Autopsy - Possession By Possession - Defense

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First Half Defensive Possessions

1 - Garrison too far away from screening action, Oweh gets screened and forced to foul. No hedge, no switch, drop coverage (19:32)

2 - Oweh ball watching, late rotation. Too much gap, simple pass from big for wide open UL three (18:56)

3 - Good contest on corner three by Chandler (18:19)

4 - Garrison switches on a DHO because Aberdeen was screened off. Garrison provides too big of gap. Gives up open three point shot to Brown (17:51)

5 - Aberdeen goes under a screen that gives up wide open three (17:10)

 

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6 - Great ball screen defense by Oweh fighting over and contests deep 3 (16:35)

 

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7 - Lowe goes over screen, but weak hedge by Moreno which provides clear driving lane. Moreno recovers to contest on gather but Brown finishes in paint (16:13)

 

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First TV timeout - 2/7 possessions so far good defense

 

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8 - Oweh goes under screen, too much space but was able to recover with a block (15:23). Lowe doesn’t locate the ball or box out, Louisville retains possession with offensive rebound. Chandler goes under ball screen, McNeeley open three (15:15)

 

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9 - Moreno ices ball screen. Gives gap to open shooter. Late, but good contest (14:49).

 

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10- Live ball turnover leads to a 2-1 fast break. Goaltending on layup (14:36).

 

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11 - Jasper beat baseline on straight line drive from corner, but good help defense and contest on layup (13:57)

 

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12 - Live ball turnover leads to open Brown three point shot in transition. Jasper with a late contest, shot missed (13:30).

 

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13 - Jasper goes over 1-5 ball screen. Moreno in drop coverage, no hedge, no switch. Jasper contests (13:00). Jelavic no box out, Pryor offensive rebound to retain possession. Jelavic contests moving three point shot by Conwell (12:37)

 

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Nice. Keep it up.

 

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14 - Jasper not positioned defensively . Hips pointed away from Conwell. Conwel receives pass and immediate straight line drive. Lowe help and contests missed layup (12:18).

 

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15 - Jelavic and Aberdeen switch on 1-4 screen. Mismatch. Brown straight line drive beats Jelavic. Help by Moreno. Jelavic doesn’t rotate to the 5 who receives pocket pass for dunk (11:51).

 

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Second media timeout. Mostly bad defensive possessions but offense carrying 21-19 lead for UK.

 

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16 - Lowe goes over 1-5 DHO. Garrison in drop coverage. Lowe screened off and can’t make contest. Garrison picks up the 1, which left Lowe on 5. Lowe/Garrison try to switch back, but late switch gives the 5 space for a layup. (11:15).

 

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17 - Live ball turnover leads to Conwell on fast break with full head of steam. Lowe forced to foul layup (10:54).

 

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18 - UK blocked shot leads to 5 on 4 Louisville fastbreak. Wooley gets open layup (10:25).

 

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19 - Wooley turns down a 2-5 ball screen. Chandler gives up hips (expecting ball screen). Straight line drive, but Chandler had speed to recover on drive. Wooley tries to use size in post to create a layup. Chandler smothers the shot, excellent contest (9:49).

 

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20 - Assignment miscommunication between Oweh and Chandler results in wide open corner three by Brown (9:27).

 

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21- 5-1 DHO. Aberdeen goes under. Open deep three by Brown, which misses (late contest by Dioubate). (8:57). Miss leads to loose ball tie-up.

 

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22 - Oweh tries to jump passing lane, gives up back door layup. Conway fouled on layup by Chandler (8:06).

 

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23 - Live ball turnover leads to wide open corner three by Rodgers (7:56). Oweh mismatched, Fru offensive rebound, foul on Oweh (7:53).

TV timeout, Louisville leads 30-22. Possession still retained by Louisville due to offensive rebound and foul.

Dioubate gives up paint position to Khalifa on out of bounds play. Moreno (who was guarding Rodgers the inbounder) switched over to contest as MD falls to the court. Late recovery leads to bite on pumpfake. Easy layup for Khalifa (7:52).

 

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24 - Lowe goes under 1-2 DHO. Gives up three point look by Conwell. Good contest and miss (7:29).

 

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25 - Zoom action series leads to 5-1 DHO. Lowe goes over the screen. Moreno in drop coverage, no help, no hedge. Conwell with step on Lowe receives excellent bounce pass from Khalifa for cutting layup (6:48).

 

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26 - Good contest by Moreno on a turnaround fade by Brown. Brown just makes a tough shot. Good defense, just better offense by Brown (6:16).

 

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27 - 4-1 screen leads to Jelavic and Lowe switch. Lowe mismatch, gets backed down by Hadley into the paint. Oweh providing help side defense. No rotation over by Chandler who probably doesn’t want to help off McNeeley. Oweh is too far from his assignment. Has both feet planted near 3 second arc. Late recovery to Wooley for open corner three (5:45).

 

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28 - Oweh attempt to jump passing lane in rotation, gives up driving lane. Hadley with a layup finish (5:25).

 

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Kentucky timeout down 41-28.

 

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29 - Kentucky missed jumper leads to Louisville transition. Lowe doesn’t pick up Brown. Jelavic tries to intercept the pass unsuccessfully. Way too late rotation help by Oweh. Easy Brown layup (4:52).

 

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30 - Jelavic mismatched on Brown due to Kentucky missed shot, Louisville transition. Jelavic two feet near free throw line, too much gap. Easy three point look for Brown, late contest. Bucket. (4:37).

 

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Film cut out so no footage until 3:55. Kentucky down 46-32. Louisville calls timeout.

 

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31 - Miscommunication about whether to switch on 2-4 DHO between Dioubate and Chandler. MD switched but Chandler didn’t. Mo tries to pick up Brown who has driven to the bucket. Foul to prevent easy bucket for Brown by Mo (3:40).

 

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32 - Deflection on straight line drive by Aberdeen. Chandler was there on help. Excellent defense by both players to create the turnover by Wooley (3:16).

 

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33 - 1-5 screen. Switch by Garrison and Chandler results in Khalifa trying to create post position on Chandler. Chandler jockeys for position, but called for foul (2:58). Louisville retains possession. Brown attempts straight line drive on Garrison. Good positioning by BG who stays between ball and bucket. Nowhere for Brown to go, throws interception to Oweh (2:50).

 

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34 - Ball screen switch Garrison/Chandler. Garrison with excellent contest on McNeeley deep three. (2:32).

 

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35 - 1-5 screen leads to Garrison/Chandler switch. Garrison defending Brown who line drives past him, foul by Mo who attempts steal from help on drive (2:11). Free throw attempts for Brown.

 

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36 - Aberdeen caught too far from assignment, corner to corner pass to weak side. Aberdeen has too much ground to cover and contest a potential corner three by McNeeley, so he jumps to contest off two feet. Shot was faked by McNeeley, who now has open baseline. Help rotation by Lowe but McNeeley already in paint. Good contest by Lowe, but Garrison ball watching doesn’t block out Khalifa who makes put back layup (1:37).

 

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I really wish we could defend the screen like Houston does. I love the trap up top over the screen, usually forces a bad pass and always stops guard penetration. The pass to the roller is also hard to make. We have to use our defense to our advantage and get out in transition.

 

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37 - 5-1 DHO. Lowe gets beat back door by Conwell. Khalifa with a picture perfect pass to the cutting layup but Oweh rotates for a block (00:59.8)

 

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I really wish we could defend the screen like Houston does. I love the trap up top over the screen, usually forces a bad pass and always stops guard penetration. The pass to the roller is also hard to make. We have to use our defense to our advantage and get out in transition.

I completely agree