Defense: what’re we doing

[MrTbone]

So serious question here: what exactly are we doing on defense? The D has been pretty suspect for most of the season and was particularly poor on Thursday. There have been a couple bright spots in a half here and there but few games where we played well on D from start to finish.

What I noticed against St. Joe’s were two things, 1) we seemed to have an extremely open lane against the dribble drive and 2) I notice an extensive amount of switching.

Can someone more experienced in defensive philosophy explain how this switching should be working and if we are reverting somewhat to the switching man/matchup zone defense we used to employ? It’s clearly not the same but it feels to me like we are maybe shifting modestly back to that.

 

[fatherspider]

Its the match-up zone Moondog style. He is a genius you know from Princeton, so his system is so much better than all others out there, and so complicated that guys who have tried to learn it for 5 and 6 years still don't get it. But its a genius system, I'm certain of it. The Moondog invented it. It has to be. He's from the Ivy League for God sake.

 

[SouthJerseySpiderFan]

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[SpiderGuy]

See ODU game same issues and inside results. Only diff in ODU game is our offense scored to offset ODU inside dominating.

And for that matter see many many other games when our soft defense is exploited.

My friends, it’s not going to change until we have a diff coach with a diff defensive mindset.

 

[SpiderK]

The first several shots by St Louis will be free throws because of the 3 fouls a piece by Sal and Grace while getting off the bus.

 

[8legs1dream]

See ODU game same issues and inside results. Only diff in ODU game is our offense scored to offset ODU inside dominating.

And for that matter see many many other games when our soft defense is exploited.

My friends, it’s not going to change until we have a diff coach with a diff defensive mindset.

Also ODU a slight step below even a bottom half A10 team and they still manhandled us and were in contention the steal the game pretty late into it!

 

[spider23]

Against St Joe's there was some just atrocious defense on the ball. It was so bad I was going to suggest checking some our guys friends fan duel and draft King accounts.

 

[SpiderK]

Also ODU a slight step below even a bottom half A10 team and they still manhandled us and were in contention the steal the game pretty late into it!

ODU couldn’t shoot, we should have lost that game by 20 also.

 

[Spiders4ever]

Not playing defense.

 

[MrTbone]

I’m hoping Philly shows up and shares some actual observations.