Some of the players - Julian Champagnie and Tareq Coburn in particular, struggled to keep their assigned player in front of them. Christian Braun exploited this on baseline drives, and each player playing center did not react quickly enough to keep him from scoring. But most notably, the Jayhawks exploited an inability of St. There was slow reactions in transition defense. There were slow rotations and confused rotations. John’s to score to set up presses - there are opportunities in the half court, especially when an opponent can exploit a late rotation.Įven given that, the Red Storm defense is not where it needs to be. When opponents get through the pressure - which also requires St.
John’s pressure defense to work, the Red Storm needs players to have to think about where they are going to pass the ball - they need the ball to stick, and then the Johnnies pounce. Over the years under Bill Self, his teams that have struggled the most struggle with the ball sticking, and quite a few guards have either transferred or seen their time limited because that cannot do the job Self wants. Kansas took 33 shots at the rim (layups, putbacks, and dunks), including 21 of their 23 two-point attempts in the second half.Ĭredit due: Kansas is extremely good at fast ball movement in a way that most other college basketball programs are not (including Villanova, if you are thinking of talented and precise teams). And the Red Storm allowed 48 of the Jayhawks’ 95 points in the paint. The Red Storm found themselves taken out of position by an aggressive offensive team, gave up nearly 50% of possible offensive rebounds - leading to 15 (!!) more shots from the field for Kansas. The hope this year was that this team, though new, would have fewer lapses in judgements this season than last year’s newcomers (in particular) had.īut the defense struggled mightily, and in ways they have struggled all season. John’s fell behind double digits early and re-dug their hole late, and it’s not dissimilar to the hole the Red Storm dug against Indiana or St.
John’s took a loss on the chin against the Kansas Jayhawks at the new UBS Arena.
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