re: Just for the record… being .500 in conference and going to the NIT are acceptable outcomes

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. Of over 12,000 pick and roll plays in CBB this season, the lowest scoring % on that play is when the PG takes the shot which is why most college teams are playing drop coverage right now

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Would love this statistic broken further down based on 3-2 vs 1-3-1 vs 2-3 vs m2m defense. I think drop coverage is viable for a lot of MBB defenses but I think an issue in SEC play is that if there’s no hedge the guards in SEC play are three level scorers and can shoot or dribble drive. Perhaps that ability isn’t present at the mid to low major level as frequently?

Additionally, I believe when our 5 hedges McMahon trusts our 4 (Reed, Fountain) to slide on the penetration due to our bigs slow hedge. Because of this we tend to leave the far corners open. And in general our players sag off of the weak side corner. Today especially we had our entire defense focused on the strong side.