Due Date: Tuesday, April 22nd
March Madness is in full swing and both the men' s and women's teams are down to the final four teams left. On the men's side, Florida will be taking on UConn this Saturday, April 5th at 6pm, following this game Kentucky will be playing Wisconsin. On the women's side, Maryland will be playing Notre Dame on this Sunday April 6th at 6:30 with Stanford playing UConn after. Your assignment is to watch at least one half of one of these games and answer the following questions:
1. Which game did you watch?
2. What was the final score? Who won?
3. What defense did each team play?
4. What were three skills or concepts that the winning team did successfully throughout the game?
5. What were 2 skills or stategies that you observed that you could improve on or would help your
your team in class?
Please remember to put your name on your Blog. Also, if you miss the games when they are on tv, just go to youtube and you can find them.
27 comments:
1. UCONN VS FLORIDA
2. UCONN won 63-53
3. They both were in Man to Man defense
4. They pick and rolled very well, they had good ball movement and many assists, and they played amazing defense holding Florida to their season low 53 points.
5. My team in class could pick and roll more often and we need to move the ball around more and faster
Patrick Cornelius
George Mikalis Pd. 7
1. Kentucky vs.Wisconsin
2. 74-73 Kentucky
3. They both played a man to man
4. Driving to the basket, shooting the outside shot well, and shutting down Wisconsin's big man on the interior
5. Shooting a lot more inside shots, and talking on defense would be 2 things that would help our team in class
1) Wisconsin v. Kentucky
2) 74-73 Kentucky
3) Man to man or zone
4) Rebounding, paint scoring, free throws
5) Cutting and more paint scoring
Zach Schneider
Ben Summers-Berger
1. I watched the mens championship game
2. UConn won 60-54
3. UConn played man and so did Kentucky, but Kentucky mixed in some zone
4. Pressured the ball on defense and made free throws
5. I would like to improve my defense like the UConn guards and my leaping ability like Alex Poythress.
1. Maryland vs Notre Dame
2. 61-87 ND won
3. MD played man and ND played zone
4. They had good ball movement and good open shots
5. Setting picks and better passes
-Sayan Basu
1. Mens Championship,
Kentucky vs UConn.
2. 60-54, UConn won.
3. Both UConn and Kentucky, ran a 2-3 zone and a man-to-man defense at one point durring the game.
4. a) Made Freethrows
b) Box Out/Rebounding
c) Made important shots
5. Well I already make feethrows and clutch shots, but rebounding is always something that my team and I can work on to improve our game.
-Zack Thompson
1. Mens Championship,
Kentucky vs UConn.
2. 60-54, UConn won.
3. Both UConn and Kentucky, ran a 2-3 zone and a man-to-man defense at one point durring the game.
4. a) Made Freethrows
b) Box Out/Rebounding
c) Made important shots
5. Freethrows are the most important part of basketball and you can never be too good at rebounding, unless you're me! :)
Isaiah Lyons :)
1 U.Conn vs Kentucky
2. U.Conn 60-54
3. U.Conn didnt let Kentucky get in the paint to score. Kentucky missed shots and had alot of turnovers.
4 Free Throws, Rebounds, Great defense
5 Must make free throws and be there for rebounds.
Shayna Golfer
Rojin Ebrahimi.
1)Florida vs. Uconn.
2)63-53,UConn won.
3)UConn played:deffense.
Florida:perimiter attack.
4)1-rebounds.
2-they made alot of 3-pointers.
3-Florida had a bad offence,and "didnt remain in the zone look".
5)1-try to make as many 3-pointers as possible to double up our score.
2-get more of the rebounds.
