Nova Scouting Report

[ucawn]

If we can shut down Robinson-Earl we will win in my opinion. I think we’ll see Jackson and Bouknight switching off on him and hopefully not letting him see the light of day. He scares me way more than Gillespie

Jeremiah is 6’9... I can get Andre but Bouknight??? This will be a job for Whaley, Polley, Sanogo maybe.

Edit: and Akok of course.

 

[NJHusky]

Yep, don’t want to see much of Cole driving, rather have him spot up off ball. We don’t need to try and do too much, just exploit favorable matchups.

I don't want to see any Cole driving...shoot, distribute, a few floaters..play good D, that's what we need.

 

[Hurleyman216]

Jeremiah is 6’9... I can get Andre but Bouknight??? This will be a job for Whaley, Polley, Sanogo maybe.

Edit: and Akok of course.

I hope to god we don’t see too much of Polley on Robinson-Earl...I think TP would get torched. I agree maybe a combo of Jackson and Whaley or Jackson and Martin.

 

[Umami Zen]

I don't want to see any Cole driving...shoot, distribute, a few floaters..play good D, that's what we need.

Cole's D on Zegs was very good. Don't see Gillespie being a tougher match up than he was.

Need Gaff to show up this game when on the floor..

 

[mauconnfan]

Jeremiah is 6’9... I can get Andre but Bouknight??? This will be a job for Whaley, Polley, Sanogo maybe.

Edit: and Akok of course.

Is Robinson Earls name Jeremiah? He may be listed at 6'9" but he's pushing 6'7 best. But he can play bigger no doubt.

 

[HuskyHawk]

We

Carlton shot 6-9 and we were .639 from the two.
We also outrebounded them
We definitely out muscled them inside and Whaley played zero minutes
They made a bunch of threes
But actually won from the FT line we were 3-3
Bouk’s the only Huskie to get to the line
They were 12-16

I see almost everybody proposing that we use the approach that lost us the St. Johns game. Match small vs small and try to outshoot them. I think it's the worst thing we can do. While Sanogo may not be ideal to guard them outside, they have nobody who can handle him inside. Even Carlton would cause them huge problems on that end. I hope to see as much of Akok as possibly as he gives all the height advantage and none of the perimeter defense negatives. If we avoid the "go small" mistake we can dominate the paint, and rebounding on both ends.

 

[Marat]

I see almost everybody proposing that we use the approach that lost us the St. Johns game. Match small vs small and try to outshoot them. I think it's the worst thing we can do. While Sanogo may not be ideal to guard them outside, they have nobody who can handle him inside. Even Carlton would cause them huge problems on that end. I hope to see as much of Akok as possibly as he gives all the height advantage and none of the perimeter defense negatives. If we avoid the "go small" mistake we can dominate the paint, and rebounding on both ends.

Yes you right. In fact Carlton had 12 points vs Nova last season.

 

[navery12]

There's definitely an opportunity to play Sanogo tomorrow, but those minutes have to come when Whaley is on the bench. If we play 2 bigs for any length of time we're going to get run out of the gym

 

[superjohn]

There's definitely an opportunity to play Sanogo tomorrow, but those minutes have to come when Whaley is on the bench. If we play 2 bigs for any length of time we're going to get run out of the gym

We should almost never play the 2 bigs together against anyone. Sanogo and Whaley are both centers, so is Carlton... Bouknight, Martin, and Jackson should be playing almost the entire game every game.

 

[Ratso]

I think RJ shutting down Gillespie is going to be one of the stories of the game. I think James is gonna show out. Games like tomorrow is how he plays himself into a to 5-8 pick

gotta shut him down. wright obviously has another backup. but gotta get gillespie out

 

[gtcam]

They love the 3 and UConns 3pt D has been crappy: everyone of their guys can drive to the hoop and that could spell trouble. Just hope they don’t decide to press UConn. Now if Nova isn’t hitting their shots they tend to become sloppy and I would love to see UConn get into a foot race with them. UConn can win this game but a lot of things have to go their way. Rebound Rebound Rebound. Cut down on fouls because Nova will feast on the line. No stupid Ts Dan Hurley and use the TIme Outs before Nova goes on one of their 10~0 runs

 

[HooperScooper]

hey love the 3 and UConns 3pt D has been crappy:

UConn's 3 point percentage defense is #152 in the country, allowing 33% (90 of 273).

Villanova on offense is #24 in the country at 38.17% and they shoot a lot of them. 163 of 427 which is an average of 10.2 made per game, good for 12th in the country.

NCAA College Men's Basketball DI current team Stats | NCAA.com

So how do you run Villanova off the three point line?

 

[Zissou]

@Zissou ?

