Saturday, December 12, 2015

Ugly is beautiful

This team is becoming very adept at winning "ugly." In fact, it doesn't seem to matter to them at all if their shots are off or that they are getting pounded on the boards. What they do they do very well, and well enough to compensate for their deficiencies.

What they do well is taking care of the ball, making free throws, and playing very good defense. Not flashy. In fact, the same plain old blue collar basketball that has been identified with the Trojan name over the last few years. Oh, there are some different twists, to be sure. The offense is different, but we still are not scoring baskets in bunches. We just score more than the opponents. When you win, "ugly" is downright beautiful.

One thing that matches up is that "ugly" basketball usually does not have an off night, and so teams who can win that way are more likely to win on the road, where shooting percentages often are lower.

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