How MU can be a tourney team

[bilsu]

Keefe

Best part of Al's D was when full court press was used. They delivered on high % when they went full court or half court trap. Simply amazing how it could change a game in 10 seconds.

Have to be honest, I love Rick Pitino's D because I believe it is modern day version of Al used to do. Nothing rocks the joint like high pressure, trapping D.

My favorite team was the 1975/76 team. That team did press and was good at it. Part of the reason it was good was Ellis played back protecting against the long inbounds pass. Whitehead and Lee were reasonably quick, but Walton and Tatum were extremely quick.

Whitehead vs. Fischer, Watlon vs. Wilson, Lee vs. Carter are probably similar in quickness.
Tatum vs. Cheatham there is no question that Tatum was quicker.
Ellis vs. ?. Maybe one of the possibilities could keep up with Ellis quickness wise, but they are nowhere near his length.

I do not actually remember, but it would make sense to me that Whitehead was on the in bounder using his size to harass the in bounder.

[Goose]

bilsu

The 75/76 was one of my favorite teams of all time also. That team was loaded and really was the real deal. They knew how to turn up the heat when needed.

[GoldenDieners32]

We just have to hope Luke doesn't get into foul trouble EVERY game

[Jay Bee]

We just have to hope Luke doesn't get into foul trouble EVERY game

Hasn't been much of an issue so far in his career

[Big Papi]

To be a tourney team we have to have an extremely efficient offense.  Our size and rebounding are huge liabilities this year.  We need to limit our turnovers and be a highly efficient 3 point shooting team.  We need to outscore the other teams without it being a track meet.  We need to score 3 when the other team scores 2.  Yes, it would be great to play HAVOC or 40 minutes of hell or whatever gimmicky name you want to use but we don't have those types of players or system. 

We have the shooters to be a very good 3 point shooting team.  Do we have the ball handlers to limit our turnovers?