I was really impressed with Thomas breaking the press. He wasn't recruited as a point guard or someone to break the press but he did just fine. There were a couple issues but every team WV has played has had a lot of issues with the press. Give the guys their due. They got pressured and fouled all game long and didn't turn the ball over much.
Mishandling the Press
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These guys have also been mishandling their free throws. Underhanded lobs is the best technique for shooting the free shots.
Matt has been known to dribble into trouble in the corners or the end line or the midcourt line. He calls timeouts sometimes.
Abdel breaks the press like a rocket man. Give him the ball and he is off to the races.
Like my mom says, "Sometimes it's best to just ignore people." That's what I'm going to choose to do here, and resist my urge to completely lambaste this guy...
Yes but he instantly stole it back and we scored. It was all a part of his plan. OP missed the genius involved.
Edit: I see that this has been mentioned.
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If avoiding a turnover is wasting time sign me up. Some presses are designed to slow a team down and some are designed for turnovers. WVU's goal is to turn you over because they shoot like Iowa. A few extra seconds to avoid a turnover is time well spent.
Wrong thread. This is the one where the OP tells Monte that he doesn't know what the **** he's doing at the point guard position.
What does "loose us games" mean? Does it mean we are not as tight? I am not sure what that means.
And I love his strategy of trying to draw a foul against a team that was not getting called for fouls ALL NIGHT. That makes perfect sense. We would have "Loost" the game easily. (I know Lost doesn't have two o's.)
Wow! I didn't think it possible that this were a serious thread, but it appears this loon is for real.
I think the OP has a point. I agree that not turning the ball over is key and passing the ball out vs.dribbling is usually the method for beating the press. But when it takes 10 seconds to get the ball up and you have to play out of a half court set, the press worked. Would the point running it a few more plays caused a turnover or created a mismatch who knows, but they did seem to play a little more conservative as compared to Nader and Niang. We won the game we still beat their press more often than not. Think we were hoping that given our better shooting, we would humiliated them for attempting it, that wasn't the case.
It's stuff like this that convinces me he's not a very smart basketball player. Suspect decision making and poor anticipation. I was hoping this year he'd be more improved in that area, since he's otherwise gifted athletically.
Didn't he have a play where, on the press, he threw the ball away, got it back, and then proceeded to immediately throw it away again by firing it out of bounds to nobody?
I think Matt played the press just fine all things considered but I think there are times where he looks like he desperately wants to get the ball out of his hands. Not just in the press but sometimes even in the halfcourt.
I've seen him make enough really good passes and grab enough rebounds out of position to prove his basketball IQ is average to above average. The game was played fast. Sometimes too fast for him. That's what WV does. He's still a sophomore and playing pretty well in his role.
Totally agree. Thomas has a knack for playing passive and not forcing. That said you could tell Hoiberg's plan was to push, beat the press, and score. The quick decisions and aggressive errant turnovers are the result of that style.
