After losses by Marquette, Wisconsin, and Duke over the past 48 hours I thought I would analyze what each team needs to do to right the ship before March.
Wisconsin – the easiest solution of the 3 their weakness is their outside shooting. Once their opponent senses that they are cold from the outside they pack the middle and dare Wisconsin to get hot from 3 point land. What Wisconsin needs to do is to pick up the pace sporadically to get easier, quicker shots. They can’t guarantee that they’ll turn around their outside shooting but by picking up the pace they should be able to get a couple extra easy shots. 6-8 additional points can make a huge difference when the first team to 55 wins.
Duke – Although they lost last night something good came out of it. Miles Plumlee got more playing time and put up solid numbers. It was very reminiscent of 2010 when Coach K began playing Brian Zoubek more. If he can provide the same consistency in the paint that would be step 1. Step 2 is the exact opposite of Wisconsin. Duke feels they need to push the pace and get the score in the 80’s. This has led to too many turnovers and bad shot selection (not to mention poor point play). Again, going back to 2010 this is what plagued them. Putting Scheyer in at point, slowing down the game, and playing tough defense worked back then and would work again this year.
Marquette – this one is the hard one because quite frankly I don’t think there is anything that can help them. It’ll come down to whether they are hot or not in March. They have a defensive deficiency and don’t play smart. That’s not something that can be fixed after 4 years of it. Their March prospects will probably come down to matchups. It’s not out of the realm for another Sweet 16 but a Final 4 is probably not possible.
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