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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4536274, member: 1329"] Providence and St. John's are probably our 2 worst matchups in the Big East, relative to their true abilities. Both have physical ball pressure for our guards and a big who can defend Sanogo 1v1. Devin Carter is one of the only guys in the entire league that can track Hawkins around all the screens. (He's my conference DPOTY runner up after Kalkbrenner). Croswell is solid defensively and roughly the same size as Sanogo. Their offense is predicated on exploiting the thing that we are weakest at (committing fouls). Soriano is the guy who made Sanogo play the worst on the season (he just couldn't move him at all). Their guard pressure gives our guards problems, and meanwhile they eschew the 3s we look to deny and utilize the midrange on offense. They aren't likely to shoot as well on pull ups and floaters in this game, but if they do we can certainly be in trouble again. They will still force us into turnovers. Seton Hall does some of the same things (like drawing fouls), but don't quite have anyone to guard Sanogo or execute well enough on offense to win on the road. We're going to just need to out-execute these teams, have our role players step up, and make shots at home. [/QUOTE]