uruloki’s lair

Interestingly, this year seems to be the year for Air Force baskeball. According to CNNSI’s Grant Wahl, “The force is with [the] high-flying Falcons.” This is interesting to me since the entire time I was there, the team never got above .500 for more than two games.

I was talking with another graduate the other day, and he happened to be a recruit for the former coach and didn’t think Scott was doing a good job. He especially didn’t think the Princeton offense could take proper advantage of the the inherent athleticism that training 7,258 above sea level (far, far above West Point or Annapolis) gives a team. However, from the article, one of the prime things about the Falcons is their athleticism:

Misnomer No. 2 about the Princeton offense: it’s solely for plodding, unathletic players. Air Force runs it better, in fact, than any team I’ve seen since Princeton’s Top-10 outfit in 1997-98. Why? Because the Falcons combine the system with absolute go-for-broke backcuts, reliable outside shooting and the ability to create a shot when necessary.

This, combined with a “sticky” man to man defense, has allowed the Falcons to beat teams such as New Mexico, BYU, and Utah. Pretty good huh? So much for players knowing a system. Of course, the problem may have been more one of a personality conflict…

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