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Creighton Scouting Report - Rematch
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We lose mainly on FT margin and Assist margin, so good defense and team offense will win it for us.
I do think it is somewhat true for us, but the FT margin thing is a dumb stat in this context overall. It's similar to the "win more games when you rush more than the other team" in football correlation without causation. Winning teams take FTs and run the clock out at the end of the game.
Now do we win more when we foul less and draw more fouls? Yeah definitely. It's one of the Four Factors for a reason. But the effect is likely enhanced here beyond the actual effect.
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Alexander has had some big games as of late and he makes me more nervous. Need to keep him in line as well so Hawk and another nice game from Alleyne will help there.
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Today, run, run, run with some pressure. Try to speed the game up. Not a good game for the double bigs. Andre needs to stay out of foul trouble. Use Adama to get Kalk away from the basket and penetrate with the dribble. Tristen should be able to go to the hoop vs Nembhard.
Today, run, run, run with some pressure. Try to speed the game up. Not a good game for the double bigs. Andre needs to stay out of foul trouble. Use Adama to get Kalk away from the basket and penetrate with the dribble. Tristen should be able to go to the hoop vs Nembhard.
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They’re both going to play better offense than last game I believe but that’s a tough call. If I was a betting man I’d say under. But going by my recent Keno success you’re best to go in the opposite direction.
The first one was. I assume they'll make more shots, though, so the scoring will be a little higher than 129.
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Creighton's starting lineup is better than UConn's, and there is not a lot schematically that I see as a way to adjust. If UConn pressures the perimeter, Kalk will chew UConn up at the basket, in addition to surrendering penetration. If UConn protects the hoop, Creighton will bomb away. Creighton's shooters are a bit streaky and susceptible to really poor shooting games but hoping they miss is not a strategy.
Creighton is really good defensively too. Even Scheierman is a decent defender.
UConn has to figure out a way to get Creighton to its bench early and for a lot of minutes. Push the tempo and try to tire them out. If one of Creighton's players picks up a dumb foul, attack that player the rest of the game. If UConn can get a lot of minutes from Creighton's bench, that switches the balance in UConn's favor.
Creighton is really good defensively too. Even Scheierman is a decent defender.
UConn has to figure out a way to get Creighton to its bench early and for a lot of minutes. Push the tempo and try to tire them out. If one of Creighton's players picks up a dumb foul, attack that player the rest of the game. If UConn can get a lot of minutes from Creighton's bench, that switches the balance in UConn's favor.
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A couple of stats that we need to achieve today.
Have an even or plus stat line with 3 pt. shooting. We won last game because we were + 6. It will be a challenge to win that today.
Need to rebound better. Creighton dominated us on the glass and limited us on getting ORB’s.
A win today will be, IMO, the biggest win of the year keeping the momentum, confidence and swagger going like we had during the 14-0 start.
Have an even or plus stat line with 3 pt. shooting. We won last game because we were + 6. It will be a challenge to win that today.
Need to rebound better. Creighton dominated us on the glass and limited us on getting ORB’s.
A win today will be, IMO, the biggest win of the year keeping the momentum, confidence and swagger going like we had during the 14-0 start.
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The stylistic one caught my eye. Since Dan Hurley has been here, we play quite a bit better when our tempo is faster.
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It will be interesting to see if we approach the start of today's game like we did against Marquette on Tuesday where we got out of the gate quickly and made a few shots and got some stops as well. Grabbing that momentum early was a big plus, and on the road I think it would be even bigger.
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The first game was an anomaly statistically, potentially in a good way for us this time, especially when you look at the aggregate stats for the bench.
Other than great FT shooting our stats against CU were mediocre at best. Only AS had a good FG shooting game, although JH was OK on three point shots.
Brutally outrebounded, way fewer assists than the norm, and the first game where the bench, as a group, under-performed.
It would have been the PC game except for DC's outstanding performance.
Bench against Xavier: 18 Pt's, 3 RB's and 4 A in 44 minutes.
Bench against PC: 15 Pt's, 14 RB's and 0 A in 56 minutes.
But, DC had 12 of those Pt's and 11 of those RB's in 21 minutes while the others totalled 3 Pt's, 3 RB's and 0 A in 35 minutes.
Bench against CU: 4 Pt's, 5 RB's, and 1 A in 46 minutes.
Other than great FT shooting our stats against CU were mediocre at best. Only AS had a good FG shooting game, although JH was OK on three point shots.
Brutally outrebounded, way fewer assists than the norm, and the first game where the bench, as a group, under-performed.
It would have been the PC game except for DC's outstanding performance.
Bench against Xavier: 18 Pt's, 3 RB's and 4 A in 44 minutes.
Bench against PC: 15 Pt's, 14 RB's and 0 A in 56 minutes.
But, DC had 12 of those Pt's and 11 of those RB's in 21 minutes while the others totalled 3 Pt's, 3 RB's and 0 A in 35 minutes.
Bench against CU: 4 Pt's, 5 RB's, and 1 A in 46 minutes.
Have to be careful of these multi-year things. This does not hold true for this year. 4 of our 6 losses this year are on games with at least 69 possessions.The stylistic one caught my eye. Since Dan Hurley has been here, we play quite a bit better when our tempo is faster. View attachment 84015
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Great teams win games like this. I believe this is a great team. 81-70, Good Guys.
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The opposite of what I was hoping for is what happened today, and arguably it was the difference. The home team came out swinging and delivered a number of blows that put us in a corner that we spent the majority of the game fighting our way out of. Momentum is a big deal in sports.