re: Oregon @ Alabama - TNT 8:30 CST

We gotta stop playing drop coverage in crucial possessions. It’s a trash defense. Especially against a team who can shoot middys

I've been saying it. Drop coverage allows our guards to get picked off and they have a hard time recovering.

Plus it allows the opposing guards to get a rhythm going offensively.

Whoever teaches the post players how to defend needs to be fired. Cliff Omoruyi has been getting dominated. He jumps at everything as well!!

These guards and bigs play entirely to high defensively. Half of the time they are standing straight up defensively and that's why the get blown by!!

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Any updates on Wrightsell?

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They said they were going to do imaging when they got home, so there won’t be anything definitive until later today or tomorrow. But achilles injuries aren’t hard to diagnose and Oats said they think that’s what it is.

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Teams are killing us running off high picks and getting in the lane.Hell run undeneath those picks a time or two and see how it goes

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When our defense was at it's very best last year was when Pringle hedged on opponents high ball screen and did an exceptional job of forcing the ball handler off his path.

I have yet to see us high hedge any screens all year, not once. I honestly don't know what we are doing defensively. We have a 7 foot 5th year senior with a wingspan like a terradactyl and he drops back until his head is under the basket almost like he is creating a path for the offensive player.

We don't force any turnovers because there isn't really any time where the opponent has any sense of being rushed. We watched a very good freshman PG eat us alive in game 2 of this tournament and we never once attempted to trap him on high ball screens, even if it would have meant leaving somebody else open don't you have to at least force them into a different strategy. It's as if our coaching staff doesn't trust these guys to do anything that can create a little defensive chaos.

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We have a 7 foot 5th year senior with a wingspan like a terradactyl and he drops back until his head is under the basket almost like he is creating a path for the offensive player.

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Cliff has no idea how to play drop coverage. Absolutely none. It's either a really bad, disappointing fit or something just isn't registering. Regardless, we have to teach him better or try something different. There's no reason for us to be so mediocre defensively.

Plenty of things to get better at. Luckily it’s a long season. Id rather we play our best ball late in the season than at the start.

Split the next two and we are still in good shape. 4-3 out of that stretch isn’t terrible and we have picked up some quality wins. Then you have the three buy games to fine tune some things before conference play.

I don’t think the pieces fit quite the way we thought they would, but the sky isn’t falling. Wrightsell will hurt but hopefully Youngblood is as good as advertised. I still think this team can win the conference and at worst will finish top 3.
Get a 3 or 4 seed in the big dance and see what happens. I think preseason 2 was high and I don’t think this bunch is as good as the 2022 team, but it can still achieve all its goals.

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Split the next two and we are still in good shape. 4-3 out of that stretch isn’t terrible and we have picked up some quality wins. Then you have the three buy games to fine tune some things before conference play.

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I agree, Alabama is still tough to beat just based on the sheer talent volume alone on the team. Oregon is really good and if Alabama doesn't gift wrap turnovers all night, they walk away with the win. Alabama has beaten quite a few good teams this year while still not playing near their ceiling. Im still pretty high on this team, just presently frustrated

I said this exact same thing during the Rutgers game. I like Sears and his potential but he's definitely not a point guard.