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Tenspro2002 said:
Absolutely nobody respects Providence. Nobody.
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I wonder if that line is too low. However, has providence blown anyone out besides Creighton at the Dunk and DePaul in early January?
 
Dove said:
If Hurley had us go 14-4 in the WAC many would be calling for his head on a pike. Before today, I couldn't name a scholl in it.

NMSU only played 2 games in the conference tourney and won both. Beat Canyon State and Abilene Christian.

I am not worried about Game 1 or Game 2.

Sweet 16, baby!!!
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Shut up dove.

You wouldn’t know a tough matchup if it bit you in the ass.
 
We’re getting to the final 4
NMSt > UVM > Memphis > TT
 
Kenpom has us winning 70-64

When New Mexico St.
has the ball​

CategoryNMST
Offense		Connecticut
Defense		D-I Avg
Adj. Efficiency107.8 8794.6 35103.1
Avg. Poss Length18.4 28118.0 27517.6
Four Factors
Effective FG%:52.2 7945.7 2550.0
Turnover %:20.7 31318.0 20418.4
Off. Reb. %:33.3 3927.5 14828.1
FTA/FGA:35.4 5231.9 22930.3
Miscellaneous Components
3P%:33.0 21634.5 23333.7
2P%:54.1 3642.8 549.7
FT%:69.3 26468.0 2871.7
Block%:6.3 816.7 59.0
Steal%:9.9 2518.7 2319.4
Style Components
3PA/FGA:41.1 10532.6 3437.7
A/FGM:53.8 9844.2 4150.8
Point Distribution (% of total points)
3-Pointers:31.5 17029.8 23131.3
2-Pointers:49.4 22651.0 17350.9
Free Throws:19.0 11219.2 11017.9
Personnel
Bench Minutes:32.0% 14928.0% 24430.7%
Experience:2.03 yrs 1452.15 yrs 1161.87
Average Height:78.1" 4278.2" 3977.0"
2-Foul Participation:2.1% 3517.7% 30721.1%

When Connecticut
has the ball​

CategoryConnecticut
Offense		NMST
Defense		D-I Avg
Adj. Efficiency113.9 2197.7 73103.1
Avg. Poss Length17.8 21017.1 7517.6
Four Factors
Effective FG%:49.6 19445.5 2050.0
Turnover %:17.4 11016.9 27118.4
Off. Reb. %:37.9 126.2 9528.1
FTA/FGA:30.6 16227.8 10530.3
Miscellaneous Components
3P%:35.3 7930.0 2233.7
2P%:47.8 24945.8 3349.7
FT%:75.0 6674.2 29871.7
Block%:8.3 11812.9 329.0
Steal%:9.3 1766.9 3339.4
Style Components
3PA/FGA:34.2 26242.6 31737.7
A/FGM:52.2 14348.2 11050.8
Point Distribution (% of total points)
3-Pointers:29.7 22234.4 7031.3
2-Pointers:51.5 15847.2 28850.9
Free Throws:18.8 12118.5 14817.9
Personnel
Bench Minutes:28.0% 24432.0% 14930.7%
Experience:2.15 yrs 1162.03 yrs 1451.87
Average Height:78.2" 3978.1" 4277.0"
2-Foul Participation:7.7% 3072.1% 35121.1%
 
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Overall view. There are no great teams this year. We could see 6,7,8 seeds in the Final 4. This might be the new normal with the portal.
On New Mexico St I would rather play a mid- major any day. Not that they can’t beat you, but generally they don’t play as many good teams so are likely to break.
 
auror said:
They've got 2 decent 3pt shooters, 1 guy who shoots volume but not well, 1 guy who shoots pretty poorly we probably don't need to guard, and their center doesn't shoot at all. We can play 2 bigs against them easily.
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The boys need to guard everyone. How many games have you seen where a player is shooting 20% from three and suddenly goes off for 30 points. There has always been an opposing player getting his first (fill in the blank) against Uconn. Especially from the bench.
 
Can someone tell me who was the best team NMSt played this year? Davidson?

So hard to tell with a team that has only played a handful of games against the top 100 in college basketball.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Based on what I'm seeing, NM State:

  • plays at a slow tempo
  • turns it over a lot
  • defends both 3's and 2's well
  • blocks a lot of shots but don't turn you over
  • goods offensive rebounders and get to the line
  • shoots a decent amount of 3's but at a mediocre clip
  • shoots a good percentage inside the arc

So it looks like inside play is a strength, but they haven't dealt with an inside game the likes of ours.

