Thunder Good-Oil
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They shoot very well from the free throw line. Need to figure out how to keep from fouling so much.
Hope this doesnt sound like a smart a$$ reply, but more feet moving and less reaching would be a huge start. As the season progresses, they should also understand where to be and when to be there in help defense. So the recovery fouls will be fewer.
-Chris Dortch (Blue Ribbon Magazine)Per Ken Pom and @TheAthleticCBB, @Vol_Hoops is one of just three teams in the country (West Virginia and St. John's are the others) to rank in top 25 in turnover % (9), blocks % (7) and steals % (24). @RickBarnesUT finally has aggressive defense he's wanted.
-Chris Dortch (Blue Ribbon Magazine)
We are playing an aggressive style, so my guess is Barnes is going to weigh continuing to be aggressive/fouling...I dont have the numbers to back it up but my guess is your aggressive style teams are typically going to be higher in the fouls than your teams that arent as aggressive. Yes some of the fouls have been dumb, but not many, most have appeared to be effort fouls going for rebound or guys getting called for body/hands when pressuring the ball handler, thats going to come with being an aggressive team imo.
If you take away free throws made by our opponents we would be holding teams on average to 39ppg, obviously thats not even feasible for the best defensive teams in the country. So we are going to give up points somewhere, we arent doing it in typical offensive sets so its coming from the free throw line, even so we are among the best defensive teams in the country.
If Barnes can watch tape and find a way to eliminate those 4-5 fouls a game that arent effort, but dumb fouls, watch out.
-Chris Dortch (Blue Ribbon Magazine)
We are playing an aggressive style, so my guess is Barnes is going to weigh continuing to be aggressive/fouling...I dont have the numbers to back it up but my guess is your aggressive style teams are typically going to be higher in the fouls than your teams that arent as aggressive. Yes some of the fouls have been dumb, but not many, most have appeared to be effort fouls going for rebound or guys getting called for body/hands when pressuring the ball handler, thats going to come with being an aggressive team imo.
If you take away free throws made by our opponents we would be holding teams on average to 39ppg, obviously thats not even feasible for the best defensive teams in the country. So we are going to give up points somewhere, we arent doing it in typical offensive sets so its coming from the free throw line, even so we are among the best defensive teams in the country.
If Barnes can watch tape and find a way to eliminate those 4-5 fouls a game that arent effort, but dumb fouls, watch out.