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RuffRuff said:
Sarr & Brown are both phenomenal defenders.

This is going to be a tough, tough matchup. We are going to have to run our actions, pull Boozer away from the basket, isolate Tarris on PN (he loves to foul) and we'll have to be hot from the outside. We aren't going to score much inside.

Defensively, not sure how we stop Boozer. We have no one that pairs up well with him. We're going to need a lot of Ross on Evans, and use one of the other guys on the floor to help double Boozer. We cannot let Evan's t off like he did against StJ.

House money.
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Who the hell said it's supposed to be easy?

If it was easy, there would be quite a few more schools with multiple titles, and at least a couple more with six.
 
Gutter King said:
Both teams missed a lot of bunnies, something about those rims. When they canned a miracle three at the end of the shot clock, it felt like it was going to go sideways. The fellas just kept going and ground one out again.

Our FT shooting almost did us in, but Reed going 4-4 down the stretch and absolutely carving out the paint to get the intentionally missed FT was massive. Our seniors led this game.

Silas was tentative, short armed evwrything, refused to make bold passes. MS was very mediocre. We had no second ball handler with Solo and Braylon very shakey handling the rock. I don't know how we got by with that sort of production from our guards.

Solo had an important game for him and us. Not dominant by any means, but we need that to be his floor.

Why can't we just play dialed in all the time? No lead is safe with this team. We match up better with Duke than SJU so I like our chances on Sunday. Going to need to really make Boozer work with Reed.
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Mal was mediocre? You watched a different game than I did. In the game I saw he had 7 assists to 1 turnover and we contained the pick and roll far better in the half game he was in than the half game he wasn’t. But I’m old so maybe my eyes aren’t good.

This was never going to be ‘23 or ‘24 where we won a championship without being tested. But you know what? We’ve won 4 championships where we were tested at some point, and had other great wins that were close, good games. If winning huge games any way you can isn’t enough for you, you may want to look into rooting for the UConn women instead.

God, this board is insufferable sometimes.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Sarr & Brown are both phenomenal defenders.

This is going to be a tough, tough matchup. We are going to have to run our actions, pull Boozer away from the basket, isolate Tarris on PN (he loves to foul) and we'll have to be hot from the outside. We aren't going to score much inside.

Defensively, not sure how we stop Boozer. We have no one that pairs up well with him. We're going to need a lot of Ross on Evans, and use one of the other guys on the floor to help double Boozer. We cannot let Evan's t off like he did against StJ.

House money.
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Agreed, only mentioned Brown bc I don’t see Sarr defending Alex or Reed and was focusing more on that matchup.

Sarr is a lengthy athlete and a great on ball defender bc of it but honestly I think he is a bit overrated as a defender bc his footwork is iffy and he ball watches a decent amount off ball.
 
Heart rate back to normal after stressful game but well worth it. Duke game is announced at 5PM on CBS according to ESPN.
 
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Ripper32 said:
I thought Izzo got outcoached. Fears kept getting repelled and trapped with the high hedge.
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They really never figured out how to exploit it. The opposing big would just hang out at the three point line and let Tarris get back in position.
 
I hope we wear our road “Connecticut” jerseys on Sunday.

One thing this team has exhibited all year is toughness. Will need that again on Sunday!
 
Jaydumo20 said:
Just scrolled the MSU "only colors" forum and for the most part they are being pretty classy to our guys. Good to see. Out of all the big time programs I respect the hell out of them
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I feel like Sparty has the worst fans
 
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caw said:
Agreed, only mentioned Brown bc I don’t see Sarr defending Alex or Reed and was focusing more on that matchup.

Sarr is a lengthy athlete and a great on ball defender bc of it but honestly I think he is a bit overrated as a defender bc his footwork is iffy and he ball watches a decent amount off ball.
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Big advantage is this is the first time Scheyer has seen this offense. PN isn't even playing 20 a game.
 
Dove said:
Is this the controversial take?
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Not at all, any team that hasn't played against UConn's offense is a better matchup. Let alone one that has played against it four games in a year.
 
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