Pike adjusts! He’s not ideological that way. At Stony Brook he won with offense!That would like having Mouse Davis (run and shoot guy) as your OC and getting a tight end and a full back and running the football 70% of the time.
When you are deep you can play pressure D and high paced O. We don't really know how any of these players will work out. But we do know that we have more players that are quality than just about everyone else we will face.Pike may decide to go for uptempo O over D given who is coming in.
Accurate from deep complementing NBA-level multi-faceted talents in Dylan and Ace.
Might come down to just outscoring teams by shooting at a very high adjusted efficiency clip.
Splash!Effective fast break teams are usually good at defending and rebounding. Those Loyola Marymount teams relied on outscoring people by using high volume 3 point shooting and trading 3 for 2 on every possession.
Not if we are losing 112-108RAC tickets will sell like Taylor Swift shows if Rutgers runs and scores 100+ per game, while signing another top 5 recruiting class.
That's why I'm confident in this year's teamWhen you are deep you can play pressure D and high paced O. We don't really know how any of these players will work out. But we do know that we have more players that are quality than just about everyone else we will face.
Pike has done a wonderful job hedging.That's why I'm confident in this year's team
We can afford a couple misses with the new players and still have 8 or 9 very good players. We don't need every single new player to work out
Before his time at LMU, Westhead won an NBA title with the Lakers. He replaced Jack McKinney, who was badly injured in a bicycle accident. Ironically, Magic Johnson demanded his firing because his style was boring. That all changed at LMU.Defense isn't everything.
In 1989-1990, Loyola Marymount conceded 108 points per game and made the Elite 8, helped by an offense that put up 120. LMU scored 90+ every game, and 100+ in all but three games, including 149 against Michigan. Shot 56% on 2s and 40% on 3s, then pressed after every basket.
In Pike's 19 years as head coach, his teams have averaged more than 70 points twice. Boring!
LMU's coach that season was Paul Westhead. Paul is still alive. Pike should hire Paul immediately, then step back and let Paul run the team in 2024-2025. Not just the offense; everything including roster creation. Paul debuted transfer portal mastery by recruiting LMU stars Bo and late Hank from USC.
RAC tickets will sell like Taylor Swift shows if Rutgers runs and scores 100+ per game, while signing another top 5 recruiting class.
But at @GreeneRiceFig keeps telling us you can’t play at a high pace and still hit your 3 point shots . . .Kimble averaged 35 ppg his senior season and shot 46% from 3.
That was a veteran team, with freshman playing a combined 8 minutes a game. Not as easy to get young guys to make the same smart shooting decisions.Defense isn't everything.
In 1989-1990, Loyola Marymount conceded 108 points per game and made the Elite 8, helped by an offense that put up 120. LMU scored 90+ every game, and 100+ in all but three games, including 149 against Michigan. Shot 56% on 2s and 40% on 3s, then pressed after every basket.
In Pike's 19 years as head coach, his teams have averaged more than 70 points twice. Boring!
LMU's coach that season was Paul Westhead. Paul is still alive. Pike should hire Paul immediately, then step back and let Paul run the team in 2024-2025. Not just the offense; everything including roster creation. Paul debuted transfer portal mastery by recruiting LMU stars Bo and late Hank from USC.
RAC tickets will sell like Taylor Swift shows if Rutgers runs and scores 100+ per game, while signing another top 5 recruiting class.
LMU rested on the defensive end.But at @GreeneRiceFig keeps telling us you can’t play at a high pace and still hit your 3 point shots . . .
If you ever saw them play, by the third quarter the opposing team would be bent over with their hands on their knees trying to catch their breaths, and that’s when LMU knew the game was over.LMU rested on the defensive end.
If both teams are running the same amount there is no advantage either way…except to the team that’s deeper and/or training to play that way.If you ever saw them play, by the third quarter the opposing team would be bent over with their hands on their knees trying to catch their breaths, and that’s when LMU knew the game was over.
LMU trained to play that way and were incredibly conditioned. We do not play anywhere near the level LMU played, and while we play hard on defense, the games are not that fast and no one is blown out the way they were against LMU.If both teams are running the same amount there is no advantage either way…except to the team that’s deeper and/or training to play that way.
In our case, we couldn’t score so we had to exert intense effort on the D end to stay in games.
I have no idea what Pike has in mind or how the season will unfold. But I’d love to see Pike scheme around our one real strength…which is crazy depth.LMU trained to play that way and were incredibly conditioned. We do not play anywhere near the level LMU played, and while we play hard on defense, the games are not that fast and no one is blown out the way they were against LMU.
Maybe during the season, but in the last few years teams who have had big runs in tournament have generally cut their rotations to as low as six to get to final four and beyond.I have no idea what Pike has in mind or how the season will unfold. But I’d love to see Pike scheme around our one real strength…which is crazy depth.
Generally. But this team doesn’t have 6 stars. It has maybe 2-3 stars we hope. But potentially solid contributors 12 deep.Maybe during the season, but in the last few years teams who have had big runs in tournament have generally cut their rotations to as low as six to get to final four and beyond.
Third quarter? Men's college basketball does not have quarters.If you ever saw them play, by the third quarter the opposing team would be bent over with their hands on their knees trying to catch their breaths, and that’s when LMU knew the game was over.
Interesting that LMU’s third leading scorer (2nd after Gather’s passing), Fryer, was basically just a catch and shoot three point specialist who launched 11 per game and hit at a 40% clip (old distance of course). And really only four guys had the green light from deep so it was certainly a well thought out strategy.Third quarter? Men's college basketball does not have quarters.
That's literally NOT possible. There haven't been "quarters" in men's college basketball since 1953 lol com'on man!!!If you ever saw them play, by the third quarter the opposing team would be bent over with their hands on their knees trying to catch their breaths, and that’s when LMU knew the game was over.
He’s been watching Kaitlin Clark…That's literally NOT possible. There haven't been "quarters" in men's college basketball since 1953 lol com'on man!!!
Yes, let’s hire an 85 year old who has not coached in 10 years.Defense isn't everything.
In 1989-1990, Loyola Marymount conceded 108 points per game and made the Elite 8, helped by an offense that put up 120. LMU scored 90+ every game, and 100+ in all but three games, including 149 against Michigan. Shot 56% on 2s and 40% on 3s, then pressed after every basket.
In Pike's 19 years as head coach, his teams have averaged more than 70 points twice. Boring!
LMU's coach that season was Paul Westhead. Paul is still alive. Pike should hire Paul immediately, then step back and let Paul run the team in 2024-2025. Not just the offense; everything including roster creation. Paul debuted transfer portal mastery by recruiting LMU stars Bo and late Hank from USC.
RAC tickets will sell like Taylor Swift shows if Rutgers runs and scores 100+ per game, while signing another top 5 recruiting class.
He'll do that just after he rips out his own lungs.Pike may decide to go for uptempo O over D . . .
Uptempo O and D are not mutually exclusive.Pike may decide to go for uptempo O over D given who is coming in.
Accurate from deep complementing NBA-level multi-faceted talents in Dylan and Ace.
Might come down to just outscoring teams by shooting at a very high adjusted efficiency clip.
Yes. They’ve been elite in defensive metrics recently but I don’t see that for this year. There’s a chance their offensive metrics will be top 10 (even the RAC will be shocked and I can’t believe I even said that).Uptempo O and D are not mutually exclusive.
Forget it, he's rolling.Third quarter? Men's college basketball does not have quarters.