Originally Posted by Mr. Laz (Post 9301719)

you bring Withey out to defend and it opens up the driving/passing lanes in the middle and hurts our rebounding


Niang

shoots outside too well for withey to guard
too strong inside for Young to guard

answer: have young guard him outside with Withey standing in the paint

:shrug:

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 9301729)

Yes, if you put Withey in the paint, the guy he is supposed to guard, is a good shooter. Thats their gameplan, to get Withey away from the basket by basically playing small ball with 5 "guards".

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz (Post 9301740)

we didn't make the pay for playing small on defense.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 9301743)

No we didn't. They doubled Withey and didn't guard Kevin at the top of the key at all.

Ellis really needs to evolve into that role where he can hit a 15 footer from the top of the key. Or Kevin, either one.

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz (Post 9301750)

Hopefully Ellis or Traylor can guard Niang outside/inside

we are going to run into more teams like this, we need to have a better plan.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 9301764)

Yeah, not alot of teams play like that. Most teams don't just go 5 out and screen on and off the ball like that.

Traylor would be big cause he could still block some shots, but we absolutely have to rebound better with that group.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 9301787)

And it's awesome that at the end of each game, if KU is playing for the last shot, they run the exact same play. Same play from the Memphis game, MU game last year, tonight, etc.

It just has so many options.

Originally Posted by JoeyChuckles (Post 9301662)

KU MU should be good this year.