Hello all. I'll be following along with Coach Cal's weekly radio show again tonight and sharing the major talking points here for those of you who aren't able to listen to it live. Show starts at 6 ET. Stay tuned...
* Really proud of how they played a team with four great shooters and the ability to knock down so many 3s. One of those games where you had to be disciplined defensively to win. Only one moment in game where he was really disappointed, and that was letting the 16-point lead before halftime slip away. That's another sign of a young team. But good to get back to work with a week of practice before North Carolina.
* There's a chance Ugo could play this weekend.
* Penn had been outrebounding their opponents (and a good schedule) by 10 this season. Cats outrebounded them by 10. Cal says they've made it important in practice, so it carried over to the game.
* They're making some changes to what they're doing defensively "at times" this week, Cal says. Not real specific, but cites their issues keeping guys in front of them.
* We've got to find out the best way to play with two bigs, Cal says. Don't want to play high-low and jam up the lane, though.
* There were times in these last two games where they're still dribbling the ball too much and bouncing instead of whipping the ball around with passes. Gotta get that back. Gotta play fast. Gotta keep running. "... but you've got to be able to defend to do that." Need to keep playing random, get better defensively, block a few more shots. Likes the direction they are heading in order to get all of those pieces in place.
* Cal says he didn't intend to play Aaron Bradshaw that much in only his second game back, but you don't want to take him out when he's doing so many good things, either.
* Cal is watching a recruit play tonight, so Chuck Martin is stepping in to do the remainder of the show tonight. Martin says Penn is really underrated, should be getting more national attention. Dangerous team. "They're fun to watch, but a nightmare to play against."
* Martin says UNC is trying to get back to that style Roy Williams really coached where they're going as fast as they can up and down the floor. Have to be disciplined to get back on defense because they are constantly looking to attack.
* Collective IQ of this team is unbelievable, Martin says. You might notice it on how well they've executed out of timeouts this season, their OB plays.
* Really proud of how they played a team with four great shooters and the ability to knock down so many 3s. One of those games where you had to be disciplined defensively to win. Only one moment in game where he was really disappointed, and that was letting the 16-point lead before halftime slip away. That's another sign of a young team. But good to get back to work with a week of practice before North Carolina.
* There's a chance Ugo could play this weekend.
* Penn had been outrebounding their opponents (and a good schedule) by 10 this season. Cats outrebounded them by 10. Cal says they've made it important in practice, so it carried over to the game.
* They're making some changes to what they're doing defensively "at times" this week, Cal says. Not real specific, but cites their issues keeping guys in front of them.
* We've got to find out the best way to play with two bigs, Cal says. Don't want to play high-low and jam up the lane, though.
* There were times in these last two games where they're still dribbling the ball too much and bouncing instead of whipping the ball around with passes. Gotta get that back. Gotta play fast. Gotta keep running. "... but you've got to be able to defend to do that." Need to keep playing random, get better defensively, block a few more shots. Likes the direction they are heading in order to get all of those pieces in place.
* Cal says he didn't intend to play Aaron Bradshaw that much in only his second game back, but you don't want to take him out when he's doing so many good things, either.
* Cal is watching a recruit play tonight, so Chuck Martin is stepping in to do the remainder of the show tonight. Martin says Penn is really underrated, should be getting more national attention. Dangerous team. "They're fun to watch, but a nightmare to play against."
* Martin says UNC is trying to get back to that style Roy Williams really coached where they're going as fast as they can up and down the floor. Have to be disciplined to get back on defense because they are constantly looking to attack.
* Collective IQ of this team is unbelievable, Martin says. You might notice it on how well they've executed out of timeouts this season, their OB plays.
