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Wichita State Shockers vs. UNLV Game Thread 11-21-21
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Originally posted by 1972Shocker View PostI think one of the problems is that this is stuff these younger players could get away with in high school and no defense AAU ball. Now they have to understand that adjustments are in order and the level of athlete and athleticism they are up against now requires some finesse and refined skill in addition to athleticism. Hopefully, that will come sooner than later. But we will see.
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Originally posted by Shockm View Post
Are you defending Ricky's decision making on a 3 on 1? That's certainly not his only bad decision but it is the most egregious and that is why I brought it up.
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Originally posted by shock View Post
How did he look on the others?
Why don’t you put together some film of all his opportunities or break them down for us?
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Originally posted by shoxlax View Post
Those are one on zeros and don’t count
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Originally posted by shoxlax View Post
Those are one on zeros and don’t count
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Originally posted by Shockm View Post
No one said he wasn’t a talented player. But a 3 on 1 that turns into a charge is wrong, and 99% of 3 on 1’s should end up with 2 more points. All possessions are important. It was a boneheaded play and I would think Brown has been all over him for it. I don’t know Ricky, but hopefully he listens to IB.
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Originally posted by ShockingButTrue View PostRCIV. Ain't. A. Point. Guard. And. Never. Will. Be. End. Of. Story (but we all knew that).
Because, ideally, it would be a good idea to have your best ball handler pushing the ball up the floor, in most situations. I know it sounds crazy...
At about 13:40, An errant UNLV pass was intercepted on our defensive end by Qua ( a PG). Qua pushed the ball up court (middle), with RC4 on his right, and Monzy on his left (just a step or two back, on the left (3 on 1). The next trailing player was Kenny P. ( so actually a 4 on 1) who was trailing Qua in the middle. The only defensive player was McCabe. Qua passed the ball to RC, and McCabe slid over in front of RC (just outside the protected arc under our basket). RC took no dribbles but two steps going up to slam it, and instead slammed into a set McCabe. The play should have been an immediate pass back to Qua Grant for an uncontested layup. Instead of converting 2 points, RC and the Shox got a charge call.
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Originally posted by Shockm View Post
Unless there is some sarcasm in your statement, you don’t know the play we are talking about, so yes crazy might be descriptive.
At about 13:40, An errant UNLV pass was intercepted on our defensive end by Qua ( a PG). Qua pushed the ball up court (middle), with RC4 on his right, and Monzy on his left (just a step or two back, on the left (3 on 1). The next trailing player was Kenny P. ( so actually a 4 on 1) who was trailing Qua in the middle. The only defensive player was McCabe. Qua passed the ball to RC, and McCabe slid over in front of RC (just outside the protected arc under our basket). RC took no dribbles but two steps going up to slam it, and instead slammed into a set McCabe. The play should have been an immediate pass back to Qua Grant for an uncontested layup. Instead of converting 2 points, RC and the Shox got a charge call.
In this specific case Qua should get into either Monzie or RC4’s lane. I would prefer Monzie’s because RC4 is a more lethal finisher. That way you have proper spacing with the ball handler on one side of the rim and RC4 on the other side instead of the ball handler in the middle. Qua then just has to read the defender. If he hangs back take the easy layup yourself. If he comes to defend you throw it over to RC4 for the dunk.
Qua knows that. He’s fully capable of running the break. He probably thought Ricky was further ahead of the defender and had a clearer lane to the basket or else didn’t expect much effort by the defender. It didn’t work out that time but I expect we will score 99/100 in that situation in the future.
Of course then there was the Tyson fast break debacle in the same game. Was there one more?
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