Tech was all season.
Should have used them.
Tech was all season.
I wasn't referring to kenpom.
It's not baseball, but knock yourself out.BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:02 pmI wasn't referring to kenpom.
Virginia gave up the least pts per game in the nation. I considered that #1 in defense.
But yet you cite only total points per game and total three pointers made as reasons their offense wasn't good.BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:19 pm Being able to control pace is part of basketball and part of their strategy.
BUT, as evidenced by Bennett's long wait to break through (after years and years and years of excellence)...higher possession games make you significantly less vulnerable to the shit of March.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:25 pmBut yet you cite only total points per game and total three pointers made as reasons their offense wasn't good.BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:19 pm Being able to control pace is part of basketball and part of their strategy.
Their offense was excellent.
And he hasn't been great since. He just had very efficient personnel and a couple of guys that were NBA prospects as offensive players in 2019.jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:29 pmBUT, as evidenced by Bennett's long wait to break through (after years and years and years of excellence)...higher possession games make you significantly less vulnerable to the shit of March.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:25 pmBut yet you cite only total points per game and total three pointers made as reasons their offense wasn't good.BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:19 pm Being able to control pace is part of basketball and part of their strategy.
Their offense was excellent.
I'm not sure we're actually disagreeing about anything. Bennett is awesome, but I wouldn't want a low-possession guy.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:33 pmAnd he hasn't been great since. He just had very efficient personnel and a couple of guys that were NBA prospects as offensive players in 2019.jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:29 pmBUT, as evidenced by Bennett's long wait to break through (after years and years and years of excellence)...higher possession games make you significantly less vulnerable to the shit of March.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:25 pm
But yet you cite only total points per game and total three pointers made as reasons their offense wasn't good.
Their offense was excellent.
I didn't say their offense "wasn't good".CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:25 pmBut yet you cite only total points per game and total three pointers made as reasons their offense wasn't good.BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:19 pm Being able to control pace is part of basketball and part of their strategy.
Their offense was excellent.
Nope, we agree. His style's margin for error is outrageously thin. And it feels like stubbornness. That makes me automatically a no vote on him for any team I root for.jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:35 pmI'm not sure we're actually disagreeing about anything. Bennett is awesome, but I wouldn't want a low-possession guy.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:33 pmAnd he hasn't been great since. He just had very efficient personnel and a couple of guys that were NBA prospects as offensive players in 2019.
UVA/Bennett's historic loss to 16 seeded UMBC is relevant to every point.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:23 pmAnd I don't think that's irrelevant to this particular point.
Bucknell, Bradley, etc. Norfolk. Happens to the best of 'em.PhDhawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:37 pmUVA/Bennett's historic loss to 16 seeded UMBC is relevant to every point.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:23 pmAnd I don't think that's irrelevant to this particular point.
Never as a 1 seed.jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:40 pmBucknell, Bradley, etc. Norfolk. Happens to the best of 'em.PhDhawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:37 pmUVA/Bennett's historic loss to 16 seeded UMBC is relevant to every point.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:23 pm
And I don't think that's irrelevant to this particular point.
Just one season removed from the National Title. Bennett was given the hardest lesson ever that offense wins championships.PhDhawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:37 pmUVA/Bennett's historic loss to 16 seeded UMBC is relevant to every point.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:23 pmAnd I don't think that's irrelevant to this particular point.
Sure, bud, you can all those fancy stats you want, but my pappy and my gran pappy and my gran pappy's pappy told me the DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:50 pm 2018 Nova probably the best offense of the last 20 years and 2019 Tech might be the best defense of the last 20 years.
Just look what Nova did to the field. It's like when people bitch about the Chiefs defense--Chiefs fans can rightly just shrug their shoulders and say if Mahomes is Mahomes, catch us if you can.