09-18-2017, 01:09 PM | #621 | |
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If we compare UC's Defense to West Virginia's; basically WVU did one thing better than us: Force TO"s Our FG% D was 3 points better than WVU, They allowed a dreadful amount of offensive rebounds, Our 2pt% D was 4 points better and we defended the 3 point shot better. We also ranked 16th in the country in fouls per game whereas WVu ranked 298. There is some serious downsides to a full on pressing defense. It takes away our biggest strengths in a lot of ways |
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09-18-2017, 01:15 PM | #622 | |
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Who is going to beat us when offensive fire power is the strategy? We don't have ANY weak links. When you combine that with our typical D...we are a VERY tough out! I agree with Jacob...let us dictate the pace of play and the strategy of the game. If we do...we have a great season! |
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09-18-2017, 01:31 PM | #623 | |
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Could it be that what we give up is less than what we gain? Hey...you might be right...but I wouldn't mind giving it a shot to see what happens. |
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09-18-2017, 03:26 PM | #624 | |
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Teams that are versatile when in march. Can you win playing fast? can you in a grinder ? Can you defend in the half court? Can you press teams with bad guards to force TO's? Versatility is key for me. Before we couldn't play fast because we didn't have the right players. Now we do. Before we couldn't press, but now we can? I think UC's offensive and Defensive versatility could be its best attribute. |
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09-18-2017, 07:06 PM | #625 | |
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Whether we do or not remains to be seen. We replace KJ with Cumberland so it seems like a wash to me in terms of quickness. |
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09-19-2017, 08:24 AM | #626 | |
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I can't think of too many areas we are deficient. Perhaps the best all around squad we have seen in close to 15 years. |
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09-19-2017, 09:12 AM | #627 |
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We haven't been to the Elite 8 in over 20 years now. 1996 we were a 2 seed and made elite 8. We have made the Sweet 16 twice since then. From 1997-2002 we were a 1-3 seed 5 times out of 6 (including a 1 seed and a 2 seed twice) and the other year we were a 5 seed and the 5 seed was the Sweet 16 in 2001...lol! We went Sweet 16 in 2012 under Cronin as a 6 seed.
All 3 of Huggins Elite 8's or better happened within a 5 year span from 1992-1996. I was a junior during the Final 4 run in 1992 and I'm not sure I have had that much fun since. I won a basketball signed by the coach and the entire team at a game early that year and went on to use it in open gym until the signatures wore off because I wasn't expecting it to be the year it turned out to be. I guess I don't have to tell you I didn't make honor roll very often...lol! I can't take a whole lot more of this drought and we are likely to keep up with poor/under seeding unless we do something extraordinary. I like this team on paper. I am ready for the drought to end. Elite 8 or bust...lol! Pretty please! |
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09-19-2017, 09:16 AM | #629 | |
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All it takes is one elite 8 or final four to turn around this " mediocre Mick" talk. Huggins is loved in this city even though he did all his damage in his first 5 years then was "mediocre bob" for the rest of his time here. But all it takes is a really great run to end your critics. It changes your entire perception. Villanova had a series of years of getting bounced out early in protected seeds. Then they won it all, now Jay Wright is a winner. I want that for Mick just as bad as I want it for UC. I want him to have that to shut up his critics. |
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09-19-2017, 09:49 AM | #630 | |
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I'm also going to blow my brains out if this thread turns in to a Cronin vs Huggins debate. |
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