I have probably watched the Michigan State game 100 times for my own basketball coaching film purposes and the fact that the game just can't leave my brain.
We all know that not being able to hit open jumpers kills this team at times. Not having Anderson at 100 percent really did hurt, but we have other guys that should be able knock down jumpers.
LP, MS, MB, EN, DH
Add DT to the fold even if reports are he is more of a slasher that would give us enough guys capable of hitting jumpers. We all have talked about the 16 class being the class Tony has put more effort into getting that solved on the offensive end, but next season we will need the guys on this roster to find ways to score when open.
The question is are we going to do that within the scheme of things. I've always said the best opportunity is for us to get out in transition at times without a framework and just let it fly from time to time. Granted our strength will still always be pounding the ball inside, but if we're not able to knock down open jumpshots a team like Michigan State will just play as physical as possible wearing us down. The key is going to be how much MS, DT, EN and DH are able to knock down jumpshots. LP is clutch and MB for as flat as his shot can be just does too many other things for me to be really concerned about his jumpshot even though I think it will be a little better with time. My point is the things I'm hearing out of the summer about us really putting the emphasis on the offense and been doing a lot of three on three work in our commitment to offense without breaking our core principles on the defensive end has been very encouraging. Tony has figured out that we need to be a little more offensive minded to make a deeper run and with the 16 class he's definitely put the emphasis on that, but I think the kids on the floor this year certainly have the capability on offense to make teams pay for sagging defenses down.
We all know that not being able to hit open jumpers kills this team at times. Not having Anderson at 100 percent really did hurt, but we have other guys that should be able knock down jumpers.
LP, MS, MB, EN, DH
Add DT to the fold even if reports are he is more of a slasher that would give us enough guys capable of hitting jumpers. We all have talked about the 16 class being the class Tony has put more effort into getting that solved on the offensive end, but next season we will need the guys on this roster to find ways to score when open.
The question is are we going to do that within the scheme of things. I've always said the best opportunity is for us to get out in transition at times without a framework and just let it fly from time to time. Granted our strength will still always be pounding the ball inside, but if we're not able to knock down open jumpshots a team like Michigan State will just play as physical as possible wearing us down. The key is going to be how much MS, DT, EN and DH are able to knock down jumpshots. LP is clutch and MB for as flat as his shot can be just does too many other things for me to be really concerned about his jumpshot even though I think it will be a little better with time. My point is the things I'm hearing out of the summer about us really putting the emphasis on the offense and been doing a lot of three on three work in our commitment to offense without breaking our core principles on the defensive end has been very encouraging. Tony has figured out that we need to be a little more offensive minded to make a deeper run and with the 16 class he's definitely put the emphasis on that, but I think the kids on the floor this year certainly have the capability on offense to make teams pay for sagging defenses down.
