What is Mikes offense?

[nwahogfan1]

Is it 4 out with dribble drive with some high post screens?  If it dribble drive shouldn't our players be spread more trying to eliminate help defense when we do dribble penetrate?

[mountainhog]

Yes, our spacing is horrible most of the time.

[Sivad]

It's the "Fastest 40 in Basketball" isn't it?

[Amityvillehogger]

It's what I used to run in the Nintendo game "Double Dribble."

[1h0gl0w]

Sounded like it said "rubble ribble" at the title screen.

[HogBreath]

I'm gonna say Mike's biggest offense is failing to make the dance often enough.  Or stubbornly sticking to his system may be his greater offense.

[LR_Matt]

It's the "Fastest 40 in Basketball" isn't it?

Except it's not....

[hogsanity]

That the question has to be asked is answer enough.

[Jackrabbit Hog]

"Dribble drive":  The fancy name given by Calipari to point guard driving to the basket.

[ishankem]

It's, outrun the opponent to the basket. If you don't, pass it around until someone gets a open shot.

[dsims2k3]

It's, outrun the opponent to the basket. If you don't, pass it around until someone gets a open shot.

That's the goal of transition ball.

[Arazorbackguy1]

Fasterest Forty.

[Hogimus Prime]

It's a motionless offense

[hawgfan4life]

Congrats on a well written OP.  Demonstrated your incredible basketball knowledge, got the intended reactions from fellow critics, and undermined the HC.  Nicely done!

[TeedupHigh]

If Mike can't get his opponent in a "Scramble" game we have no offense, Seriously it's dribble, pass, dribble pass with players running from one side to the other, Don't understand why Kingsly should ever be anywhere but down low in the post! He should be screaming for the ball down low!

[Hogimus Prime]

It is supposed to be a 4 out 1 in motion offense.  Problem is at times it has had parts to make it work. Big like a Portis. Stretch four like Harris or Williams. A swingman/slasher like a Qualls.  Combo guard/shooters like Beard, Macon, Madden, Hannahs and Bell, but the lack of a guard(s) that can take their man off the dribble has killed the offense.  It really needs that can drive and create to get the defense moving to create open shots. Macon, Barford, Beard and to an extent Hannahs can drive but when two to three guys on the floor are not offensive threats it kills the dribble drives. 

[TexomaRazorback]

I think his plan should be to recruit players that don't need coaching (i.e. Qualls/Portis).

[Razorod]

I would like to see us move from three guard to a small forward. We have always seemed to have more success when we've had good small forwards--Ron Huery, Todd Day, Scotty Thurman, Joe Johnson and Michael Qualls. If you want to press and trap and switch on screens, the more height the better.

[Hogimus Prime]

I would like to see us move from three guard to a small forward. We have always seemed to have more success when we've had good small forwards--Ron Huery, Todd Day, Scotty Thurman, Joe Johnson and Michael Qualls. If you want to press and trap and switch on screens, the more height the better.

IMO MA and staff are trying to go that way.  Hall is a 6'7" 3. Garland is a 6'5"-6'6" combo guard.  Mix that in with what the staff is looking at in the 2018 class with Bailey and Jones and I think that is the direction they are trying to go.

[Razorod]

I agree. Unless the player is very, very good, given what Anderson likes to do, he shouldn't recruit many players below 6-3.

[rude1]

I would like to see us move from three guard to a small forward. We have always seemed to have more success when we've had good small forwards--Ron Huery, Todd Day, Scotty Thurman, Joe Johnson and Michael Qualls. If you want to press and trap and switch on screens, the more height the better.

The problem is the options are thin there, not a  single athletic wing that you can play extended minutes, which is the backbone of the press, the athletic wings with the wing span that makes the passes out of the traps difficult and the speed to recover once the pass comes out. This is why it is pointless in us pressing, we aren't turning anyone over and we aren't speeding anyone up. Also at our best we got offense from that wing position too with guys with the size to shoot over the top or get to the rim if you came out.

[Hogimus Prime]

I agree. Unless the player is very, very good, given what Anderson likes to do, he shouldn't recruit many players below 6-3.

True. The 2018 class does have Joe and Sills that are around 6'2"-6'3" if I remember, but everyone else signed or committed from 2017-18 is 6'6" or taller and athletic.

