LBS Game Thoughts-
Tobey might be one of the most frustrating players that I've watched in a UVA uniform in my life. So much potential, but stupid fouls, not finishing at the rim strong and slow rotations because we don't have the quickness that we did in the past to cover it up is exposing him to the point he got pulled pretty early in the game which I have no problem with. He didn't start 2nd half, so message has been sent.
LP, MS and DH knocking down those three point shots definitely helps open up our offense where we can pound the ball inside.
Defense still needs some work adjusting to the rules. To be quite honest we're just not as quick with the rim protectors that we've had the last two years so there are going to be games where we're going to give up plays especially in transition versus quicker teams.
If we shoot the 3 ball like we did tonight then we are a scary team.
Our defense will be pretty good this year, but I think we're going to need to average 6 to 8 points more game to overcome some of the deficiencies because we don't have the rim protector of years past.
I still think this team needs to push it in transition more than in years past because our three point shots seem to be better when guys can spot up that way and we can wear down other peoples bigs where we will get points from our big running the court as well.
I definitely noticed some sort of adjustments from the GW game and it was really neat to have this scheduled right after the GW loss where we could grow as a team and tinker with the rotations without too much issue with competition and by the way all my students who give me crap about us losing to GW, did you see who Ohio State lost to tonight
I like the fact that Tony started taking some minutes from guys who are not performing. Our depth is allowing for guys to be held accountable and do things that are asked of them or they will sit on the bench.
Tobey might be one of the most frustrating players that I've watched in a UVA uniform in my life. So much potential, but stupid fouls, not finishing at the rim strong and slow rotations because we don't have the quickness that we did in the past to cover it up is exposing him to the point he got pulled pretty early in the game which I have no problem with. He didn't start 2nd half, so message has been sent.
LP, MS and DH knocking down those three point shots definitely helps open up our offense where we can pound the ball inside.
Defense still needs some work adjusting to the rules. To be quite honest we're just not as quick with the rim protectors that we've had the last two years so there are going to be games where we're going to give up plays especially in transition versus quicker teams.
If we shoot the 3 ball like we did tonight then we are a scary team.
Our defense will be pretty good this year, but I think we're going to need to average 6 to 8 points more game to overcome some of the deficiencies because we don't have the rim protector of years past.
I still think this team needs to push it in transition more than in years past because our three point shots seem to be better when guys can spot up that way and we can wear down other peoples bigs where we will get points from our big running the court as well.
I definitely noticed some sort of adjustments from the GW game and it was really neat to have this scheduled right after the GW loss where we could grow as a team and tinker with the rotations without too much issue with competition and by the way all my students who give me crap about us losing to GW, did you see who Ohio State lost to tonight
I like the fact that Tony started taking some minutes from guys who are not performing. Our depth is allowing for guys to be held accountable and do things that are asked of them or they will sit on the bench.
