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champs99and04 said:
It's likely I'm the only one who's big enough a degenerate to be watching this, but SMU is putting on a ball movement clinic @ Stanford right now. It seems like all their field goals are assisted.

Stanford is pretty bad, but I'm not sure there's a tougher, better-drilled team right now than SMU.
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At least two of us.
 
champs99and04 said:
It's likely I'm the only one who's big enough a degenerate to be watching this, but SMU is putting on a ball movement clinic @ Stanford right now. It seems like all their field goals are assisted.

Stanford is pretty bad, but I'm not sure there's a tougher, better-drilled team right now than SMU.
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SMU is going to win a lot this year. Shame their situation, while UNC and UL remain eligible.
 
caw said:
SMU is going to win a lot this year.
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They will. Here's a few things I noticed:
  • Their high-low game is a throwback, and remains potent. It often feels like big-to-big passing is a lost art, but this team shows it's not
  • They don't protect the rim, they protect the paint. They absolutely sell out to prevent up-the-gut penetration of the sort we've thrived on in the first two games. Spin moves in the lane will = personal fouls or turnovers for us
  • They thrive off of turnovers, with Moore putting out excellent ball pressure and their wings over-playing the lanes. This leaves gaps for a backdoor cut, but Kennedy reads those very quickly and is really good at shutting it down. Whoever cuts has to be ready to make the next pass, because they probably won't be able to get all the way to the hoop
  • They use a ton of the clock. A running game does not suit them
  • They are an "all 5 in" defensive rebounding team (like our most recent title team), which limits run-outs
  • They do a good job on the offensive glass because they're such a good passing team - it seems like every time they missed a jumper, it was because they had two or three Stanford guys scrambling to close out the shooter. That, of course, leaves the weak side open
  • Kennedy establishes DEEP post position. That repeatedly broke Stanford's defensive scheme
  • They have no bigs beyond Kennedy. Get him in foul trouble and a lot of things can go wrong for this team.
Gonna be a good few games against them. I think that if we don't turn it over, we will handle them. That will require further growth from DHam and more chemistry from all concerned. It will also require Amida, Phil & Enoch to beat Kennedy to his spot and have the strength to hold him off.
 
Thanks to whoever deleted my "warning: it's ugly" from the title. It was relevant the night I posted it, but this seems to have turned into the de facto thread to talk about the AAC so it's best not to have that there anymore.
 
BUHusky said:
Thanks to whoever deleted my "warning: it's ugly" from the title. It was relevant the night I posted it, but this seems to have turned into the de facto thread to talk about the AAC so it's best not to have that there anymore.
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Yeah, that was my thinking so I removed it - it's not so bad anymore lol
 
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Temple off to a strong start against a hot Butler team.

Tulsa spotted Ohio 15 in the first 10 minutes - they better come back
 
Schedule wise, I'm actually glad that our first game against SMU isn't until mid February. Realistically I think UConn could beat every team on our schedule (including the Battle4Atlantis), but SMU has been the proverbial thorn in our side the past couple of year (besides road games at Houston for some reason).
 
SirHypeAlot said:
Temple off to a strong start against a hot Butler team.

Tulsa spotted Ohio 15 in the first 10 minutes - they better come back
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Tulsa up 5 final minute. Came back from down 5 under 5 to go.
 
aceboon said:
This is some high level jackassery from Ohio U's head coach after Tulsa beat them

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Guy backpedaled real quick after that one. I am going to go out on a limb and say Ohio isn't winning championships anytime in the near future...
 
aceboon said:
This is some high level jackassery from Ohio U's head coach after Tulsa beat them

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What the heck was he thinking, who says that about another college team.
 
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Temple just lost a heart-breaker to Utah. This is the sequence in the final minute or so:

- Taylor from Utah hits a really tough shot from the corner with the shot clock expiring (had he missed, Temple could have taken the last shot of regulation).

- Dingle misses two free throws that would have tied it.

- Temple, inexplicably, doesn't foul and then commits a flagrant on Poeltl when he gets lost behind the defense

Damn. Those are the ones that can be the difference between dancing and the NIT.
 
