I really hope that the broadcaster's comment that Christian doesn't like to call time outs because he prefers that the team figure out things on their own was inaccurate.

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

I really hope that the broadcaster's comment that Christian doesn't like to call time outs because he prefers that the team figure out things on their own was inaccurate.

never got the sense last year that this was the case

What you see is what you get.
How many baskets did Navy score after all five players touched the ball? How may times did fewer than two GW players touch the ball before a travel call was made? Could anything be more fitting than Navy hitting a wide-open three on the first possestion of the season?
The optimist in me sees the glass as half-empty. The realist in me sees the glass as three-quarters empty.

make that 6 assists, 13 turnovers.

This seems like a zone that might work great....if Yuta and Pato were still on the team. But with this unit I'm not seeing it. 

Moyer seems like the one guy that's a good fit for this defense based on eye test. 

Last edited by Tim04 (11/25/2020 1:11 pm)

GW Alum Abroad wrote:

How many baskets did Navy score after all five players touched the ball? How may times did fewer than two GW players touch the ball before a travel call was made? Could anything be more fitting than Navy hitting a wide-open three on the first possestion of the season?
The optimist in me sees the glass as half-empty. The realist in me sees the glass as three-quarters empty.

Lots of one-on-one selfish basketball this afternoon.   

Really hard to play this kind of zone when we have a huge defensive deficiency in the middle of the paint. 

How many times are they going to lose their man on a simple cut to the basket?

Biggest thing I’m seeing is the energy on defense seems inconsistent.  Some possessions the guards seem active and are contesting the ball, others they are passive and Navy gets whatever shot it wants. I imagine the zone was used because navy was one of the worst shooting teams in the country, but if we are going to play it, it has to be an aggressive zone - not just a way for us to rest on defense.

I like the energy Noel Brown brought. We just have to buckle down on D and get stops. Seems like we are more interested in getting the ball back than swarming on D.

We need to work on playing as a team, both on offense and on defense.  That is sorely lacking this game.