This Cats team might have been a national title contender in the ‘70’s

[eastbaycat99]

I have been reading posts the last few weeks bemoaning the static nature and one on one style the Cats were playing while thinking that their best chance to win rides on letting Barnhizer or Martinelli back down a physically weaker defender. Collins’ comment last night that they are “ a midrange team” pretty much confirmed that. Leach, Barnhizer and Martinelli are all situational 3 pt. shooters: they can hit an open 3 from a limited number of spots on the floor, but are not great catch and shoot guys that thrive in the Steph Curry era.

On defense, they have a good rim defender and physically tough guys who can fight picks.

In short, this would have been a great team in 1974 as opposed to a good team in 2024.

 

[hdhntr1]

I have been reading posts the last few weeks bemoaning the static nature and one on one style the Cats were playing while thinking that their best chance to win rides on letting Barnhizer or Martinelli back down a physically weaker defender. Collins’ comment last night that they are “ a midrange team” pretty much confirmed that. Leach, Barnhizer and Martinelli are all situational 3 pt. shooters: they can hit an open 3 from a limited number of spots on the floor, but are not great catch and shoot guys that thrive in the Steph Curry era.

On defense, they have a good rim defender and physically tough guys who can fight picks.

In short, this would have been a great team in 1974 as opposed to a good team in 2024.

A friend who is a BB junkie was telling me how much upper body strength he saw in the NU team. We are backing down the "weaker" opponents for just that reason., They are weaker