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Message: [QUOTE="bbsamjj, post: 3893349, member: 1738"] During CVS's time at RU, often times the team is not high scoring, for one of two reasons: 1. RU's game plan is to slow the game down, limit possessions, force both teams to use majority of shot clock. 2. RU just hasn't been that good on offense. Neither of those two things have been true this year. This year's RU team wants to press, speed you up, turn you over, and fast break. They averaged 75ppg, shot 47% from the field, 36.5% from 3-pt, and 76.5% FT. Arella and Diamond are one of the best offensive backcourts in the country. Can they still put up a clunker on offense? For sure; see the last Iowa game (where as just one example, 90%FT shooter Guirantes shot 3-6 from FT line). Fouls actually were not a problem for either team; RU shot 10 FTs to Iowa's 9. No one from either team had more than 3 fouls. Meanwhile, the reason RU was ranked has nothing to do with press fawning over CVS; but the fact that in a year where it's tough to find 25 teams in the top 25, RU had gone 9-0, including beating two teams in the top 25 (Northwestern, Ohio State). [/QUOTE]