(11-17-2012 01:07 PM)UABFRENCHY Wrote: I understand your point of view BUT it seem that the UAB SQUAD was real tired mid second half .
We didnt play 13 PLAYERS ,,WE play like 7
IT MAY work on slow pace offense but it wont work if you run or hurry up offense
According to the statistics, UAB scored exactly ZERO fast break points in forty minutes against Creighton.
Haase offense is billed as fast paced, fast break, BUT, he is going to find out real fast as a head coach that more times than not, it won't work, especially with a timeout every four minutes. The game seemed fast paced fast break in the first half, but if a team tosses shots up to hurriedly, they will be shooting no better than 40% for the game from forcing up too many quick shots.
Winning teams mix it up. They are both efficient at the half court game and on fast breaks, when the opportunity is there for them to beat the defense down court(out number them by the time they reach half court running full speed. It is a numbers game, for instance, a 3 on 2 fast break, or a 4 on 3 fast break or even a 5 on 4 fast break. Someone is wide open in those cases. The whole trick is having five players on a fast break who are all "aware" of the number of opponents that they are fast breaking against.
Years ago, Coach Bartows teams would practice fast breaks with orange cones set up at half court near each sideline so that when the point guard was pushing the ball up the center of the court, two wings would be required to run full speed on each sideline and run outside of the cones to spread the fast break offense and create, hopefully, a 3 on 2 situation, with a trailer(a fourth man) running down the center of court following the point guard.
There is also a play called the secondary break, when if the initial fast break does not pan out, the ball is swung around the perimeter or skip passed across court for an open three.
The game is not rocket science. Other than the three point shot, the shot clock, the possession arrow(instead of a true jump ball), and the time out every four minutes(in college basketball), the game hasn't changed in fifty years. It is still played the same.
Honestly, I don't think basketball players are as "smart" as they used to be, more physically talented, yes, but these days they are more brawn(talent), but less brains. It is safe to say that at the outcome of at least fifty percent of games are determined by which teams players are well coached enough to use their brains the best.