UConn vs. Gonzaga tonight at 10. Who you got?
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So you support 1 NCAA tournament win in 4 years, and 1 year of not making the tournament? Okay, that's fine. But you're the IU fan before they officially became IU. So stop trashing fans that have expectations. Just sit on the back of the bus.
I didn't say they didn't run good sets. Half this board thinks posting up is bad and should never be done. They threw a fit when Bradshaw posted up a few times and claimed we were going back to rock fights when the stats show the tempo actually increased. We've posted Bradshaw and still were running a 4 out set when we did it, but people still bitch and moan about clogging the lane and rock fights.
UConn runs good sets that include posting up. We've also been running good sets that include posting up.
I was with you until this shit. No we haven't. It's just more bullshit fodder from the Calipari fans.
We haven’t run good sets that include posting up yet this season. In fact we’ve looked awful when intentionally trying to post up.
Normally, our post stuff is pretty good. I have no doubt Cal will figure out an effective way to use Bradshaw, Tre, and Ugonna. Not guaranteeing it will be pretty, or that it will translate to team success, but the frontcourt will be productive.
Just hoping we don’t turn them into black holes. We have no business playing that way given the guards and shooting we have. I just don’t have high confidence in Cal resisting going back to what’s comfortable with him - but we’ll see. We haven’t had guards like this in at least 5 years (Monk/Fox), so I’m forcing myself to keep an open mind for now.
UConn is my meaningless December pick to cut the nets down (again). They are just so good at what they do, balanced roster, and they are well coached. Elite defense and offense.
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Right. They didn't lose at home to UNC Wilmington either, and have fans defend the shit. I'm tired of reading the nonsense. If we were actually good, nobody would be bitching.
Yeah posting up isn’t bad if you run good offense off of it. People complain about the rock fights and clogging the lane because that’s what we have seen for multiple years now. Kentucky ran 4 out some and it worked. The stretch against Wilmington where cal panicked and went to his high low stuff with Mitchell didn’t make any sense to me. That’s not this teams best offensive choice and it was a weird move. I’m fine with post ups, if they don’t come with two bigs in the lane, and like you said 4 out, and there is movment off the ball. I just worry about cal resorting back to his old stuff and trying to win that way, when he doesn’t have the team to do that
They keep you on your toes. If you don't play good perimeter D they drain the 3. If you cheat the 3 point line they dump it down low. Keep you off balance. You can say, well, they only make 34-35% from 3. That 35-36%(nearly 36% is what they shot last year) is good enough to keep you honest.
The high low stuff they ran with Mitchell at the end of the UNCW game was brutal to watch
We ready to throw the bag at Hurley? Although I think it'd too late. Small chance he leaves uconn when he has recruiting in the northeast on lock.
Also Gonzaga at 10th with two losses, one of which to Washington.. is a little suspect. Do they have a ranked win?
Also Gonzaga at 10th with two losses, one of which to Washington.. is a little suspect. Do they have a ranked win?
Well my parlay is already roasted but I'd settle for Gonzaga getting a sound beating to somewhat mute the media fawning they get every year.
Gonzaga's best wins are UCLA, USC, and Syracuse. They lost to Purdue and Washington. The other wins are against Ark-Pine Bluff, Yale, MVSU, Bakersfield, and E Oregon.
Zags appear to be offensively limited. If Nembhard or Watson don't go off, don't see them scoring enough to beat the better teams.
I've probably watched 150 college basketball game so far this season and that was the first 5 second call I can remember seeing. I don't recall seeing one in any of our games.
Zags are decent maybe a 2nd weekend team in March with a good draw. KY should win easily. UCONN is elite and should make a deep run in March
Lmao we have NO post players. Bradshaw is a string bean and Mitchell couldn’t jump over a phone book. AND, both of these guys can bang the 3. Dumb as hell to post these guys more than a few times a game.
Definitely not the Gonzaga team we've been accustomed to watching.
UConn may run post-ups, but they still take over 40% of their shots from 3.
UCONN is loaded for bear and the best team I’ve seen this year! It’s only December, but damn!
UConn has a very good chance to repeat. They have all the pieces again, and once castle gets fully going he can replace the Edwards role that they need. I don’t see any holes on their team
🤣 exact same except Miami for Texas.
They do also play IU, while we play UL.
Ummm this game isn’t last year though. Not to mention we are shooting like easily 25 a game this year. In fact I just looked it up, 25.7 a game. That’s good balance this year.
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Not really, we played the worst first half we could in that game. Not to mention, the other times we got absolutely hosed in the final four against them by Rooferee. 2014 is not the time to criticize Cal’s coaching. Harrison was clutch AF but that team really came on and played a tough road and won some hard games.
I figured UCONN won by 30+ seeing all the jerking off of them in this thread. They are very good and a definite final four caliber squad but the Zags are nowhere near what they have been the last couple years. That said, we have to show up and beat them this year too. We will get to see how good exactly they are soon.
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We were shooting 29 per game this year until the last 2 games, when our offensive philosophy changed. We shot roughly 19 or 20 per after that. So ummmmmmmm. Have you not seen people talk about the offense changing when AB came back? Cmon man.
Let's see what we do moving forward, but I'm starting to have flashbacks. Cal is wanting to Cal.
I’m not gonna trip over 4-5 3’a a game. I honestly believe this team is a good team. Trying to figure out how to best play with Bradshaw and he’s proving to be good enough to warrant that. We need rim protection and rebound help. It’s a matter of best meshing the 2. As long as we stay over 20 3’s a game that’s fine with me. I’d rather see 25 but not forced.
