A losing season last yr and opposition teams are going to progressively study game tape this yr as to how to squeeze UCLA when the Bruins struggle in their halfcourt sets on O.
But, let’s be balanced. CMC has put an elite D product on the court and his rotation guys commendably play hard for him all 40 mins.
That said, the O vulnerability will undoubtedly re-surface. Sure, if you couple solid shooting from the arc, with decent FT shooting and that elite D, we’re a tuff out. But, we are prone to cold spells in both our 3 pt shooting and our FTs, which leaves us looking like beached whales in our halfcourt sets on O since CMC runs very few set plays inside the arc reducing us to isos and perimeter weaves.
No surprise we’re falling into myriad close games as we haven’t got that breakaway gear on O and it doesn’t look like we’ll be able to reinvent THAT wheel.