Key to the rest of the season

[doug shank's crossover]

I didn't intend for this to become a coach bashing thread...just making the point that AW is our most viable offensive threat and he would agree that he needs to play better. We all agree that he needs to score more. If AW and TB start scoring together (TB with his inside/mid-range game and AW with his perimeter shot) this team has a shot to be outstanding.

[tangjar1]

Tonite was a great job by the team and the coaching staff!

[BRADLEY FAN 49]

Whatever.

If you don't have enough knowledge about the game of basketball to offer opinions on how you feel the coaching staff is doing, then so be it.

Those of us that have played the game and do have a clue, we'll go ahead and continue to offer our opinions as to how we think things are going...You don't need a "coaching resume" to be able to distinguish a good system from a bad system.

I didn't say I had no knowledge, what I was really saying was I have no where near as much knowledge as JL.
No one could have coached B.U. any better than JL did tonight!!!!

[mrcoachdude]

Key and cures to all our ails.......mental toughness...

tonight was TOUGHNESS

[thefish7]

And from an xs and os perspective I thought our coach had the better night. And I think webers a good game coach.

[tornado]

And from an xs and os perspective I thought our coach had the better night. And I think webers a good game coach.

but this is where it gets weird...
Coach Les ran precisely the same x's and o's as he's been running the past several games, but in those games, even the wins, several uninformed posters here and elsewhere have been hammering him.

[Braves4Life]

Coach Les ran precisely the same x's and o's as he's been running the past several games....

So true. The biggest differences against the Illini was in execution, passion, aggressiveness (esp. from Egolf) and FG percentage. I have always believed that for Les' offense to be successful we MUST be able to hit the outside shot more effectively; we did last night. Also, as BURick said, it seemes like our spacing was much better last night which allowed our guys to get MUCH better open looks; we had much fewer forced outside shots.

Let's hope the guys keep the focus going forward. This offense CAN work but it requires the players to properly execute the x's and o's like they did las night.

[georgethedog]

The key for the rest of the season will definitely be to score more points each game than the team that BU is playing on a given night. This might come as a surprise; but after much studying and testing of many mathematical equations, that is my conclusion. The conclusion is supported by many years of empirical data.

Hypothesis test:
Ho: BU Points > Opponent Points = Win
Ha: BU Points < Opponent Points = Loss

So far in the long history of BU basketball, this hypothesis has never been proven wrong. They may have counted ties 100 years ago, but that is no longer a factor (i.e. 7 OT win versus Cincinnati). The only other way would be to lose and the opponent has to forfeit for some NCAA rules violation, but counting on that to get to the tournament would be silly and I am certainly not one that would post something as far-fetched and silly as that.

[Braves4Life]

The key for the rest of the season will definitely be to score more points each game than the team that BU is playing on a given night. This might come as a surprise; but after much studying and testing of many mathematical equations, that is my conclusion. The conclusion is supported by many years of empirical data.

Hypothesis test:
Ho: BU Points > Opponent Points = Win
Ha: BU Points < Opponent Points = Loss

So far in the long history of BU basketball, this hypothesis has never been proven wrong. They may have counted ties 100 years ago, but that is no longer a factor (i.e. 7 OT win versus Cincinnati). The only other way would be to lose and the opponent has to forfeit for some NCAA rules violation, but counting on that to get to the tournament would be silly and I am certainly not one that would post something as far-fetched and silly as that.

You're too funny GTD . Now, I'm waiting to see if somebody tries to pick this hypothesis apart

[oilerpimp]

GTD is right. It's real simple: put the ball in the basket more times than the other team. Jim Les, like most coaches, gets too much blame and too much credit. The coach only controls so many variables on the court during a game. Ultimately, it falls on the players to execute. They have to put the ball in hoop.