(02-20-2013 09:08 AM)indycat Wrote: Yes, the offense is a problem. I'm not throwing the coach under the bus but when we see the ball passed around the perimeter with no offensive purpose until a desperation shot is heaved up with the shot clock expiring, that's a problem. It happens to all teams at times but it happens regularly with this one. Even Bobby Knight and Jay Bilas have commented on what Jay called the "windshield wiper" offense--passing back and forth on the perimeter and not attacking the basket. It's almost inconceivable that with all of Georgetown's starters in foul trouble the players weren't told to drive to the goal every possession the last six minutes. If they weren't told that it's a coaching problem. If they didn't listen, well that's a coaching problem too I suppose.
Against Georgetown I don't think they ever through up a desperation shot with the shot clock expiring.
As far as not attacking with under 6 minutes, throwing up threes was not the problem. Cash took a three with just over a minute left that wasn't a good shot, but all the other possessions were either drives to the basket or kick outs for three. Turnovers and missed FTs were what really killed them. The possessions went like this:
Rubles gets fouled, misses both FTs (game tied at 51)
Kilpatrick turnover
Rubles misses layup
Kilpatrick gets fouled, makes both FTs
Kilpatrick misses 2 point jumper
Wright commits offensive foul
Sanders and Parker miss 3s (down 2 points with 2 min. left)
Wright misses 3 (down 4 points with 1 min. left)
Sanders misses 3 (down 5 with 40 seconds left), Cheik off. rebound and turnover, game effectively over
That's 3 turnovers in those 9 possessions, plus an empty trip to the FT line. Can't have that.