You are underestimating his passing ability and basketball IQ . If Dylan blows by the guard and the big man comes over for the block or contest , I expect the ball will find its way to one of our players who will be wide open and has to pull the trigger. He had 6 assists last night with no contribution from PJ and Zack with I doubt will happen often and Jordan missed 3 and later 4 after hitting 2 wide open threes . He had 9 assists last game. If he cannot get up a shot he thinks will go in, his unselfishness will be on display.
I just need to see it 1st. Driving and getting to the basket is 1st level.....Driving and getting to the basket and finishing at a high rate is the next level (this is a major seperator ask Simpson or Corey Sanders)...The 3rd level is to able to drive without knowing what you are
Sanders could beat anyone off the dribble and get to the lane.......from there the results were a bit sketchy most times.
ND was sagging and trying to clog the paint late in the game to counter Dylan. I was hoping he'd drive on that last play in regulation, and thought he may have had a lane to do so, but I suspect he was reacting to what he expected the defense to do and picked what he thought was the best option. Every situation is different, but I'm looking forward to seeing how he handles the next situation he faces, and the one after that, etc.
Harper was getting doubled around half court and passed to Derkack. Notre Dame (specifically Roper off the corner) was trying to intentionally foul and Derkack knew it was still 1 and 1 so he tried to take the wide open lane and go to the basket and get a shot up as he was going to get fouled to at least get 2 guaranteed free throws and possibly an And 1. Which seemed a better option than standing around trying to get fouled or getting trapped along the sideline. And remember he didn't shoot it until after he got fouled. 25+ seconds seems too much time to think wasting a few seconds was going to change their last possession.
Dickinson got ejected for kicking someone in the face,...after that Duke just went 2 man game almost every possession with their 2 freshman. I want Pike to experiment with that and Ace screen (although not sure if Dylan needs one) and roll....he can also do what we did with Cliff. Go to set the screen but then roll before the screen is actually set.
As I type, I only watched the first 30 minutes of yesterday's game. I'll watch the last 10 minutes and the OT later today. It sounds like it may cause me to rethink this. But probably not.
nah...stick with it....sounds good...different arena and different opponent....plus @mjjoyce51 rewatched and said he was doubled
I saw the same thing and Pike definitely needs to be trying it, need to get Ace the ball in a better position to attack then always deep in the perimeter with at least one man on him and asking him to create his own shot.
Well, Dylan was the best player on the floor against a potential FF team that plays very good defense and they threw a lot at him tonight, but he was able to still get and convert his shots. 8-9 FG and 9-9 FTs in the 2nd half, plus covering Sears over the last 6 minutes and shutting him down might is probably the best half I've ever seen from an RU player or any player possibly. 37 against Bama is extraordinary.
I think so too.
