what did jt3 think about his team's man defense?
"they (bryant) were executing (vs man). they're college basketball players, they know how to score. So we to help each other a little more. It's not a question of effort, I wouldn't say that...i think they executed extremely well early. And we went to zone and it slowed everything down, so we just stayed with it".
said it before the season...still believe it...think this is a zone team. not enought good man to man defenders. you can and should help...i get that. but you FIRST have to defend your man.
hoyas, imo, need to AT LEAST mix it up. they have what, three good perimeter defenders (tc, johnson, peak). few frontcourt guys that can defend away from the cup (johnson, copes), and the centers are a question mark and are not necessarily rim protector types yet.
but by and large the team is long.
sounds zone based to me.
thoughts?
"they (bryant) were executing (vs man). they're college basketball players, they know how to score. So we to help each other a little more. It's not a question of effort, I wouldn't say that...i think they executed extremely well early. And we went to zone and it slowed everything down, so we just stayed with it".
said it before the season...still believe it...think this is a zone team. not enought good man to man defenders. you can and should help...i get that. but you FIRST have to defend your man.
hoyas, imo, need to AT LEAST mix it up. they have what, three good perimeter defenders (tc, johnson, peak). few frontcourt guys that can defend away from the cup (johnson, copes), and the centers are a question mark and are not necessarily rim protector types yet.
but by and large the team is long.
sounds zone based to me.
thoughts?