Without a true “5” on this roster, which isn’t conducive to the way CNO wants to play, we have to rely on great shooting and just out hustling our opponents, ie “that Hard Hat” mentality.
As for officiating, I’ve said it before and will say it again. Players want to know how it’s going to be called and want it called that way the entire time. Idiots like Shows, make it next to impossible possession to possession. Sometimes it’s half to half but Shows disrupts the flow and it changes from one end of the floor to the other. No way that a P5 college basketball game should have 61 fouls called and 85 free throws attempted!
I will say this about our bunch though, they do tend to reach and grab and anchor themselves on the floor instead of moving their feet.