You can, and we have, debate the finer points of Xavier’s three point clangfest against Villanova. What no one disagrees with, though, is that Xavier needs to make an effort to get effective post players more involved in the game. Against Colorado Rashid Gaston went for 14/11/0 but had to generate three of his eight attempts by grabbing an offensive rebound. Against Villanova Sean O’Mara couldn’t be stopped when he got the ball on the blocks. Unfortunately, he generated every single one of his shot attempts with an offensive rebound. Jacking threes is great fun and isn’t always the problem, but effective post players need the ball.
Roster(de)bating: How to feed the post?
