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[QUOTE="Pudge, post: 4119380, member: 364"]
4 pages of this thread and no praise for VCU.  In fact, elements of dismissiveness.  You saw that team's identity.  6-3 to 6-8 guys with long arms frantically disrupting your ball movement with press the entire game - NO you don't get to say they are mediocre.  (and they got beat by Wagner & Chattanooga).  You merely have to respond to that 2 hour game one afternoon in Bahamas that they gave us fits.

VCU has this identity; Mike Rhoades is a good coach.  They pushed us to corners and overwhelmed 2 ball handlers with 3 defenders in the backcourt often.  Yes.  You have to pieces of how we need to fix this.  Gaffney has to get far better; Jackson did go over the top and through with dribble ... and needs to be more effective; and Diggins needs run.  Martin doesn't give you a plus ballhandler.  And that game made certain guys - Akok - largely ineffective because of some skills.

It was mentioned that VCU (and MSU) are top few defensively in metrics.  We see why.  On one day, they were on their game.  NOT only are they not a mediocre A 10 program, they are once again going to challenge for a MM invite.  And they can beat the best in their league playing that way.
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