re: Basketball schedule and predictions

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From what I have seen, we need to improve on Defense a lot,

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Yes. 2 things I took from the Gardner-Webb game:

1) We STILL have the age old problem of letting the other team's guards penetrate the lane. I thought the addition of Hornsby and Gray, each with a little more height and decent quickness, would help this. So far…not so much.

2) I was embarrassed for Martin and Mickey on defense Saturday. Martin continually allowed GWU's 6'5 forward to back him down into the post and then proceed to hit easy 5 foot shots. Mickey had the same thing happen to him. I know Mickey gets tons of blocked shots….but in my opinion, he will actually have to defend much better this year without JOB in the lane with him.

I get the impression that these guys are not interested in playing defense. Johnny Jones needs to cure them of that if they want to be a really good team…and I think the talent is definitely there for this to happen.