cornellfan4
Masters Student
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Reg: 12-09-09
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12-21-10 05:08 AM - Post#91321
In response to mrjames
Yup. That's pretty much where this team is right now.
Still good enough defense to be competitive in the Ivy League. And driving to Ithaca is a tough trip. I don't see why 8-9 wins still isn't possible. It's just not as likely as most had originally thought.
They may be a decent defensive team by the stats but they havent played good defense when it really matters. Tonight they let Bucknell go off on several 10-0 runs, they let that one guy on BU go off for ~30 points, they gave Binghamton too many open looks from 3
They do get a decent amount of steals and turnovers but dont rebound well. To use your wording, they play a high variance style defense by going for steals and over pursuing which results in either a turnover or a defensive breakdown somewhere leading to an open shot or an easy layup
They should not be 2-8 right now, some of the blame has to go on Courtney. You are exactly right about the rotation, mountainred. Why did Sahota go in for a few minutes, he looked good in the Red White game but has not really played since? Why has he buried Gray on the bench, the guy played well the first two games, won the Albany game for you, and was rewarded with getting to play no minutes. Instead Courtney plays Miles who cant shoot.
Also Courtney has put so much emphasis on defense that it seems to have hurt the offense, they often look lost on offense, pass look around pass look around chuck a contested 3. Most of the team has no problem with chucking a 3 with 30s left on the shot clock even if it is contested, they have no patience to look for a good shot.
I wonder how many wins Donahue would have gotten with this team, I bet they would be at least .500, Donahue has done wonders at BC offensively with no depth with only ~8 scholarship players
Edited by phillysportsfan on 12-21-10 05:09 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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