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Explanation for the beatdown

I agree with you, but still maintain that shots fall more frequently when they are the product of crisp ball and player movement. Skip passes, touch passes, and just extra passes in general were something we saw a lot of early. As these have decreased, so has our shooting %. Remember: an open shot is not necessarily a quality shot. It depends who is taking it, and at what point in the shot clock. Just ask Gonzaga, who had many wide open shots in the second half against us, but they did NOT come from within the flow of the offense — which is why they missed almost all of them.
We are dribbling the ball up the court to much in them last few games. We aren’t getting much out of our early offense. We need to pass tee ball up the court and get up early shots!
 
If I’m Pope I’m asking every shooter to focus on taking floaters off the drive until teams stop overplaying our shooters on ball screens. Brea and Robinson are both capable but it needs to be a point of emphasis. Drive it to 10 feet and in, floater. If there is help, immediate kick outs. Also, post guys need to be accountable for not looking to kick it out and so does Oweh. Oweh has been driving with blinders on for awhile now and I know he is capable of better playmaking. That’s what I’m hoping for.

Thankfully, I’m not Pope and I’m certain his adjustments will be even better and more attuned to the strengths of his personnel.
Good take and likely correct . Most can do it . Jaxon has to cowboy up n take it there. Butler and Oweh will . Brea demands doubles from 3 line i like him staying at 3 line just be looking g to pass more when the double comes.
 
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I'd rather have the ability to beat Duke with its #1 nba prospect, than lose a game to ohio state.

And sec play is gonna be eye opening. Have we reached our ceiling? I hope not.
 
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