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Scoe said:
Will be interesting to see how the better teams game plan for him. If the matchup with Purdue does happen,Clingan could suprise with his 3 pt game, I wouldn’t like Sampson Johnson matched up on Edey but team wise I kind of like it Sampson running the floor to tire out Edey, even going small is an option for maybe 2 minutes have a quicker team on the floor.
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This is what Fairleigh Dickinson did last year in the first round. They had a 6' 6'' guy on Edey, but that guy could shoot 3s. So they involved Edey in a lot of pick and rolls and pick and pops to get open 3s. Edey doesn't like to defend out on the perimeter when the guy he is guarding can shoot. Also, FDU ran a lot. On defense they collapsed on Edey and dared the other Purdue players to hit their 3s, which was the roll of the dice they were willing to take. Purdue not only missed most of them, but they got really nervous (except for Loyer) as the game remained close and they knew they were about to be on the wrong side of history.
 
AntG168 said:
The part that you’re not realizing is the “if you have the personel” part is an extremely big factor. UConn, Creighton and Houston(?) may be the only teams “with the personel”.

I personally would love to see Kalk VS Edey. The guy who never fouls VS the guy who is always getting fouled. The unstoppable force VS the immovable object. Space and time may collapse on itself
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Gonzaga may have the size… we’ll see. It’s a tough task but if Edey can be figured out, it’s not hard to have better guard play than Purdue.

Agreed Kalk vs Edey would be a fun matchup to see for sure. Big litmus test.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Gonzaga may have the size… we’ll see. It’s a tough task but if Edey can be figured out, it’s not hard to have better guard play than Purdue.

Agreed Kalk vs Edey would be a fun matchup to see for sure. Big litmus test.
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I will be pulling for Gonzaga from the Midwest bracket.
 
I want Purdue to look weak, like every other UConn fan, but they're not weak. They haven't been weak all year. You can find fault with most teams, as nobody is perfect, but this Purdue team is really solid. And you can't say "what would they be without edey?" because they DO have him and he's THAT good.
 
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Jaydumo20 said:
I want Purdue to look weak like every other UConn fan but they're not weak. They haven't been weak all year. You can find fault with most teams, as nobody is perfect but this Purdue team is really solid. And you can't say "what would they be without edey?" because they DO have him and he's THAT good.
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This is 100% true. Even last year when they lost to FDU, it wasn't because of Edey. He still had a monster game.
 
Scoe said:
Will be interesting to see how the better teams game plan for him. If the matchup with Purdue does happen,Clingan could suprise with his 3 pt game, I wouldn’t like Sampson Johnson matched up on Edey but team wise I kind of like it Sampson running the floor to tire out Edey, even going small is an option for maybe 2 minutes have a quicker team on the floor.
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Even double bigs is an option.
 
Scoe said:
Even double bigs is an option.
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Double bigs kind of plays into Edey’s strength. Edey’s only real weakness is if he has to step out and guard in space. Double bigs means he will never have to do that.
 
Scoe said:
Even double bigs is an option.
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It is amazing after the Celtics dumptrucking the NBA with Porzingis and Clingan and Edey tearing through college hoops that there are still "experts" (and many posters on this board) that would rather teams load up on tweeners that can kind of shoot rather than play someone close to the basket.

If the analytics "experts" really understood the math of basketball, every team would be playing someone inside.
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
That's not it.

He knows he has nothing to cheer for with his lame school so he comes here to be connected with a winner and tries to add some humor with his stupid schtick.
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My thinking is he gets hung for added mojo. If he goes along with the sentence he gets to stay and be his trolling àß after the tourney is over. If he doesn't go all ng he gets tossed and we don't have to read his nonsense. Win-win in my book.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Double bigs kind of plays into Edey’s strength. Edey’s only real weakness is if he has to step out and guard in space. Double bigs means he will never have to do that.
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Sampson isn’t really a big and he can play Edeys passing lanes, and on offense Clingan can play the top of the key drawing Edey out of the paint, again not ideal but an option. Got a ways to go let’s get to the sweet 16 tonight.
 
I swear, Osabor thinks he’s a guard. He’s killed them.
 
Edey really gets a favorable whistle. Half the fouls he draws are just him initiating contact. Then has the nerve to whine about getting hooked at the other end.

Officially, dislike him and Purdue.
 
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Watching this Purdue suck fest really really sucks. why didn’t this game start at halftime of the Marquette game and why didn’t Duke start at halftime of this game? And so on and so forth so UConn isn’t playing at the same time as two other games.
 
Scoe said:
Sampson isn’t really a big and he can play Edeys passing lanes, and on offense Clingan can play the top of the key drawing Edey out of the paint, again not ideal but an option. Got a ways to go let’s get to the sweet 16 tonight.
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This is kinda incomprehensible. All Sampson is is a big. Thank goodness he doesn’t think he’s anything else, like this Osabor dude. Danny would nail him to the bench.
 
Scoe said:
Defensively no
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The point you were responding to was about playing into their strengths on the offensive end. But that aside, Samson is absolutely a big defensively. He's not a very good post defender, but he’s a big. I’m thoroughly confused by the distinction you’re trying to make here.
 
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Jeez…Osbaor just keeps proving me right. The fact that he hasn’t been benched is an indictment of his coach. Dude is out of control.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
The point you were responding to was about playing into their strengths on the offensive end. But that aside, Samson is absolutely a big defensively. He's not a very good post defender, but he’s a big. I’m thoroughly confused by the distinction you’re trying to make here.
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That’s what I meant he’s a 4 playing 5 position. So the point I’m trying to make is if you go double bigs Clingan guards Edey obviously and Sampson would shadow getting into his passing lanes and cut off his vision. Offensively you have Clingan play the top of the key drawing Edey out of the paint and Johnson stays in paint for alley ooops.

Again not ideal but on the table. I’m not so hung ho on double bigs like others here but I’m no so quick with this new age think of double bigs not working.
 
Wow…expected Purdue to beat these guys, but not crush them like this.
 
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