Defending the 3 point line

[DenverSooner]

If we are going to complain about bigs and rebounding, I will express my complaint. OU gives up way too many wide open 3 point shots

This is not a good defensive team.

 

[Larry72]

We are a terrible defensive team. Odoms is our best perimeter defender and he is not quick.
Trae could be a very good defender, but Lon tells him to play soft. He has quick hands / feet and is a smart player.

Our lack of quickness is glaring on defense and RB. A rebound can bounce and the other team has 2-3 players fighting for it with no OU player nearby.

 

[Kewllane]

Odoms is our best perimeter defender and he is not quick.

Disagree with you there.

 

[allday92]

With the hand-check rule, I think are perimeter defense is acceptable. Where the breakdowns happen are on multiple screens (Manek just gets lost); Khadeem and Jamuni trying to block every shot into the crowd and getting out of position; and finally, no one giving any effort to box out.

 

[sdcloud9]

The problem is not containing the dribbler compounded by the fact that OU's guards don't rotate when the bigs have to help.

That leads to wide open 3 after wide open 3.