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January General CBB Discussion Thread (Non-BE)

As good as Michigan looks, Gonzaga is not doing them any favors right now, down 8 at the half at home to Seattle (who’s shooting 37% FG).
Also keep in mind that Creighton got 30-pieced by Gonzaga.
 
RuffRuff said:
UM is the best defensive team in the country right now, by every metric. UConn is generally 2.

They beat the number 6 team in the country by 40 on a neutral court, a team with a better KP than us.

I don't think Reed gets Lendenborg. He'll get Mara. I think they'd throw Stew or Ross on him. He plays the 3 for them, so him vs Mullins to start.

The B10, is one of the two best conferences, by a good margin. Need to just stop with this. They have UM, MSU, Illinois, Purdue, Nebraska.....
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Really? Let’s see. We already beat MSU and Illinois. Purdue was overrated before they lost a game they should have won. So I’m not buying the Big 10 is superior. And honestly, you said Michigan has the number 1 defense but have they played a strength of schedule better than us with Quad 1 wins over Florida, Illinois, Kansas, BYU and Texas?
 
FearThePups said:
Really? Let’s see. We already beat MSU and Illinois. Purdue was overrated before they lost a game they should have won. So I’m not buying the Big 10 is superior. And honestly, you said Michigan has the number 1 defense but have they played a strength of schedule better than us with Quad 1 wins over Florida, Illinois, Kansas, BYU and Texas?
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Bud this isn’t even worth sparring on. Go hit up some metrics, some national views and get back to me.
 
Huskyforlife said:
How are Ross or Stewart gonna cover Lendeborg if we’re presumably playing our normal starting lineup?
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They wouldn't be in the starting lineup guarding them but they both play big minutes and they will be guarding Lendeborg and Morez Johnson. We would have to put Braylon on him to start with.
 
Seattle up 8 on Gonzaga @ the half in Spokane. Washington isn't that good but was still impressed with Seattle when they beat them a couple of weeks ago, the WCC is more competitive than usual this year between Gonzaga, St Marys, Santa Clara, San Francisco and Seattle.
 
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superjohn said:
Lendeborg and Morez Johnson would be really tough assignments for AK/Ross/Stewart but those are the guys who would be guarding them.

If we play them Michigan would have the advantage down low and UConn would have the advantage on the perimeter.
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In the NCAA Tournament better guard play usually prevails.
 
RuffRuff said:
To SJ's point, do our best and see how the mismatch favors us offense. If it's out of hand, bring in Stew/Ross.
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It might be a game worth exploring the possibility of starting Stewart or Ross just for the sake of matching up with their size.

I wanna see how Morez and Yaxel manage chasing our shooters around screens for 40 minutes though, we might be able to out shoot them in a one game sample to pull off the upset.
 
superjohn said:
They wouldn't be in the starting lineup guarding them but they both play big minutes and they will be guarding Lendeborg and Morez Johnson. We would have to put Braylon on him to start with.
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My problem is outscoring them while having to play Stewart and Ross more minutes will be very difficult. Our best chance at beating them is Solo/Mullins/AK going nuclear from deep imo.
 
HooperScooper said:
In the NCAA Tournament better guard play usually prevails.
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their guards are averaging nearly 50ppg game collectively and Cadeau is running the show, we'll see how those numbers play out in conf play once competition gets harder but they're not lacking there either
 
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Huskyforlife said:
It might be a game worth exploring the possibility of starting Stewart or Ross just for the sake of matching up with their size.

I wanna see how Morez and Yaxel manage chasing our shooters around screens for 40 minutes though, we might be able to out shoot them in a one game sample to pull off the upset.
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I think you have to test that to start - let them chase, slow it down, make them execute. If they bully us, have to bring in the bigger 3s.

Not sure why anyone is questioning their 3pt% - they're 27th in the country. Way better than us.
 
Huskyforlife said:
My problem is outscoring them while having to play Stewart and Ross more minutes will be very difficult. Our best chance at beating them is Solo/Mullins/AK going nuclear from deep imo.
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I'm not worried about them. We can play any style and we're extremely difficult to prepare for.
 
Huskyforlife said:
It might be a game worth exploring the possibility of starting Stewart or Ross just for the sake of matching up with their size.

I wanna see how Morez and Yaxel manage chasing our shooters around screens for 40 minutes though, we might be able to out shoot them in a one game sample to pull off the upset.
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I don't think it will be an upset if we play them and we're the ones who dictate how the games are played.
 
It’ll be rocky 4. UConn/balboa vs Drago/UM. They’ll give us their best punch- we’ll hang around when others folded and they’ll be so shook when we punch back.
 
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HuskyHoosier said:
It’ll be rocky 4. UConn/balboa vs Drago/UM. They’ll give us their best punch- we’ll hang around when others folded and they’ll be so shook when we punch back.
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It's gonna be interesting to see how they perform in a close game this year after all these blowouts.

They're KP is closing in on 40 and it's barely January - nuts.
 
superjohn said:
I don't think it will be an upset if we play them and we're the ones who dictate how the games are played.
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It’s an upset in the sense that they’ll be heavily favored and they’re analytically the greatest team of all time right now. Whether you think a fully healthy UConn would’ve been at their level is up for discussion, but the numbers are the numbers.
 
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thekollieman said:
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bendm said:
Would love if zags go down to Seattle.
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Gonzaga was a 24.5 point favorite. Down 44-35 at the under 16 minute timeout in the 2nd half. I'm sure I just jinxed it and Gonzaga will win going away. 😀
 
RuffRuff said:
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It's gonna be interesting to see how they perform in a close game this year after all these blowouts.

They're KP is closing in on 40 and it's barely January - nuts.
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If their KP keeps going up through conference play, it either means they are the absolute best CBB team of all time, or that the B10 is an absolute crap conference and MSU, Purdue, Nebraska, Illinois, etc are a bunch of frauds.

KP is not something that keeps accruing throughout the season…
 
JustbrewitMan said:
If their KP keeps going up through conference play, it either means they are the absolute best CBB team of all time, or that the B10 is an absolute crap conference and MSU, Purdue, Nebraska, Illinois, etc are a bunch of frauds.

KP is not something that keeps accruing throughout the season…
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Based on what I've seen in past years, the really good teams move on a pretty consistent level northward through the final. Are you sure?
 
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Seattle up 11 @ the under 12 timeout. Whenever it seems like Gonzaga is about to go on a run to take control Seattle responds with timely buckets, still feel they should be up more with the point blank misses they've had at the rim and missed wide open 3s.
 
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