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Let's start with Pitino: Offensively, actually one of the more stylistically fun guys that has been mentioned. Primarily transitions and plays out of 4 out 1 in Dribble Drive Motion alignments. mixing in ball screens every now and again. Use a ton of Princeton actions as their early offense creates, also do a good job of pairing them with traditional DDM cutting actions at points (run two false motion handoffs to get into "forwards out" from Princeton, then run "wave" from DDM early in Boise game at home). Would be excited to see what he could do embracing this style at Texas with elite talent. In top 10 in country in tempo, which makes their offense look better on raw numbers than it really performs (81ppg). Primarily bases everything on a version of advantage based basketball, where they are using their actions to hunt mismatches on the ball in space, whether that be an iso drive to a big gap or a backdown in the post. Live at the free throw line, but one of the worst in terms of three point rate in country (333/364). Has evolved a ton since Minnesota, where I thought he did a decent job, and has built UNM back up after the debacle that was Paul Weir there. Offensively, I would be excited about Richard Pitino and the possibilities. Pair him with UT resources, could be a lot of fun.

For those of you who are not hoops fans, if you want to know what trends are coming next, you can look to two areas: Offense: look at high level European basketball. That is where all the NBA guys steal their stuff, which creates the trickle down. Defense: look at the NBA. NBA coaches are 10 years ahead of any other league with their defensive stuff, yet all you ever hear is how teams don't play defense.

Gerry, chill out. You're making too much sense. Don't you know the low shooting percentage/high turnover numbers in college are a much better product than the NBA's spacing and pace?!

@Gerry Hamilton Drew to IU and Grant to Baylor makes a lot of sense. That scenario is easy to see coming, almost happened last year with Kentucky. IU makes more sense for him than Kentucky did. Grant's climb from awful, snail pace offense to being sixth in the NCAA in PPP this year is remarkable. Toppin has helped certainly, but have eben very impressed by his improvement tempo wise.

@Gerry Hamilton let's speculate and give the people what they want. You give me a few guys that you think would be good options and I'll breakdown in plain english their style and approach to offense.

The last line I agree with you on, but not for the reasons most of you think.

The fact that you guys can’t differentiate between two separate issues is mind boggling to me.

If all of you cared all year the way you care to comment when things go bad, we probably wouldn’t have the coach we have still or the roster problems we have right now.

Terry doesn’t have an adequate enough NIL budget to win at a top 10 level.. agreed. hold him accountable for who he chose to spend money on and what they’ve produced? I’m becoming a bigger fan of that.

You can only win so many games with guys who want to take pull up 15 footers.

Oats was realistic like three years ago, maybe. He turned down Kentucky, no chance he comes here.

Since no one had started a thread, I will start it. Two game losing streak, big opportunity at home. If you think we have no chance, you should call your local bookie very soon and pound Alabama (-4.5/-190 ML). How are we feeling?

A lot of the OREB issues against Vandy stem from poor slide down rotations when the "Big" has to help on a driver.

That is a rough statement to make, especially for all the flak he has caught for their lack of creativity offensively.

Question: You guys struggled to score from the 10-minute mark on in the second half. Was there anything Vanderbilt did specifically, or was that more of you guys shots just not really following? Rodney Terry: I think we had some opportunities right around the basket. We also had some free throw opportunities as well. So wasn't a matter them stopping us. We had some opportunities and we don't make shots, so you don't get any points, you know. So, we had looks and good looks.

Otzelberger's wife is an Iowa State basketball alumni.

ARGUABLY... Best X's and O's guy in Country.

Would this finally be the time, in the NIL era, that Billy Donovan would come back to CBB? He is on the record of being tired of the lack of direction the Bulls have.

Elite second half out of the Horns. Defense was good, shot making excellent, effort great.

Adams, and subsequently Beard, started the trend of encouraging rotation early as a part of their defense. Before then, defense generally tried to avoid rotation until they had to because that is how offense gets the dominoes falling. By trying to make the offense put you into a forced rotation, you take the big advantage and neutralize it (hypothetically, of course). Combine that with their big emphasis on no middle, and it got ugly for offenses. What helps Texas, tonight, is the length (Tre, Mark and Kaluma, specifically) and spots their iso guys for the most part are good at. Can make early rotations and doubling very easy to see coming. Once again, relying on a high percentage of tough shot making is not advantageous for anyone. But it does give some hope for them tonight, with no real strategic adjustments or the other team playing bad necessary.

Close. Great, 1v1 iso shot making! Obviously, not ideal to base your team around on a night in and night out basis, as we have discussed. But in a one game sample size, it provides you a great chance to win a game in which the other team, primarily great defensive teams, also executes and plays well.

There is positivity also to note in terms of our matchup against an elite defense, such as Ole Miss. You know what the one thing great defense cannot beat is?

@BobInHouston I agree, they have okay shooters and I agree with your premise. My overall point is they have a construct issue this year that is predominantly due to the fact they lost a 23+ ppg lottery guy that they could not replace. So it creates a trickle down effect for the other guys, and with more and more tape to scout of them, their issues and blemishes in their own skill sets have become apparent. While similar, Beard just cannot get that level of player to Ole Miss as of now. Which is why most games they win are rock fights.

@BobInHouston Look at Tennessee's roster construct last year, and look at it this year. What is the difference?

@Jordan91 @bierce fake UT has had their warts come to the light lately.