... an uptempo team has resulted in exactly a half point more fastbreak points per-game than last year. Yea you read that ... Wolves had in the preseason is now gone with them attempting more and more to run the triangle offense and the open shots it can create as opposed to driving ... young team early in a season that has a new everything (players, coaches, gm) and a difficult new offense to learn to boot, ...

... stellar defensive effort. The problem Wednesday night was the offense, which sputtered to a halt for more than seven minutes in the second quarter. Traditionally a ... 18 times. Those miscues allowed the Mavs to win the fastbreak points battle 18-7. Parker ... Mason Jr.’s role? Starting might allow him to get in an early groove. Or maybe Keith Bogans, already proving his value as a dedicated ...

... the offensive glass), hit 10 more free throws, and finished +16 in both fastbreak points and points in the paint. But Jason Terry's 17-foot ... and a group of committed roleplayers who were willing to kill themselves on defense while sacrificing shots on offense. Do you think Iggy wants to be "The Other A.I." again? Do you think Brand wants to be even less involved in the offense? Me ...

... in their tournament opener Thursday. "It's still early, but it did let us know that we've got a ways to go and that we probably wasn't the Top-15 team in ... Douglass made a long jumper, Harris then scored on the fastbreak to give Michigan a 66-65 lead. & ... three tournament games. "I don't think the timing of our offense was real good," Beilein said. "They ...

... to be K.C. Jones' proudest moment of the early season. After all, this is where Jones was unceremoniously dumped after compiling a .630 ... the first quarter) scored 6 of the 10 on a drive, a fastbreak layup and a jumper from the left corner. Bird capped the ... , his fourth consecutive conversion. "In the first half, we got our offense going and we played good defense," said Bird. " ...

... leads the Friars with 14 points. Alabama scored the game's opening five points but the Friar offense kicked into gear mainly do to an early flurry by Greedy Peterson. Duke Mondy hit PC&# ... then banged home a 3-point shot. A Alabama turnover led to a fastbreak that ended with Peterson gliding to the rim with a nice finger-roll finish. That ...

... the shots aren't falling and even though Charlotte's offense has looked better since the Stephen Jackson trade the Bobcats aren ... . Felton kept Arenas out of the paint and had a hand in his face on early pull up jumper. Diaw and at times Wallace made ... will concede to a career 40 percent shooter. A saw another fastbreak pass from Felton that he didn't even attempt in the first 10 games ...