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<blockquote data-quote="YlJacket" data-source="post: 925515" data-attributes="member: 2784"><p>I'll take a shot at this for discussion. Combination of 3 things to me: I think the primary issue is Howard and to a lesser extent Franklin are not really looking for the back door cut. Howard in particular is focused/worried about making the next move to hand the ball off - I don't see him looking at all for the back cut. He is not comfortable at the elbow with the ball and hitting the back cut requires confidence he doesn't really seem to have. Franklin is better at it but his focus is more to take the other 5 off the bounce. Lammers and Moses in particular were a lot more comfortable on the elbow. Even Banks was better. For completeness Mekka is worse than Howard. </p><p></p><p>Second is the opposing 5 is sitting in the lane not worried about a Lammers level shooter. The corollary is the ball side defender doesn't have to help or worry about the ball so the back cut is harder to execute. And finally while Devion or Kelly can be explosive, Coleman, Maxwell and Sturdivant are not exactly explosive ACC level cutters. End of the day, it hasn't really worked and I doubt they are really looking for it anymore. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>Specific to UNC, they had the offense well scouted - The guards went under the handoff screen and the 5 sat in the lane. The ball side wing defender stayed on his man (generally) and didn't help. So we would pin down for Devion, Sturdivant or Kelly - the guard would trail and be ready for the drive from the top of the key with Bacot backing them up. We had more success when we swing across the lane and the wing has a chance to drive the lane straight off the screen rather than having to turn around off the pin down. Regardless I still don't understand why we have our 5's being a/the primary ballhandler decision maker in the offense. </p><p></p><p>UNC also dared Sturdivant and Devion to shoot from deep. Didn't guard them. </p><p></p><p>Our defense had our guards run hard into Bacot trying to play over the screen and rarely accomplishing it. This made Howard switch onto the guard and left Devion wrestling with Bacot in the lane off the roll. I hope to god the idea was for Howard to hedge and recover but we flat assed switched that simple high ball screen way too many times. It broke down our D. Last time we played in the Smith center we doubled the guard off that screen so I guess that is some progress. </p><p></p><p>All that aside, UNC beat us when they looked like UNC for the 5 - 10 minutes before half when they got out in transition and flat assed beat us downcourt or got great looks off the secondary break. That was the team that went to the finals last year. They coasted the other 30 min and it didn't matter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YlJacket, post: 925515, member: 2784"] I'll take a shot at this for discussion. Combination of 3 things to me: I think the primary issue is Howard and to a lesser extent Franklin are not really looking for the back door cut. Howard in particular is focused/worried about making the next move to hand the ball off - I don't see him looking at all for the back cut. He is not comfortable at the elbow with the ball and hitting the back cut requires confidence he doesn't really seem to have. Franklin is better at it but his focus is more to take the other 5 off the bounce. Lammers and Moses in particular were a lot more comfortable on the elbow. Even Banks was better. For completeness Mekka is worse than Howard. Second is the opposing 5 is sitting in the lane not worried about a Lammers level shooter. The corollary is the ball side defender doesn't have to help or worry about the ball so the back cut is harder to execute. And finally while Devion or Kelly can be explosive, Coleman, Maxwell and Sturdivant are not exactly explosive ACC level cutters. End of the day, it hasn't really worked and I doubt they are really looking for it anymore. :rolleyes: Specific to UNC, they had the offense well scouted - The guards went under the handoff screen and the 5 sat in the lane. The ball side wing defender stayed on his man (generally) and didn't help. So we would pin down for Devion, Sturdivant or Kelly - the guard would trail and be ready for the drive from the top of the key with Bacot backing them up. We had more success when we swing across the lane and the wing has a chance to drive the lane straight off the screen rather than having to turn around off the pin down. Regardless I still don't understand why we have our 5's being a/the primary ballhandler decision maker in the offense. UNC also dared Sturdivant and Devion to shoot from deep. Didn't guard them. Our defense had our guards run hard into Bacot trying to play over the screen and rarely accomplishing it. This made Howard switch onto the guard and left Devion wrestling with Bacot in the lane off the roll. I hope to god the idea was for Howard to hedge and recover but we flat assed switched that simple high ball screen way too many times. It broke down our D. Last time we played in the Smith center we doubled the guard off that screen so I guess that is some progress. All that aside, UNC beat us when they looked like UNC for the 5 - 10 minutes before half when they got out in transition and flat assed beat us downcourt or got great looks off the secondary break. That was the team that went to the finals last year. They coasted the other 30 min and it didn't matter. [/QUOTE]
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