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Old 04-15-2021, 08:30 AM   #9
skyblade
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Here's a full game of the SoCo tournament final (Mercer vs UNCG) from this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHC4...eforBasketball

My notes.

Defense:
The good: They play a very switch heavy man-to-man, sometimes it morphs into a zone. At times it starts to look a bit like Cronin's matchup zone. They play tight to the man with the ball pretty much everywhere on the court. Have a lot of smaller guards who pressure their man hard (Saunders would fit in). Do pretty well at stopping backcuts. The pressure seems to cause a lot of mistakes. They collapse hard on the ball when it gets into the interior. Draw a fair number of charges.

The bad: Big men aren't the most athletic, probably a product of what Miller could get at UNCG. Getting them switched onto a small guy leads to problems. Like we saw with Cronin, if you're going to run a system that regularly gets your big switched onto a guard, your big better be an elite athlete (like Tari). They are somewhat vulnerable to the drive and kick because of how hard they collapse the paint. Overall very good on defense.

Offense:
The good: They attack early and then pull it out if nothing is there. Get good shots early when the defense isn't fully set. Big men (and others) crash the boards hard. Drive-and-kick offense. Get a lot of good shots early in the shot clock. A lot of guys who can drive the ball. Get a fair number of open looks from three. Run the offense through their best player (Miller).

The bad: Take a lot of bad quick trigger threes. Shot selection (especially in the middle of the shot clock) is not very good. Big men aren't very skilled on the interior. Ball doesn't move all that fast. Late shot clock execution not all that impressive. Don't shoot (even open shots) particularly well from three.

Last edited by skyblade; 04-15-2021 at 08:34 AM.
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