re: LSU Basketball expectations this year...

I agree...getting thru screens is a teachable thing. To be honest, I'm not sure that it's been coached too well so far. Stringer fought over screens well, but like you said sometimes lacked the size to go over them. Hickey was indeed lazy and usually went under the screen which left guys with open shots. One thing I will say is that the big guys seemed to show pretty well on the ball screen...better than under the two previous coaches.

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We had a serious issue getting thru screens. That was where a ton of teams hurt us. Either figuring out a way to switch players better or having guys work harder on learning to get thru screens is priority on the defensive end. Hickey was really lazy trying to break thru screens and Stringer was quick enough to, but his size allowed players to elevate over him after just a step or two.

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Kige all this. Stringer and Hickey were really exciting players to watch with the ball in their hands, but for the most part, they were liabilities on the other end of the court.