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Hopefully this is the week Pike emphasizes offensive rebounding. Could be a deciding factor if we get second chances.
Also could be a great game to let Eugene play a lot of 5 with 4 shooters on the floor. He can definitely rebound and score on anyone his own size.
I think I'd still want Johnson in as a rim protector. Make them beat us from the perimeter.
Let’s win the coaching game, Pike.This gives us room to work with.
HUGE.
I just didn't want to sound like I was celebrating a kids injury... lolWe have endured a lot of bad times here. Please forgive me if I am not empathaetic
Agree. That we’re going to get beat off the dribble is almost a given, though coach can’t say so. If Myles and Shaq D total 40mins, I could see it 25/15 favoring Myles.Agreed. We're going to get taken off the dribble a lot in this game, and I want Eugene taking charges and Doorson/Johnson blocking shots when SJU guards get in the lane.
given their speed and our size, maybe 3/4 or 1/2 court.Maybe we should think about pressing them to take advantage of our deeper bench.
Agree that Geo will see 35+ (assuming close game). Don’t think an extended zone trap would drain him to much. A lot to play with.We have a real young roster (313th ranked in experience) so let's not put too much on their plate. I'd still rather spend valuable practice time on basic things and not a specific press to beat a OOC team. Also I am going to guess the most important player on the floor will be Geo Baker and he has to play 35+ minutes. Don't want him pressing.
Well, dang, don’t do it if you haven’t practiced it.All of you that want to play zone that’s all well and good but keep in mind that our young players haven’t played any yet in games and if we haven’t practiced it much it’s tough to just play on the fly . It’s more than just standing in a spot and putting your hands up . There are still rotations abs gaps that need to be covered. I’m sure Pike and Jay young given almost a full week of practice will have something good up their sleeve though
Still might be effective coming out of time outs, etc.Im sure they’ve practiced it somewhat but how confident is Pike that it’ll be effective Friday will be key
Yeah, and if they shred it, well, never mind.Still might be effective coming out of time outside, etc.
Pike stated before that the defense was behind the offense and not where he wanted it to be. I wonder if that made him want to consider playing more zone in which case we may have already spent a decent amount of time practicing it but just didn't want to show it against lesser opponents... OR... Pike wants to play man so rather than spending time practicing zone he would rather drill in the man to man defense he expects the team to play to try to get the D to where he wants it
True, but I'm not sure defensive Rebounding is the biggest concern to be threatened by with the SJU offense. We do have the height and length advantage though to help compensate for a missed assignment on a box out. I think someone mentioned they aren't a good offensive rebounding team and that was before they lost their big man. I'm not sure what's best for this team but if we are getting burned too easily off the dribble it would make sense to at least try some zone to see how we do or to break up their rhythm.The problem with zone is it can be harder to get guys to box in that scheme. Since our guys are young, continuing to work on improving man to man principles may be a better strategy.
That would put him at risk of foul trouble. I think we could see him at the 5 maybe if the other team DOESN'T have a big man. We have Shaq Shaq Myles and Doucoure and we won't play them when the other team has a big? Seems unlikely. Pike also preaches rebounding which would hurt us there if it is EO against a true 5I'd think we'd see EO at the 5 when the opponent has a big man. Pull him out.
Eastern Michigan plays almost exclusively a 2-3 zone defense....
Since they are the next opponent, you can be assured we are spending some time on those concepts
I think our height dominates the tal rebounds, it’s the ones that bounce out and or hit the ground that are more worrisome.That would put him at risk of foul trouble. I think we could see him at the 5 maybe if the other team DOESN'T have a big man. We have Shaq Shaq Myles and Doucoure and we won't play them when the other team has a big? Seems unlikely. Pike also preaches rebounding which would hurt us there if it is EO against a true 5