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I wonder if part of that is the fact that they are calling fouls tighter the last couple of years coupled with the fact that KU has a very short bench rotation this year. They don't want to play as physically or they could foul out. Also doesn't help that we don't have a true shot blocker down low. However, this team's offensive rankings are probably up there with the best so that offsets a lot of the lack of defense.
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This team's free throw shooting is really bad. That very well could be our Achilles' heel.
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Frankly, we don't defend THAT badly in the post, but KU and most notably Svi and Vick cannot block out and secure a defensive rebound to save their stupid asses. If I were playing KU, I'd send everybody every play, **** the runouts. |
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Well, according to the analytics, our guards are shit defenders. Here's the rating list, with 100 being average and above that means you've given up more pts than the avg defender:
1. Josh 96.9 2. Lucas 98.1 3. Bragg 98.7 So the front court is all better than avg. but this backcourt: 4. Mason 103.2 5. Devonte 103.8 6. Vick 104.7 7. Svi 104.9 (Here are the ratings for the 2013 team that finished 3rd in def efficiency: Withey 83.7 (!!!) Ellis 89.1 McLemore 93.1 EJ 95.8 Releford 95.6 Jamari 86.6 Tharpe 97.0 Kevin Young 86.6) |
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Withey was ****ing disgusting. I almost felt bad for fools when they'd try to get a shot up in the lane.
I think that metric is understating Mason's defense. He doesn't get a lot of steals, nor is he an absolute stopper. But he rarely gets beat to the point he puts helpside defense in a bad position and he is an excellent rebounder. He isn't Releford embarrassing fools, but he is above average IMO. |
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The guards can't defend and they don't have a rim protector
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Oh, and I REALLY don't remember Young being that good on D. He struggled with anyone with a decent post move.
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It's one of the better offensive teams self has had though I'd imagine
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Dude. Do you even watch when we lose? All the crap teams we lose to are because the other teams slog it all to **** and KU forgets that you need to move either yourself or the ball to get open and score. Sure you remember Ali Farokhmanesh bombing reeruned threes that happened to go, but far more often it is losing to a West Virginia type game than an ISU type game. Why? Dudes hack everything to ****ing **** because they aren't athletic enough to ball (See: Big 10).
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