“Do they have anyone that can guard Bouk 1-1? Haven't seen any Nova games”

No, I don’t think so. I think it will be a team effort, rotating different defenders on him from a defensive strategy. Moore, Daniels, and Slater. Nova will play mostly man heavy on the switches, so look for Bouk to find mismatches when he gets the switch he likes. Nova likely won’t help / double much.

Hopefully we wear Bouk down, win as a team, but Bouk likely gets his. You can’t stop him, you can only hope to contain him.

 

[Edward Sargent]

We also didn’t have Jackson and Bouknight for the St. John’s game. Makes a big difference. Now we can go small with those 2 in the lineup and either Whaley or Sanogo at the 5. I agree with whoever said that Jackson should defend Earl-Robinson. Jackson seems like the kind of kid that Hurley can get him fired up and focused to play solid defense on their best player.

No Jackson on Gillespie

 

[KingAG]

“Do they have anyone that can guard Bouk 1-1? Haven't seen any Nova games”

No, I don’t think so. I think it will be a team effort, rotating different defenders on him from a defensive strategy. Moore, Daniels, and Slater. Nova will play mostly man heavy on the switches, so look for Bouk to find mismatches when he gets the switch he likes. Nova likely won’t help / double much.

Hopefully we wear Bouk down, win as a team, but Bouk likely gets his. You can’t stop him, you can only hope to contain him.

Solid strategy. I think not doubling is a smart, because if guys like Cole, Polley, and Martin get off along side Bouk, y’all in trouble

 

[fatlucy]

Jeremiah is 6’9... I can get Andre but Bouknight??? This will be a job for Whaley, Polley, Sanogo maybe.

Edit: and Akok of course.

Polly on defense?

 

[ucawn]

Polly on defense?

If people remember we threw him on Etienne (Wichita) in Gampel 2 years ago and he locked him up. Looking to see some defensive effort from him tomorrow.

 

[Umami Zen]

Refs frequently swallow their whistles when Wright is on the sidelines. Can we get a fair amount of calls?

Would be strategically significant if we can get them into early foul trouble and dictate pace of play based on our athletes vs getting into a three point shooting contest with their shooters.

We have some bench players whose contributions today could be the key. Think we're deeper than them and if we can get some of their starters into foul trouble. --Really like our chances.

 

[Zissou]

Refs frequently swallow their whistles when Wright is on the sidelines. Can we get a fair amount of calls?

Would be strategically significant if we can get them into early foul trouble and dictate pace of play based on our athletes vs getting into a three point shooting contest with their shooters.

We have some bench players whose contributions today could be the key. Think we're deeper than them and if we can get some of their starters into foul trouble. --Really like our chances.

St Johns and Creighton were effective with the up tempo strategy against us.

Can UConn match the disruption that Posh brought from St Johns? Can UConn as a team bring that kind of pressure? For as talented as UConn is, I think that’s a difficult task.

Can UConn shoot the lights out like Creighton? I don’t think so.

Conference games in the Big East are not to be taken lightly, as UConn is seeing this year. Nova will respect UConn and this game is certainly up for grabs, but Nova giving 6.5 points feels about right. I pick Nova to win but I wouldn’t lay the points.

 

[Umami Zen]

St Johns and Creighton were effective with the up tempo strategy against us.

Can UConn match the disruption that Posh brought from St Johns? Can UConn as a team bring that kind of pressure? For as talented as UConn is, I think that’s a difficult task.

Can UConn shoot the lights out like Creighton? I don’t think so.

Conference games in the Big East are not to be taken lightly, as UConn is seeing this year. Nova will respect UConn and this game is certainly up for grabs, but Nova giving 6.5 points feels about right. I pick Nova to win but I wouldn’t lay the points.

You make some fair points. I think most objective BE fans consider Nova/Creighton to have superior shooters on their rosters.

Play to your strengths and let the chips fall where they may.

Familiar with OBE from Day 1 of that conference so expect this to go down to the last 2 minutes .Enjoy the game.

BTW. Shout out to Coach Talley on his HOF nomination. Started his career at my HS.

 

[Zissou]

“Do they have anyone that can guard Bouk 1-1? Haven't seen any Nova games”

No, I don’t think so. I think it will be a team effort, rotating different defenders on him from a defensive strategy. Moore, Daniels, and Slater. Nova will play mostly man heavy on the switches, so look for Bouk to find mismatches when he gets the switch he likes. Nova likely won’t help / double much.

Hopefully we wear Bouk down, win as a team, but Bouk likely gets his. You can’t stop him, you can only hope to contain him.

I think this aged well

 

[ucawn]

I think this aged well

Yea he went cold 2nd half when they doubled him

 

[Zissou]

Yea he went cold 2nd half when they doubled him

I think he wore down.