MIAMI HURRICANES (4-2)
WINS OVER: LOSSES TO:
Florida Atlantic 74-60 Louisville 87-74
UCF 79-70 Florida 78-58
Quinnipiac 80-52
Missouri State 74-70
KENPOM STATS:
- 31st in adjusted offensive efficiency
- 11th in Turnover percentage
- 69th in 3PT%
- 299th in Assists / field goals made
- 307th in Free Throws
- 338th in Free Throws allowed
- No one averaging over 3 assists per game
6 players over 20 MPG ; three double figure scorers
#23 Kameron McGusty - 14.7 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 39.2 FG%, 11-32 3PT
Haven’t been overly impressed with him in the first half...that changes in second half versus Florida. Catch and shoot three looks good. Makes really difficult shot at the end of the half to put the game within 5. Likes to make plays off the dribble. They throw it to him and the offense kinda stops, waiting for him to make a play. Clearly he has earned this right. Making an effort to get him going right away at the start of the second half. Three possessions in a row at the start of the half designed to get him the ball and then receive double ball screen→ make, foul, miss three by #0. Him and Lykes (#0) play off each other really well when they’ve both got it going.
#1 Dejan Vasiljevic - 14.3 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 49.2 FG%, 17-39 3PT
Great Shot maker. Has range. Ability to shoot off the dribble from deep as well as inside the paint. His fault is he loves to take those high difficult shots and if he’s not hitting them, it’s not the best optic. WIth that being said, he’s proven in the past he can make these tough shots so if he gets hot you just kinda gotta shrug your shoulders and say okay.
#0 Chris Lykes - 13.8 PPG, 10-28 3PT
5-7. Good off the dribble shooter, loves to pull behind a ball screen. Very quick with the basketball. Can get into the paint and finishes well despite his size. Does a great job with ballscreens by either getting downhill super quick or stepping behind to shoot. When he has it going, he’s an extremely fun player to watch but occasionally gets far too careless with the basketball. They run this set for him a ton in the second half where he’s coming off multiple screens for a curl and a jumper. Hounds you on the ball. So low to the ground. Lot of Alterique Gilbert in him. Him and McGusty (#23) play off each other really well when they’ve got it going.
#5 Harlond Beverly - 9.3 PPG, 6-16 3PT
Freshman top 60 recruit. 6th man, will run point. Loves to attack and to use the floater especially when going to his left. Asserted himself in the first half of the Missouri State game, kind of a no show in the Florida game.
#14 Rodney Miller Jr. - 7.0 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 60.6 FG%
Made an effort to throw the ball into him in the post against Florida. Three straight possessions out of the Under 16 timeout they go to him → resulted in two buckets and a foul. They like to throw it into him and then cut right off him. He is a decent passer from that position. He can make a move to the hoop→ kind of lulls you to sleep down there but finishes well. Defensively, he is really struggling with the pick and pop Florida is running.
#21 Sam Waardenburg - 3.7 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.2 BPG
Loves to set screens and rebound. Will shoot the three ball if open - decent stroke. Not going to beat you.
OFFENSIVELY (this is all from the Florida game since Missouri State was running this matchup zone so X’s and O’s were scarce): Laranaga was kind of funny with this stuff. He had a set he ran over and over again to start the game. Out of the under 16, it was a different set over and over. After the Under 8, it was a different set over and over again. To start the half, it was a different set over and over again.
Ran a variation of the same set the first five possessions of the game. Iverson set for for #0 or #23. They’ll put #1 (shooter) on one of the elbows and he will go set ball screen but slip it looking for a corner 3. If that’s not there, #14 will follow into a ball screen. They’ll do it again but #1 and #14 will set a double ball screen with #1 popping.
They also like to run this simple set where #1 sets a ball screen at around the TOK for a guard while a wing will run off a screen by #14 on the low block. They like to throw it to the wing and then post entry to #14. They ran it 3 straight possessions out of the under 16 timeout and got two layups and a foul. When they throw it to #14, the player who threw it into him cuts off him right away for a simple give and go.
ANOTHER SET: #0 throw it to wing, receives UCLA screen from high post. He then goes to set flex screen for guy on weakside wing. #0 then receives down screen. They are looking for him coming off this downscreen to curl, catch, and shoot. Use it a lot in the second half.
Some counters to this like having #23 or #1 quickly pop out to wing for the pass while the defense thinks #0 is receiving the downscreen.
ANOTHER SET (start of second half to get #23 going): #23 starts with ball passes it, makes a shallow cut (barely inside the 3pt line) out to the wing. They throw it to him and then he gets a staggered double ball screen where he can just kind of go make a play.
In transition, they like to set either double or even TRIPLE ball screens. Alignment is shooter, big, big, with the shooter fading to the corner, first big rolling, second big popping.
Florida liked to switch a lot so when there would be a mismatch they loved to have the guy with the mismatch pass it and get it right back to attack his defender right away.
DEFENSIVELY: On ballscreen coverage, they like to go over and hedge and did a good job tagging on the roller against Missouri State. Against, Florida, not so much. Already missed two or three tags in the first 10 minutes. Really struggling to defend Blackshear (a 5 who can shoot it and make plays), especially in pick and pop situations. Their ballscreen coverage is way worse in this game than the Missouri State game leading to easy Florida shot opportunities. I would imagine Laranaga tightened it up on the offday yesterday.
When Missouri State was trying to throw the ball into the post, Miami liked to front it and then would double almost every time on the post entry. Good job and very sound at it. Good rotation, forced turnovers.
AGAINST MISSOURI STATE (JUST FIRST HALF):
Missouri State didn’t played all that great but they are doing a good job changing defenses and keeping Miami off balance. They’ve got this matchup zone/2-3 extended going and Miami struggling to crack it. Miami probably should have been up by more than 8 at half, but Missouri State just made some really tough shots to remain in the game.
AGAINST FLORIDA (FIRST HALF + FIRST HALF OF SECOND HALF):
Florida goes on a 17-0 run in about a 6 minute span. Miami is running their stuff but no one is really able to get down hill or break free for option shots. After 17-0 run, Miami comes back with 5 straight made field goals. Blackshear is just killing them from beyond the arc - They don’t know how to defend him. Will be interesting to see if we go Akok at the 5 at any point to stretch #14 outside...only playing Akok at the five 8.4% of gametime this season...and he’s banged up. Florida extends their 1-3-1 three quarter court out of the Under 4 timeout and Miami really struggles with it initially. Just far too careless with the basketball at times. Florida puts the game away in the second half by holding Miami without any points for a 7 minute stretch. You combine that with the stretch in the first half, that’s 13 minutes without any points...that’s over 25% of gametime...eek.
Miami plays their starting lineup 32.1% of minutes and you kind of got the feeling in the second half that once they went to their bench, the production and the ability to get open shots really dropped off.
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