STrib: "Freshmen moments" are plenty, but Pitino sees his youngsters taking ownership

[BleedGopher]

STrib: "Freshmen moments" are plenty, but Pitino sees his youngsters taking ownership

per Amelia:

One thing he might have been less thrilled about was the senior moment, when Joey King switched on a ball screen that he wasn’t supposed to switch on, giving Mason less room to get a shot off. Mason’s miss was one of four three-pointers that bounced away in the last 37 seconds. But King’s mistake was followed up by another sign that while his freshmen are still learning, they’re also starting to take control of what will be “their” team for the foreseeable future.

“Joey was not supposed to switch,” Pitino said, “and Dupree got on him. That was great to see. A freshman getting on a senior captain was really nice to see. Not from a demonstrative way, but he’s really starting to take ownership of it.”

http://www.startribune.com/freshmen...is-youngsters-taking-ownership-too/367575491/

Go Gophers!!

 

[underground629]

"He [Pitino] was comfortable with the shot selection down the stretch, he said, but 'they just didn’t make shots.'"

I disagree with that. We killed them all game by driving to the hoop and we let them off the hook by jacking up long shots at the end. Indiana did look like they were finally starting to clog the lane better but we have to at least make them prove they can stop us from scoring or getting fouled when we drive. I think if we kept setting screens and taking turns letting our trio drive they would've prevailed. That much success throughout the game without turnovers and we aren't going to force the issue?