Thought it was fine except for that brutal possession where Caleb jacked up the three. What they needed to do was put the goddam ball in the goddam basket.
Slowing Down Was A Great Strategy
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Thought it was fine except for that brutal possession where Caleb jacked up the three. What they needed to do was put the goddam ball in the goddam basket.
I was wondering why no Paul at the end but guess pike wanted Caleb for his defense.
The offense has limited movement on a good day. Had zero movement in the last 4 minutes. This had 2 effects on the game. It allowed Houston to rest on D vs. exerting energy. The other effect was that the limited motion was horizontal or moving away from the basket.
In order for a 4 out 1 in offense to work you have to attack the defense and force action and a double team. Banging the ball into the ground 40 feet from the basket does zero.
Houston is a strong defensive team. Going hard to the basket can result in the ball being stripped. We turned it over several times down the stretch as it was. Going into Myles is also a problem as we didn't want him on the line (he hit some FTS in this game, but not what we wanted to close things out).
Terrible to slow down, keep doing what got you up by 10. Slowing down meant we were harried when we finally tried to score, and didn't.
Zebras didn't help us. We went up 58-49 with at 4:55, then Johnson foul at 4:33, foul on Harper at 1:53, foul on McConnel 1:04, foul on Baker at :24. No fouls on aggressive D Houston during this time. Geo's one at :24 was weak, huge call by the ref, but why he even gave the refs a chance is mind boggling.
Zebras didn't help us. We went up 58-49 with at 4:55, then Johnson foul at 4:33, foul on Harper at 1:53, foul on McConnel 1:04, foul on Baker at :24. No fouls on aggressive D Houston during this time. Geo's one at :24 was weak, huge call by the ref, but why he even gave the refs a chance is mind boggling.
Actually, slow possessions did get us the lead, and as I noted above, it is not a change from the way we play, but very much the way we play.
In the period we built the lead, about half our points were from medium-length possessions and half from long possessions.
Though what really helped us build the lead was our defense. We held Houston to 7 points over a 7:36 stretch. During that period, they took poor shots early in their possession, and also turned the ball over 5 times.
Rutgers was relevant so I am happy. But how easily things could have been much more.
Rutgers played not to lose at the end. And they lost.
The team looked stiff and making a lot of mental mistakes.
Coach should have told the players to go and have fun and take out any player who was not loose.
Why Mulcahy does not take charge during crunch time? He should have had the ball at the end not Geo.
He simply disappears. when you need him to make smart decisions.
Rutgers played not to lose at the end. And they lost.
The team looked stiff and making a lot of mental mistakes.
Coach should have told the players to go and have fun and take out any player who was not loose.
Why Mulcahy does not take charge during crunch time? He should have had the ball at the end not Geo.
He simply disappears. when you need him to make smart decisions.
I thought Myles was hobbled by the ankle and couldn't elevate as much as normal
Slowing down was a good strategy. We were for the most part using the entire shot clock running our regular offense. What I hated was going to the 1/4. Offense became stagnant with no movement.
I'd prefer if we ran a play for Geo rather than 100 pct ISO. We basically stopped all motion, allowed the defense to get in position and prepare for a rebound. I'm fine with Geo taking the shot. It doesn't need to be so obvious.
Absolutely. We had an injured center (you try running the court on a
bad ankle) so Pike was trying to shorten the game and not
get in a track meet with Houston. We were employing that
strategy for most of the game. It almost worked
Agree.
In what is an inescapably ironic post...
A kind of depressing reality of American culture these days is that so many people seem to have a strong desire, or need, to find something to complain about along with someone to blame and criticize. It has permeated politics for a long time, and that’s probably where the attitude comes from. But it’s apparently seeped into nearly every aspect of life now.
The problem, as I see it, is that everyone will read this and think “yeah people have become like that” while only thinking of others who do it, not realizing they, themselves, do it too.
Ah well. Like I said, this post was inescapably ironic.
For some reason he gets mugged repeatedly when he drives the lane and almost never gets fouled. I mean, he is absolutely abused and rarely gets a call.
We didn’t shoot a foul shot in 2nd half and blaming slow down. SMH.
