Dalton Knecht - who guards him?

[TCurtis75]

I would try Dillingham on him

Rob might be successful on the perimeter but Knecht is 3 inches taller so if he posted up, that would be a bit of a challenge.

 

[bucsrule8872]

I would try Dillingham on him

He’s too strong for Dillingham.

 

[bucsrule8872]

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.

This.

 

[Fox2monk]

Employ the Pistol Pete strategy. Let him have his and shut everyone else down.

That would be my strategy.

 

[BobbyBlue32]

Fun fact, Antonio Reeves has been better this year.

 

[docholiday51]

Call in these guys

So go full John Chaney and send in the goons, or was that Lon Chaney?

 

[BBNinSC]

Our lineup is much more of a match up problem for Tennessee.

 

[CincinnatiWildcat]

Best defense on him would be for us to play a three guard lineup so he is matched up with Reeves chasing him around on defense all night.

 

[twindaddy2003+1]

Would be nice if we could get some of that sec home cooking that a the other teams get. You know 2 quick fouls on knecht would be great but we are not lucky enough for that we get jobbed at home by the refs almost as much as on the road.

 

[CatPhight]

I would try the cock-a doodle-doo defense USC Jr. deployed on us...

 

[Boyd94]

Send in Burks, Hart and Canada to ruffle his feathers.

 

[$Z71$]

First team to 85 wins.

 

[Haggin_Hall_1983]

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?

 

[Haggin_Hall_1983]

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?

Does anyone else remember the junk defense that Bob Knight used against UNC and Michael Jordon in the 1984 NCAA Tournament? He had Dan Dakich absolutely plaster himself all over Jordon, and Michael could hardly even get a pass.

 

[JonathanW]

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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.

Our guys help too much, thst is big reason give up so many open 3’s

 

[JonathanW]

Put Reeves on him, and he probably goes on Reeves. Both put up 30.

 

[Mike-McD]

What's everybody so upset about? I remember a while back we defended this guy Tim Duncan, you might have heard of him. We took on his team in the tournament and basically shut Duncan dow-

Oh, that was Pitino. F--- it, never mind.

 

[triadaz]

Best defense on him is sitting on the bench.
Switch so he has to guard Dilly. Pick up a couple quick fouls.....
Or run him into some screens. As Shaq says " touch him up a bit"

 

[TNCatfanforever]

The better question is Dalton Knecht who does he guard because his defense sucks as bad as ours does.

True but if he gets 30+ we lose because they have lots of weapons

 

[cats#1again]

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 game depends on how the refs call it. If they let them beat us up, we lose. If they call fouls when a guy bumps our driver off his line, then we may be ok

 

[ArtLaibsGhost]

So go full John Chaney and send in the goons, or was that Lon Chaney?

You have a point here. Use Thiero, Wagner, Reed and Reeves alternately and tell them to foul him. Push him and put a body on him at all times. Alternate them so we have enough fouls available

 

[Creed Bratton]

True but if he gets 30+ we lose because they have lots of weapons

That is true...if only we had a lot of weapons too.

 

[dl51344]

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.

I would play 2 bigs. One of the bigs would do nothing but shadow him, Bradshaw or Big Z. There are 10 fouls to use on him alone. You got them then use them.

 

[TNCatfanforever]

That is true...if only we had a lot of weapons too.

UT has the best defensive team we will play. Barnes has Cals number and our high powered offense has averaged about 58 pts the last 2 games.

 

[Creed Bratton]

I agree that Barnes has Cal's number. The only way our team defense will get better is if Cal changes his scheme to compensate for the lack of individual defensive skills.

 

[Tampa_cat54]

I agree that Barnes has Cal's number. The only way our team defense will get better is if Cal changes his scheme to compensate for the lack of individual defensive skills.

I understand this because of the overall picture, but we swept Tennessee last season and we have won 4 of the last 5 regular season matchups with Tennessee, all 4 of which, Tennessee was ranked in the Top-25, and last season, both wins over Tennessee were with them ranked in the Top-10.