Eldridge's film breakdown on WVU's D made what happened pretty easy to understand. WVU defended our PG tight and about 5' further out than our PG wanted to be. Dribbling toward the sidelines was cut off, which messed up passing angles. Defenders were cheating on the wings by fronting them, which made passing to them impossible. Result? Lots of dribbling left and right by the PG. Instead of cutting to the basket, the wings tended to move toward half court to get in front of their defenders to receive a pass. That put everybody out of position with the shot clock running down.
Result? Frustrated attempts at shooting with the shot clock expiring.
More experience between PG and wings would have led to a lot of back door cuts and some crossovers to get in position to make the pass. The pass also needs to be made to lead the cutting wing - like a QB throwing a crossing route to a WR. That type if understanding, coordination, and timing requires some experience, and that's something this team doesn't have a lot of with a true Fr PG.
WVU was bigger and appeared quicker, and probably a little irritated, angry, and motivated after what Huggins will have said to them after they pretty much hardly even tried until the last minute of the UNI game.
Result? Frustrated attempts at shooting with the shot clock expiring.
More experience between PG and wings would have led to a lot of back door cuts and some crossovers to get in position to make the pass. The pass also needs to be made to lead the cutting wing - like a QB throwing a crossing route to a WR. That type if understanding, coordination, and timing requires some experience, and that's something this team doesn't have a lot of with a true Fr PG.
WVU was bigger and appeared quicker, and probably a little irritated, angry, and motivated after what Huggins will have said to them after they pretty much hardly even tried until the last minute of the UNI game.
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