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<blockquote data-quote="YlJacket" data-source="post: 762824" data-attributes="member: 2784"><p>OK - understand your disagreement but I certainly don't think the outcome of our season is solely based on either Howard or Saba becoming Bill Russell in the next couple of weeks. Though teams like UNC still use a true double post set up to great effect, it isn't the "modern" game and most teams have a 4 out system with a 5 more able to switch or hedge on the perimeter than worry about cleaning up drives to the basket. With 2 senior and a junior guard playing the majority of minutes we should be able to play very legit perimeter defense and reduce the need for mistakes to be erased. That is where I would start on defense - plus reducing turnovers that led to run outs. </p><p></p><p>I am sorry but I will really disagree with calling Mose's performance "decent". 31 and 20 is better than decent even given the 4OT timeframe. In the second half he played the 5 slot on a 4 our arrangement and defended the GSU centers whose production went down after a really strong first half. Yes he shot 44% but that was higher than almost anyone else on the team (Moore I think was higher). He was 10% higher than either Alvarado or Devoe. However, I would be the first to say that all those percentages were bad primarily due to the fact we got almost no easy baskets and that our approach to an offensive set was suboptimal to put it politely. </p><p></p><p>We are going to play a few UNC type teams that force us to play 2 bigs or get crushed. The majority of the teams we are going to play are much more the modern setup with one mobile big and a smaller 4 who can shoot. Moses at the 5 fits well with that setup as long as our perimeter defense is what should be expected from what is supposed to be a top of the ACC backcourt. </p><p>FWIW I think the key to our success this year is going to be much more our guard play than our center play. Our guards have to be a lot more efficient and better defensively. And CJP has to structure things a lot better to help them - hope that starts tonight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YlJacket, post: 762824, member: 2784"] OK - understand your disagreement but I certainly don't think the outcome of our season is solely based on either Howard or Saba becoming Bill Russell in the next couple of weeks. Though teams like UNC still use a true double post set up to great effect, it isn't the "modern" game and most teams have a 4 out system with a 5 more able to switch or hedge on the perimeter than worry about cleaning up drives to the basket. With 2 senior and a junior guard playing the majority of minutes we should be able to play very legit perimeter defense and reduce the need for mistakes to be erased. That is where I would start on defense - plus reducing turnovers that led to run outs. I am sorry but I will really disagree with calling Mose's performance "decent". 31 and 20 is better than decent even given the 4OT timeframe. In the second half he played the 5 slot on a 4 our arrangement and defended the GSU centers whose production went down after a really strong first half. Yes he shot 44% but that was higher than almost anyone else on the team (Moore I think was higher). He was 10% higher than either Alvarado or Devoe. However, I would be the first to say that all those percentages were bad primarily due to the fact we got almost no easy baskets and that our approach to an offensive set was suboptimal to put it politely. We are going to play a few UNC type teams that force us to play 2 bigs or get crushed. The majority of the teams we are going to play are much more the modern setup with one mobile big and a smaller 4 who can shoot. Moses at the 5 fits well with that setup as long as our perimeter defense is what should be expected from what is supposed to be a top of the ACC backcourt. FWIW I think the key to our success this year is going to be much more our guard play than our center play. Our guards have to be a lot more efficient and better defensively. And CJP has to structure things a lot better to help them - hope that starts tonight. [/QUOTE]
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