Teams and players get hot and cold. No way to separate funk (pun intended) from defensive performance. Guesswork and not analysis. Doesn’t matter.
GAME 29 PENN STATE: Don't Stop Believing
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I'll give you the defense and the press is nothing more than token pressure to shave the shot clock down to 20 seconds when the opponent crosses half court.
The press also means RU is scoring to allow the press to be set up.
What you fail to realize is, the press only can be set up IF YOU SCORE.....you don't have that option unless someone else puts the ball in the basket.
The offense is better and the defense is worse. Why are you acting as if no one else is replacing the shot attempts that. Mag took when he played.
You are acting as if RU is playing 4 on 5 or that Palmquist, Simpson, Hyatt don't exist.
Mulcahy, Caleb, Cliff and Spencer are all playing 30+ minutes. The other points you made are valid on offensive rebounds, hustle plays etc.....you have to adjust how you play the game....refusing to adjust to how we play, nearly buried this team in the last game and most of the 1st half. It was Simpson, Palmquist along with Caleb, Cliff and Spencer that engineered the comeback. I will say again, Palmquist has 10 3s in limited minutes since the Minnesota game....Mag is not the stretch the floor shooter and Palmquist is nowhere the defender/rebounder that Mag was.
Why do you want to be limited on how we play or win?? Wouldn't it make sense to expand the offense??
The team had a hard ceiling as it was constructed with that lineup....if you can't see that, not sure what to tell you.
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Best defensive half performance then given the first half.
Maryland may be a better team but not as good as PSU offensively at home.
Maryland was at the RAC and was not playing particularly well at the time. PSU was on a four game winning streak and playing at home.
Another incredible state. PSU had one basket in the last 13:22. That’s a defensive half for the ages and best defensive half all year.
I must like you Shelby because I took the time to look this up for you since you were too lazy to do it yourself. :)
Santos, who got the starting job last week when Mike Granieri was lost with a knee injury, had them booing by the second half. Santos' scoring passes covered 55, 3, 11, 24 and 21 yards. He finished 30-of-40 with one interception.
ESPN's win probability hit PSU 97.8% when it was 42-23 after the Lundy breakaway jam.
Michigan State's was 99.7% when they were up 91-78 with just over 1:30 to play.
Two unbelievable comebacks in league play in two days.
Michigan State's was 99.7% when they were up 91-78 with just over 1:30 to play.
Two unbelievable comebacks in league play in two days.
Curious, how is ESPN’s probability calculated ? Can’t possibly be scientific.
The offense has been worse since Mag got hurt. We didn't even score 60 again
With Mag:
vs. Ohio State 0.96 points per possession
at Michigan State 0.90
vs. Penn State 1.05
at Iowa 1.06
vs. Minnesota 1.30
Without Mag:
at Indiana 0.95
at Illinois 0.87
vs. Nebraska 1.06
at Wisconsin 1.00
vs. Michigan 0.74
at Penn State 0.98
Given the higher caliber of defenses the dropoff has not been as large as you'd think with the exception of the Michigan disaster. We are playing noticeably slower the past three games although Wisconsin and Penn State also love to slow it down so that's part of it.
This was found on another article.
The Scarlet Knights averaged 1.52 points per possession in the second half. On RU’s final 21 possessions — after trailing by 19 — it averaged 1.72 points. This from a team ranked last in the Big Ten in effective field goal percentage, last in 2-point field goal percentage and 10th in 3-point field goal percentage according to KenPom.com.
The Scarlet Knights averaged 1.52 points per possession in the second half. On RU’s final 21 possessions — after trailing by 19 — it averaged 1.72 points. This from a team ranked last in the Big Ten in effective field goal percentage, last in 2-point field goal percentage and 10th in 3-point field goal percentage according to KenPom.com.
Somebody calls out a winning percentage down to a tenth of a percent at X point in the game
Mulcahy is so enigmatic. A true “the more I see, the less I know” vibe with his game. 2 seasons ago, he established a nice role feeding off JY and posting in the corner or at the free throw line. Wonder if we can get back to that with Simpson running the point. Simpson will still take his lumps, but it may be the only shot at a sweet 16 type run.
I'd like to see a little of this
One main problem we still have is playing a full game well. Even in our post Mag wins we really haven't. Wisconsin Cam was red hot first half and we fought and clawed to hang on second half. PSU we were pretty bad first half and pulled out a miracle win due to Simpson and PSU extreme outlier poor shooting.
If we are going to make a run in the dance, we need to find a way to play a more complete full game. One good half isn't going to be enough
Had to post this somewhere. Amazing
You are wrong about Mag.
Mag provides good offense, plus he was improving his scoring and his offensive contribution as the season progressed. He rebounds EXTREMELY well and he defends half court and press EXTREMELY well.
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No one is disagreeing with this.....what I disagree with is the inability to make up the difference by playing a different brand of offensive basketball and expanding the offense to other players. People are hell-bent on saying this is different or that is different and the overall game score numbers are the same pre and post injury.
This is about what gives the team more ways to win, not exaggeration of a players impact as if there's no other alternatives to play. Can you press and play great defense with Mag, mixed with some offense?? Yes...
But the offense can be expanded beyond what his production was and the same applies to Mulcahy and his current production. The team is last in the B1G in too many offensive categories, that has to change.
OK. Then, I agree with you on this point.
If you would accept some constructive criticism, your lengthy posts make your message difficult to understand.
One thing that I don't think anyone has mentioned. We wouldn't have been sweating out those last 14 seconds if Caleb hadn't missed the front end of a one and one that would have put us up 5. This is the second time that he's done that this year (I can't remember the exact game but I remember it happening).
I love Caleb but we need our 5th year senior captain to come through there.
I love Caleb but we need our 5th year senior captain to come through there.
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