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Mario "ran it up" because he knows optics matter to Playoff Committee.
He knows 11-1 Miami is by no means a lock for at-large slot.
And good on him for recognizing it and doing something about it.
Let's not kid ourselves.
And unnecessary when we have more talent.
Less talent benefits from less plays. See Villanova beating G-town in 1986 NCAA finals. Mmost hoops fans remember than Nova shot 90% in the 2nd half. They did, on 9-10 shooting. Imagine a college team taking 10 shots in 20 minutes (pre shot clock of course).
More talent benefits from more plays.
But our offense isn't good. I'm not convinced more plays from a mediocre unit automatically works wonders. If the offense was actually good, I'd be totally bought into this. It's very average. What does hurrying up get us? Higher volume of average? A more tired defense, which actually is a good unit? Tough situation because we don't generate anything exciting on the offensive side of the ball.
In terms of your example, what if Villanova went 3-10 in that half? I don't think Carson Beck is shooting 90% against Patrick Ewing anytime soon.
We should have more talent than Stanford, right?
I’m not saying it is an every game tihng, but I tihnk we should be a little more varied. And we don’t have to play fast, but we could probably snap the ball at 12-15 seconds instead of always snapping it under 10, or playing hurry up. There must be a happy medium some games.
For sure, I was talking overall. Yeah, in this particular game. But really, I didn't say talent. You did, and I agree. You'd think we'd have more talent than everyone we play. But we still play mediocre offense. I said I'm not sure mediocrity, just sped up, equals good. I think there's a chance it's just faster mediocrity. But yeah, just something. We went back and forth today with this on the stat roll thread, at the end of the day, we're mediocre on that side. There is literally no denying that. Mario and Dawson know this, 100.0%, but I'd say it right to their faces. We're average. Inexplosive. Plodding. So, if you know that, and you've seen it for 7 weeks, maybe try something different? I get it, you don't want to really change your offense. You've been teaching things for a couple years now, I understand that. But you can go a little faster without having to really change things you do as a core. Who knows, maybe *GASP* it helps you become a little more efficient?
He is “protecting” a thin defensive unit that doesn’t have depth supposedly
