Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="SL Husky, post: 4580580, member: 2519"]
Saint Mary's is susceptible to some full court pressure, they lack ball handlers. They beat Gonzaga in their first match up at Moraga. In their 2 losses to Gonzaga, Gonzaga pressure made a ton of difference.  It was close in their second game in Spokane until Gonzaga ramped up pressure late,  and then Gonzaga pressed them into oblivion from the opening tip in the WCC championship game and blew them out.

Saint Mary's also almost blew a 25 point second half lead over a mediocre BYU team in the WCC semifinal when BYU decided to press the last 12 minutes or so of that game.

VCU tried to press them yesterday,  but St. Mary's responded by playing their backup point guard together with Mahaney at the same time for extra ball handling,  and they got away with that given VCU's general lack of size.

It will be interesting to see if Danny decides to try to press them in stretches and worthwhile to see if they can handle it. But I think we present enough problems in the half court that may not be necessary.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

First name of men's bb coach