In Reply to: Re: UCLA's offense vs. defense posted by barrya on January 10, 2025 at 12:41:32
trouble because he's having to defend 7 footers. Looks to me like Bilo got his 4th foul at the 10:30 mark. At that time we were up by one. Bilo is our leading scorer, second leading rebounder, and is shooting over 40% on 3's.
Putting that guy at risk of foul trouble is dangerous. And, having a 6'7" guy defending 7 footers, he's going to be in foul trouble.
There are a lot of problems with the roster. But, maybe one of them is redshirting the Williams guy that is 6'11" (I forget which one that is). Ya, Williams is a beanpole that can't defend the post for extended periods. But, maybe he would provide spot minutes so that we're not stuck with either Bilo or Mara as the 5.
And, it's crazy (for some reason this is just dawning on me) that Bilo won't play one minute this season as anything other than a 5, because the only other 5 is Mara, and Cronin won't put Mara and Bilo on the floor at the same time.