[Razorod]

The problem is the options are thin there, not a  single athletic wing that you can play extended minutes, which is the backbone of the press, the athletic wings with the wing span that makes the passes out of the traps difficult and the speed to recover once the pass comes out. This is why it is pointless in us pressing, we aren't turning anyone over and we aren't speeding anyone up. Also at our best we got offense from that wing position too with guys with the size to shoot over the top or get to the rim if you came out.

Yeah. We're stuck this year. CJ Jones is our tallest option for the three spot and Anderson is still wary of using him too much.

[rude1]

Yeah. We're stuck this year. CJ Jones is our tallest option for the three spot and Anderson is still wary of using him too much.

Which I still don't understand. Has shot it well when he has been allowed to play.

[Hogimus Prime]

Which I still don't understand. Has shot it well when he has been allowed to play.

I don't get it either.  MA has put Cook and Bailey on the floor at the sametime with a big. That gave the Hogs some more size at the 3.

[rude1]

I don't get it either.  MA has put Cook and Bailey on the floor at the sametime with a big. That gave the Hogs some more size at the 3.

That gives more size, but Bailey is really limited on what he can give you and Cook has not range to his shot. You might gain something defensively with that lineup but you lose a lot offensively.

[Hogimus Prime]

That gives more size, but Bailey is really limited on what he can give you and Cook has not range to his shot. You might gain something defensively with that lineup but you lose a lot offensively.

I'd rather have one of those two at the 3 than say Watkins. 

[rude1]

I'd rather have one of those two at the 3 than say Watkins. 

Agreed. I would rather have CJ, but since he shoots it to well to play, I would have to go with Cook.

[Biggus Piggus]

Fastest PE in basketball.

[WorfHog]

I think his plan should be to recruit players that don't need coaching (i.e. Qualls/Portis).

Lol do you remember what Qualls looks like as a Freshman vs a Junior?

[rzrbackramsfan]

I think it's the same offense as Missouri had when they were tearing it up with CMA.

[Biggus Piggus]

Lol do you remember what Qualls looks like as a Freshman vs a Junior?

No freaking joke. Qualls was a great example of a player who was coached way beyond his high school game.

[mbgrulz]

I think it's the same offense as Missouri had when they were tearing it up with CMA.

Exactly!

Look, if you're looking for better X & O coaching staffs, you won't have to look very hard...but to act like they have no clue what they are doing is either stupid, or you just don't like CMA. The absolute bottom line is that we need to keep upgrading our roster. UF and Minnesota both had much better rosters than us.

My biggest complaint right now is that we don't seem to have recruited plus athletes. It's tough to get the game to the level we want it with guys who are average or worse in terms of quickness.

[hogsanity]

Exactly!

Look, if you're looking for better X & O coaching staffs, you won't have to look very hard...but to act like they have no clue what they are doing is either stupid, or you just don't like CMA. The absolute bottom line is that we need to keep upgrading our roster. UF and Minnesota both had much better rosters than us.

My biggest complaint right now is that we don't seem to have recruited plus athletes. It's tough to get the game to the level we want it with guys who are average or worse in terms of quickness.

Mike needs athletes that can also play ball, meanwhile, most successful basketball programs recruit basketball players that are also athletic. And yes there is a big difference in the two types.

[Boss Hog in the Arkansas]

fastest forty...seconds left on the clock

[Letsroll1200]

Lol do you remember what Qualls looks like as a Freshman vs a Junior?

I would add Moses Kingsley to that also

[Hoggish1]

Clearly its: run around and see who's open then shoot it yourself.  By hey 12-2 ain't bad...  Meanwhile opposing coaches are shouting instructions and drawing up plays on their little blackboards...  Dumbassses

[Knot2brite]

I didn't see the game tonight ( I recorded it) but from what I have read tonight whatever his offense is better run through Macon.

[rzrbackramsfan]

Clearly its: run around and see who's open then shoot it yourself.  By hey 12-2 ain't bad...  Meanwhile opposing coaches are shouting instructions and drawing up plays on their little blackboards...  Dumbassses

Funny but in MA's defense: so many times basketball is about not sucking and not getting punked. 

[PonderinHog]

It looked good in transition tonight.  Started shaky in half court, but actually got a little better as the game went on.  That 10-0 run at the end of the first half was all transition points, pretty sure, and couldn't have come at a better time.

[1hawgballer2]

I'm gonna say Mike's biggest offense is failing to make the dance often enough.  Or stubbornly sticking to his system may be his greater offense.

Response - you do know he was brought back to continue nolan's style of basketball

[hogsmash12]

Exactly!

