I often hear about Keatts loving to press.
It seems like we show press but as soon as the ball enters the court, we back off.
I was watching a re-run of the Boston College game, in the first half we forced two turnovers by stealing the entry pass and it resulted in two points.
That is great, but we are expending lots of energy for just two turnovers.
Maybe that Boston Game 1st half was an outlier but I seem to think not?
Our general strategy seems to be show press, man up...if we can steal the first pass, great but we never trap the first pass.
I know Keatts came from Pitino system so I watched a game from that 2013 run. The final four game against Wichita State.
It was a slower paced game, obviously that Wichita team is a million times better than BC of 2021. But quite a few less possessions than a typical Louisville game in 2013 I would imagine.
Pitino in the first half trapped the ball 5 times. Two after made baskets (resulting in one turnover) and twice after a dead ball (no turnovers).
He also threw in a 1/2 court trap off the first pass that resulted in a turnover.
Beyond the traps, he was constantly switching between zone and man, something I have not saw much of in the Keatts era.
I understand implementing a pressing/trapping style game takes time. But we are in year 4, I just don't understand why we aren't mixing in a few traps if we are going to show press constantly.
The two turnovers were great, resulted in easy 4 points in that BC game in the 1st half.
It is year 4, Keatts maybe hasn't landed his first choice of recruits but he still has a pretty athletic team. BB isn't a good fit for the press but all the other players shouldn't be a liability.
It seemed like Louisville was always pressuring and ready to trap. Sometimes they would spin the ball handler and have a guy coming instantly to go for the steal once he spun. That forced a turnover.
Has he discussed the strategy behind pressuring but never trapping? Great that we got those two turnovers and converted them into baskets but it seems like mixing it up would benefit us even more?
It seems like we show press but as soon as the ball enters the court, we back off.
I was watching a re-run of the Boston College game, in the first half we forced two turnovers by stealing the entry pass and it resulted in two points.
That is great, but we are expending lots of energy for just two turnovers.
Maybe that Boston Game 1st half was an outlier but I seem to think not?
Our general strategy seems to be show press, man up...if we can steal the first pass, great but we never trap the first pass.
I know Keatts came from Pitino system so I watched a game from that 2013 run. The final four game against Wichita State.
It was a slower paced game, obviously that Wichita team is a million times better than BC of 2021. But quite a few less possessions than a typical Louisville game in 2013 I would imagine.
Pitino in the first half trapped the ball 5 times. Two after made baskets (resulting in one turnover) and twice after a dead ball (no turnovers).
He also threw in a 1/2 court trap off the first pass that resulted in a turnover.
Beyond the traps, he was constantly switching between zone and man, something I have not saw much of in the Keatts era.
I understand implementing a pressing/trapping style game takes time. But we are in year 4, I just don't understand why we aren't mixing in a few traps if we are going to show press constantly.
The two turnovers were great, resulted in easy 4 points in that BC game in the 1st half.
It is year 4, Keatts maybe hasn't landed his first choice of recruits but he still has a pretty athletic team. BB isn't a good fit for the press but all the other players shouldn't be a liability.
It seemed like Louisville was always pressuring and ready to trap. Sometimes they would spin the ball handler and have a guy coming instantly to go for the steal once he spun. That forced a turnover.
Has he discussed the strategy behind pressuring but never trapping? Great that we got those two turnovers and converted them into baskets but it seems like mixing it up would benefit us even more?