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AgreeI agree. I meant Castle covering Carter.
AgreeI agree. I meant Castle covering Carter.
Sorry for your loss John.His dad passed away on Monday
Take the tail out from between your legs.They played us tough at UConn. We need to exorcise the demons from late year at their place and keep up the momentum but we are doomed, clearly DOOMED!
I think that was the thing that pleased me the most in this last Marquette game. Even when Iguadharo was charging his shoulder into him Clingan didn't react by pushing him back which almost certainly would've gotten a foul called on him. He might be able to push back in Gampel or Hartford or even a neutral site game, but at their place, no.Donovan has been much better recently about not biting on pump fakes and staying vertical, which has led to only a few instances of foul trouble since we last played PC. If he can make life for Oduro difficult without fouling, hard to see a path for PC to win.
Thank goodness Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson are doing the gameThey’ve got some guard who transferred from here who Donny Marshall talked up during the first game like he was the next Jordan. Beware.
Thanks for pointing out Diarra as the substitute or even with Castle on the floor against Carter. That's a very formidable pair to keep him from totally going off. Wear him down and out. Good challenge for them as we head into the tournaments. Have to have your A game when you play against him. An all worthy opponent with no quit.- Providence is just giving up SO MUCH size in this matchup. I’m curious how English tries to make it somewhat competitive on the glass, because on paper it’s going to be a huge issue. Does he give up some transition opportunities and just crash the glass with everyone? Certainly feels like a slow, methodical half-court game plays into UConn’s game plan.
- Oduro is a nice player but I would be shocked if he is not in early foul trouble. I’d bet Hurley tries to establish Clingan early to try to force the issue. English is going to have to give Oduro help, which will open up outside shots.
- Carter has turned into one heck of a player. He’s going to have to have a superhuman effort and will no doubt see Castle and Diarra draped all over him the entire night (with Clingan sealing off the paint). Just gotta make him slightly less efficient because he’s too good to stop.
Unfortunate that Hopkins is out for the year. He, Oduro, and Carter made for one of the better three-man cores in college ball. Outside of a total dud shooting-wise for UConn, feels like this is just too much of a mismatch.
I expect Donovan to be highly motivated to shut down Oduro today, after his struggles doing so last time. The million dollar question is what kind of whistle are we looking at?
He had 20 in the first game but was 6/18 from the floor with 7 of his points coming from the line. I feel like there were a few questionable calls on Castle that game but don’t remember the specifics (though Carter flops with the best of them so that’s bound to happen most games). I think you live with that and make others beat you.Thanks for pointing out Diarra as the substitute or even with Castle on the floor against Carter. That's a very formidable pair to keep him from totally going off. Wear him down and out. Good challenge for them as we head into the tournaments. Have to have your A game when you play against him. An all worthy opponent with no quit.
He's also very good at diving into his defender while throwing up a wild shot to get a foul call.He had 20 in the first game but was 6/18 from the floor with 7 of his points coming from the line. I feel like there were a few questionable calls on Castle that game but don’t remember the specifics (though Carter flops with the best of them so that’s bound to happen most games). I think you live with that and make others beat you.
It's @ Providence so I'm fully expecting Clingan to be on the bench with 2 fouls before the 1st media TOI expect Donovan to be highly motivated to shut down Oduro today, after his struggles doing so last time. The million dollar question is what kind of whistle are we looking at?
But the refs will screw us remember last years game where Providence had like 45 foul shots.Providence post-Hopkins injury
Mediocre offense, mediocre defense. They have a modern offensive shot selection, wherein they eschew mid range jumpers for 3s and well not really layups. They're lacking the offensively skilled players to get all the way to the rim and finish. They even finish poorly on cuts. None of this will be helped by Clingan's presence. They do drive and kick frequently, but they don't have elite shooters, either. Oduro is probably their most effective player, as most of the very green bars are related to playing from the post (big roll, post up, post and kick, pick and pop).
Jayden Pierre, Corey Floyd, and Garwey Dual are just pretty mediocre. They all need another year or two before they're effective offensive players in college, but Providence needs 2 of them on the court at all times. Pierre and Carter are the only guys that scare you from behind the arc. Gaines will put them up, but he's streaky.
Defensively they were better earlier in the season. They've always allowed too many rim attempts, but their rim protection was unsustainably elite against cupcakes, but has not been up to task against Big East teams. Their rebounding has also regressed without Hopkins.
As long as the refs don't screw us, we will likely beat them even if they shoot above norm.
With Hopkins playing just two full Big East games, these conference stats and analytics are a pretty clear representative of where the team is and how the team is carried and production varied:
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Basically, it's a two-man game between Carter and Oduro.