Morris and Thomas need to stop with this stutter step nonsense when bringing the ball up the court with one man in front of them. They are trying to avoid all contact with misdirection and it makes the one man in front of them way too powerful/effective in slowing the ball down, which helps their press cause way more trouble than it should. Just go at them at an angle to get around and/or draw the blocking foul. Niang did this a few times towards the end of the second half and got the ball forward very effectively. No fanciness needed.
Mishandling the Press
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I don't know if ANY posters on Cyclone Fanatic can tell Monte how to handle the ball....
Just checked.
Monte averages 0.9 turnovers a game.
He had 1 yesterday.
So, OP is correct. Monte did worse than average yesterday.
Monte averages 0.9 turnovers a game.
He had 1 yesterday.
So, OP is correct. Monte did worse than average yesterday.
Just checked. Thomas had 2 turnovers.
That being said, I think that was the first time in his career he was forced to play the 1 with Man Man and Long benched.
That being said, I think that was the first time in his career he was forced to play the 1 with Man Man and Long benched.
Well, Monte did have a turnover in the game against the press so, clearly, he needs to work on his ball handling and strategy on how to break a full court press. In fact, as Monte is doing what Fred told him to do, I blame Fred for the one turnover. He clearly has no clue how to win on the road vs. W-VA.
CycloneErik
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At least it's an interesting idea.
I don't think Monte had illusions of avoiding contact against West Virginia, though. That's just not possible to do.
I don't think Monte had illusions of avoiding contact against West Virginia, though. That's just not possible to do.
I agree when Monte takes too long everyone else stands around and our tempo gets messed up. Just make one move and go by him
Monte Morris is literally an all time statistical great at not turning it over and this guys has tips for him.
Glad we got some time to learn how to play against that kind of defense without costing us a W. Our ball-handling forwards will help, but we need one of the other guards to help Monte out. In hindsight, we probably take a juco pg in last year's class.
Handled it well enough to get the win. Your point is like saying the gold we have isn't shiny enough.
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The crazy part about Morris's 1 turnover is he stole the ball back immediately after the turnover.
