RE: Rotations

[dfairchild]

Two more observations about our depth - I've been very conservative of my
estimations of Banks, Bright, and Souleyman.  So I am prepared to be
pleasantly suprised if any or all three step up.

Last year we had 2 big questions about unknown players - Nick Williams
converting to point, would Whaley be able to make the transition to Div 1?
This year, our only big question is whether Chadd and Jihad will be able to
hand the point.

For me all the other questions are pretty minor - how improved will Hicks,
Kirkland, White and Williams be?

I'm not too worried about our size until March - I was looking at a summary
of the conference - the only true center with significant talent is Iti from
Charlotte.

I think others have made the point that in our front court we have present
many matchup problems.  We may be able to minimize the concerns about the
post by playing up tempo - we have the player/athletes to do it.

It should be another great, fun, exciting season for the Bearcats!

Go Cats.
Darryl



-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Johnson [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 4:04 PM
To: address@hidden; Bryan Sherman
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Rotations


There was also the Laettner shot vs. UConn where he
inbounded the ball, no one was gaurding him, and all
the guy did was toss the ball back to him, as he had,
and buried, the open shot.
--- Bryan Sherman <address@hidden> wrote:

> Wasn't one of the key criticisms of KY after the
> Laetner miracle shot
> that they *didn't* guard the guy inbounding the
> ball?
>
> I am not a coach, nor have I played one on TV, but I
> think having a
> tall guy challenging you inbounding the ball makes
> it difficult to get
> the ball to the spot you want. If you don't put a
> man on the guy
> inbounding, he has better vision of the court and
> you don;t have
> someone cutting his angles. Just a thought.
>
>
> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:20:21 -0500, Michael W Pickens
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > If you can't get the ball across mid-court or
> inbounds your height advantage
> > isn't going to help you.  This leads me to another
> question.  Why do teams
> > guard the inbounder.   Why not guard 5 on 4?




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