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Message: [QUOTE="husky429, post: 3843577, member: 6696"] My thoughts on today... 1. Sanogo needs to be able to cover Watson without fouling if we want to have a decisive victory. Whaley has been too much of a dud offensively lately--I think our goal needs to be that Sanogo can play 25 mins +. Whaley should be able to shut down either of their 4s defensively--they aren't very good. 2. I'm not quite sure who we have that is going to be able to cover Duke well. RJ probably doesn't have the size, though Gaffney is closer at 6'3. Best option is that Bouk is somehow ready to go for 25 mins a game... but assuming that isn't likely, I'd like to throw Jackson into the first there for half a dozen possessions. His length and pressure could take Duke out of his rhythm. They are a terrible shooting team so this wouldn't be a bad game to mix up a little zone, but with Hurley I can't expect it. At minimum, I'd like to see us know our assignments and sag off the non-shooters like Gantt and Bynum. 3. Bynum that little guard they start is terrible and they don't have a good shotblocker to back up bad D. I'm thinking this would be a great game for Gaff to continue his solid play, or for RJ to have a hot scoring game. 4. Neither of their forwards are very good. I expect a big rebounding night from Martin, and if his shot is on, he could have a high scoring game as well. I think we have the advantage at the 1 and the 3/4. Duke and Watson at the 2 and 5 are going to give us fits if we haven't prepared well and aren't flexible enough in our approach when they change something up. [/QUOTE]

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