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Message: [QUOTE="gsmooth, post: 4581708, member: 9355"] nice scouting report, Hey Adrien. I have watched a few St. Mary’s games this year. SMarys is very deliberate with their pace and they love to test the limits of opposing defenses attention and discipline by not only milking most of the shot clock but using a lot PnR action and constant screening in hopes the defense breaks down. One way that Gonzaga countered that in the WCC final was to throw a soft press, not hell bent on creating TOs, but simply to delay them from getting into their half court offense leaving them less than 20 seconds to run their offense. mahaney is Tyler Kolek lite, but very much a diet version of him. UConn will have to be careful with hard hedge because Mahaney has good court vision. And ur data backs up what I observed too, and that is his defense is weak. If SMarys decides to put him on AJax, that should provide UConn with offensive rebounding opportunities. UConn doesn’t need to fear St Mary’s running a fast break on them if UConn goes after offensive rebounds. Having Hawk guard Bowen might be good because Bowen just pretty much hides in the corner. I would put AJax on Logan Johnson. [/QUOTE]