Miss State Women's Basketball vs Alabama

[basedog]

The first thing I would experiment with is not picking up full court. I think against better teams we are producing less off of full court than we are giving up.

Also it appears to me our timing is off on getting the ball to the shooter running the baseline.

Spot on, no need to press every second.

[maroonmania]

The first thing I would experiment with is not picking up full court. I think against better teams we are producing less off of full court than we are giving up.

Also it appears to me our timing is off on getting the ball to the shooter running the baseline.

Plus pressing the full game and going man to man defense the full game is wearing our team out. Against Bama we simply looked like we ran out of gas. The OT game at Auburn drained us and then we went 40 minutes of man to man defense against Bama (no zone) plus we full court pressed most of the game. We had NO LEGS in the 4th quarter and it showed big time. Showed in our defensive rotations and showed in our shooting.

[basedog]

Plus pressing the full game and going man to man defense the full game is wearing our team out. Against Bama we simply looked like we ran out of gas. The OT game at Auburn drained us and then we went 40 minutes of man to man defense against Bama (no zone) plus we full court pressed most of the game. We had NO LEGS in the 4th quarter and it showed big time. Showed in our defensive rotations and showed in our shooting.

Another spot on post!

[tcdog70]

Plus pressing the full game and going man to man defense the full game is wearing our team out. Against Bama we simply looked like we ran out of gas. The OT game at Auburn drained us and then we went 40 minutes of man to man defense against Bama (no zone) plus we full court pressed most of the game. We had NO LEGS in the 4th quarter and it showed big time. Showed in our defensive rotations and showed in our shooting.

I think we could run a zone some-to change the pace. put Carter at the 4-Morris at the 5 with Jackson--put taylor and danberry athe 1 and 2--then run a zone. On offense bring carter out high drop Morris into the post and let Jackson run the baseline.

[confucius say]

Again, if it was 4 years ago he could do that. He had a bunch of under recruited grinders (Dillingham, Okorie, Johnson, Chapel, etc.) that he could mold and teach them to play his way. He doesn't have that anymore. He's got a bunch of highly recruited 4 and 5 stars that have gotten by on talent alone for their entire careers. You push them and they'll transfer. It's the nature of the college basketball world.

You think? Which ones you think would transfer if coached hard?

[StarkVegasSteve]

You think? Which ones you think would transfer if coached hard?

I think any outside of Jackson could transfer. I just don't know though. I mean it's obvious that the level he's currently coaching defense isn't producing results, so I don't really know what the results of ratcheting it up even more would look like. I mean maybe they come together and start listening or maybe he decides they aren't gonna cut it and we process them out in two years. It's no way of knowing until we get to that level. Again, they're not freshman anymore so the youth excuse gets old really fast when you hear it every game.

[confucius say]

I think figuring out our rotations would help too. Defining roles.

[DJ55]

coaching had alittle to do with this loss. need to use the zone more as well