The biggest errors at the end were the two unforced turnovers, Young and then Baker
There is no excuse for just losing the ball without it being swiped away
Missed dunk, sure, but a bit more understandable that those type of things happen in the course of a gsme
But we just had to maintain possession and at least attempt to score at the end and we coughed it up
There is no excuse for just losing the ball without it being swiped away
Missed dunk, sure, but a bit more understandable that those type of things happen in the course of a gsme
But we just had to maintain possession and at least attempt to score at the end and we coughed it up
When he drives to the basket, he is often a bit out of control. Refs are much less likely to call fouls due to contact when the offensive player is perceived to be out of control. I guess the thinking is that it’s hard to determine who initiated the contact in those situations, in real-time, and so a no call is warranted.
When we see those things in slow motion replay, it all looks so much more obvious who did what. But refs obviously don’t normally have the benefit of slow motion replay.
He needs to adjust his drives so that he’s under control and he’ll start getting foul calls when it’s clear enough, in real time, that the defender initiated the contact.
Not following. We were up 10 with five minutes left without having shot a FT in the second half.
Exactly this - and this has been how we’ve been successful for most of the year.
We play “fast” or with “tempo” when our defense is on, we’re forcing turnovers and out rebounding the opponent. The transition, speed and tempo all starts with defense and rebounding...NOT our offense.
Looking back I have no issue with slowing the game down the last couple of possessions. We had a few good looks and misses, an awful shot selection and a couple turnovers. Combine that with committing fouls, getting out rebounded and the Johnson out of bounds play and you couldn’t have scripted a worst last few minutes.
If we hit just one of those shots or got one extra rebound theres a good chance we’re in the sweet 16.
I think the point is that we could have had a larger lead with 5 minutes to play if we shot some FTs in the 2nd half.
Slowing the game down killed our momentum. You can't have 4 guys standing around while 1 guy holds the ball for 20+ seconds on more than one occasion & then magically turn on a switch & play fast, quick, aggressive defense or offense. Doesn't work that way.
We were bumping too and I felt the calls were even until the last 4-5 minutes where they were completely one way. If we win I probably don’t say anything about this lol
Do you know what ISO means in hoops? We got 2 layups and a putback by Myles against a guard In 3 isolations. How many layups did we get running our normal Offense? Not many because Houston plays great and aggressive defense. ISO was the right call 2 minutes left with the lead. You can repeat this same comment another 1000 times but most of us disagree with you or should disagree with you.
Our momentum was stopped long before we started running iso. We were up 8 and started iso when we were up by 2. They were physical and clogged the lane well all game. Running iso gave us a one on one chance. Geo twice and then JY. Good decision.
Akso we have to credit Houston for getting out on our 3’s all game. We had very few open looks but shot well anyway. Houston players seemed to be everywhere and we played them tough. Really tough. Job well done
I agree. I didn’t really have an issue with their calls but it seemed one way. All of a sudden there were a lot of whistles at our end and a couple of bailouts. We still only had to make one damn play though!!
100% agree all around. None of the calls or non calls were egregious but they all went one way down the stretch. The 6’2” guard draped all over Myles on his putback compared to Geo getting a small piece of the guy who gave them the lead is one of the examples I would point to since they were back to back. Also earlier in the half JY gets hammered on a drive and Girrault gets a call when he’s out of control with what looked like little or no contact and they were back to back.
We did make a lot of great plays to get the nice lead and even to keep it between 7-10 for around 5 minutes. We just needed one more play. We had our chances.
That's your opinion. Slowing the game down with 2+ minutes cost us the game. Dopey *** ball.
It’s not my opinion. It’s how the game is played. Pike hasnt built 2 tournament teams from the dirt by being dopey assed. If it was me coaching you could say that and I couldnt argue. This guy has been successful so I’ll back him very day.
I can’t think of a coach who would speed up a game against a team that outrebounds them and was shooting poorly like them that’s like the guy at the carnival giving you free throws at the pins to win a prize. It just doesn’t happen. “Here you’re missing a lot of shots and getting a lot of rebounds why don’t we shoot it quickly and give you more chances?” Lol
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I’m not going to watch again to confirm my memory, but I’m very confident there was deliberate slowdown. It’s pretty clear when they just stand out near half court waiting for the clock to hit 15 seconds.
I didn't say Pike is dopey assed. Big supporter of him & what he has done. Said going to ISO slow down was dopey *** ball especially so early. Excellent coaches make a mistakes on occasions. Don't misrepresent what I said. Guess we will disagree on this.
The obvious foul not called when CM stole the ball and fell out of bounds was a huge no call too that gets overshadowed by us having a lead. Possession went back to Houston there and they scored the and 1. It was a terrible missed call and could’ve even been an intentional as the defender didn’t go for the ball.