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SignUp Now!I would say them barely turning it over is unlucky. That was literally the fewest turnovers they've had all season with the exception of the Providence game. They've played far worse defenses than us and at slower paces. You would expect 12+ turnovers even if we did absolutely nothing to force them.
Scheyer was the one who pointed out the zone was extended too far given the opponent. After the successful cuts in the seams, it was packed in and became effective.I thought the zone looked really effective tonight for it being one of the only times we've used it this season. It was weird to me that we used it with a smaller lineup.
As for attacking those gaps: Yeah, coach-in-waiting Jon Scheyer noticed it immediately. And in a sign of ceding to the succession plan, in one second-half huddle, when Krzyzewski noticed Scheyer wanted to speak, he allowed it. “No, go ahead.” So Scheyer did, communicating that Duke’s zone was extended too far out, and then Krzyzewski picked back up right where he’d left off, one in-game baton pass back-and-forth, before the big one after this season.
I think the rule should be changed, but it really just comes down to the fact that it's technically a live-ball. So the lack of any special consideration in the rule makes the ruling fairly clear.It didn't end up biting us, but can someone explain why the hell the arrow is used to decide who should get the ball after a wedgie on a FT? That seems like the worst rule ever. The shooter misses it badly, but the team is rewarded with a free offensive rebound when they probably had a 5% chance of getting an offensive rebound off a normal FT miss.
So mixed results. We actually did better than expected vs MSU based on shot quality metrics (how much of this was true though when they didn't start taking desperation shots until the last two minutes?)
But... we did get a little unlucky against TTech:
Overall essentially a wash. So I guess we really are what we appear to be: 2015 Wisconsin. But at least another takeaway is we aren't getting lucky on offense either, we're getting the shots we want and executing on a high level