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Was Dana outcoached?? Well you decide....
at least 4 or 5 different people came up to me either before the game or during and said things like....
"I sure hope we don't play zone against Creighton"
"they killed our zone last time"
"they have a bunch of great 3-pt shooters so we'd better not play zone"
"why do we leave them so wide open for 3's"
"this is insane, we need to dump the zone and go to man.."
but just who turns out to be the genius??? I think our coach knew that Creighton's hot streak was just temprary and that the season long stats still meant something......
Indeed we did play a fair amount of 1-3-1 and 2-3 zone against Creighton, and at the very time I heard someone saying this was suicide, I responded that NO it is not, because Creighton really is NOT a good 3-pt shooting team..
Don't believe me?? Check out which team is dead last in 3-pt shooting percentage among all Valley teams...(all games included..)
AND - in Valley play, not only are the last, they are shooting only 31% as a team....
OK - still don't believe me...then here's exactly what Dana Altman said to his local press guys after the game....it appears even Dana admits he was outfoxed....he's even a little frustrated when asked and gets a little testy!
..he admitted his game plan was beaten by Bradley's game plan...
"When a young reporter asked why Creighton continued to launch 3-pointers
when it wasn't connecting, coach Dana Altman replied, “Well, my man, we
were 12 of 33 inside. So if you do the math, we were more productive on the
3-point line. But I agree, we took way too many 3s.''
Altman later apologized for the out-of-character sarcastic reply."
“We didn't score very well either way,'' he said.
With the exception of Kenny Lawson, who made 7 of 13 field-goal attempts,
no Bluejay converted half of his shots against Bradley's changing defensive
schemes. The Braves combined man-to-man defense with 1-3-1 and 2-3
zones to disrupt the Bluejays.
Creighton came out on the short end of a number of specialty statistics. The
Bluejays were outscored 28-18 in the paint, 19-8 off turnovers and 17-9 in
bench points.
Senior guard Cavel Witter was the only Creighton reserve to score. The other
four reserves that played — Wayne Runnels, Kaleb Korver, Darryl Ashford and
Casey Harriman — combined to go 0 of 8 from the field.
“We (usually) can count on our bench,'' Altman said.
Creighton's starting five of Carter, Kenny Lawson, Antoine Young, Ethan
Wragge and Josh Jones played together a total of 13 minutes and one
second, which was a season high for a non-overtime game. Creighton
outscored Bradley 28-16 when its starters were in the game. All other lineup
combinations were outscored 65-34 in the remaining 26:59.
Maniscalco's 31 points were the most in a Valley tournament game since
Creighton guard Nate Funk scored 33 against Missouri State in 2007"
at least 4 or 5 different people came up to me either before the game or during and said things like....
"I sure hope we don't play zone against Creighton"
"they killed our zone last time"
"they have a bunch of great 3-pt shooters so we'd better not play zone"
"why do we leave them so wide open for 3's"
"this is insane, we need to dump the zone and go to man.."
but just who turns out to be the genius??? I think our coach knew that Creighton's hot streak was just temprary and that the season long stats still meant something......
Indeed we did play a fair amount of 1-3-1 and 2-3 zone against Creighton, and at the very time I heard someone saying this was suicide, I responded that NO it is not, because Creighton really is NOT a good 3-pt shooting team..
Don't believe me?? Check out which team is dead last in 3-pt shooting percentage among all Valley teams...(all games included..)
AND - in Valley play, not only are the last, they are shooting only 31% as a team....
OK - still don't believe me...then here's exactly what Dana Altman said to his local press guys after the game....it appears even Dana admits he was outfoxed....he's even a little frustrated when asked and gets a little testy!
..he admitted his game plan was beaten by Bradley's game plan...
"When a young reporter asked why Creighton continued to launch 3-pointers
when it wasn't connecting, coach Dana Altman replied, “Well, my man, we
were 12 of 33 inside. So if you do the math, we were more productive on the
3-point line. But I agree, we took way too many 3s.''
Altman later apologized for the out-of-character sarcastic reply."
“We didn't score very well either way,'' he said.
With the exception of Kenny Lawson, who made 7 of 13 field-goal attempts,
no Bluejay converted half of his shots against Bradley's changing defensive
schemes. The Braves combined man-to-man defense with 1-3-1 and 2-3
zones to disrupt the Bluejays.
Creighton came out on the short end of a number of specialty statistics. The
Bluejays were outscored 28-18 in the paint, 19-8 off turnovers and 17-9 in
bench points.
Senior guard Cavel Witter was the only Creighton reserve to score. The other
four reserves that played — Wayne Runnels, Kaleb Korver, Darryl Ashford and
Casey Harriman — combined to go 0 of 8 from the field.
“We (usually) can count on our bench,'' Altman said.
Creighton's starting five of Carter, Kenny Lawson, Antoine Young, Ethan
Wragge and Josh Jones played together a total of 13 minutes and one
second, which was a season high for a non-overtime game. Creighton
outscored Bradley 28-16 when its starters were in the game. All other lineup
combinations were outscored 65-34 in the remaining 26:59.
Maniscalco's 31 points were the most in a Valley tournament game since
Creighton guard Nate Funk scored 33 against Missouri State in 2007"
, well I gues Chico and Shaunguth want to Mary Poppins it, also. My goodness enough is enough. This could become a BAD habit.
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