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Post by cornhole on Nov 30, 2019 19:02:35 GMT -6
I like the way CSC is feeling his players out, experimenting, finding out who will, who won't, who can, who can't. I feel that we are in good hands...
HEAD COACH SCOTT CROSS:
"We made an extremely difficult decision today to play Jakevan and Des [Williams]. Both of those guys came to me and said they were ready to play, and we knew that they were two of our most energetic guys and they were weapons on the defensive end of the floor, which is what we felt like we were missing. We needed a little bit of extra defense and energy and they provided that today. Both are extremely quick and can cover a lot of ground. And then they're intelligent basketball players as well. I thought they did a great job. They were really flying around tonight and really made Shorter take difficult shots. We implemented a 2-2-1 press into a matchup zone for the first time as well, which I thought gave Shorter some problems. It was one of our crucial defenses at my previous school so it's important for us to master it, which I think we did."
On the energy on the bench:
"We definitely need everyone pulling in the same direction. It makes it tougher on us to balance the minutes now that we added two guys to the fold. Sometimes a guy can be more productive in 15 good minutes versus 35 hurried minutes. Hopefully we can continue to build on the effort and intensity on the defensive end, then I need to figure out the rotation and distribution of minutes."
BTW for all you FT % detractors: Troy sunk 73.3% from the line
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Post by Trojans1andAll on Nov 30, 2019 19:48:36 GMT -6
Free throws are the same regardless of division, but Shorter is D-II. At least we beat them by a proper margin.
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Dec 2, 2019 20:12:01 GMT -6
Sounds to me like Scott Cross is still trying to figure out his player's skill sets during game-time, which players have better chemistry with others, who plays better as starters versus bench players, etc. There are so many little things that can affect the way a basketball team plays, or even how a basketball player plays. One example I'll never forget is during the 2016-2017 season when we went to the NCAA Tourney... Jeremy Hollimon was a starter the previous year for us, and he struggled. Then came the 16-17 season and Hollimon was again a starter and struggled initially... he was then moved to the bench for the rest of the season, and he played AMAZING the entire year. Phil Cunningham never moved him back as a starter even though he was one of the best players on the team, simply because he was a better player off of the bench than as a starter.
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Post by cornhole on Dec 2, 2019 21:20:15 GMT -6
Sounds to me like Scott Cross is still trying to figure out his player's skill sets during game-time, which players have better chemistry with others, who plays better as starters versus bench players, etc. There are so many little things that can affect the way a basketball team plays, or even how a basketball player plays. One example I'll never forget is during the 2016-2017 season when we went to the NCAA Tourney... Jeremy Hollimon was a starter the previous year for us, and he struggled. Then came the 16-17 season and Hollimon was again a starter and struggled initially... he was then moved to the bench for the rest of the season, and he played AMAZING the entire year. Phil Cunningham never moved him back as a starter even though he was one of the best players on the team, simply because he was a better player off of the bench than as a starter.
Yes, fine example. Just 7 of these players were here last season, only one started. The other 7 are "new" to the program and had never worked together until summer. Several more experienced ballers just couldn't "take the steps" and left.
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