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Would we beat them on a neutral court?
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Toss up being honest. A lot would depend on how it is whistled. Our centers have a tendency to foul and Edey has a tendency to draw fouls. Though a lot of Clingan's fouls are drawn by smaller centers. Edey is way stronger than Clingan but much less mobile. On the flip side, Newton and Castle also draw a ton of fouls from the opposition and I can't imagine UConn's guys would be scared of Edey in the paint.

Purdue moves the ball well and shoots it well but doesn't exactly cut as well as UConn on offense because they have the big tower that really can't cut. They do get a lot of good threes by swinging the ball around off pretty simple action because Edey draws so much attention and Smith does a great job of attacking seams.

On defense they play an aggressive drop, similar to Creighton, to the point it is basically a one-man zone. Clingan also plays a drop but in a much more mobile fashion. Not sure how well their guards would do with all the dribble hand offs UConn runs, or how Edey would deal with all the cutting and passing UConn would run around the rim. Clingan should also kill Edey up and down the court which could lead to a good amount of good fast break opportunities.

They do rebound the ball well though and crash the glass with more than just Edey (if you double him). Clingan would really need to keep him off the glass and the rest of the guards would have to gang rebound, which is kind of what UConn already does.
 
I’ll say this.

We dominated out of conference last year and struggled disproportionately in the Big East. A lot of us chalked that up to familiarity with Hurley and our team.

This year -and granted, this final stretch will be way tougher than any stretch we’ve seen all season- our offense is humming and nobody in or out of conference can stop us. It feels like Hurley’s system, with several key players returning and a player like Cam being injected, has hit a new level of complexity that even familiar coaches aren’t ready for.

So what does that mean for teams in the tournament this year when our offense is even better and our defense is roughly as good?

Regarding Purdue in particular, Edey shouldn’t scare us as long as Clingan is in front of him. And it’s a massive drop off in talent after him (if you can call him talented) relative to our remaining starting four.
 
They are the one team that I respect right now. I have watched a few of their games. They have winning elements - maturity, a big man, athleticism, shooters, poise. If everything goes right for them and they play great, and we come out slow and playing bad and missing shots, they will give us a game.
 
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Would smoke them- wonderful matchup for the Huskies- have the size to somewhat neutralize Edey- & are better at every other position- dream matchup for the final for the Huskies- total smoke show.
 
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I think Edey is really good. They say their guards are a push with ours. It wasn't close last year.
 
If I'm Dan Hurley, I simply chase Purdue's guards from the perimeter and force everything inside to Edey to make him work on every possession. I've said we'd beat Purdue all season long and I remain convinced of that. I think it would be double digits as well.
 
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I'd say it's as close to a coin flip as you can get, maybe, at most 55/45 in favor of UConn and 8/10 it's a single digit game regardless of who wins.
 
Purdue's only 2 losses this year are to teams that shot 50%+ from 3 (and made over 10 3s each) on the road.
 
1. UConn
2. Purdue
3. Houston
4. Marquette
5. Arizona
6. North Carolina
7. Kansas
8. Duke
9. Illinois
10. Iowa State
 
I think if Clingan got in foul trouble (which is totally possible) we'd be in a lot trouble. We become a real dounut team. We'd need to change the game at that point. Speed it up. Maybe even use the Karaban at the 5 lineup and try to outscore em.
 
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Purdue is the one team I don't want to play in the NCAAs. I'd take us over any other team in CBB without a doubt. Our efficiency metrics are essentially the same but they've played a tougher schedule. Edey is a more rounded player offensively, better conditioned, and fouls less than Clingan and isn't a liability at the FT line. I just don't see that matchup working well for us. Clingan will hear his name first in the 2024 draft though.
 
We have a tough road ahead- think we are getting way too ahead of ourselves- after the upcoming DePaul game- we have six challenging games in a row- would expect us to lose two of them- hopefully still finish with a 1 seed- that’s where our focus should be- wouldn’t be the worst thing to lose a game before the tournaments.
 
