[UCCBball] Semi final

[Andrew Bailey]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:45:11AM +0800, tommo at ucc.asn.au wrote:
> We appear to be playing at 2pm against Lakeside. Is everybody in?
>

I plan to be. I am currenlty trying to organsise some logistics, as Jen has to be somewhere on the same tday at the same time.

 
> After the last game we gave some thought to how we wanted to play  
> these guys in our next encounter. It's true that they beat us last  
> week, but we need to remember that they won by just 2 points and we  
> were missing both Kieron and Dave. We also lost to them by just 8 on  
> the Terracon weekend when we were missing me, James and Chris, but we  
> beat them by 3 in our first game, just a few weeks into grading. So  
> it's not like they've demolished us in the past or anything.
> 
> I think this team has 2 primary offensive threats - 3 point shooting  
> and keyway penetration off the ball (either to receive a pass or  
> establish rebounding position). If we limit them in these areas, I  
> think we'll be set.
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They got from my memory a few bounds off transition offence and intercepted 
passes. They are quite good at picking up passes past the guards in the air. 
We should try and bounce pass a bit against these guys. 

That said I have a sneaking suspicion they don't keep the ball as well.

> 
> As far as our offense goes, I think we're generally doing things well.  
> The main thing I'd suggest is that we need to remember to get the ball  
> right down into the deep wing area so we can set up the double post.  
> And as usual - we just need to play calmly and not rush things.
> 
> Anyway, I'll throw this open to everyone else. Any ideas on how we  
> should take them on? Should we modify our defense? etc...
> 
> Tom.
> 
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