Originally Posted by shocka43
If you aren't drawing fouls on O you aren't attacking enough. We tell our young kids this all the time. When you end a game with 6 team fouls and lose, you aren't playing aggressive enough. Same can be said for UD on offense...they need to get the opponent in foul trouble and you aren't going to do that on the wing.
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One thing Archie always watched was number of times UD went to the foul line. That seemed to be the first stat he would look at after the game ends. I really liked that emphasis. That number seems way down this year.
I agree with Shocka and add. You get more fouls drawn down low than around the perimeter. When your offense goes in and out, you get more defensive fouls and open perimeter looks. You have to open up the inside and middle by good spacing and fast, fast ball movement. If you stand around, post players can defend easier and help players can sag easier.
We've seen a lot of late clock desperation 3s this year which has lowered the shooting percentage. Except for one stretch last night, there were few desperation 3s taken by UD.