re: LSU MBB doesn't have another game to play until November...

So if you watch teams like Purdue and UCONN use their bigs who are similar is foot speed and athleticism you’ll see them using a lot of drop coverage on D. What’s happened in the last couple years is coaches have realized on the high ball screen if you allow the ball handler to take the shot you’re getting the best % return for your defense. What we do is either hedge or show but we don’t do it properly at all so you often get Baker in a chase position against a smaller man. What this does is pull him away from the basket and leaves him out of position for rebounds which is why he and all our bigs numbers there are so bad. On offense we basically run a 5 out, high ball screen most of the time with no off ball action. This was popular a few years back but again teams have learned how to defend it but we’re still forcing it. We use Baker in the pick and pop where he’s excelled for us but when that’s taken away we have problems. What we tend to do is post him up on the low block where he has trouble anticipating double teams and finding open guys. What the good teams do is post their guys up in the pinch post area a little further from the basket where the big has a 360 degree field of vision. Now we do sometimes put him in our double horns set but it’s often too far from the basket forcing him to put the ball on the floor where he also has trouble, most 6-11 guys do. You can also look at a team like BYU who runs a lot of what’s called Zoom action where they use a backside lift then screen or cut back door with guards and wings to pull the D back to the rim then look for 3s from their bigs. In general we’re just not in line with the current trends that are having success on either side and Baker is a prime example of this.