1. Kentucky vs UConn- Championship
2. 60-54 Uconn got the W
3. Both teams ran a 2-3 zone and also man-to-man defense.
4. Coming off the screens, Rebounding, Made important shots wheb time ran down.
5. Making my freethrows would be a big part and working on our inside game.
-Naveen Paul
Per. 7
1 U.Conn vs Kentucky
2. U.Conn 60-54
3. U.Conn played great defense and applied pressure on the ball
4 Free Throws and Great defense
5 free throws to get a better advantage
Donovan Porter
1. UConn vs. Florida
2. UConn won 63-53
3. Both UConn and Florida played a man to man defense
4. Attacked the basket, very strong defense, and fast-tempo offense
5. My team could shoot more mid-range jump shots and set more picks
Brett Rudden
Kentucky Vs Wisconsin
74-73 Kentucky
man to man
played good interior defense, drove to the basket, and rebounding
Better rebounding and better defense in general would help my team
Taylor Schneider
1.) I watched UConn vs. Kentucky
2.) The score was 60-54, UConn won
3.) UConn and Kentucky played man, but Kentucky played a little bit of zone
4.) UConn played really good defense, made baskets, and finished well
5.) I think scoring more and playing better defense would help my team
-Rahul Roy
Kierra Johnson 7
1. I watched the MD vs. Notre Dame
2. 61-87
3. MD-man I think Notre Dame played zone trap toward the beginning and then zone.
4. Notre Dame was crashing the offensive glass, moving the ball well, and pushing fast break oppertunities.
5. I feel like if we rotated sooner on defense and drive to create open shots then we would be sucessful.
1. Wisconsin vs. Kentucky
2. 74-73 Kentucky
3. Both played man to man
4. Rebounding, outside shots and defense
5. cutting and making inside shots
Noah Epstein
1.Kentucky VS. Wisconsin
2.74:73 Kentucky won
3.Both of them played man to man. Barely no team work in the game.
4.Limitted Wisconsin's center; did well under the basket and used all their personal skills.
5.......Not in yet......
Leo Song
1.Kentucky vs Wisconson
2. Kentucky won 74-73
3.played man to man defense
4.rebounding, driving, and freethrows
5.rebounding and cutting more
Quinn Gale
1. Florida v UConn
2. 63-53 - Florida
3. They both played man to man defense
4. They played very good defense, they made lots of three pointers, and they had good ball movement
5. Making more rebounds and passing the ball more often would improve our team well
Sean Liang
1: UCONN vs Flora
2: UCONN won 63-53
3: Both man to ma
4: UCONN had great defense and ball movement to keep their lead above Florida.
5:. My team is very good at scoring and passing the ball but we could use better rebounding
Alexander Kristiansen
1.Kentucky V. Wisconsin
2.74-73 Kentucky won
3.they switched throughout, but mostly they played man to man
4. they drove really well and shot amazing outside. This made it so Wisconsin had to guard tight everywhere on the floor, which tired them out more. They also played petty good D overall.
5. driving, moving without the ball and playing better D.
Will Sherman
Liam Harrington
1. Kentucky vs.Wisconsin
2. 74-73 Kentucky
3. Man to man for both teams
4. Rebounding, driving and freethrows
5. My team could work on rebounding and outside shots
1kentucky uconn
2uconn won 60-54
3Both played man some zone
4Rebouding 3 point shot and hustle
5my team could hustle alot more which will lead to more rebounds and shots
Diontae Wilson
1) I watched Wisconsin vs Kentucky
2) Kentucky won 74-73
3) Both teams played man to man most of the time
4) They rebounded well, shot from midrange and outside well, and could successfully drive to the basket
5) Two skills would be rebounding and defense
-Robby Severynse
1. UCONN VS FLORIDA
2. UCONN 63-53
3. both were in Man to Man defense
4. They pick and rolled very well, they had good ball movement and had many assists.
5. My team in class could play better defense
Andrew Troxell
Michael kolodin
1. Kentucky vs.Wisconsin
2. 74-73 Kentucky
3. They both played a man to man
4. Driving to the basket, shooting the outside shot well, and shutting down Wisconsin's big man on the interior
5. Shooting a lot more inside shots, and talking on defense would be 2 things that would help our team in class
1. Mens Championship,
Kentucky vs UConn.
2. 60-54, UConn won.
3. Both UConn and Kentucky, ran a 2-3 zone and a man-to-man defense at one point durring the game.
4. a) Made Freethrows
b) Box Out/Rebounding
c) Made important shots
5. my team could probably shoot more inside the paint and go for more rebounds. we were pretty lazy
Haley Zmuda
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