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grtmmt grtmmt OP
Jan 02, 2025 at 10:30 AM ET
Lawal, Burnham, and Brown all need to start
and play major minutes for this team to score, I know that will hurt us on defense. But at least they attempt to drive to the hole and open up lanes verses our spot up shooters. Look at these FG %, Lawal .61%, Burnham .44% and Brown .45%. I really like Schutt but he refuses to drive or challenge his defender mostly shoots threes and he is shooting .36% overall and .35 from threes. Young does try to drive a little but he is shooting just .32%. Hammond will continue to get better has to get majority of the minutes at PG he is shooting way better that Rechsteiner. ** Edited by grtmmt at 1/2/2025, 12:51:05 PM

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UTPr0sim UTPr0sim
I don't think O is the issue. Its allowing 50+ points in the second half
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim
So here is some data in our losses
VT Average 1st Half Points 31.63 VT Average 2nd Half Points 31.00 Opp Average 1st Half Points 33.63 Opp Average 2nd Half Points 43.63 Seems to be a Second half D issue to me.
V
VT One
Bad shots, turnovers, and few offensive rebounds lead to 50 point halves as
much as half court defense does.
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim
That logic says there is no bad D if you have a bad O. Don't think it works
that way.
V
VT One
What it says is that’s it’s not all D. Better offense equals better defense
and better defense equals better offense. When you see that we are shooting a historically low three point percentage and have historically high turnovers for a Mike Young team, it’s hard to think defense right out of the gate.
grtmmt grtmmt OP
Johnson and Schutt would
probably benefit from coming off the bench.