What is the identity of UR basketball this season? Who are the Spiders in an overall sense.
In my mind - we are a team that is heavily reliant on our all-league guard - to score 20 a night and lead us to victory. We need Anthony to shoot well from 3, drive to the basket for some 2's and get fouled to shoot free throws, and create for others to help them get open shots.
We are not a very good shooting team. Mooney's offense is built from the outside in. Meaning - we need to knock down shots, and make people afraid of us out there to allow for better driving lanes for our two sub 5-10 guards, and make life easier for our big men - who are very limited in the post.
We have no consistency on offense - our three main scorers are Anthony, ShawnDre, and Cline. Both ShawnDre and Cline have been erratic this season so far and Anthony has had his ups and downs. Outside of them - there is very little support.
Defense - I think our defense is playing well this season. Call it a product of our offense running down the shot clock or having better sense of chemistry on defense or just better defenders, but overall - we are 28th in the country giving up only about 58 points a night. That is pretty good. Unfortunatley - our offense usually hits long cold spells each game and we have trouble scoring 55 a night.
Rebounding is the same old same old. We don't rebound well - but that is just highlighted extra this year because of our lack of shooting. In the past - we gave up offensive rebounds and 2 pointers, but made a 3 on the other end to compensate. This year - without shooters and with us using the clock on offense more, those offensive rebounds we give up become extremely valuable.
We are a team that will go as far as Anthony can take us. If he gets back on track and can score 20 a night and lead us (asking a lot, I know) then we can maybe still finish 4th or 5th in the league. Otherwise - we will be a 7-9 team in the league who is inconsistent.
In my mind - we are a team that is heavily reliant on our all-league guard - to score 20 a night and lead us to victory. We need Anthony to shoot well from 3, drive to the basket for some 2's and get fouled to shoot free throws, and create for others to help them get open shots.
We are not a very good shooting team. Mooney's offense is built from the outside in. Meaning - we need to knock down shots, and make people afraid of us out there to allow for better driving lanes for our two sub 5-10 guards, and make life easier for our big men - who are very limited in the post.
We have no consistency on offense - our three main scorers are Anthony, ShawnDre, and Cline. Both ShawnDre and Cline have been erratic this season so far and Anthony has had his ups and downs. Outside of them - there is very little support.
Defense - I think our defense is playing well this season. Call it a product of our offense running down the shot clock or having better sense of chemistry on defense or just better defenders, but overall - we are 28th in the country giving up only about 58 points a night. That is pretty good. Unfortunatley - our offense usually hits long cold spells each game and we have trouble scoring 55 a night.
Rebounding is the same old same old. We don't rebound well - but that is just highlighted extra this year because of our lack of shooting. In the past - we gave up offensive rebounds and 2 pointers, but made a 3 on the other end to compensate. This year - without shooters and with us using the clock on offense more, those offensive rebounds we give up become extremely valuable.
We are a team that will go as far as Anthony can take us. If he gets back on track and can score 20 a night and lead us (asking a lot, I know) then we can maybe still finish 4th or 5th in the league. Otherwise - we will be a 7-9 team in the league who is inconsistent.