Iowa at Indy
- Thread starter BillyC80
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Then neither do we.
In Big Ten games, Iowa is allowing 108.9 points per 100 possessions, worst in the conference. Rutgers is 13th at 108.0 points per 100.
Any team that consistently scores more than 70 points is a difficult match up for Rutgers.
This tells me we should play zone defense almost exclusively, the way Iowa does. Why? Because we are virtually tied with them for the worst scoring defense in the league yet they are ranked as a Top 20 team based on their ability to score.
My thinking is that by playing zone they save their legs and energy for more offensive production. We actually have guys who can shoot and who can score, but we may be burning them out too much on the defensive end which is hurting their offense.
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Good we win by .9 points. I'll take it, now if I can only figure out how we score .9 points we'd be all set.
Sadly,the offense needs shooters more than tears but you still merit a like.
Greene
I’m mostly concerned that we are now causing less than 10 turnovers per game
That points per 100 would be a disaster if we didn’t have solid rebounding on the boards
I’m mostly concerned that we are now causing less than 10 turnovers per game
That points per 100 would be a disaster if we didn’t have solid rebounding on the boards
But we do. Stats would be different if teams weren't good at certain things.
Interesting take. It’s possible. So let’s go zone a little more and see what happens.
when I played basketball coming up, I can remember having to take a couple of possessions on offense before being able to figure out exactly what the defense was running.
If you can effectively switch defensive looks and keep the offense honest, you can influence the pace of the game and create turnovers. I’d like to see that as the next phase of our progression.
Michigan was able to play at a crazy fast pace at times and we weren’t even to take the flow of the game into our own hands