Outside of Stone, we are soft in the front court.
Definitely don’t have a solid defender at the 3 either
The defense has been bad all season, even in a lot of our wins. We’ve had success because we’ve shot very well from 3 and haven’t turned it over. Tonight we didn’t do either of those things, and we played our usual atrocious defense. Hence we got run out of our own buildingLack of size, lack of length and freshmen that don't know diddly about playing defense. Plus, Miami is also facing a team with multiple lottery picks right now. Duke will shred most teams they face this year. Period.
The defense has been bad all season, even in a lot of our wins. We’ve had success because we’ve shot very well from 3 and haven’t turned it over. Tonight we didn’t do either of those things, and we played our usual atrocious defense. Hence we got run out of our own building
This team will have to straight up outscore teams in order to win. When you don't have size, that's how you have to play. Miami will win with tempo and shooting. Fortunately, Miami won't face a ton of teams that can really exploit the lack of size like Duke can. Duke was significantly bigger across the board. They have NBA level length and athleticism, just like Louisville. It's not an accident that Miami struggled against those two teams. Two top 5 teams, with insane talent.
This is a fair assessment of Duke and Louisville. No shame in losing to teams like that. The problem is the non-competitive manner in which we lost both games.
Lack of size, lack of length and freshmen that don't know diddly about playing defense. Plus, Miami is also facing a team with multiple lottery picks right now. Duke will shred most teams they face this year. Period.
Coach L has no staples. Just has those lame *** slogans in the practice facility. L’s staple is having unprepared teams night in and night outWhy is this year's team so bad at defense? This is a staple of Coach L and I don't get it. Our defense is going to be the reason we likely fail to make the dance. We can't defend and I'm not sure why.
A lot of playing good defense is-- like rebounding - effort and desire. We usually have at least a couple guys willing to give 100% on the defensive end. This season we have none. Easily our worst defensive/rebounding team under L.
You'd think a guy like Walker, who obviously is not contributing on offense, might get it into his head that he might make a rep and more minutes for himself by playing tough D. It would be noticed, I'm sure.
We have played **** poor defense all year longLack of size, lack of length and freshmen that don't know diddly about playing defense. Plus, Miami is also facing a team with multiple lottery picks right now. Duke will shred most teams they face this year. Period.
Exactly.We are in the 210’s (out of 350 D1 teams) on kenpom’s defensive metrics. By far the worst defense under L, and even worse than most of Haith’s teams
If you have an athletic team that plays bad defense you can blame lack of effort and desire. Our front court is a bunch of stiffs. They could have the effort and desire of Rudy and it wouldn't matter.
Agree to a certain extent, but Julian Gamble was a stiff who hustled like crazy. He was physical and wasn't afraid to put his body on the floor. I don't see that from Miller or Sam, or even Stone.If you have an athletic team that plays bad defense you can blame lack of effort and desire. Our front court is a bunch of stiffs. They could have the effort and desire of Rudy and it wouldn't matter.