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Agree, 65. We are thin, especially in the frontcourt.
Another major concern, and I don’t have the benefit of the KenPom or other metrics, but defensively, we must be one of the worst in the country. We’ve given up:
84
89
67
73
97
89
We can’t stop anybody. Hard to win when giving up over 83 a game. I assume our pace of play is very high, but hard to push against more athletic teams, and thin bench. If we go small, tough to press, when you only play 8.
We are shooting 51.5% from the field and are 2-4. And, hitting 42% from 3. We can obviously score, but you have to stop somebody. We aren’t getting killed on the boards, like in past seasons, but we do turn it over a fair amount.
Think the Coach needs to get back to basics a bit. Hard man to man defense on the ball and perimeter. Can’t allow the dribble penetration. We did a good job of showing on screens, but we don’t defend very well. Not sure any of our perimeter guys are plus defenders. They have the athleticism to be, but struggling so far.
On injuries, I thought Lieb and Sedore were out for season? If there was ever a game to give Wolf a brief run it was last night, with your only 2 bigs in foul trouble with 4 midway through second half. He must not be close to ready to play vs. La Salle’s athletic frontcourt.