Comments on: VT Team Breakdown | 1.24.10

By: Hokie-ritaville

Hokie-ritaville — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:02:20 +0000

I know that guy was AD Vassallo and that was my point…wouldn’t you like to have him as a 2nd scoring option…behind MD and in front of Zo. Right now…we don’t have that option and like was mentioned above we’re having issues feeding the post. When we do get the ball down low; Jeff Allen has been a little ineffective, maybe due to too few touches throughout the game; and Victor Davila has showed flashes of some nice post moves but him as a game in/game out scoring threat hasn’t happened yet…I think it will be by the time the ACC Tourney rolls around.

By: Niemo

Niemo — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:12:21 +0000

HipHop – You are right on about A.D. Vassallo, or A. Vassallo as I used to call him for obvious reasons.
Danram – Great point about feeding the post. Our big men do seem to be black holes when they get the ball down low, and who can blame them with how little they get the rock? And usually it is a better option than what we’d have if they kicked it back out since our perimeter players don’t do a great job of sliding to open areas after they feed (probably a result of the fact they usually don’t get it back). Our low post players touch the ball way more often out high than down low. It is a big dysfunctional merry-go-round!

By: HipHop_Hokie

HipHop_Hokie — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:19:31 +0000

“But, boy would I love to have a pure shooter/scorer…he doesn’t he even need to play that much D as the rest of the guys could probably compensate for that.”

That guy was already on our team before. His name was A.D. Vassallo!!

By: Danram

Danram — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:51:35 +0000

I’m not worried at all about Delaney at the FT line. He’ll revert back to form in time. But the one single thing holding us back the most in our half-court offense is our lack of skill at passing the ball in & out of the post. Good offensive teams feed the post often, and the post players just as quickly kick it back out again to an open teammate if they’re double-teamed. But VT feeds the post in the halfcourt set just about as infrequently as any team I’ve seen this year. A by-product of this is that when Allen and Davila get the ball down low, they’ll often press and try to make something happen against a double-team rather than kick the ball back out, probably because they’re thinking it’ll be another 5 minutes until they see it again.

By: Niemo

Niemo — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:50:43 +0000

I’ll check and see if I can find a stat on late FTs. I would actually say Delaney, who shoots 90% of our late FTs, was usually pretty money. But he’s been slumping badly from the foul line the last three games and it seems to be getting in his head a bit. He’s leaving his shot short when he misses.

By: Hokie-ritaville

Hokie-ritaville — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:23:37 +0000

Niemo…love the stats especially the tempo-free version (I am a huge nerd for that stuff). Totally agree on wanting to see that 2-2-1 half court trap again, thought it really took BC out of their comfort zone and made it a little more difficult to get into their flex cut O. I think the transition O looks pretty good and really it always has since Seth has been there, which I think is a testament to the fact that we’re definitely recruiting some nice athletes. But, boy would I love to have a pure shooter/scorer…he doesn’t he even need to play that much D as the rest of the guys could probably compensate for that. Your comment about MD taking the ball to rack but not finishing is on point…which also brings to mind how critical it is that these guys make their free throws. Also, is it me or do we seem to shoot a lower FT pct in the last 10 mins? Is there a stat for that, cause I feel like there have already been a couple of games that we should have won more comfortably if not for poor FT shooting down the stretch.