First, Edey is huge, but gets tired quickly and is very slow. I would be surprised if he were to play more than 25 minutes against us as our focus would be to run, run ,run. Our guards are more athletic than theirs and they run simple sets which we could easily defend. And, believe me they have not seen a team play defense like we do. Plus, I like our coach alot more than theirs.
 
caw said:
Toss up being honest. A lot would depend on how it is whistled. Our centers have a tendency to foul and Edey has a tendency to draw fouls. Though a lot of Clingan's fouls are drawn by smaller centers. Edey is way stronger than Clingan but much less mobile. On the flip side, Newton and Castle also draw a ton of fouls from the opposition and I can't imagine UConn's guys would be scared of Edey in the paint.

Purdue moves the ball well and shoots it well but doesn't exactly cut as well as UConn on offense because they have the big tower that really can't cut. They do get a lot of good threes by swinging the ball around off pretty simple action because Edey draws so much attention and Smith does a great job of attacking seams.

On defense they play an aggressive drop, similar to Creighton, to the point it is basically a one-man zone. Clingan also plays a drop but in a much more mobile fashion. Not sure how well their guards would do with all the dribble hand offs UConn runs, or how Edey would deal with all the cutting and passing UConn would run around the rim. Clingan should also kill Edey up and down the court which could lead to a good amount of good fast break opportunities.

They do rebound the ball well though and crash the glass with more than just Edey (if you double him). Clingan would really need to keep him off the glass and the rest of the guards would have to gang rebound, which is kind of what UConn already does.
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Clingan is only inches shorter and 30 lbs lighter than Edey I think.....7'2", 280 lbs vetsus 7'4", 310 lbs...but Clingan is more agile. And howmuch upper bpdy stregth stronger is Edey compared to Clingan...by a lot, moderately more, or by a liitle bit?
 
caw said:
Toss up being honest. A lot would depend on how it is whistled. Our centers have a tendency to foul and Edey has a tendency to draw fouls. Though a lot of Clingan's fouls are drawn by smaller centers. Edey is way stronger than Clingan but much less mobile. On the flip side, Newton and Castle also draw a ton of fouls from the opposition and I can't imagine UConn's guys would be scared of Edey in the paint.

Purdue moves the ball well and shoots it well but doesn't exactly cut as well as UConn on offense because they have the big tower that really can't cut. They do get a lot of good threes by swinging the ball around off pretty simple action because Edey draws so much attention and Smith does a great job of attacking seams.

On defense they play an aggressive drop, similar to Creighton, to the point it is basically a one-man zone. Clingan also plays a drop but in a much more mobile fashion. Not sure how well their guards would do with all the dribble hand offs UConn runs, or how Edey would deal with all the cutting and passing UConn would run around the rim. Clingan should also kill Edey up and down the court which could lead to a good amount of good fast break opportunities.

They do rebound the ball well though and crash the glass with more than just Edey (if you double him). Clingan would really need to keep him off the glass and the rest of the guards would have to gang rebound, which is kind of what UConn already does.
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Fellows, big men who are not used to play against similar sized big men struggle. And we don’t need DC to go off offensively. Purdue is nothing without their big guy scoring in the low post. This would not be a close game. Next Purdue game, watch how many open 3’s they give up and how many they take. Good guys would win by 10 plus.
 
Brochacho said:
Purdue is the one team I don't want to play in the NCAAs. I'd take us over any other team in CBB without a doubt. Our efficiency metrics are essentially the same but they've played a tougher schedule. Edey is a more rounded player offensively, better conditioned, and fouls less than Clingan and isn't a liability at the FT line. I just don't see that matchup working well for us. Clingan will hear his name first in the 2024 draft though.
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We are almost with our frontcourt because Clingan almost as good and almost as large as Edey. I think backcourt can easily handle Purdue's backcourt.

Who would win? I'll say toss up, for now.
 
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