A few things I didn't understand concerning Wiscy NCG performance (in no particular order) and without claiming I paid close attention to the Wiscy season or even the particulars of the NCG:
1. All 5 starters played 30+ minutes...only two bench players played AT ALL, contributing 23 mins and 7 pts (vs. 3 players, 51 minutes and 18 pts by Duke's bench). One'd think a NCG team would be deeper than that!
2. One of the starters was 5th-year Sr J. Gasser, who played 36 mins. He took ONE SINGLE shot and missed it. Basically Wscy was running a 4-man O the entire game! Yes JG is a solid defender and he pulled down 6 RBs, but still...it's a NCG for goodness sake...can you win a NCG with only 4 O players??? Was Wiscy THAT thin (see above)?
3. Did Wiscy get even ONE basket out of something that vaguely resembled a fast break??? Did they even ATTEMPT such a thing?? From my limited view it would seem that every single time (or just about) Wiscy could do so, they were content to run the half-court O, after allowing Duke to set up its D...yeah it may work while shots are falling, but eventually they stop doing so...you should at least try to get a few "easy" transition baskets now and then (which apparently Wiscy never even tried)....this may have something to do with (1) above...they may not have had the legs....Plus they looked awfully NON-athletic (at least vs Duke)....didn't they remind anyone of some of the better teams under BC (think Kaminsky = Shurna)? Of course NU never fielded a team that successful, but I saw a lot of similarities in the general style of play and players.
4. Wiscy's season stats are INCREDIBLY WEAK (especially for a national finalist)...it seems their strength was scoring-D and even that was only 12th nationally...next best was FG% at 21th nationally...They were NOT a good rebounding, assisting or stealing team...
5. Is BR as good a coach as many claim (see all the above and remember he also recruits)?
P.S. Ironically Gasser has the ONLY triple-double in Wiscy's HISTORY...I'll let you find out against which team.
This post was edited on 4/7 8:41 PM by FeliSilvestris
1. All 5 starters played 30+ minutes...only two bench players played AT ALL, contributing 23 mins and 7 pts (vs. 3 players, 51 minutes and 18 pts by Duke's bench). One'd think a NCG team would be deeper than that!
2. One of the starters was 5th-year Sr J. Gasser, who played 36 mins. He took ONE SINGLE shot and missed it. Basically Wscy was running a 4-man O the entire game! Yes JG is a solid defender and he pulled down 6 RBs, but still...it's a NCG for goodness sake...can you win a NCG with only 4 O players??? Was Wiscy THAT thin (see above)?
3. Did Wiscy get even ONE basket out of something that vaguely resembled a fast break??? Did they even ATTEMPT such a thing?? From my limited view it would seem that every single time (or just about) Wiscy could do so, they were content to run the half-court O, after allowing Duke to set up its D...yeah it may work while shots are falling, but eventually they stop doing so...you should at least try to get a few "easy" transition baskets now and then (which apparently Wiscy never even tried)....this may have something to do with (1) above...they may not have had the legs....Plus they looked awfully NON-athletic (at least vs Duke)....didn't they remind anyone of some of the better teams under BC (think Kaminsky = Shurna)? Of course NU never fielded a team that successful, but I saw a lot of similarities in the general style of play and players.
4. Wiscy's season stats are INCREDIBLY WEAK (especially for a national finalist)...it seems their strength was scoring-D and even that was only 12th nationally...next best was FG% at 21th nationally...They were NOT a good rebounding, assisting or stealing team...
5. Is BR as good a coach as many claim (see all the above and remember he also recruits)?
P.S. Ironically Gasser has the ONLY triple-double in Wiscy's HISTORY...I'll let you find out against which team.
This post was edited on 4/7 8:41 PM by FeliSilvestris