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Cincinnati's average margin of victory so far is like 42 points. Yeah, their competition has been bad, but a D-1 team is a D-1 team.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
I never associate offense with Cinci. Is it sustainable throughout the season?
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Obviously they won't average 90+ but I think it is sustainable. Clark and Ellis are very skilled post players and, finally, they seem to be able to spread the floor with capable shooters.
 
champs99and04 said:
Obviously they won't average 90+ but I think it is sustainable. Clark and Ellis are very skilled post players and, finally, they seem to be able to spread the floor with capable shooters.
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Yup. I know I've been beating this drum to an almost annoying extent, but this team is terrifying. I honestly think they're the No. 1 team in the country.

They defend, rebound, shoot, and draw a ton of fouls.
 
Bearcat fan here, our offense looks good but we've played all scrubs. The Cats have Nebraska, George Washington or Tennessee, Butler, at Xavier, Iowa State and at VCU in the next six weeks. We'll see if we're still putting up points against real competition. I think we're probably somewhere around a top 15 team.
 
Matrim55 said:
Yup. I know I've been beating this drum to an almost annoying extent, but this team is terrifying. I honestly think they're the No. 1 team in the country.

They defend, rebound, shoot, and draw a ton of fouls.
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We're a top 15ish team in my estimation. We haven't played anyone yet but at this point last year were also 4-0 averaging just 58.3 points per game versus similar competition (this year at 96). Not to mention we've got the highest MOV of teams that have played at least 4 games. It was higher than Butler's (before they lost to the U) and they had a freakin 70+ point win. I am definitely excited about this season but until we face some quality competition I'll reserve the hyperbole. We could possibly face George Washington on Saturday, host Butler, go on the road for VCU and Xavier before hosting Iowa State (wonder if they could be #1 by 12/22). A lot of good tests coming up. I will say I like our chances in all of those games but Xavier because we are cursed in that gym and will lose on some fluke play like always.
 
tcf15 said:
Close one for SMU. They beat Yale by 2: http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400839725

And another 99 points for Cincinnati tonight. Averaging 96 points a game - @kobe when's the last time Cinci averaged that much per game?
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It looks like our highest season average was in the mid 80 point range during Oscar Robertson's Senior year. I've never seen us this efficient even against cupcakes.
 
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Matrim55 said:
Yup. I know I've been beating this drum to an almost annoying extent, but this team is
terrifying. I honestly think they're the No. 1 team in the country.

They defend, rebound, shoot, and draw a ton of fouls.
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If my Cincinnati ticket pays out I'll feel obligated to give you a share. You've been hyping them since spring.
 
Matrim55 said:
Yup. I know I've been beating this drum to an almost annoying extent, but this team is terrifying. I honestly think they're the No. 1 team in the country.

They defend, rebound, shoot, and draw a ton of fouls.
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If Cincinnati goes anywhere this year you will have a long string of posts proving your prescience. In the meanwhile, I doubt even they think they're as good as you do.
 
Rough night for the AAC.

Tulsa loses to South Carolina in the first round of the Paradise Jam (I think that was the tournament)
Memphis loses at home to UT-Arlington
East Carolina getting thrashed by SDSU
 
champs99and04 said:
Rough night for the AAC.

Tulsa loses to South Carolina in the first round of the Paradise Jam (I think that was the tournament)
Memphis loses at home to UT-Arlington
East Carolina getting thrashed by SDSU
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Tulsa and South Carolina were playing in the Paradise Jam Final. They were playing with fire all week barely getting by Ohio and Indiana State.
 
This is going to be a two bid league, I think. Although SMU will be just as good as beating a tournament team should UConn or Cincy beat them. Going to be a few sub 250 RPI teams unfortunately.
 
kobe said:
Tulsa and South Carolina were playing in the Paradise Jam Final. They were playing with fire all week barely getting by Ohio and Indiana State.
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My bad. I guess that's better than losing in the first round. Still disappointing they couldn't beat South Carolina (they should be a decent team, though).
 
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