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		By: Deepak Jayanti		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;http://rushthecourt.net/2014/12/31/three-takeaways-from-marylands-huge-win-over-michigan-state/comment-page-1/#comment-2422833&quot;&gt;Jeremy&lt;/a&gt;.

Jeremy - Thanks for the note. This isn&#039;t the first time I&#039;ve seen the Terps play. The motion offense may be the fundamental to their offense but based on what I&#039;ve seen, the offense tends to stall at the top of the key with Trimble or Wells until a specific opening develops. I would expect to see a bit more ball movement and more baskets made from assists if the motion offense was really applied. 48.4% of MD&#039;s FG attempts come from assists which isn&#039;t a very high #. On the flip side, 49.4% of their FG attempts result in free-throw attempts which makes sense b/c Trimble and Wells are pretty good at breaking down their defenders in isolation. 

Regarding the so-so defense, I agree that Layman and Trimble rush the opposition quickly and the 0.91 PPP on defense agrees with that observation. However, giving up 76 points to UVA and 73 to ASU indicates that their defense still needs work. And I agree with you that their on-ball defense on Valentine and Trice could have led to the poor shooting too. 

Thanks for reading. Overall, this is an exciting team to watch and I think they&#039;ll do very well in the Big Ten. 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="http://rushthecourt.net/2014/12/31/three-takeaways-from-marylands-huge-win-over-michigan-state/comment-page-1/#comment-2422833">Jeremy</a>.</p>
<p>Jeremy &#8211; Thanks for the note. This isn&#8217;t the first time I&#8217;ve seen the Terps play. The motion offense may be the fundamental to their offense but based on what I&#8217;ve seen, the offense tends to stall at the top of the key with Trimble or Wells until a specific opening develops. I would expect to see a bit more ball movement and more baskets made from assists if the motion offense was really applied. 48.4% of MD&#8217;s FG attempts come from assists which isn&#8217;t a very high #. On the flip side, 49.4% of their FG attempts result in free-throw attempts which makes sense b/c Trimble and Wells are pretty good at breaking down their defenders in isolation. </p>
<p>Regarding the so-so defense, I agree that Layman and Trimble rush the opposition quickly and the 0.91 PPP on defense agrees with that observation. However, giving up 76 points to UVA and 73 to ASU indicates that their defense still needs work. And I agree with you that their on-ball defense on Valentine and Trice could have led to the poor shooting too. </p>
<p>Thanks for reading. Overall, this is an exciting team to watch and I think they&#8217;ll do very well in the Big Ten. </p>
<p>D</p>
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		By: Jeremy		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is this the first time you&#039;ve watched Maryland play?  Two big inaccuracies here - one, they don&#039;t generally depend on isos, in fact their motion offense has been a thing of beauty most of the season including wins over AZ St, Iowa St, and Ok St.  MSU did a great job defending ball screens which forced Trimble and Wells to make plays.  I do agree that Wells will need to figure out how he can mesh with Trimble and Layman - the latter should have seen many more touches.

Second inaccuracy is the &quot;so-so&quot; MD defense.  Whatever you might say about MSU&#039;s poor shooting, a big part of that was the swarming d that allowed very few easy looks over the course of the game.  Also, the defensive efficiency numbers show the Terps to be a very good, if not quite elite, defensive team.  The only thing they don&#039;t do we&#039;ll is force turnovers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is this the first time you&#8217;ve watched Maryland play?  Two big inaccuracies here &#8211; one, they don&#8217;t generally depend on isos, in fact their motion offense has been a thing of beauty most of the season including wins over AZ St, Iowa St, and Ok St.  MSU did a great job defending ball screens which forced Trimble and Wells to make plays.  I do agree that Wells will need to figure out how he can mesh with Trimble and Layman &#8211; the latter should have seen many more touches.</p>
<p>Second inaccuracy is the &#8220;so-so&#8221; MD defense.  Whatever you might say about MSU&#8217;s poor shooting, a big part of that was the swarming d that allowed very few easy looks over the course of the game.  Also, the defensive efficiency numbers show the Terps to be a very good, if not quite elite, defensive team.  The only thing they don&#8217;t do we&#8217;ll is force turnovers.</p>
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