A 1-3-1 does just that, Mason's bread n butter is inbetween the elbows, there are 4 people within 2 steps of the elbow in a 1-3-1. He needed to assert himself when they were missing, unfortunatley for about 16 minutes, they didn't miss.
I didn't mind Pitino's offensive gameplan. They showed they were going to switch on the weave so we should have gone away from that in man to man situations. HIs zone break, like usual, was pretty successful in getting open shots, we just didn't hit them. I think we were 3-13 in the first half from deep, that's not going to break a zone, doesn't matter what you do.
Defensively, our guards couldn't help out on the back side and get back to the shooters. Not sure why, we just had guys that didn't make the extra effort or didn't talk through the high ball screens. No Springs might explain SOME of that, scared might explain some of that, unprepared might explain some of that, tired legs might explain some of that.
Then, Mid Tenn hit a ton of shots. They didn't miss the open three's we did, they made the contested twos we didnt. They played better in a game that Vegas had pegged as a toss up.
Bad game to have a bad game.
No he's not, why does everyone keep saying that? He litterally shoots at a 30% clip, even worse from 3.
I like this take. Sometimes it simply comes down to putting the ball in the basket. We didn't do as well tonight, but t wasn't due to a lack of preparedness.
In regards to Gilbert. He has good form and a high release given his height. Stats aside, you might think that he'd hone in if given enough opportunity. You are absolutely correct based on stats to-date. He brings energy but not offense to the line up.
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