Quick scouting report of Troy

[billoliver40]

Don't overlook, underestimate or look past ANY team in this thing.

 

[Rideordiewildcat]

Death to Troy

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

If Kentucky can get past them somehow, I consider that a successful season after what we had to deal with Calipari.

Get into the second weekend would be icing on the cake.

23 to 24 wins in Pope's first year is about as good as you can expect, given the injuries this season.

I'm really optimistic about the future.

 

[catfan220]

I'll preface by saying I have only watch 1 game of theirs this year and they lost to Arkansas. That game was much closer than the score indicates. Troy was in it until around the 10 minute mark. Anyway, this is a quick scouting report...

Record 23-10 (13-5 Sun Belt)
They were a 3 seed in their conference tournament. Won 3 games to claim the championship.
Starters-
1Thomas Dowd, F, Soph, 6'8" 225
Min- 25.2pts- 9.8 rebs- 6.8 ast- 1.0
2Marcus Rigsby, G, Junior, 6'3" 203
Min- 21.5 pts- 6.9 rebs- 2.8 ast- 1.7
4Myles Rigsby, F, Soph, 6'6" 190
Min- 28.0 pts- 12.0 rebs- 4.0 ast- 1.4
12Tayton Conerway, G, Senior, 6'3" 186
Min- 30.3 pts- 14.3 rebs- 4.6 ast- 4.8
15Jackson Fields, F, Junior 6'8" 210
Min- 21.7 pts- 7.9 rebs- 4.7 ast- 0.6

Conerway, averages nearly 3 steals a game. won the Sun Belt MOP
Dowd was on the all tournament team.

This is their 3rd tournament appearance, their first since 2017. They have yet to win a game.

Defense is their strong suit. They are in the top 50 in the country in defensive field goal percentage, points allowed, blocks, steals, rebounding, and total field goals made.

They 0-2 vs AP top 25 teams.
L vs #18 Arkansas 49-65
L vs #15 Houston 42-62

Per ESPN overview:
Troy doesn't dazzle offensively: they're among the worst in the tournament in 3 point shooting (30%) and turnover rate (19%). However, they make up for it by being one of the best in the country at offensive rebounding rate and with a strong defense that forces opponents into mistakes.

They were in a four way tie for co-champs in the Sun Belt conference standings (which is kind of funny), so the 3rd seed in the conference tournament is a little misleading.

 

[AJG-15]

So far this Kentucky lost all the games against from the state of Alabama…..maybe one of guys can prove to be Ulysses and one Achilles and defeat the Trojans…..

They have a former juco player that’s pretty good. They defense is good, rebounding is good and they can slow down the game ….
I think we should win this one.

 

[AJG-15]

Starting line up :

Marcus Rigsby Jr 6’3
T. Conerway 6”3 sr best player of conference , can score, assist, steal , rebound….former juco player
M Rigsby so 6”6 - younger brother of Marcus, good athlete average 12 pts , 4 rebounds a game…
Dowd - 6’8 sophomore , white guy , can shoot the 3 if open
Fields 6’ 8 a junior athletic, doesn’t take many 3# but he can score if let open…

Campbell and Bellamy good subs both shooting 36 37 % from 3 give them lift from bench as well Seng and Valdez.


They go 11 deep and they are running pretty good, Now that I am watching this will not be an easy matchup.

Our game plan should be go inside , force double team then go outside. If we run our typical offense we might let them hang too much and they can become dangerous…. They are a very confident team right now.

 

[AJG-15]

Watch the last 6 minute against Arkansas State in the title game. They blow a decent lead , Arkansas state was up by 2 points, after that was some back and forth, and it seems that they Troy turn it up another level….

Their guards and bigs work well togeTher and understand spacing….. this will be a hard game for us.




They don’t keep concentration at high level all game. We need to jump on them early and don’t give him any hope.they can be a dangerous team . They enough and athletes to hang with us if we allow them.


Pound them inside and open up the 3.

 

[pauled]

The Cats should feast in the paint, we are bigger at every position. Carr should have his way in the lane.

 

[The-Hack]

I found this out about Troy

Troy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Then I suggest we build a large wooden Thoroughbred Horse . . . .

Pull Tom Leach, and find a guy named “Homer” to call it.

[Somebody had to say it].

 

[WildmanWilson]

Thus is a scrimmage game for us on Friday.

Should be well rested for Sunday. 👍🏀

This is the exact thinking that gets you smoked. It’s why I say to show them the other game(s) that were supposed to be “scrimmage” games.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

This is the exact thinking that gets you smoked. It’s why I say to show them the other game(s) that were supposed to be “scrimmage” games.

Except I'm not on the team. Of course the team should not think like that. They will anyway because they are human.

The fact remains, we would be ridiculed for putting this cupcake on the schedule. We got a gift here. Don't take it for granted. But don't be scared either.

 

[JimBR]

They've lost one game since February 8. While I believe we will win, I'll still be nervous the first 10 minutes if we haven't established a lead. A hangover from the past few years.