Our coaches philosophy is when an opposing player dribbles into the paint, our guards are coached to sink in and leave the 3 point shooters open on the perimeter. If the ball is quickly passed out, they have to scramble out to try and get in the shooters face, which is extremely difficult to do, since a ball moves much faster than a player can, which somehow our teams haven't grasped over the years, since they try and dribble their way open.

While if you notice, III, being our known best shooter, will be covered at all times on the perimeter. If we penetrate, the guard covering him will not sink in, but stay right on him, making it very difficult to get an open pass to him. The only way to get him open is to run cuts and screens, or find him on a fast break off the rebound, neither of which we do very often.

Steve's philosophy is that he'd rather take a chance on giving up an open 3 pointer than a layup. So when you see one of our guards running frantically back out to try and defend an open 3 point shooter, know that it's not our guard's fault the man is open. It's the defensive system he's being taught. And it works, unless you're playing a Western Kentucky, who will normally always have three players on the perimeter who can shoot the 3 point shot. And possibly an Ole Miss. So now you know the rest of the story.

That is good information, Doc. Thanks.
Which makes it all the more amazing that we have been one of the best defensive teams in the SBC against the 3-pointer.

(11-13-2009 12:55 PM)outsideualr Wrote:  Our coaches philosophy is when an opposing player dribbles into the paint, our guards are coached to sink in and leave the 3 point shooters open on the perimeter. If the ball is quickly passed out, they have to scramble out to try and get in the shooters face, which is extremely difficult to do, since a ball moves much faster than a player can, which somehow our teams haven't grasped over the years, since they try and dribble their way open.

While if you notice, III, being our known best shooter, will be covered at all times on the perimeter. If we penetrate, the guard covering him will not sink in, but stay right on him, making it very difficult to get an open pass to him. The only way to get him open is to run cuts and screens, or find him on a fast break off the rebound, neither of which we do very often.

Steve's philosophy is that he'd rather take a chance on giving up an open 3 pointer than a layup. So when you see one of our guards running frantically back out to try and defend an open 3 point shooter, know that it's not our guard's fault the man is open. It's the defensive system he's being taught. And it works, unless you're playing a Western Kentucky, who will normally always have three players on the perimeter who can shoot the 3 point shot. And possibly an Ole Miss. So now you know the rest of the story.

That's been our problem over the years, most of the time we only have one good shooter, and our opponents know that, and guard him well. That's why the successful teams(Western and some others)win the tournament, and we sit home, even if we've won the Western Division. A team that has three or four good players will usually beat a team with only one, two, or three good players. And especially if their three or four can score, and the other team only has one than can score. That makes sense to me.