I don’t want to bring back Havoc because I’m not a believer in using the fullcourt press all game. It should be used selectively when the circumstances and the opponent warrants its use. Even in the “best” days of Havoc, we gave up too many easy baskets when teams beat the press and I felt we were often pressing more out of pride than from a strategic standpoint. And when you don’t have Briante Weber, the press just becomes less effective.
I really like the way we play D now. An occasional real press, but often a token press... but always backed up by really good halfcourt defense. Like people have said, we were a top 5-10 defense in the country last season and still didn’t manage to make the NCAA Tournament or even the first or second four out. We need to improve dramatically on offense, even if that means taking a slight step back on defense. I’m hoping Zeb brings us more consistent offense.
There’s nothing really to go on from his very limited time at Michigan. He played a total of 120 minutes (3 full games) of basketball in his 20 appearance there (6 mpg). He shot 5-19 (26.3%) on 3 pointers, 5-17 (29.4%) on 2 pointers, and 4-7 (57.1%) on FTs. His per 40 averages were 9.7 points, 2.7 assists, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 turnovers, and 0.0 steals (he had zero steals in 120 minutes of play). The sample size on all of this is far too small to come to any judgement on either way.
