Bryant Scouting Report

[Hey Adrien!]

Here's my last preview where the heavy lifting was written over the summer when I spoke w/ new Bryant HC Jamion Christan.

A Preview of the 2025-26 Bryant Bulldogs

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According to KenPom, Bryant is the tallest team in D1. All of their matchups feature at least three 6'8+ players while a vast majority of their matchups feature FOUR 6'8+ players.

 

[aburks41]

When was the last time a mid (low?) major was the tallest team in CBB? That's kinda crazy

 

[TheShot1990]

Wow, that’s a lot of 6‘8“ players!

I don’t even know anybody who is 6‘8“ tall.

 

[imno1]

Wow, that’s a lot of 6‘8“ players!

I don’t even know anybody who is 6‘8“ tall.

How about 6 7

 

[StllH8L8ner]

QUAD bigs?!

 

[ctbro1999]

When was the last time a mid (low?) major was the tallest team in CBB? That's kinda crazy

A mid-major with only 1 guy shorter than 6'5. That's impressive. Lol

 

[TheShot1990]

How about 6 7

No. 6‘6“?
No


But I can say “hey yo 6 7 yo”

 

[bendm]

Must win.

 

[boog204]

How about 6 7

Well played...

 

[HuskyHawk]

Here's my last preview where the heavy lifting was written over the summer when I spoke w/ new Bryant HC Jamion Christan.

A Preview of the 2025-26 Bryant Bulldogs

stretchingthefloor.blogspot.com

According to KenPom, Bryant is the tallest team in D1. All of their matchups feature at least three 6'8+ players while a vast majority of their matchups feature FOUR 6'8+ players.

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Thanks as always. The size is news to me and a bit worrisome perhaps if Reed isn't cleared to play. Hurley always tries to take away the 3 and I feel like this makes us somewhat vulnerable to teams that are focused on scoring at the rim, like Arizona.

 

[nomar]

How about 6 7

 

[UCFan1513]

It appears they are tall but not very good at basketball. ‘Skies by 35, hopefully Mullins can go

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

We might be shorter but at least we are a strong rebounding team. (wait...)

 

[Hey Adrien!]

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Size doesn’t matter.

-That’s what she said

 

[Lafayette]

They are 1-4 this year for a reason. That team avgs more TOs than assists. We run 5 out and drive past them and get fouled and dunk. They average 60pts a game vs lesser teams with a 36% fg and best big Rudovskii fouls at 2.5 per with 2.2 TO per so expect that to increase with our D.

Ty Tabales avg 5.8pts on 20% shooting (up from career 15%) and has more turnovers than assists. Demary or Smith would put this kid on the rinse cycle.

Quincy Adams is a 6’8” guard we need to contain (Ross?)

Demary, Smith and Solo with AK and Reibe (rest Tarris we don’t need him)

We can shoot 3s and make them come out to guard and blow by them (not Alex his 3pt head fake is not fooling anyone).

Use Ross (quicker) over Stewart in this one as we are much faster than them and our offensive sets will run them ragged.

Expect to see some bench flex if we are up big.

 

[Palatine]

If we can't handle Bryant we're on the NIT bubble.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Has the look of a guy who won’t be playing at Bryant next year.

 

[huskiesNhoos]

When was the last time a mid (low?) major was the tallest team in CBB? That's kinda crazy

They were having trouble keeping up with offering every HS senior so they filtered their search to 6'8"+

 

[Jaydumo20]

I'm with Arthur's fist on this one. There was a 6 and a 7 carved into pumpkins in front of my neighbors house for Halloween. I broke my "dont egg your fellow mans house" rule after a 25 year run. Twas a fine run

 

[Chin Diesel]

If Reed has any lingering issues with the ankle, even if he's cleared to play, I hope they only play him a few minutes and give that wheel as much time to recover before the next two big games.

 

[mauconnfan]

They have one guy at 33% from 3 everyone else under 30% not too tough of a defensive game plan I would say.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'm with Arthur's fist on this one. There was a 6 and a 7 carved into pumpkins in front of my neighbors house for Halloween. I broke my "dont egg your fellow mans house" rule after a 25 year run. Twas a fine run

Tis nothing compared to back in the day after the Beavis and Butthead "Great Cornholio" or after Chapelle Show "I'm Rick James Bitch".

Plenty of memes out there to support my position.

 

[NJHusky]

If Reed has any lingering issues with the ankle, even if he's cleared to play, I hope they only play him a few minutes and give that wheel as much time to recover before the next two big games.

If we can't win this game handily even without Reed we have bigger issues. No need for him to do anything other than rehab before the next P4 game.

 

[HuskyHawk]

They have one guy at 33% from 3 everyone else under 30% not too tough of a defensive game plan I would say.

Yes, but our defense is built to prevent 3s, not to prevent drives, which bit us in the butt against Arizona. I think the same is the case here. I assume the talent disparity will mean UConn wins, but without Reed (if he's out) I expect Bryant to have perhaps an easier time than we expect scoring.