Stupid staff, you don't sit in a zone all the way through the second half when you're down 10-15 and need the ball. Not saying don't play zone at all, but I mean you need/want the ball, why the hell are you sitting back and letting a Georgetown team who likes to run sets, run them under very little pressure. This game once again just reinforces the issues St. John's and their coaching staff has.
We don't play well against zone defenses. Entry pass to big is never made, or even attempted.
Very little on ball screens.
Very little/no screens for D'Angelo to buy him a little bit of space to shoot.
On screens, you never see the bigs roll, not even once. They'll either flare (JaKarr) or just turn and stand there (Obekpa).
Passive offensive strategy. Look at Obekpa when he's on offense. He pretty much stands on the block opposite the ball and on the baseline, not even trying to make himself a threat.
Their 'motion' or 'Princeton' offense that has cutters that don't look for the ball, present themselves as a threat.
Rely too much on a jump shot when overall we don't have the consistent jump shooters.
Nobody boxes out for rebounds.
I maintain my position that this team will never go far unless the players become disciplined and fundamentally sound on both ends of the floor. And this team will not go anywhere if they don't adjust their philosophies. If their goal is to win an NCAA title, they need to start running better sets like flex or a UCLA that features ball screens, screens to free players, and legitimate cutters, not this passive motion offense crap that gives our best threat the ball 30 feet from the basket and told to beat a defense and score almost by himself. I feel like this leads to D'Angelo feeling he has to carry the team offensively at all times, and forces him to take bad shots. We also don't have the shooters in my opinion to run a 4-out offense effectively.
Defensively, I think their 1-3-1 matchup is fine, and I'm fine with conceeding threes. But there needs to be an emphasis on people rebounding the basketball by boxing out. We get killed on boards by bigger teams because they just put a body on us and we're done.
Clearly I'm a more traditional basketball person, someone that enjoys watching a team like Duke play.
We have always played well against the likes of Notre Dame and Cincinnati, but against a solid Georgetown squad we struggle. Can't wait to play Syracuse, Louisville, USF; teams that are physical down low and place an emphasis on defense. Today to me was only the start. If teams are as smart as Georgetown, you shut down D'Angelo you win because we don't have anyone else that offers much in terms of being an individual threat.