Whatching the VCU - Shockers game and not impressed so far with either

[DogMania]

VCU is a throwback UConn team from the early 90s. They are a press you 90 feet 40 minute team.

Where the game is ugly is both teams seem to be settling for deep Js most of the time. I don't know why they bother even setting the shot clock.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I see VCU burning themselves out by the middle of the 2nd half. I don't think they can keep this up. They need to build a double digit lead playing this way if they wish to pull this out the way they're approaching this game. If I was Shaka (sp?) Smith, I'd press in spurts to keep my team in the game and as fresh as possible. Again, maybe I'm wrong and they can keep this up, or at least not be any more tired than their opponent, but this game has late game burn out written all over it.

Now I have the Shockers in this game, so I'm a bit biased.

 

[DogMania]

After building a solid lead, VCU is about to give it away. Maybe they hold on and get the W, but it's playing out as I figured it might. They look tired and running out of gas after pressing a great deal through out the game. Us UConn fans know all too well that scenario, as fun as it is to watch, back in the early 90s. The one difference, is UConn would turn teams over with their pressure and get a lot of transition points. VCU doesn't seem to convert the pressure into easy baskets.