Fred played three years for Johnny and one for Tim Floyd. The first coach was all offense the other all defense. I think it is too bad he did not learn under Larry E. Larry taught defense but new the value of having more points than your opponent.
If you look at our rebounding, that's a defensive stat for the most part. We are not too bad. Where we tend to fall down is allowing opposing teams to score too many points. I think we are near the bottom of the Big 12 in points allowed per game. Some of that can be attributed to our style of offense. We get out and move the ball up the court, that gives our opponents more possessions. Our players are not making opponents take uncomfortable shots, and our guards are weak defensively in my opinion. The possible exception to this may be Bubu P. and of course Babb.
As time goes on I think we will see whether the reason our defense is less than sterling is because of the players ( I think most players would prefer to concentrate on offense as opposed to defense) or because of coaching style. The one glaring fault I would like to see this team correct concerns Korie L.. After he gets beat defensively our next trip down to our end of the court more times than not will be Korie L one on five, trying to get it back single handedly. It usually results in a four point swing advantage to the other team. That hurts. I thought there were times we played some good defense last night and got stops. We just needed more of them.
If you look at our rebounding, that's a defensive stat for the most part. We are not too bad. Where we tend to fall down is allowing opposing teams to score too many points. I think we are near the bottom of the Big 12 in points allowed per game. Some of that can be attributed to our style of offense. We get out and move the ball up the court, that gives our opponents more possessions. Our players are not making opponents take uncomfortable shots, and our guards are weak defensively in my opinion. The possible exception to this may be Bubu P. and of course Babb.
As time goes on I think we will see whether the reason our defense is less than sterling is because of the players ( I think most players would prefer to concentrate on offense as opposed to defense) or because of coaching style. The one glaring fault I would like to see this team correct concerns Korie L.. After he gets beat defensively our next trip down to our end of the court more times than not will be Korie L one on five, trying to get it back single handedly. It usually results in a four point swing advantage to the other team. That hurts. I thought there were times we played some good defense last night and got stops. We just needed more of them.
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