re: LSU 80 @ Bama 82 game over

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oh yea and most nights bama can't hit the broad side of a barn and they pretty much shot lights out tonight.awesome

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LSU gave them a LOT of easy looks. This team is flat out lazy in the half court D. That's on the coaching staff, as it's obvious there is no emphasis on that aspect of the game.

They should have never called off the press. It's a risk/reward D.
But when you're as bad as LSU was in the half court tonight, I'll take my chances with the frantic pace. Bama could do nothing against the press and Grant knew it. He was desperate, and CJJ bailed him out.

agreed, if we are going to lose id rather go down swinging with our best d then watch us lose because we are lazy as frick in the half court

I'm glad was next to alcohol while watching that game. I wish this years team played Defense like the 2006 team. They are so f'in lazy.

well its true, we are lazy in the half court d. this has been a major problem this year. I think its time for a change in our d. We either press all game or go to a trapping 2-3 zone. we should try to put pressure on almost every possession. However I think we need to wait till after tuesday before doing that.

I'm gonna be honest with you, those are the most open looks I've seen Cooper/Hale get all year. Releford was never able to get free from 3 but that was the only guy tightly guarded.

that is because johnny doesn't know how to use the bench. Bama is a dog shite team. we should have pushed the pace all game. Our bench wouldn't get abused from them if we have them under constant pressure.

I would bet that only uk,uf, mizzou and arky at home can make our bench look silly if we press all game. I wouldn't press uk or uf because they are too good. Mizzou and a home arky also present a problem but the rest of the league we need to use the bench in small spurts. I know odo, malone and ham aren't great but they can be useful if we are putting people under pressure.

I think a 2-3 zone we would be ok especially if we are trapping out of it. this team has a motivation issue and a iq issue. They seem to play better though when running the court so we have to find a way to do that.

Then in the offseason we need to become much better at the line and we need a s&c coach worth 2 fricks.

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Hale scored well tonight

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The biggest mystery of our season has been why he didn't start getting minutes until the Xavier game. Had he played the first part of the year, I think this season would turn out differently. He's going to be a good one for us.

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Right so the staff doesn't emphasize half-court defense in practice? I'm upset about the loss too, but spewing stuff like this does no good.

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Seeing how this isn't the first game this has been an issue what other conclusion can you draw? If it was an emphasis, it would have been fixed long before game 18

I think Ole Miss & Alabama screened well against us, and exposed a problem within our half-court defense. We've had trouble getting around screens all season. I think it's on the players more than the coaches. Saying the staff doesn't coach half-court D is ridiculous though.

I'm with you that there's no excuse to be down 19 against Alabama. As far as the press, I'm not sure Malone and Odo could do a great job protecting the rim in case of a press break. I'd say we used the press well tonight for the most part. It did bring us back into the game. Although I agree we waited too long before using it.