The Recent Struggles of Kam Jones

[MuggsyB]

The sag is taking away passing angles and cutters.  And then, when Oso does attempt a post move, larger people are sitting on his left shoulder.    He does not yet have a counter.

I assume Oso and Shaka will be working on a counter. 

[tower912]

Probably in the offseason. 

[Scoop Snoop]

I assume Oso and Shaka will be working on a counter.

At McDonald's?

[Miss Katie’s]

At McDonald's?

Arby's. 

[MuggsyB]

At McDonald's?

There's a counter move for everything in hoops Scoop Snoop. I'm not talking about fast food. 

[Uncle Rico]

There's a counter move for everything in hoops Scoop Snoop. I'm not talking about fast food.

How about the counter trey?

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

How about point-counterpoint

[Newsdreams]

Scoop is very contrarian this morning, nothing new.

[Jockey]

At McDonald's?

Uncle Rico's Gentlemen's Club?

[avid1010]

The sag is taking away passing angles and cutters.  And then, when Oso does attempt a post move, larger people are sitting on his left shoulder.    He does not yet have a counter.

So teams are daring MU to beat them with the 3 ball or in pick and roll situations?

[The Sultan]

So teams are daring MU to beat them with the 3 ball or in pick and roll situations?

That's exactly what I would do.

Marquette's 2 point % is the best in the Big East at .583.  Their 3 point percentage is fourth at .360, which is effectively .540.  Make them beat you from deep because the 2 point offense is ridiculously efficient.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

The sag is taking away passing angles and cutters.  And then, when Oso does attempt a post move, larger people are sitting on his left shoulder.    He does not yet have a counter.

I've seen some counters to the sag already.

Against Georgetown, there was a possession where the sag took away the baseline back cut from the corner.  Oso dribbled to the FT line and handed the ball to Jop for a wide open top of the key 3.

Against Xavier, Marquette ran ball screens late.  About 4 minutes left, Kam received a staggered double ball screen from Jop and Oso. Nunge was playing a one man zone in the lane.  That gave MU a 3 on 2 situation on the perimeter, and Kam got into the lane with ease.  Nunge had to step up to stop the ball and Oso slipped to the basket for an open layup from a Kam pass.

Second example is the lob that lead to Oso's FTs with under 30 seconds left.  This time a 2 on 1 ball screen.  Same affect, with Nunge rotating to Kam and Oso wide open for a lob.  The only thing Kam's defender could do was commit a foul by undercutting Oso.

So the adjustments are already being made.  It's not quite as free flowing, but there are ways to exploit the sag.

[MuggsyB]

I've seen some counters to the sag already.

Against Georgetown, there was a possession where the sag took away the baseline back cut from the corner.  Oso dribbled to the FT line and handed the ball to Jop for a wide open top of the key 3.

Against Xavier, Marquette ran ball screens late.  About 4 minutes left, Kam received a staggered double ball screen from Jop and Oso. Nunge was playing a one man zone in the lane.  That gave MU a 3 on 2 situation on the perimeter, and Kam got into the lane with ease.  Nunge had to step up to stop the ball and Oso slipped to the basket for an open layup from a Kam pass.

Second example is the lob that lead to Oso's FTs with under 30 seconds left.  This time a 2 on 1 ball screen.  Same affect, with Nunge rotating to Kam and Oso wide open for a lob.  The only thing Kam's defender could do was commit a foul by undercutting Oso.

So the adjustments are already being made.  It's not quite as free flowing, but there are ways to exploit the sag.

Kam can get the floater or the kiss off the glass from 6 feet on a lot of our possessions.  It's the quick decision with the downhill dribble that would lead to innumerable buckets. 

[Scoop Snoop]

There's a counter move for everything in hoops Scoop Snoop. I'm not talking about fast food.

[tower912]

JAM, thank you for pointing out the already made adjustments.  You are right.   Well spotted.   Against Creighton, I expect Kalkbrenner to sag and the rest to switch everything, close hard on Kam and Kolek, and funnel OMax and Stevie into Kalkbrenner.

[Scoop Snoop]

I've seen some counters to the sag already.

Against Georgetown, there was a possession where the sag took away the baseline back cut from the corner.  Oso dribbled to the FT line and handed the ball to Jop for a wide open top of the key 3.

Against Xavier, Marquette ran ball screens late.  About 4 minutes left, Kam received a staggered double ball screen from Jop and Oso. Nunge was playing a one man zone in the lane.  That gave MU a 3 on 2 situation on the perimeter, and Kam got into the lane with ease.  Nunge had to step up to stop the ball and Oso slipped to the basket for an open layup from a Kam pass.

Second example is the lob that lead to Oso's FTs with under 30 seconds left.  This time a 2 on 1 ball screen.  Same affect, with Nunge rotating to Kam and Oso wide open for a lob.  The only thing Kam's defender could do was commit a foul by undercutting Oso.

So the adjustments are already being made.  It's not quite as free flowing, but there are ways to exploit the sag.

Thanks for posting this. Other than the UCONN game result, in a strange way our competitors may have inadvertently done us a favor by identifying the chinks in our armor. It should help us make the changes we need to in order to advance in the Big Dance.

It seems many scoopers are almost writing off the Creighton game as a L. Not me.

[tower912]

The Kam/Oso pick and roll that got the free throws at the end of Xavier also generated an Oso dunk over Clingan.

[Coleman]

It seems many scoopers are almost writing off the Creighton game as a L. Not me.

Not writing it off. Just managing my expectations.

[Scoop Snoop]

Not writing it off. Just managing my expectations.

That's fair.

[MU82]

Scoop is very contrarian this morning, nothing new.

Eff you. You're contrarian!

[Newsdreams]

Eff you. You're contrarian!

Feels right

[1SE]

Not writing it off. Just managing my expectations.

Long COLE even worse than long COVID

[MU62]

What does COLE mean?  I see it a lot recently and i am the only one who does not have a clue.   

[Pepe Sylvia]

means Cult of Low Expectations.

[PGsHeroes32]

All this means is hes due

Hopefully tomorrow is the day he collects