This team is good

[cheebs09]

The good news about those weaknesses is that they are being exposed early against weaker opponents. If we were going through pretty effortlessly against these teams (well Norfolk State was closer than it should have been for awhile) and looking invincible, it may not register to the guys that it is a big problem. However, hopefully now it catches their attention and work to fix it. Offensive rebounding killed us against Wisconsin last year, and based on their first game, they will take a lot of threes, so we need to improve on that if we want to beat them. Vandy isn't any pushover inside either.

[Cooby Snacks]

However, the biggest weakness is their rebounding. Without proper blocking out they do not have anyone who can just go up and take the ball away from the opposing player.

I feel like this is tied to the poor defending.  They're often so out of position when a shot goes up that it's really difficult to find their man and put a body on him.

[bilsu]

I feel like this is tied to the poor defending.  They're often so out of position when a shot goes up that it's really difficult to find their man and put a body on him.

It is a downside to the type of defense they are playing. However, without pressing on every possession, I am not sure they would be very good at all, so I am not willing to say it is due to poor defense.

[dgies9156]

We'll see. Saying we're good because we beat a girls' school and Norfolk State is like test driving a Ferrari on the Kennedy Expressway at 7:30 a.m., on a weekday morning. That's not even close to the conditions the car was built for, any more than Norfolk State and MSM were conditions this Marquette team was built for.

Call me after the games against the disgusting, loathsome Red Rodent of Madison, Vanderbilt, Washington and LSU and then let's talk. In the meantime, this is just glorified practice.