I honestly do not know what you are referring to , UCONN, VCU, MARQ and KY I suppose. These are the only teams playing DD in the sweet 16 .

BUT, ARZ, NC, SDSU, FLA all play spread P&R

DUke/KS plays HI/Lo post , Wisc – Swing, Rich – Princeton, BYU – Fredette, OSU – post feed style

All teams look to drive the ball but as an offensive scheme as popularized by Calipari  it is not a very successful scheme.Teams’ successful at the DD have at least one guy who can blow by anyone at will. Few teams have this player which is why they do not make the sweet 16

Yes, the same guy that had a 22.0 turnover rate last season compared to Hulls’ 18.6. The same guy that ignores TP on the pick/roll. The same guy that the offense stalls with when he’s running the point. The same guy that stands 30 feet from the basket and dribbles out the clock.

Are you talking about the same Jones that had a higher assists per game than Hulls? He turned it over more too, but that’s because he attempted passes more often than Hulls, not less. Hulls was the better passer, not the more willing one.

Exactly, I think this is where Crean is coming from when he says that he stopped practice and told the team that CZ needed to at least touch the ball each possession, not necessarily score each time, but at least get a touch to try and make the D do what you so aptly explained above. This is also a good example of how CZ, having the bball IQ that he does, makes the others around him better

Been there.  Done that.  Doing it right now.

I should know not to drink this much beer and then post.

I meant–Hopefully, your last line is prophetic.

It sure isn’t rocket science. Cody, Cody, Cody!

I completely agree! Just going through Cody is going to be better offense than we had all of last year. Cody is not only our best scorer, but our best passer as well. 

I am hopefully your last line is prophetic.

Thanks, Coach; I actually understood that.  It’s going be fun to watch it develop.

Thanks for the explanation, MM.  That makes sense

The team should learn fairly quickly.  Reminds me being in the locker room as an underclassman as my HS coach blew up.  We had a gifted senior post player, a 20-10 guy, who wasn’t getting the ball. 

Coach comes in and blows up: “Guards, you’ve got the @#$! County Bank in the post and you’re not giving him the ^%#$ ball.  You wanna play hero, you’ll do it on the JV…(more swearing/yelling)…”

Starting guards were benched to start the half and the first 5 possessions were run for our big man.  Didn’t have another problem the rest of the season. 

If Crean wants to run things through Zeller, it’ll happen. 

I actually have been a big VJIII supporter but you can’t deny the fact that he dribbles too much and isn’t always a willing passer. Hulls passes the ball and RA has shown a willingness to pass quite often when I’ve seen him play. Just judging based on past performance. 

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS! Cody is the best player on the roster, and everything on offense should move through him. Whether he can score with a post move, or kick out to Jordy when he draws a double team, or give CW a 1 on 1 opportunity, things will flow so much better this year with Cody on floor.With him in there, and him getting the ball, I can’t see those 5 to 6 minute droughts without scoring anymore, and thats going to be a big, big key in “taking the next step” as we talk about so much on this board here.

I think the inconsistency means we are going to run a different offense part of the time because you are right about where the post plays in the DD 90% of the time.

Keep in mind we have no proven drivers off the dribble. Thus the post DE or TP must come out to set a pick to shake anybody loose. Then they have to get back to the weakside of the lane like a yo-yo. I would say 40% of the time TP has to come out to get an outlet pass to free up a hounded and stalled Hulls or Jones.

I have said before that in DE,TP and now CZ we have big passers which fit nicely into a cutting , screening and passing game that VO and WS are particularly good at. Then when help comes to the cutter Hulls nails the open 3 on a kick out

Of course I am guessing but I see less DD this year …………… mercifully

Your second paragraph tells it all. The defense can no longer camp in the lane. Unless, of course TP’s man stays there and forces him to hit the 10 footer. Hopefully Hanner masters the short range game so no one can go anywhere. They usually end up in “no-man’s land” and that leads to fouls on the driver.

Ask DeMarcus Cousins what the dribble-drive does for post players.

I’m pretty sure if CTC is stopping practice to point this out, he will do it in game situations.   Like he said, we never really had a true post player to learn to do this.  So this could take some time for the rest of the team to figure it out…but I’m pretty sure CTC already knows.  Our team will be a different team and style of ball moving forward.