BYU vs UMASS Sat Dec 7 @1:30 EST CBS Sports Network

Steve1981 wrote:
UMass fan here and thought BYU was a very good team. Was impressed by the number of fans and families. Financial traveling to Provo is a stretch, but will keep it mind. You have very passionate fans.



Good luck for the rest of the season and hope you take care of the ducks and Gonzaga. Feel you will win at least one.



Take Care and Best Wishes.

Thanks for stopping by and the positive comments. UMass really impressed on Saturday. I think you guys will be in for a fun ride the rest of the season. Best of luck!

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Alphaleonis wrote:
Quick question for someone more BB knowledgable than me. Repeated statements about Haw's poor defense have me wondering: Is it because he is too slow, or because he is too slow? I mean, is he slow as in foot speed, or slow as in mental competency? Either one would surprise me since his dad may have been one of the fastest players to ever play BB for BYU, and he seems to be of at least average intelligence.

He's not slow either way. I think the "blame Haws for our deficiencies" mantra is reactionary and overblown. We'll be on an extended winning streak in early 2014 and all this talk will be shelved until we lose a tough road game to Gonzaga or someone else.

Watch Haws in the zone next time. I can call it just about everytime a team is going to exploit his side of the court when in a half court set.



It's not that he is slow either way, it's he sucks down too far into the key. He'll react to the ball and completely forget the other man. He needs to play the space not the ball so much. If he needs help covering his side he needs to call it out.



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Haws does in fact have very slow first step. I don't know if he's just slow of foot (most likely) or if it's an anticipation issue.

In recent past, Emery got the call to defend the toughest assignment. Ate teams attacking Haes with their best guard and succeeding or just any fool? Haws may look like a much better defender vs more average opponents.



Haws is a scorer. He is not a lock down defender. And yet he gets more than his share of steals and rebounds.



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