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Tiptree
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posted 01-21-2020 11:24 AM
My biggest concern about this team is depth. Until our second-tier players improve dramatically, we are basically a 4-man team with another guy on the floor.
Going along with that, the biggest threat to our success is foul trouble. When we start games, as many have observed, we play fast, carefree basketball, and we look pretty darn good. But if one or more of our "Big 4" (Hagans, Maxey, Quickley, and Richards) gets a few fouls, then everything changes. I would submit that some of the perceived "slow down" we complain about at the end of games when we have a lead has more to do with foul trouble than strategy. When you can't defend without fouling, it behooves you to work the clock when you have the ball. That does two things -- it tends to tire out the other team by forcing them to play defense longer, and it limits the time WE have to play defense because the other team naturally needs to get a shot up quickly.
Our "big 4" players have to learn to play defense without fouling. Otherwise, we will see more of the end-of-game slowdowns we all dislike.
[ 01-21-2020, 11:25 AM: Message edited by: Tiptree ]
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MountainMafia
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posted 01-21-2020 12:19 PM
Could be Tip, but didn't Cal do the same thing against Wisconsin in the FF that cost us a perfect season and NC? He had more talent and depth on that team than he could play.
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ukman
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posted 01-21-2020 02:05 PM
Yes he did Mountain. And there have been so many times over the years where we have had a 14+ point lead and go to the slow down with 8 minutes or more left. We then proceed to win by 6-8 and look really ugly doing it.
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catmandoo
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posted 01-21-2020 06:00 PM
It scares me is our depth like Tip posted.
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Tiptree
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posted 01-21-2020 06:01 PM
MM,
Yeah. That was when KAT had finally matured into an unstoppable scoring machine in the paint. In that second half, we went to a 'grind it out' game (Cal's favorite, it seems) and worked the clock and then tossed into KAT for an easy bucket.
It was terrible to see our lead evaporate. That tactic might have worked prior to the 3-point shot, but in this day and age, it just hurts us more than it hurts the opponent. Basketball, like all sports, is "between the ears". It is a psychological downer to take a bunch of thoroughbreds and make them play like plowhorses.
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Bama Cat
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posted 01-21-2020 10:18 PM
Thought we were headed that direction today but we got some help. Brooks, Juzang and Montgomery started playing. Maybe they are starting to come around.
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