Seawolves Fans

I'm not a student of the game but here are my 2 cents from last night (and watching a good amount of SB games this year).

1. SB sometimes starts offensive sets by sending a big to set a high screen at the top of the key, but I'm not sure what offensive advantage this actually confers.

2. When SB gets into its half-court set, I often see four players on the perimeter and the three without the ball hardly ever move (last night, one time Cornish was dribbling to his left and almost ran into an SB player that was camped on the perimeter).

3. As the ball was passed around the perimeter last night Albany was actually pressing and pushing the ball further out from the three point line. This resulted in either (1) low percentage threes (2) low percentage drives to the basket, or (3) passing the ball inside to Ty, who often was getting the ball outside of low post position (and very few second chance opportunities.)

4. In contrast, when Albany had the ball, I saw lots of off-the-ball movement, with players either cutting to the basket, or forwards moving in position for an open mid-range shot.

5. I think the talent and effort are there. There was nothing I saw list night that made me think Albany had better players than SB. In fact if I was an Albany fan, I'd probably think if SB ever got it's act together, they'd be very difficult to beat in the AE tournament.

good post.  #1 yes but a lot of teams do this.  i think the idea is to have your biggest body set a high pick to create offense.  we never seem to create anything off of this, because of #2.  no off ball movement.

just like in lacrosse- the ball moves faster than the feet.  so you create offense by passing.  but when every high school all star these dyas builds his highlight reel, they are shooting, not passing.

#3 still cant figure out why he is on the perimeter.  if not him inside, then who?  did he take any pages from the warney book over 2 years?

#4 that's why the win.

GO SB