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FTAG 2000 said:

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And a lot more postseason skins on the wall.

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For sure. What's interesting about Hurley is it took him 5 seasons at UCONN to get his first win in the ncaa tourney. And since that first win he hasn't lost an ncaa tournament game

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Compare is already DOA as Hurley won it all in year 5. Not just round 1.

It may sound like Buzz but is Buzz not offering a boat load of offers from the TP?
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AgEfan said:

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Gap said:

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MarcAg said:

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FTAG 2000 said:

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And a lot more postseason skins on the wall.

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For sure. What's interesting about Hurley is it took him 5 seasons at UCONN to get his first win in the ncaa tourney. And since that first win he hasn't lost an ncaa tournament game

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Compare is already DOA as Hurley won it all in year 5. Not just round 1.

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Hence the fact that he said Hurley hasn't lost since. I don't think his post was trying to compare to Buzz. I took it simply as once it clicked it really clicked.

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This is correct. I was not trying to say Buzz can do at A&M what Hurley has done at UCONN. Just simply pointing out what Hurley has done, but I can see how Gap took it that way with OP saying Hurley sounds like Buzz.

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MarcAg said:

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Correct. I'm just saying you can find good offensive players who also want to play defense and are tough. The game is turning more offensive every year

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MarcAg said:

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Correct. I'm just saying you can find good offensive players who also want to play defense and are tough. The game is turning more offensive every year

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Bingo. You have to put together a team that can pressure all five spots on offensive end.

Hurley is still prioritizing toughness and defense. UCONN was an elite defensive team. It is just they can also shoot too. Basically Hurley prioritized everything

Great coaches adapt to a changing game. I'm a big fan of Buzz but it's OK to say we need more pure shooters on this team. I'm not sure we have that on campus. I hope he adapts and takes the program to the next level.

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Hurley is still prioritizing toughness and defense. UCONN was an elite defensive team. It is just they can also shoot too. Basically Hurley prioritized everything

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It's easier to teach a kid to be tough than to shoot.

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I've posted this before, but seems relevant to this thread and talk of Hurley and his philosophies.

After losing to New Mexico State in the NCAA tourney a few years ago, Dan Hurley changed his entire approach. Instead of going with toughness and defense, he decided to prioritize shooting.

UConn 7-of-9 from 3 tonight against Gonzaga.

"We've got shooters all over the place,"…

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) December 16, 2023

I think Buzz can still prioritize toughness and defense, but you can't do it at the expense of offense.

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I think Buzz, Kennedy, Turgeon, and Gillispie prioritized defense because they had to at A&M. Gillispie and Kennedy talked about scoring under 7 seconds. Buzz actually accomplished it on occasion this year but it exposed shooting consistency issues across the team. He defended that with an emphasis on orebs.

Garcia as a modern Rodman opened up Buzz's offense and allowed his teammates to loosen up.

They need to play how they did in the SEC tournament and Round 1 of the NCAA tournament and improve the defense a little. Having Manny figure it out helped us play like that. I think it is also immensely helpful to how Wade plays. Gives him more open looks and be shoots better.

In reply to scd88 Agreed, but Buzz has fielded shooting teams before at VaTech and they were a bucket from beating Duke for an elite 8 berth. All that just to say that he's demonstrated before the value of shooting in his system.

Even one guy who could consistently nail the corner 3 would expand so much in our offense

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Agreed, but Buzz has fielded shooting teams before at VaTech and they were a bucket from beating Duke for an elite 8 berth. All that just to say that he's demonstrated before the value of shooting in his system.

Even one guy who could consistently nail the corner 3 would expand so much in our offense

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I think Jace was supposed to be that guy but he hasn't got there, at least not yet.

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MarcAg said:

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Pumpkinhead said:

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Hurley is still prioritizing toughness and defense. UCONN was an elite defensive team. It is just they can also shoot too. Basically Hurley prioritized everything

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It's easier to teach a kid to be tough than to shoot.

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There's probably got to be a little of each and then you improve year over year - the catch would be keeping in them in your program before they transfer elsewhere.

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“Have they played on 7 different travel teams? Have they transferred to 4 or 5 different high schools?

The wrong type of people in the inner circle around your players will sink your program.”

Dan Hurley on what he looks for in parents when recruitingpic.twitter.com/XPirY4qHxp

— Jon Tweets Sports (@jontweetssports) April 9, 2024

Maybe without the OCD and with more NIL.

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Only thing slowing Buzz down is NIL. Sad that A&M with $275M annual AD revenue and BMAs galore can't fix this.

Talent is available and we have a coach who can win with it. Hopefully we figure it out.

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MarcAg said:

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I've posted this before, but seems relevant to this thread and talk of Hurley and his philosophies.

After losing to New Mexico State in the NCAA tourney a few years ago, Dan Hurley changed his entire approach. Instead of going with toughness and defense, he decided to prioritize shooting.

UConn 7-of-9 from 3 tonight against Gonzaga.

"We've got shooters all over the place,"…

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) December 16, 2023

I think Buzz can still prioritize toughness and defense, but you can't do it at the expense of offense.

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There are lots of ways to play the game. We weren't great shooters this year, for example, but in terms of offensive efficiency compared to the rest of the country we were better this year on offense than any year since 2007 and possibly even our second best offense all time.

In the "only two games that mattered" (wink according to some) we scored damn near 200 points and one of those games was against the best defense in the country.

Recruit athletic shooters. It's not complicated. A&m has prioritized only the first part in recruiting. When hef is your starting designated spot up guy heading into the season, you've failed in building a roster for the modern game.