Northwestern Scouting Report

[DaMuttzNutt]

Huskies to cover by a lot. Feeling a strong performance coming from the Champs. If we hit 3s, this could be a route

 

[husky429]

Hass is going to hurt Bouie's feelings. That's all.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Hass is going to hurt Bouie's feelings. That's all.

It’s amazing how impactful he and Castle are on teams that are so heavily reliant on one guard for their offense. We’re spoiled by how balanced our backcourt is in terms of initiating offense.

 

[Henry]

Conventional wisdom would say Castle draws the Bouie assignment.

But then does that put Newton on Barhizer and Karaban on Martinelli?

That should be a good match-up for Karaban, but the Newton match-up concerns me.

I wonder if they would try Newton on Bouie and Castle on Barnhizer…

I'm sure Hurley will have a Plan A, Plan B and Plan C for the defensive assignments.

 

[NatiHuskiFan]

Well, among others they can claim Jerry Springer and Meghan Markle as alumni.

I believe they can claim Michael Wilbon and JA Adande for sports journalism. A lot of the Today show reporters are grads also

 

[Waquoit]

Someone who's opinion I respect sees a tough game here, I'm trying but I just don't.

 

[cohenzone]

Evan Eschmeyer?

And that’s about it. There is also the tragic Ricky Birdsong.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

They’re a bunch of Temu Karabans and Spencers .

The kid that looks like a young Jerry Seinfeld kinda concerns me.

Buie is obviously an issue but Hassan and Castle and maybe a little Solo should keep him from getting too many good looks. I expect he guards Newton on the other end and maybe we can get him in foul trouble.

I think we see the standard script for games vs teams of this level (SJU, Butler, Nova). Semi close within 8-12 points. We go on a run to get it to 20 then a drought to win by 9

UConn 81
NW 72

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Someone who's opinion I respect sees a tough game here, I'm trying but I just don't.

Anyone who shoots from three like they do
Is dangerous, but on paper it doesn’t look too bad.

 

[cohenzone]

Their drama program was like a who's who from Hollywood. Far too many to name but among others:

Charlton Heston, Jennifer Jones, Tony Randall, Cloris Leachman, Patricia Neal, McLean Stevenson and hundreds of others who were famous, somewhat famous or little known in moves, television and theater.

Ann Margaret went there. Not sure if she graduated.

 

[Kolumbo]

Buie has 2,178 career points in 5 years at NU and is from Albany, NY. Let's guard him well.

 

[cohenzone]

Someone whose opinion I respect sees a tough game here, I'm trying but I just don't.

It certainly could be tough. They have some players we need to minimize, but vice versa. I think they have more to deal with than we do, but the games aren’t played on paper. As usual, if Clingan avoids foul trouble, they should have trouble scoring inside and are missing their best big I believe.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Huskies to cover by a lot. Feeling a strong performance coming from the Champs. If we hit 3s, this could be a route

I feel like we either:
A) blitz them from the outset, they hit some shots late, but it's played at a 20 point margin and we win like 85-65 after being up 48-30 at half, or
B) struggle with our shot and grind out a 10 point win where we're not really threatened, but not dominant either

 

[Umami Zen]

Keep Langborg/Buie from living on the three point line. Wear Buie out with fresh legs on D. Control the Boards and try to get them in foul trouble.

Our depth and explosive offensive spurtability should wear them down in second half.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Northwestern is great at the Big Equalizer, the 3-point shot. For that alone, they should be taken very seriously.

That said, this game will give Hurley a chance to fixate on the importance of staying connected on defense and playing hard until the end of the shot clock. He lives for that stuff.

 

[husky8273]

My son too. You never heard of him but the entertainment industry has. Lots of celebs. Julia Louis Dreyfus, Warren Beatty, Steven Colbert, Hugh Hefner among many. Not so famous for their hoops.

Julia Louis's son, Charlie Hall, played for NW through 2018-2019

 

[hardcorehusky]

Buie and Langborg could give us problems, but they will get tired chasing our offense and our length will disrupt their offense.

 

[upstater]

Rebounding will be a key; seems UConn has an advantage

 

[Palatine]

This is the Murray scout game. Should be interesting to see how the offense operates.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

I’d love to see a 20 point win, but I’m anticipating that the game may be competitive. This team without the 2 injured starters just beat an FAU that was in last years Final Four. They can shoot the three, and they have a stud performer. If we are on our game on both ends we should be fine, but have to defend the three.

 

[JAdams4Reel]

hold boo buie under 20 and we win

 

[The Yakk]

They have no depth. I think we wear them down on the offensive end with all of our motion. Rotate guys on Buie. And ATTACK him on defense. He knows he can't get in foul trouble.

Would NW play zone for long stretches and hope we get cold from 3?

They will have to roll the dice somewhere.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Would NW play zone for long stretches and hope we get cold from 3?

They will have to roll the dice somewhere.

Somebody will figure out that this is what you have to do. You're not going to slow down our cutting and screening against a man defense, but that stuff isn't as effective as a zone, and in that case you're just counting on one thing to go wrong for us (bad outside shooting). Not impossible at all to find Karaban 2-8, Spencer 2-7, Newton 1-6 in the same game. Unlikely, but possible.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Somebody will figure out that this is what you have to do. You're not going to slow down our cutting and screening against a man defense, but that stuff isn't as effective as a zone, and in that case you're just counting on one thing to go wrong for us (bad outside shooting). Not impossible at all to find Karaban 2-8, Spencer 2-7, Newton 1-6 in the same game. Unlikely, but possible.

 

[Scot-e]

Somebody will figure out that this is what you have to do. You're not going to slow down our cutting and screening against a man defense, but that stuff isn't as effective as a zone, and in that case you're just counting on one thing to go wrong for us (bad outside shooting). Not impossible at all to find Karaban 2-8, Spencer 2-7, Newton 1-6 in the same game. Unlikely, but possible.

Also they will be shooting over taller players-cant tell you how many times this year someone is shooting over Cling Kong and I say "nope" as its leaving their hands.