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[QUOTE="Gamecockfan77, post: 3401828, member: 6414"]
Looking at Miss State - South Carolina:

Miss State's vs Top 75 (by Massey)

Marquette 74-68  W   (33)
Stanford   62-67  L     (9)
WVU         65-71  L     (28)
LSU          64-60  W   (31)
UVA          72-59  W    (53)
Georgia    73-66  W    (69)
S. Fla        86-61  W    (75)

South Carolina's vs Top 75 (by Massey):

Baylor       74-59  W   (1)
Kentucky  99-72  W  (11)
Indiana     57-71  L    (13)
Maryland  63-54  W  (17)
S. Dak      73-60  W   (26)
Arkansas  91-82  W   (32)
Purdue     85-49  W   (36)
Wash St   68-53  W   (50)
Duke        89-46  W   (51)
Vandy      93-57  W   (54)
Bama      93-78  W   (58)
Temple    78-71  W   (64)

Feels like for Miss State to win they need to keep South Carolina in the 60s.   Their average total vs top 75 is right around 70 points, but taking USF out is is 68 points.  It would be a little surprising if Miss State had its best scoring day vs South Carolina in Columbia.

Maryland, Washington State, and Indiana have managed to hold South Carolina scoring down, so there is a blueprint.  I think zone is clearly the way to go, though I don't know how much Vic has used that this year.  I don't think Vic wants to try and press and run with South Carolina, particularly not in Columbia.

But I can see Miss State winning a deliberate paced half court game.  South Carolina has played some ugly offensive games and can be talked into taking bad shots and turning the ball over sometimes.

I don't see why Miss State's size and talent and defense can't duplicate that on the right night.  Maybe any night.
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