Recent content by JustbrewitMan

I’ll come here and offer contrite public apologies. Those who see my posts here know I’m pretty damn level headed and measured. Was under the influence last night and very very frustrated with what was going on. Was a horrible decision to head into the chat and vent. I’m sure Mullins was...

Agree. Has everyone forgotten about Cam Spencer already?

FWIW I'd say it will be less likely. That was the last Hurley team that was much much more about defense than offense. We didn't have enough offense to counter NMSU's crazy good shooting night. It's what led to the UConn of the last 4 years.

Yep, our guys better play this game as if Furman could go off from 3pt range. I think it's very unlikely (but of course, still possible). They've only had 8 games this year where they've shot better than 39% in the game. All of them were against 200+ rated teams, FWIW.

Furman has not really played many tough teams all year. They've played only 4 games vs teams ranked in the Top ~130 on Hoop Explorer (note HE rates teams similar to KenPom and NetRtg scores track closely with KP). High Point (74), UNI (72), Illinois St (92), ETSU x2 (135) They went 0-5 with an...

Will be interesting to see how much Furman deviates from their usual playstyle that got them to the Dance. Both Furman and UConn play very slow overall tempo (289th them, 322nd us) for the season. Do they pick up the pace and try to catch lightning in a bottle with more opportunities? Both...

Here's Furman's basic stats for the year: Shutting down Wilkins and also limiting Thomas' looks from 3 would seem to be most important to shutting down their offense. They only have really one very good high-volume 3pt shooter (Thomas).

Yep, we seem to have had an issue with silly TOs all season, but it's gotten much worse in the latter 1/3 of the season. This is one of the things we ABSOLUTELY need to clean up in the NCAAT. These stats below are disgusting:

Agree. Given the 34-game body of work that's defined who we are, I'd be happy with getting to the Elite 8 with a chance to make Final 4. Less than that will frustrate me immensely, but I know it's on the table with this group.

Nice post. Should just add the caveat that StJ was designed to beat UConn in the Big East. There's no way they win 2 of 3 vs. us in a 3-game series when their physicality is properly-called for the numbers of fouls they actually commit per possession. Pitino and his team also lucked out in that...

We payed a ton of cash to bring in this athletic sharpshooter from Indiana. He came out of the gate strong and had that great Kansas game, but he really hasn’t progressed in the college game for us. He’s been a high-volume chucker with “decent” 3pt% and a good mid-range game that he can’t use...

Fully expected the game to get called (not called) the way it did. StJ has to be able to play with extreme physicality to match up with good teams. Zuby played a heck of a game. But the fact he was able to basically defend a larger Tarris 1-on-1 for 33 minutes with only 1 foul tells you all you...

Vandy with the dumb alley Oop attempt to give Florida a 4-pt swing and hope. Cmon guys

He absolutely does…has NBA athleticism & size, has the tools to at least be a 3-and-D bench piece

Exactly. It’s not the calls that are The issue, it’s the non calls. GTown could have been called for 4-5 fouls every single possession on defense with all of the holding, clutching, grabbing and pushing off-ball. The refs just let them do it all game long. St John’s will do the exact same...