Otherwise, it's a matter of slowing down their volume shooter (Teddy Allen, 19 ppg on 44/33/87 shooting %s and a sub-1 A/T ratio).
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What’s their average PPG?
 
drayenob said:
Kenpom has us winning 70-64

When New Mexico St.​

has the ball​

CategoryNMST
Offense		Connecticut
Defense		D-I Avg
Adj. Efficiency107.8 8794.6 35103.1
Avg. Poss Length18.4 28118.0 27517.6
Four Factors
Effective FG%:52.2 7945.7 2550.0
Turnover %:20.7 31318.0 20418.4
Off. Reb. %:33.3 3927.5 14828.1
FTA/FGA:35.4 5231.9 22930.3
Miscellaneous Components
3P%:33.0 21634.5 23333.7
2P%:54.1 3642.8 549.7
FT%:69.3 26468.0 2871.7
Block%:6.3 816.7 59.0
Steal%:9.9 2518.7 2319.4
Style Components
3PA/FGA:41.1 10532.6 3437.7
A/FGM:53.8 9844.2 4150.8
Point Distribution (% of total points)
3-Pointers:31.5 17029.8 23131.3
2-Pointers:49.4 22651.0 17350.9
Free Throws:19.0 11219.2 11017.9
Personnel
Bench Minutes:32.0% 14928.0% 24430.7%
Experience:2.03 yrs 1452.15 yrs 1161.87
Average Height:78.1" 4278.2" 3977.0"
2-Foul Participation:2.1% 3517.7% 30721.1%

When Connecticut​

has the ball​

CategoryConnecticut
Offense		NMST
Defense		D-I Avg
Adj. Efficiency113.9 2197.7 73103.1
Avg. Poss Length17.8 21017.1 7517.6
Four Factors
Effective FG%:49.6 19445.5 2050.0
Turnover %:17.4 11016.9 27118.4
Off. Reb. %:37.9 126.2 9528.1
FTA/FGA:30.6 16227.8 10530.3
Miscellaneous Components
3P%:35.3 7930.0 2233.7
2P%:47.8 24945.8 3349.7
FT%:75.0 6674.2 29871.7
Block%:8.3 11812.9 329.0
Steal%:9.3 1766.9 3339.4
Style Components
3PA/FGA:34.2 26242.6 31737.7
A/FGM:52.2 14348.2 11050.8
Point Distribution (% of total points)
3-Pointers:29.7 22234.4 7031.3
2-Pointers:51.5 15847.2 28850.9
Free Throws:18.8 12118.5 14817.9
Personnel
Bench Minutes:28.0% 24432.0% 14930.7%
Experience:2.15 yrs 1162.03 yrs 1451.87
Average Height:78.2" 3978.1" 4277.0"
2-Foul Participation:7.7% 3072.1% 35121.1%
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The numbers that stand out:
  • Their great 2-point offense (and ability to avoid getting blocked) vs. our elite 2-point defense (and our elite shot-blocking)
  • Their tendency to shoot 3's vs. our tendency to funnel guys into the paint
  • Their rebounding is great on both ends; ours is elite on the offensive side and so-so on D
  • Their solid shot-blocking and 2-point and 3-point defense

Our styles actually look fairly similar, we're just a better version. Honestly, this is kind of the matchup we want.

What could get us in trouble is if our offense gets bogged down, but they unexpectedly get hot from 3 (they shoot a lot but not at a high percentage).
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
The numbers that stand out:
  • Their great 2-point offense (and ability to avoid getting blocked) vs. our elite 2-point defense (and our elite shot-blocking)
  • Their tendency to shoot 3's vs. our tendency to funnel guys into the paint
  • Their rebounding is great on both ends; ours is elite on the offensive side and so-so on D
  • Their solid shot-blocking and 2-point and 3-point defense

Our styles actually look fairly similar, we're just a better version. Honestly, this is kind of the matchup we want.
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If we can force challenged shots and we can rebound I think we should be ok. When we’re in transition we’re pretty good. We just play. Especially when Jackson turns into Mendoza from Mighty Ducks and gets down the court with the ball.
 
caw said:
Can someone tell me who was the best team NMSt played this year? Davidson?

So hard to tell with a team that has only played a handful of games against the top 100 in college basketball.
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Davidson, yes. Also Utah State and Washington State.

But the best team they've played in the last 3 months is...Grand Canyon.
 
They mention @UConnKev in thier board. They hapoynwith the seed they got and I guess fear Josh Carlton more than Sanogo. Someone should tell them we are UConn or UCONNo, not UCON. Regardless, I wish them luck as us even better luck.
 
I think 5 seed is very fair. The 6 is obviously tougher. The 7 8 9 seeds are Death Valley. I think that it’s good we are not in that track.
 
In case you wanted to look back on how we we’re feeling last year:

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Game #1 - Maryland

What do we know about Maryland? We know we owe them for Caron Butler's last game, they have a deranged fan named JaCkSoN, and they will cry about Rudy Gay until the end of eternity.
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FatHank said:
Someone should tell them we are UConn or UCONNo, not UCON.
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Yeah, I expect the epithets from rivals, but it's weird coming from teams that we have no beef with.
 
navery12 said:
They have Teddy Allen who transferred from WVU and Nebraska who will be tough. But I like our chances with Martin and Jackson to defend him
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I think he oddly also had a stop at Wichita in there too. He can play for sure
 
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Only window of the entire first two rounds that I can't watch live...
 
djct1999 said:
Their board is brutal. They are talking about the weather and how the team should fly out early to get acclimated. I didn't have the heart to tell them the game is being played indoors.
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Reading their board reminded me that Pascal Siakam played for NMSU. Toronto is really close to Buffalo and the Raptors are off that day, so he may well be at the game. As long as he doesn't suit up, we should be OK though.
 
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