 5 to spots to penetrate. It's not magic. Our standing around waiting approach has been proven a failure for about the past 75 years.
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Exactly right. Basketball 101.
 
#73
#73
BigPapaVol said:
bottom line is: you have to move - men and the ball. You either have wings / point who can get in the paint or you flash 4 and 5 to spots to penetrate. It's not magic. Our standing around waiting approach has been proven a failure for about the past 75 years.
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I just don't understand why Pearl allows this to continue. Surely this isn't what they coach in practice. The players are either not executing what they are being taught, lack discipline and aren't being held accountable or this is what they are being taught to do; either way it's on Pearl.
 
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#75
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