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WF MBB Game 33 - Pitt ACC Quarters - Thursday 2:30 - ESPN2

Can we just start a sports psychiatry department at Atrium/WFUMC and make it part of the pre-requisite curriculum for student athletes?
 
wufu bufu said:
I was curious about this for the season actually. Outside the @UVa game, what was the opponent FT% against Wake vs team FT% season average?

Hypothesis is that teams shot much better from the line vs Wake than they typically did elsewhere. 1H vs 2H would also be interesting.
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So we need to work on our FT defense too
 
Deaconblue said:
Being strategic with respect to who you foul and when can help reduce the opponent FT make%.
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Exactly. We are a very low-basketball-IQ team. Plays like our dipshit center fouling a good-shooting guard 20 feet from the basket as opposed to fouling a low-post goon enables the opposition to take better FTs. Same with the over-pursuit on the perimeter defense to "run them off the line". It generally keeps the ball in the hands of the other team's better shooters so when they get fouled they are more likely to make them. Just more examples of bad coaching.
 
Anyone else gonna be sick if state wins and we’re the only Tobacco Road school sitting at home?
 
scooter84 said:
I don't think we purposely set out to have little to no bench talent.

today, any combination of making a few of the FTs we missed that we normally make, Parker making 1 or 2 of the 3 or 4 open 3s he had and usually makes, and Sallis playing more than like 8 minutes at the level we know he can - and we likely win the game.....
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Two guys expected to be contributors were injured. One all season, the other most of it. Development of three newcomers (Clark, Canka, MMM) was below expectations. Friedrichsen was as expected as a shooter, and a pleasant surprise as a decent defender. Freshmen ranked outside top 75 don't often contribute a lot first year. There are reasons they aren't top 25.
 
The lack of depth hurt the team all season. Ituka's injury could be covered because Sallis, Hildreth and Miller could and did play as a PG. Friedrichsen gave the team some three point shooting and he tried on defense. Keller and Marsh did OK down low if their minutes were limited, but scoring wasn't an option unless the guards made a concious effort to include them. Forbes made the mistake of counting on Monsanto to provide length and scoring on the wing. When a player suffers two leg injuries in a three year period, a coach can't count on them to make a contribution. Clark and Canka had the size and athletic ability to be the length that would have allowed for a big line up at the 1-3. Forbes failure to develop one or both players to contribute from the wing was a weakness that was frequently exploited. They didn't have to fill a stat sheet, they needed to provide defense, ball movement and rebounding playing in a big line up with the starters. If they didn't have the ability than Forbes failed in recruiting. If they have the ability, then Forbes failed in development. Robert McCray could have been developed in the same manner. He had the athletic ability, the shooting ability and the size to provide depth at the wing. Apparently he lacked the ball handling and passing ability to be a complete player in the ACC. A good bench includes players with limitations that can provide contributions in specific areas. Coaching is about using what you have to get what you need accomplished.
 
TheReff said:
So we need to work on our FT defense too
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Well, we can do like that Clemson player who was right beside our shooter and the entire process was yelling out defensive and offensive instructions right in our shooters ear, really wondered why that was allowed, and yes I am sure was intentional
 
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