Is this going to be a game where Adou plays a lot, with main duty being defense? How do we slow him down? Dude is good and seems to be on fire. Do we need to show him up, or give him his and try to shut down his team mates?
Dalton Knecht - who guards him?
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I say put Adou on him a lot. Otherwise, maybe Bradshaw and his length could bother him (or Big Z)? They are both athletic enough to step out and guard him. Ugo would likely not work well on him.
Employ the Pistol Pete strategy. Let him have his and shut everyone else down.
We don't have anyone to guard him, so this may be the move. Just let him get his and focus on rebounding - make sure he only gets 1 look.
Ole Cal will devise a plan to shut him down. In CAL WE TRUST!!
Like Chin said the other day (which we didn't do against USC), don't let the irrelevant players become relevant. So what if he goes off? One player isn't going to beat us...We have to makes sure the others don't beat us.
Think you have to start with Adou, and then maybe Sheppard. Definite size advantage for Knecht there but Sheppard could pester the hell out of him. Same with Wagner probably.
The better question is Dalton Knecht who does he guard because his defense sucks as bad as ours does.
To me it’s not so much about who guards him. It’s whether whoever guards him actually sticks to him instead of helping the bigs when Zeigler or whoever drives. Knecht is gonna have a harder time beating us if they can’t kick to him for wide open 3’s. We’ve got our 7-footers back. Let them do their job and quit coming over to help and leaving shooters wide open!
This is the real question. We have a lot of guys that would score just as much as him if the whole offense went through them.
Thiero would be the first one I would try. Bradshaw isn't disciplined enough keep up with him, Z may not be fast enough(lateral quickness) Give Burks a shot at him.
Honestly he will probably get 25+, but the UT guards will give us fits because we won't be able to stay in front of them.
UF has a couple of guys that are Knecht lite so we can get in some practice guarding him.
Honestly he will probably get 25+, but the UT guards will give us fits because we won't be able to stay in front of them.
UF has a couple of guys that are Knecht lite so we can get in some practice guarding him.
Thiero guards him. Knecht is still going to get his 20 points but we need to make sure he doesn't get 30 or 40. He's led UT in scoring in 12 out of 19 games. His points in the last 5 SEC games - 28, 36, 39, 25 and 32. Make everything tough on him, keep their average players average and UK gets the W
I like the idea of Burks. So what if he fouls out. Stick him on him and say do not leave him.
Love Burks but don't want him playing major minutes against a tough opponent with the game still on the line. Just don't think he's close to ready.
That was my thought process as well. Bradshaw would probably foul out in less than 5 trips down the floor.
Whoever it is, they absolutely cannot help off of him. Stay on him, deny him the ball. Make him have to move all day to try to get the ball.
I actually like this idea as well, hadn't thought of it.
If it goes both ways, that would also mean Knecht would have to run around chasing Burks and keeping him off the glass as well. I like that idea a lot. Just toss him out there for a few minutes, see what happens.
John Wooden used to have a thing where in the first 10 minutes of the game, he would play his ENTIRE team pretty much. He would say, "You never know who is going to have 'it' on any given night".
So he would toss everyone out there the first 10 minutes for a few possessions and see who brought it, and see who didn't.
Toss Burks out there for a few possessions, see what he has that day.
Not enough stars by Burks name for Cal to play him.
I would’ve like to have seen how Burks would’ve developed if he was given Edward’s minutes and long leash. Burks is an athletic freak.
Point well taken but it might be worth a look at some point in the game. It is way too off the wall for Cal to even consider anyway
Since we don't have any real, traditional "lock down" defenders (Thiero prolly is the closest), maybe it's Burks....??
Would have to be whatever he's shown in practice, but we'd lose a ton on offense -- he's just not polished at this point.
Put the box around him and let Thiero guard the other 4 UT players.
Saw a stat today on Funchester where Reeves is actually outperforming Knecht in most categories offensively.
If we let one player go off and we contain the rest, while having some semblance of our potent offense back on track, I love our changes Tuesday.
(However, we still have UF in 2 days....)
If we let one player go off and we contain the rest, while having some semblance of our potent offense back on track, I love our changes Tuesday.
(However, we still have UF in 2 days....)
He probably would if Knecht battled him down low but think he prefers to hang around the perimeter and shoot 3s. If he sticks to that, Bradshaw could hopefully get in his face and contest without fouling.
I still think Dilly could shadow him fairly nicely. Maybe a little undersized to do it, but he can sure make it difficult for him to even get the ball.
But putting Adou on him in the same manner would work. Honestly that's what the message should be "Make the rest of these bums score on us, lock Dalton down".
But putting Adou on him in the same manner would work. Honestly that's what the message should be "Make the rest of these bums score on us, lock Dalton down".
"Tighten" the rims, wax the floor, stink bombs and mold in the locker rooms, send UK fans to the hotel and make noise all night, traffic jam to delay the bus getting to Rupp for hours... Did I miss anything?
Do we go full Duke and trip and foul EVERY possession?
Do we go full Duke and trip and foul EVERY possession?
That's the problem with our defense. We switch too much and coaches and teams know this, so they'll just screen until they get the matchup they know they'll get, and voila, Knecht thing you know, he's scoring.
Nothing more frustrating as a scorer than having someone follow you around the court no matter where you're standing.... He'll want to get his, and get very frustrated.
Turn it into a 4 on 4 game.
You laugh but in the past Cal has had tremendous success shutting down individual players. Our issue is then the 2nd and third guy torches us lol
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