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willie99 said:
Marquette is really good, they can beat us. We need to play an A game, it won't be easy

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If Marquette plays their A game UConn needs their A game. I agree 100%.

UConn needs to defend the paint and limit turnovers (live ball).

Even in the games they have lost they have been by one or two possessions. Four losses by a total of 11 points to Purdue, Wisconsin, Mississippi St and PC. This will be a test.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Adama is at least a bit smarter when it comes to staying on his feet and gets the benefit of the doubt from the refs probably. Andre will probably get time on he and Jones both. Ugh. Tough matchup.
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Adama just doesn't have the quickness to D up Prosper on the perimeter. Best case that leads to blow-bys, worst case that leads to foul trouble for Sanogo. Feels like we need a combo of Andre and defensive scheming when Andre isn't covering him. Unfortunately we just don't have a defensive matchup for that type of 4 right now.
 
Is it weird that they are incredibly efficient from inside the arc, but don't get to the line? Rim protection will be paramount, maybe a game for more Clingan and less Sanogo.

We should be able to kill them on the offensive glass, but we'll need the shooting to go with it.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Is it weird that they are incredibly efficient from inside the arc, but don't get to the line? Rim protection will be paramount, maybe a game for more Clingan and less Sanogo.

We should be able to kill them on the offensive glass, but we'll need the shooting to go with it.
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Transition. Layups count as shots inside the arc. 30% of all their initial shots are in transition. It's 27% for us, and we're an above average transition team.

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But also their primary creator, Kolek, isn't a foul generator. More of a prober/passing wizard. And then Kam Jones is really adept at finishing at the rim, but he's got a bit of jelly fam disease where he takes (and will make) wild layups, but won't draw fouls. OMax is really the only guy that draws fouls regularly.
 
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I know every game feels important, but this is probably our last chance to get a top 4 BE road win, if we agree that the top 4 (no particular order) is UConn, Xavier, Providence, Marquette. Important if we think we are a legit 1/2 seed to at least take one of those road games.
 
UCFan1513 said:
I know every game feels important, but this is probably our last chance to get a top 4 BE road win, if we agree that the top 4 (no particular order) is UConn, Xavier, Providence, Marquette. Important if we think we are a legit 1/2 seed to at least take one of those road games.
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I made this exact point in another thread.

Going 14-6 in conference and losing all of the top 6 games (@Xavier, PC, Marquette, Creighton, Nova, and, say, Xavier at home) isn't going to get us a top 2 seed, and that outcome is entirely on the table if we don't win this one.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I made this exact point in another thread.

Going 14-6 in conference and losing all of the top 6 games (@Xavier, PC, Marquette, Creighton, Nova, and, say, Xavier at home) isn't going to get us a top 2 seed, and that outcome is entirely on the table if we don't win this one.
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I know it is early and I hate speculating like this but in our games against the other top 5 teams (X, PC, Marquette, creighton and nova) I was hoping we go 4-1 at home and 3-2 on the road early on.... At this point I would probably be fine with 2-3 on the road. With that said if we take care of business against the bottom of the conference I would think that 4 losses would be good enough for a 1/2 seed still
 
PNolanFan said:
I know it is early and I hate speculating like this but in our games against the other top 5 teams (X, PC, Marquette, creighton and nova) I was hoping we go 4-1 at home and 3-2 on the road early on.... At this point I would probably be fine with 2-3 on the road. With that said if we take care of business against the bottom of the conference I would think that 4 losses would be good enough for a 1/2 seed still
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16-4 in conference, in the scenario you describe, would be good enough.

But even that requires going 2-1 in the remaining home games (Xavier, Marquette, PC) and 2-1 in the remaining road games (Marquette, Creighton, Nova), and 9-0 against everyone else.

If we lose this one, we'll be in a really tough spot.
 
auror said:
ut also their primary creator, Kolek, isn't a foul generator. More of a prober/passing wizard.
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This. He's a elite level distributor.

Also it very surprising that Oso Ighodaro is averaging 3.3 assists a game from the 5 spot, he never even averaged 1. Shaka running some nice stuff this year offensively.
 
