I'm a big Fox supporter, but man he got worked over tonight. Great start, great first half but zero adjustments.
Kansas State came out after half and took Kenny Gaines out of the game keying on him. We ran the same offensive set the first 12 minutes of the half, they attacked our ball screens and forced us away from the basket. It caused us to settle for bad late shot clock looks in the possessions we didn't turn it over first.
Defensively we let them go wherever they wanted on the court. Couldn't stay in front of anyone without fouling. Was shocked we never tried to switch defenses.
Bad early offensive fouls and turnovers hurt us to start the half, Fox pulled the guys and put in a lineup of Iduwe, Geno and 2 freshmen. I get sending a message but he left them in for several minutes. We couldn't even get a shot off. What did he expect to happen with that group?
Worst of all was the last possession. JJ's shot got close and honestly thought it was goaltending, but what a terrible play design after TWO timeouts. In bounded the ball to JJ running away from the basket under our own free throw line with no help up the court, allowed them to pressure and double him forcing him into a falling out of bounds 3. With 4.5 seconds there is no excuse from that. Horrible design that JJ almost bailed us out of.
Kansas State came out after half and took Kenny Gaines out of the game keying on him. We ran the same offensive set the first 12 minutes of the half, they attacked our ball screens and forced us away from the basket. It caused us to settle for bad late shot clock looks in the possessions we didn't turn it over first.
Defensively we let them go wherever they wanted on the court. Couldn't stay in front of anyone without fouling. Was shocked we never tried to switch defenses.
Bad early offensive fouls and turnovers hurt us to start the half, Fox pulled the guys and put in a lineup of Iduwe, Geno and 2 freshmen. I get sending a message but he left them in for several minutes. We couldn't even get a shot off. What did he expect to happen with that group?
Worst of all was the last possession. JJ's shot got close and honestly thought it was goaltending, but what a terrible play design after TWO timeouts. In bounded the ball to JJ running away from the basket under our own free throw line with no help up the court, allowed them to pressure and double him forcing him into a falling out of bounds 3. With 4.5 seconds there is no excuse from that. Horrible design that JJ almost bailed us out of.
