I think we can, but we have got to do better rebounding for one, in addition we MUST put a pick and roll in place at some time, the Hawaii game we didnt have a SINGLE pick until 17 minutes into the game, Stucki, To Stien for a bucket.
first and only pick and roll the entire first half
a high low between the bigs would work sometimes too, most productive group on the floor according to ESPN, Stucki, Bay, Morgan, Meech and Stein, they are like plus 11 or something, when playing together for extended minutes.
I dont like the changing of lineups that seem to be going on, starting or otherwise, but hopefully it works, my personal opinion which isnt worth squat, is that players begin to lose confidence and begin looking over their shoulder, I hope it doesnt play out that way.
my guess is we are READY for the press now, it takes ALL 5 guys to break a press, you dont dribble your way out of it and after watching the Hawaii game for the 10th time, I think it is clear we had NOT prepared for the press not one of our guys was prepared
I think we have a really good group of players and I think this will sort itself out, shots will begin to fall, players will trust each other more, Coach will develop real confidence in the right guys and the rotation of subs will tighten up.
the schedule doesnt get any easier, so hopefully we figure this out now rather than later, that zone we played was pretty darned good!
Go Bengals!