It is frigid as fuck outside right now. -17 degrees (not counting the wind chill). I realize that 90% of the people reading this (at least) are dealing with similar problems. It is getting to the point where my vehicle is being adversely affected even after it has been driven for 30 minutes. You want to know what else is cold? The fucking Wisconsin Badgers. That shit last night was an abomination on so many levels. The blueprint to beat Bucky was laid out last night: 1) use a trapping, full court press, 2) make circus shots for 15 straight minutes, 3) force the Badgers to shoot under 25%. Do all that and you can beat the Badgers in Madison. I really, really like Bo Ryan, and kills me to say what I'm about to say. I think he SUCKS at adjusting during the game. He relys on his "system", and thinks that if the Badgers just look down and run their swing, that eventually the other team will get frustrated and make mistakes. And it usually works. It worked for most of the game last night too. But sometimes you have to adjust your game a bit. Like when the other team is trapping your point guard full court. I'm no coach, but I've watched/played enough basketball to understand that the way to break a press is not to let your point guard get trapped 25 feet from mid court, and have the other 4 guys stand underneath the basket waiting for him to dribble by and start the offense. Fucking pass the ball before you get trapped, if they over pursue, beat them deep, it isn't fucking rocket science. We were able to break a press in 6th grade, with the worst team on planet earth. Fuck! That wasn't the only reason they lost. The other was that once they broke a press, their inability to not have every layup/dunk blocked in the last 5 minutes (at least 5 of them). Or when they could run offense, passing it around for 30 seconds, and then have Hughes try a driving layup through 4 defenders, or a contested 3. On top of that, the Goophs were possessed on offense, making every backwards layup they threw up, and every 3 they needed to make in the last minute. It was really a perfectly shitty storm, but that press break is not excusable. Minnesota is far more talented, but Wisconsin is a better "team". If UW doesn't figure this kind of stuff out, Michigan St. will win by 40 if they trap. This is the kind of loss that could completely destroy thier season, when they look back two months from now and are 5-10 in the Big Ten.
Wow, that was a long paragraph.
Friday Night Lights is BACK tonight!
Wow, that was a long paragraph.
Friday Night Lights is BACK tonight!
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The Tar Heels won last night. Just thought I'd let you know.
Snapped that two game losing streak. Congrats!
The two defining moments of the night were when Bohannon got the pass after we broke the press really well and he was the only one within 15 feet of the hoop and he took what seemed like an hour to get to the hoop and try a super white guy layup that was rejected with the most ease I have ever seen.
The second was the last three in regular time. That gopher was 10 feet off the line with like 4 seconds and 3 random people clogging things up to his right and he still tricked his Badger defender into giving him the left side, granted he made a clutch three, but it should have been from about 4 feet deeper and with a guy in his face.
Then of course the inbound pass to Landry after that with two seconds left and he just stands there with the ball, fucking throw it in that direction man!
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