Coulda, woulda, shoulda game last night. It wasn't necessarily a must-win for NCAA hopes, but it sure would have been nice. IMO, NU has to go 8-1 through the end of the regular season to get into NCAA consideration. Even 7-2 won't do much, because the only "quality" (and I use that term loosely for the rest of the schedule) team left is Maryland. Plus, the B1G Tourney won't be much help in boosting the resume, because the top 4 get a double bye, and those are the only teams that can help NU's case.
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MBB Game #22, (L, 64-59), Mon, 1/22 @ Ohio State (#13) (16-4) (6-0), 7:00pm CST, BTN
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For all the offensive talent on this team, this is a very poor, poor, poor, offensively coached team.
No if's, and's, but's, or maybe's about it.
No if's, and's, but's, or maybe's about it.
Miles has never been a great offensive mind. Its an area that really needs to improve for us to get to the next level.
I hate the style of offense, but it’s commonplace in the NCAA these days. Structured O’s are few and far between. Miles wasn’t the guy dribbling the clock away when we didn’t get a shot after a TO. Miles didn’t tell Gill to just keep backing up and heaving the ball when he was obviously struggling from the field. And is Watson going to be a floor general, or not? Guys have to use their frickin heads, and if they aren’t, I expect players to do some peer coaching.
One of the players (don't remember who now), got on Duby after his foul of having his feet spread to far. When he went off the court Miles said something as well and Duby walked off all PO'd.
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The part of that which was a pisser was the whole ‘legs too wide’. If a guy is using his legs to hook or trip you, fine, it’s an appropriate call. But in this case the defender ran in the middle of Duby’s chest, so legs weren’t an issue, and it’s a poor call.
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Today. on BTN Live, praised OSU kid, but did not mention Palmer of his game!
Well obviously I don't mean all the time, but it was easy to see how Palmer driving once or twice gave him a few extra inches to get off a 3 as well. Sure guys can get stuck, but you have to at least show the threat of the drive. Roby tried on that corner 3, a pump and go, but got his pocket picked... but I appreciated the thought. If the ball doesn't get poked away, Roby slams that thing home.
And I'm sure to a point they did what Miles wanted, but I would also guess he wouldn't mind seeing them stay on the court a little longer too to help with that defense and rebounding. And yes, that should be both of their responsibilities right now because neither are gifted offensive players, but there is a difference between being aggressive and just coming in, not moving your feet and hacking at the first guy who gets near you.
One of the things I hope that Copeland focuses on in the offseason is not being a bone-head. He seems to make boneheaded passes every game, sometimes tries to dribble through guards, or take a crazy shot early in the shot clock. He might be the most talented kid on the floor, but he needs to get his basketball sense sharpened if possible
Driving when the lane or opposition is favorable is always expected. Driving to prove you can may happen once a game. Driving because you think you have no other options tells me you weren’t paying attention to the shot clock, or your teammates are standing around, or you aren’t seeing the whole court. I saw numerous kickout opportunities that were ignored as one of our guys spastically drove into a defender. We aren’t keeping defenders honest when we ignore our passing options.
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