UChusky916
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For the love of mojo, I have resisted. Alright, so how do we match-up?
Kansas is the best all-around team and the most consistent team in the toughest conference in the all of America. So yeah, they're pretty damn good. In an inconsistent year of college basketball, Kansas has been the only consistently GREAT team.
From 1-5? I will admit, I think we match up somewhat okay versus Kansas considering their talent and depth:
Guard play-
Kansas can go 2 deep at PG with great bench depth, but so can we. Guess where Wayne Selden is from? Would you have guessed Roxbury, MA? What are they putting in the water in that town to make the best guards in America?? It should be fun to watch the Jalen/Selden Roxbury battle, although I think Purvis will be put on Selden. Kansas is better from 3 than we are, but if you're going to consider Daniel Hamilton a guard, then across the board (talent, athleticism, and depth) this match-up is even in my mind.
Frontcourt-
Perry Ellis, similarly to Smith today, is probably 90 years old. But that old man game is strong. Josh Smith and Perry Ellis have very similar games. But Ellis is a bit better and he's got a much better team around him. I do think UConn's front court will benefit from playing vs Smith today. Even though Smith destroyed us down low, he got some help from the officials and I think our bigs will learn from that and adapt defensively. Plus, we can't get a tougher whistle than we got today vs Ellis, can we?
What has to happen for UConn to win?-
Shonn Miller has to stay out of foul trouble... he is the KEY to this team (offensively and defensively). If Shonn stays on the floor, we give ourselves a significantly better shot at winning.
X-factor-
UConn getting a solid defensive performance from Nolan vs Ellis like we got from him today vs Smith.
Overall, I STILL don't think UConn has reached its ceiling... so if we see it, this team can compete with any team in the country on any given day. As much as UConn has terrified me with it's inability to defend late leads in close games, our tremendous free throws shooting makes me feel a bit better.
So, thoughts?
Kansas is the best all-around team and the most consistent team in the toughest conference in the all of America. So yeah, they're pretty damn good. In an inconsistent year of college basketball, Kansas has been the only consistently GREAT team.
From 1-5? I will admit, I think we match up somewhat okay versus Kansas considering their talent and depth:
Guard play-
Kansas can go 2 deep at PG with great bench depth, but so can we. Guess where Wayne Selden is from? Would you have guessed Roxbury, MA? What are they putting in the water in that town to make the best guards in America?? It should be fun to watch the Jalen/Selden Roxbury battle, although I think Purvis will be put on Selden. Kansas is better from 3 than we are, but if you're going to consider Daniel Hamilton a guard, then across the board (talent, athleticism, and depth) this match-up is even in my mind.
Frontcourt-
Perry Ellis, similarly to Smith today, is probably 90 years old. But that old man game is strong. Josh Smith and Perry Ellis have very similar games. But Ellis is a bit better and he's got a much better team around him. I do think UConn's front court will benefit from playing vs Smith today. Even though Smith destroyed us down low, he got some help from the officials and I think our bigs will learn from that and adapt defensively. Plus, we can't get a tougher whistle than we got today vs Ellis, can we?
What has to happen for UConn to win?-
Shonn Miller has to stay out of foul trouble... he is the KEY to this team (offensively and defensively). If Shonn stays on the floor, we give ourselves a significantly better shot at winning.
X-factor-
UConn getting a solid defensive performance from Nolan vs Ellis like we got from him today vs Smith.
Overall, I STILL don't think UConn has reached its ceiling... so if we see it, this team can compete with any team in the country on any given day. As much as UConn has terrified me with it's inability to defend late leads in close games, our tremendous free throws shooting makes me feel a bit better.
So, thoughts?
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