re: We blew so many possesions down the stretch.

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We didn't really do much different down the stretch than we usually do. We just notice it more down the stretch. The truth is this team has no offensive strategy. Literally none. The whole offense is based on standing around and waiting for someone to do something (either drive to the basket or throw up a 18-20 footer), then maybe get an offensive rebound. That's it. That's the whole strategy. It doesn't work very often, but it has the virtue of not taking a long time, so we keep a good pace, get some points in transition and score points anyway. But in any situation when every possession counts, its failure is exposed.

There's not a junior high school team in the country that doesn't have at least one offensive set that they run when they need to get a good shot on a possession. There's not a junior high school team in the country that doesn't have at least one inbounds play that is designed to spring someone for a decent shot. But there's a college team that doesn't have either. Unfortunately, it's LSU.

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