This Marquette team looks pretty good

[wyoMUfan]

I was going to post something with my impressions... and then I saw this thread.

They're not good right now. They're just playing crap competition.

Sure, there are flashes. But there are some MAJOR flaws right now. Defensively, the awareness and rotations have been terrible on the perimeter. Guys have been lazy closing out. They either concede the catch, or they overplay and are susceptible to the drive. The foul trouble Butler and Hayward have been getting into so far is troubling.

Offensively, they're fine against a man defense, but lost against the zone. Initiating the offense in the halfcourt has been brutal to watch. It's four guys swinging it around the perimeter until someone has to shoot. 26 3pt attempts is way, way too many. The guards are missing cutters, and don't even look to make an entry pass, even when Maymon and Otule had established great early position.

On the plus side, their assist to turnover and assist to FG ratio have been fantastic. And they've managed to take care of business, just slow getting started. It's early, it's frustrating. But the talent is there. They just have to figure it out. That said, I don't think they look "pretty good."

26 3pt attempts is not "way too many" I seem to recall a great coach (mr. pitino) looking for his teams to shoot 20-25 threes a game (this was in 1990) I bet the ncaa average per game is in that neighborhood. When your post presence is Chirs Otule...You have to shoot 26 per game.

[MUfan12]

26 3pt attempts is not "way too many" I seem to recall a great coach (mr. pitino) looking for his teams to shoot 20-25 threes a game (this was in 1990) I bet the ncaa average per game is in that neighborhood. When your post presence is Chirs Otule...You have to shoot 26 per game.

Have you watched them yet? It's too many attempts. They're too reliant on that shot against the zone. There's no attempt to slash and find the gaps. When they're shooting at a sub-35% clip from outside that should tell you something.

Also, Pitino's system is Pitino's system. It has no bearing on what MU should do.