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11-19-17 03:34 PM - Post#236952    
    In response to bradley

The Tigers had offensive cold stretches last year, too, even during the winning streak and against Notre Dame. When you take that many threes, it's inevitable. And according to Noah Savage's account, the ball was moving for PU and they got a lot of good looks against the Hawks, but missed a lot of layups and in-rhythm threes (and didn't get fouled much). So the stagnation and three-on-five offense from earlier games seems not to have been that much of a problem. Just need shots to go in from Brennan or Young or LeBlanc or Much or Schweiger. We have good reason to think that these are players who can hit open shots; perhaps Bell's early struggles and later shooting revival last season can give hope.

What needs to be fixed is the defense. Opponents are getting to the rim, finishing, or getting fouled way too easily and opponents are getting a lot of looks from three. Almost no turnovers are being forced (which also takes away a few easy transition buckets per game) and teams look pretty comfortable running their stuff. Perhaps it's just growing pains from integrating new guys into the lineup, especially given all the switching and doubling and help-and-recover stuff the Tigers do according to scouting report and situation, but opponents are getting good looks for their good shooters and scorers.



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