I feel like the cohesion and chemistry was a bit harder to find
because we ran out a bunch of different groupings throughout the game. Obviously, an important thing to use the early season games to figure out what works and what might not work as well but it probably contributed to the offensive drought and inconsistency in the mid-section of the game.
I really look forward to watching Lawal this season. Plenty of rawness for sure but his intensity, both in how he plays and how he communicates, was neat to watch. He made a big difference just lurking under the basket on defense. Lost count of the number of times Del St drove to the hoop, saw him there and thought better of it.
I do worry a bit, with our youth at guard, how we responded and will respond to being pressured. I am curious about our strategy against their 3/4 court pressure. It seemed to me like we continuously pushed the ball right into their trap and forced long, interceptable passes in response. Maybe not seeing that was the scouting miss Young mentioned.
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I understand that it is the opener vs Delaware St BUT..
-- bjw810
Nov 04, 2024 at 10:58 PM ET
bjw810
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11/04/24 10:58 PM ET
I did like that when things went wrong, the guys didn't throw their
-- hoosnowahokie
Nov 05, 2024 at 08:04 AM ET
hoosnowahokie
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11/05/24 08:04 AM ET
PG looks to be the most concerning area to me, especially defensively.
-- GoldCoast
Nov 05, 2024 at 07:47 AM ET
GoldCoast
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11/05/24 07:47 AM ET
I feel like the cohesion and chemistry was a bit harder to find
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-- hokiehill1117
Nov 05, 2024 at 07:42 AM ET
hokiehill1117
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11/05/24 07:42 AM ET
I agree with you on the pressure point
-- bjw810
Nov 05, 2024 at 09:19 AM ET
bjw810
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11/05/24 09:19 AM ET
Lawal also hit a 3 in the second scrimmage.
-- Chris Coleman
Nov 04, 2024 at 11:06 PM ET
Chris Coleman
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11/04/24 11:06 PM ET
He hit at least one in the first game as well. Can tell he has a great work
-- jfrance41
Nov 04, 2024 at 11:52 PM ET
jfrance41
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11/04/24 11:52 PM ET
I thought it looked like a sound jumpshot too.
-- bjw810
Nov 04, 2024 at 11:26 PM ET
bjw810
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11/04/24 11:26 PM ET
He is a completely different player than he was at VCU. He has dramatically
-- sideline guy
Nov 04, 2024 at 11:13 PM ET
sideline guy
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11/04/24 11:13 PM ET
Have to think that Mike played a huge part in that improvement.
-- EDGEMAN
Nov 05, 2024 at 06:10 AM ET
EDGEMAN
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11/05/24 06:10 AM ET