Questions that need to be answered

[Sid Hartman]

1.) What type of offense do we run and who is in charge of it?
>This offense might be the easiest offense to defend in college basketball...PG (whoever that is i.e. Blake) dribbles for 25seconds while Rodney/Austin stands in corner and then someone throws up a contested shot with shot clock running out. I don't think I have seen the Gophers score out of a set play out of a timeout or inbounds play all season. Whoever is in charge of offensive installation seriously needs to be evaluated.

2.) What did Chip do to get in Tubby's Doghouse?
>Chip was a spark in the 2nd half...he might turn ball over but he is only one willing to take the ball to the hole and shoot. Seriously something is wrong when Dawson gets minutes before he does

3.) Tallest Team in Country Starting Lineup...why?
>We don't throw the ball into the post and Ralph is only one that can shoot makes little sense to start Trevor, Colt and Ralph. If I see Colt playing the outside win on the zone one more time and go flying past a guy on a pump fake I am going to puke

 

[cncmin]

1.) What type of offense do we run and who is in charge of it?
>This offense might be the easiest offense to defend in college basketball...PG (whoever that is i.e. Blake) dribbles for 25seconds while Rodney/Austin stands in corner and then someone throws up a contested shot with shot clock running out. I don't think I have seen the Gophers score out of a set play out of a timeout or inbounds play all season. Whoever is in charge of offensive installation seriously needs to be evaluated.

2.) What did Chip do to get in Tubby's Doghouse?
>Chip was a spark in the 2nd half...he might turn ball over but he is only one willing to take the ball to the hole and shoot. Seriously something is wrong when Dawson gets minutes before he does

3.) Tallest Team in Country Starting Lineup...why?
>We don't throw the ball into the post and Ralph is only one that can shoot makes little sense to start Trevor, Colt and Ralph. If I see Colt playing the outside win on the zone one more time and go flying past a guy on a pump fake I am going to puke

1. No doubt this offense is extremely easy to guard. Put your worst defender on Rodney, as he's not really a part of the offense. Get a big body to put on Ralph, and make sure he doesn't get open around the free throw line. Put any defender on Hoff who can play in-the-face D and fight through a few lazy picks. Keep Iverson more than 5 feet from the basket. The only mismatch is against Mbakwe - if he catches it low put him on the FT line (60%). At least Armelin makes things happen. He needs to play > 20 minutes a game.

2. Chip finally played major minutes, and for the most part it worked, until the very end when MSU full-court pressed. Chip is a nice player, but his passing and offensive awareness is suspect. Both of those should improve greatly with experience.

3. Agreed, the baseline D is way too slow with these guys in the game. But when they are in there, why not keep them spread out further along the baseline to help guard the corner? We aren't typically getting beat inside - but our outside D gets shredded. Change the strategy.

 

[march madness]

play Iverson in the middle

The few minutes Iverson played the middle, we had great rebounding. Sampson blocked a shot outside. This is a no brainer.

Teams are overplaying our one play the high low. Yet Iverson and Sampson cannot drive from there. Trevor can but he is usually the one posting up.