Look, if you're looking for better X & O coaching staffs, you won't have to look very hard...but to act like they have no clue what they are doing is either stupid, or you just don't like CMA. The absolute bottom line is that we need to keep upgrading our roster. UF and Minnesota both had much better rosters than us.

My biggest complaint right now is that we don't seem to have recruited plus athletes. It's tough to get the game to the level we want it with guys who are average or worse in terms of quickness.

BINGO!

[hogsmash12]

Funny but in MA's defense: so many times basketball is about not sucking and not getting punked. 

AND BINGO!

[ShadowHawg]

Is it 4 out with dribble drive with some high post screens?  If it dribble drive shouldn't our players be spread more trying to eliminate help defense when we do dribble penetrate?

Really not sure why so many people whine about the offense.

We are currently 41st in the nation in offensive efficiency. That puts us ahead of Florida, Oregon, Arizona, Louisville, etc.

Of course ball movement and off ball player movement could be better, but it's pretty obvious that what we are doing is panning out at a much higher rate than some here think.

[Pork Twain]

If MA's teams are not scoring in transition, they are sometimes very hard to watch.  That is the one area he is nothing like Nolan in.

[poloprince]

Really not sure why so many people whine about the offense.

We are currently 41st in the nation in offensive efficiency. That puts us ahead of Florida, Oregon, Arizona, Louisville, etc.

Of course ball movement and off ball player movement could be better, but it's pretty obvious that what we are doing is panning out at a much higher rate than some here think.

They won't ever get it. Some tend to think that half court offensive issues only occur at Ark. It's a college baaketball issue, hence the rule changes to speed up the game and see more scoring.

[Biggus Piggus]

Really not sure why so many people whine about the offense.

We are currently 41st in the nation in offensive efficiency. That puts us ahead of Florida, Oregon, Arizona, Louisville, etc.

Of course ball movement and off ball player movement could be better, but it's pretty obvious that what we are doing is panning out at a much higher rate than some here think.

We're 30th in unadjusted offensive efficiency -- the actual numbers. And 33rd when adjusted for schedule strength. Those are the Pomeroy numbers as of last night.

The part that bugs me about his system is that it has a schedule-strength adjustment for tempo -- possessions per game. I'm skeptical about whether this makes any sense. If you change the tempo number, you change the denominator in all of the per-possession calculations.

Almost everybody's tempo is adjusted downward (except for 26 teams), as though it's a mean-reversion adjustment or something.

This season, Arkansas's offensive efficiency is enhanced by three factors:

* Strong offensive rebounding, which extends possessions and creates easy shots.
* A high number of free throw chances per possession.
* The team's 78% free throw shooting, which is impeccable.

Efficiency would be even better if the Hogs could raise their 2-point shooting accuracy, or get more threes without affecting their 37% accuracy, or reduce turnovers.

Fans pick on the offense because of how often Arkansas fails to create good shots in the flow of the offense. Kingsley's only making 45% of his 2-pt attempts. Barford, Thomas and Cook also are 43-48%.

[Youngsta71701]

I'm sure all of you Hogvillians know how to run an offense better than Coach Anderson...

It's called a motion offense by the way. The players have to read and react to what the defense is doing.

[bvillepig]

We're 30th in unadjusted offensive efficiency -- the actual numbers. And 33rd when adjusted for schedule strength. Those are the Pomeroy numbers as of last night.

The part that bugs me about his system is that it has a schedule-strength adjustment for tempo -- possessions per game. I'm skeptical about whether this makes any sense. If you change the tempo number, you change the denominator in all of the per-possession calculations.

Almost everybody's tempo is adjusted downward (except for 26 teams), as though it's a mean-reversion adjustment or something.

This season, Arkansas's offensive efficiency is enhanced by three factors:

* Strong offensive rebounding, which extends possessions and creates easy shots.
* A high number of free throw chances per possession.
* The team's 78% free throw shooting, which is impeccable.

Efficiency would be even better if the Hogs could raise their 2-point shooting accuracy, or get more threes without affecting their 37% accuracy, or reduce turnovers.

Fans pick on the offense because of how often Arkansas fails to create good shots in the flow of the offense. Kingsley's only making 45% of his 2-pt attempts. Barford, Thomas and Cook also are 43-48%.

Biggus thats the one thing that frustrates me most.  We are getting point blank shots for the most part in this offense from Barford, Kingsley, and Cook. Should be making 48-55 from there.   

[poloprince]

Layups, freethrows, and a handful of mid range jumpers and 3's  :razorback: