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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 2923079, member: 26"] So I watched the game and it was the tale of 2 teams. SC came out gangbusters and was running and scoring. But when Maryland settled down and forced SC to play in the half court, everything fell apart for SC. Some observations: [LIST=1] [*]The amount of 1 on 1 play for SC was mind boggling. More than that, their offense consisted of 1 of 3 things: [LIST=1] [*]Fast break bucket [*]Guard dribble the ball around, drive, and jack up a contested shot - often against a double team [*]A couple of passes, then the ball goes in to a post player who is determined to jack up a shot regardless of how low % of a shot it is [/LIST] [*]Maryland had some REALLY nice offense. UCONN fans often lament how little ball movement we see from other teams on offense. I can say I really enjoyed watching MD's offense - lots of flow, lots of passing, penetration and kick outs, and the guards were almost always alert with their heads up looking for an open player for an easy shot. Also a terrific mid-range game as well. [*]What is up with the fake eye lashes? Cooper for SC and Charles for MD among others practically had drag queen eye lashes on. Why on earth would anyone put on fake eye-lashes for a basketball game?? [LIST=1] [*]In fairness, if the players have naturally outrageously long eye-lashes, I apologize for my criticism. [/LIST] [*]Shak Austin may have a great future as a terrific player, but the "custom" shorts thing bugs the heck out of me. The were so short and so tight they looked like volleyball player shorts. Why can't players just wear what the rest of the team wears? The whole "look at me" thing bugs. [/LIST] Overall I'd say Maryland is really solid and fun to watch. SC is a bit of a hot mess and they have a LOT of work to do to be a legit sweet 16 team this year. In their favor, "someone" has to be ranked in the top 20 and even tho they looked pretty bad, there may not be 16 other teams better than them. [/QUOTE]

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