Quote Originally Posted by Bdawg View Post
A shame we keep saying this after every game. You would think the team would eventually see this too. Wonder why this keeps happening? Do we come out lackadaisical every week or do we just make adjustments at the half. Hard to believe it's the same thing every week though.
It?s the same thing every game as well. Early in the game it?s: no help defense and no communication on defense which leads to wide open perimeter shots or uncontested layups on guard penetration. Today was the added bonus of not blocking out and giving them a lot of second chance opportunities which led directly to TNs 34 points and 6 point lead at the half. The second half adjustments were the same as they always are: better defensive intensity, better communication and switching on defense, better blocking out and limiting second chance opportunities. Then on offense we ran it through Perry more in the second half and it got us more open looks on the perimeter and Stewart benefited with 16 second half points.

We are an extremely talented team and we know what to do obviously as we do it in the second half. Howland is aware of this because the announcers talked about it to start the game. We can get away with only playing one half against most of the league but against Kentucky and Arkansas on the road we will need to play both halves to give ourselves the best chance to win.