I went back and replayed the game. Here is the autopsy report:
1. No defending of the dribble penetration...no defending of the cuts during penetration.
2. Limited force turnovers and only one breakout bucket...one fast break the whole game!
3. Little offensive movement - too much perimeter passing and then shooting a three. The replay clearly showed that four players were static while one, often Cooke, Crosby, or Pierre, trying to make a play and often forcing a shot or an errant pass.
4. Little dribble penetration on our own part except for Cooke and Crosby.
5. Paid particular attention to Scoochie - looked to me like he was trying to conserve energy by hanging at the circle...no movement from him and no dribble penetration.
6. The
Explorers had Big Steve totally bottled up...but poor ball and player movement did not allow to capitalize on the double and triple teams.
7. Our centers (Big Steve and Miller) were so focused on hedging that they got beat down the lane...
Xavier is famous for doing this - "burning the hedge."
8. Fourteen turnovers...so many of those were errant passes...often after a Flyer attempted penetration and then getting caught up in the air.
9. The Explorers had a lot of motion, much of it going to the basket and Flyer defenders were too slow to react to the cuts - affected Big Steve, Miller, and the guards, including Scoochie.
10. Charles Cooke had a good game, but after watching the replay, he definitely tried to force a lot of shots. One reason why was apparent - no one else was moving on offense. Again, I really focused on Scoochie and he planted himself at the top of the key, largely beyond shooting range.
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