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imno1 said:
Freemantle, Hopkins, Kalum, and now Prosper. Thar’s just not fair to Alex
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The hottest fires forge the sharpest steel. Karaban is getting a “trial by fire” this season. Yeah, he struggles against top competition but the fact that he is out there and battling for the minutes. He does as a freshman is impressive.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Prosper gonna cook Karaban. I think we see 2 big lineup a lot
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hardcorehusky said:
So Sanogo gets to cover him? An even worse matchup on the defensive end.
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but that means prosper has to guard sanogo/clingan down low as well...if we can get prosper into foul trouble against sanogo and clingan then marquette is down to the bean-pole ighodaro and a 6'7 guy off the bench to man the boards against our bigs. yes please. we should get back to dominating the glass on wednesday.
 
imno1 said:
Freemantle, Hopkins, Kalum, and now Prosper. Thar’s just not fair to Alex
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Maybe not, but does show the issues he needs to work on, and he seems like the kind of kid who will..........wait till next year.
 
bendm said:
but that means prosper has to guard sanogo/clingan down low as well...if we can get prosper into foul trouble against sanogo and clingan then marquette is down to the bean-pole ighodaro and a 6'7 guy off the bench to man the boards against our bigs. yes please. we should get back to dominating the glass on wednesday.
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Now we’re cooking with gas
 
MuchoDogYears said:
Dominate against their weaknesses, rebounding and 3 pt shooting, and a win is likely. Also keep our turnovers in the single digits.
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Right now the trend is not our friend.
You were right about 3 pt shooting and rebounding until the start of the NBE season.
We've been outrebounded 4 of the last 5 games and our 3 pt % has gone down so much we're at 35.7% and they're at 35.3%.
 
Scrutiner said:
Maybe not, but does show the issues he needs to work on, and he seems like the kind of kid who will..........wait till next year.
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Hopkins was only 3-10 for ten points against St John's on Saturday. I didn't see the game, but I'm guessing they were able to throw a better defender on him.
 
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CL82 said:
The hottest fires forge the sharpest steel. Karaban is getting a “trial by fire” this season. Yeah, he struggles against top competition but the fact that he is out there and battling for the minutes. He does as a freshman is impressive.
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Seems like Karaban knows what he is supposed to be doing. He isn't getting burned by not being in the right spot or poor fundamentals.

He simply isn't strong enough to play strong stretch 4's. At least not yet.
 
UCFan1513 said:
I know every game feels important, but this is probably our last chance to get a top 4 BE road win, if we agree that the top 4 (no particular order) is UConn, Xavier, Providence, Marquette. Important if we think we are a legit 1/2 seed to at least take one of those road games.
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This is the only road game left against the top 4.
 
Billy Jack said:
With this game being played on Marquette’s home court, to me it projects as dead even. Marquette is one of the best shooting teams in the country and we are one of the best defensive teams Classic matchup.

A couple of things favor us. Marquette is not a good rebounding team. We can exploit that. They are also a poor free throw shooting team. Free throws matter a lot in close games.
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Especially against us, and especially when we’re on the road…
 
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Scrutiner said:
Right now the trend is not our friend.
You were right about 3 pt shooting and rebounding until the start of the NBE season.
We've been outrebounded 4 of the last 5 games and our 3 pt % has gone down so much we're at 35.7% and they're at 35.3%.
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Being outrebounded by itself doesn’t mean anything in the kinds of games we’ve been playing where there’s a disparity in free throw attempts. We’re taking more shots from the floor, so there are more missed shots and more rebounds available to the opposing teams.

Offensive rebounds are the important stat because they mean extra possessions. Defensive rebounds do not. Our offensive rebounds have been mostly good in this stretch.
 
huskyjawz said:
Hopkins was only 3-10 for ten points against St John's on Saturday. I didn't see the game, but I'm guessing they were able to throw a better defender on him.
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I noticed that too. I also noticed that St. John’s got more fouls called against them PC got more free throw attempts. It’s what they do.
 
CL82 said:
The hottest fires forge the sharpest steel. Karaban is getting a “trial by fire” this season. Yeah, he struggles against top competition but the fact that he is out there and battling for the minutes. He does as a freshman is impressive.
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^^ This and honestly Samson, no dis against him,I want to see him succeed , he pretty much had his soph season robbed by a crap injury, is so way behind Karaban on what we are doing as a team this season that I have no answer. but this is the boneyard, every bench player (including springs) is better than our option and every unknown quantity is better than who we put on the floor.

Lets put it this way, Samson Johnson was a frosh on LAST years team. A team that got bounced as a much higher seed. A team that had real needs. But yet he of not even 1/2 a game of play THIS year as a soph is the answer to our teams issues? We were playing polley at 4 at times last year. LOL,
 
Umami Zen said:
Not as worried about Marquette as I was last two away games.. We have better athletes and stronger D.. Marquette should make the Tourney.. UConn by 10
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They have better run and jump athletes at the 4/5, we have better ones 1-3. Sanogo does have a large strength advantage, though.

We just have to get either do a great job of getting back on D or kill them on the boards. 1 or the other should be enough. If we do neither, we lose.
 
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