[NU Sports] hoops and walker

[Michael Vance]

Penn State beat us because they forced us to be dependent on the 3-point 
shot.  We couldn't get the ball inside against their zone.  When we can 
get the ball inside, and make the three a part of our arsenal instead of 
the whole thing, we are a much better team.

The other way to beat a zone is to reverse the ball and penetrate 
quickly.  I thought that we didn't reverse it enough, and when we tried 
we either weren't crisp enough and they picked off the pass, or we 
hesitated too long and missed the opportunity to drive against the zone. 
  But it's a lot easier to see the openings from the camera-eye view, too.

-Michael

John Labbe wrote:
> 
> On Feb 26, 2006, at 6:57 PM, Brad Wilson wrote:
> 
>>  As
>> usual the team is totally dependent on the 3-point
>> shot and has no inside game on offense (NU shot 3 free
>> throws ALL GAME at Penn State Saturday) or defense.
>>
> 
> I don't know why there's the perception that we're "totally dependent on 
> the 3-point shot."  It often seems that way when we lose, like we did 
> against Penn State.