Re: Offense vs. defense

[Brent Wyrick]

I know this wasn't directed at me but the defensive philosophy displayed by
Huggins shut down an opposing superstar on multiple occasions. I can think
of one player specifically who never had a good game against us and that was
Penny Hardaway. 

On the other hand, his offensive set seemed to be either A) put it up and
rebound it or B) throw it to Jones/Fortson/Martin on the block and hope we
don't need a Plan B offense if they figure out how to stop it.

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of dfairchild
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:53 PM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Offense vs. defense

Keith,

It seems you are giving voice to frustation with Huggins philosophy.  I
remember reading where some of his practices would devote over 2 hours to
defense and less than an hour to offense.  I agree that seems unbalanced to
me.

However, after thinking about it for a while, it dawned on me, that Huggins
was making a strategic decision.  He recognized that against other top rated
teams, the other team would like have better personnel, better skilled
players.  In those situations, it makes sense to focus on defense.

While shutting down a better player and scoring on a better player are
difficult, I think on has a better chance of shutting down a better player
than scoring on one.

Any thoughts?

Go Cats!
DF

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of Keith Wedinger
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 4:48 PM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Offense vs. defense


Let me clarify.  I think defense is important.  I don't want the offense to
suffer because so much emphasis is placed on playing defense.

On 3/8/07, jon breiner <address@hidden> wrote:
> See you miss part of the object of the game.  Both teams put it in the
> basket.  The object is to do that more times than the other team.  So
> defense does come into play.
>
> I don't disagree about needing to see better offense (now or some years in
> the past) and I think you are right about this year's team and the number
> of
> missed layups, but I think you are too narrow minded when you summarily
> dismiss defense.  It is at least equally important.
>
> Jon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Wedinger" <address@hidden>
> To: "Basketball Forum" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 2:20 PM
> Subject: [UC Basketball] Offense vs. defense
>
>
> > I understand and appreciate the importance of playing defense and
> > rebounding
> > the ball.  But I think you can build a team that not only excels on
> > defense
> > but also excels at offense.  In the future, I would like to avoid as
> much
> > as
> > possible games where "the shots don't fall".  Unless I missed something,
> > the
> > object of the game is to put the ball in the basket and if there is one
> > area
> > where I want to see a dramatic improvement, it's shooting the ball.
> >
> > Ideally, I would like to see the Bearcats consistently shoot:
> > Above 35% from 3
> > 45% or better from the field
> > 70% or better from the line
> > 90% or better when shooting "bunnies"
> >
> > Nothing drives me crazier on the offensive end than seeing a team miss
> > open
> > layups.
> >
> > --
> > Keith Wedinger
> > Bearcatnews.com
> > Sciotofootball.com


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Keith Wedinger
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