(12-16-2021 03:41 PM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  

(12-16-2021 01:39 PM)billthebighawksfan Wrote:  Maybe they are finding out why they were ineffective ? They looked to have better movement and flow. I especially liked when Mike scored a hoop within 5 seconds of them scoring. We need to push pace more and if it’s not there, then go to work half court.

This shouldn't be something that has to be "learned". If you have a smaller team with a lot of guards, you almost certainly have to speed up or "push the pace" to have success. That should be a given.

Speeding up the game and pushing pace is certainly something that is learned and something that is a strategy preferred by some coaches and not others. Mostly because the guy pushing the pace may be basically going full court weaving thru several players. Phillips did that and ended up with a highlight reel dunk. I don't think I've seen him do that before. Phillips, Okauru and Thomas are our best guys to get the ball up the court fast and still under control. And once we start to feel comfortable doing it the guys trailing can be there for the putback. That's exactly what Siddle meant when he referenced a Bugatti.

That is something that was a good takeaway from last night that we really haven't been doing. But it requires a team effort starting with a quick outlet pass after made basket from out of bounds or off a defensive rebound. But this gets back to the central question. Can we grab defensive rebounds against a DI sized team to make this happen? Because so far we haven't done well on the defensive boards.