Who Guards Royce White?

[jfuchs91]

From what I've gathered, Royce White is usually a matchup nightmare. He's a 6'8, 270 pound point-forward who Iowa State fans claim brings the ball up the court 50% of the time and has the ability to drive past guards. White is clearly Iowa State's best player and slowing him down will be a key to the game. So, that being said, who is the best person on our team to guard him?

After the way that Drummond neutralized Kevin Jones at the end of the West Virginia game, he seems to be the first name that comes to mind. He's bigger than White, and certainly has the athletic gifts to keep up with him.

However, my pick to guard White is Roscoe. White has a lot of weight on Roscoe, but from what I've read from Iowa State fans, Royce White spends a lot more time dribbling and facilitating around the perimeter and in the lane than he does posting up in the paint. I like Roscoe guarding him on the perimeter more than Drummond for a couple of reasons. First, leaving Drummond in the paint allows to have a great shot blocking presence down low. If Drummond is forced to play around the perimeter, we cannot protect the rim as well and our rebounding will suffer. Also, I find that oftentimes, when a player that Drummond is guarding on the perimeter gets a step on him, he uses a hand-check and picks up a stupid foul. I think Drummond has a chance to be a force on the offensive side of the ball in this game, and would really want him to stay out of foul trouble.

Who do you guys think will guard Royce White for most of the game?

 

[Dann]

wolf

 

[Wolferowski]

wolf

dove

 

[tzznandrew]

wolf

Can we get Antric Klaiber some eligibility back, because he might be of use here.

 

[TRest]

Cohen.

 

[Ricky1Moore]

Cyrulik

 

[Castlevania]

How many Hilton units is Royce White?

 

[CTGoonie]

Suhr

 

[Dann]

i once saw dove steal a cheeseburger off a lego table at a mcdonalds right in front of a little kid who had a mouth full of fries. my first thought was, dam he has quick hands and some balls, going to be a great player for us.

 

[Kitaman]

I say Johnnie Selvie, we lose it will easily be his fault.

 

[superjohn]

Ruslan Inyatkin.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Ace Watanasuparp has been White on the scout team in practice.

 

[Walker11]

Ace Watanasuparp has been White on the scout team in practice.

I love when someone brings up this name because I can never remember it. I have some vague memory of him getting in a game and shooting a ball off the top corner of the backboard. Imagination or reality?

 

[partial]

Ace Watanasuparp has been White on the scout team in practice.

Thanks a lot, that's five minutes on google I'll never get back.

 

[ZenConn]

Lyman Depriest

 

[caw]

Thing is, he isn't a great/very good shooter like Jones is.

He is however a very good and willing passer. The guards cannot go under the screen on the dribble hand-off or if they do, Drummond/whoever will have to be there to defend the 3 PT shooter.

This is mainly where he makes his bread and butter driving to the hoop. He doesn't "beat his man off the dribble" the way our guards do, most of the time. Basically it comes down to a fake dribble hand off/fake hand off where he dribbles by the big who is cheating to try and prevent the 3. In doing so, he is quite capable of finishing at the rim or passing off the bounce if help comes.

At least that is what I have noticed in the 4-5 games I have now watched.

He isn't "athletic" in the Drummond sense, but he has very solid technique rebounding the ball. Probably better technique than Jones, but not as good a nose for the ball as Jones, if that makes sense.

Against this the defense has to do two things well, go through the screen allowing the big to stay on him or rotate extremely well at all positions.

 

[UCHuskies08]

I think it'll be Oriakhi based on how we played ND where he was on their big and Drummond spent time guarding Martin

 

[jfuchs91]

Thing is, he isn't a great/very good shooter like Jones is.

He is however a very good and willing passer. The guards cannot go under the screen on the dribble hand-off or if they do, Drummond/whoever will have to be there to defend the 3 PT shooter.

This is mainly where he makes his bread and butter driving to the hoop. He doesn't "beat his man off the dribble" the way our guards do, most of the time. Basically it comes down to a fake dribble hand off/fake hand off where he dribbles by the big who is cheating to try and prevent the 3. In doing so, he is quite capable of finishing at the rim or passing off the bounce if help comes.

At least that is what I have noticed in the 4-5 games I have now watched.

He isn't "athletic" in the Drummond sense, but he has very solid technique rebounding the ball. Probably better technique than Jones, but not as good a nose for the ball as Jones, if that makes sense.

Against this the defense has to do two things well, go through the screen allowing the big to stay on him or rotate extremely well at all positions.

From the little bit I've seen of him, I've been amazed at how good of a passer he is at his size. He seriously has great vision and our guards will need to be smothering their men on the perimeter. Taking away, or at least challenging every 3-point shot should be an absolute priority on defense.

This UConn team thrives when they play good defense, so that's why these kind of match-ups are so crucial.

 

[Scot-e]

Tampa Bill.

 

[HuskyFan32]

I keep hearing he is this complete nightmare, but he averaged 13 points. Thats ok, but not what you would expect based on how people describe him.

 

[Brochacho]

I keep hearing he is this complete nightmare, but he averaged 13 points. Thats ok, but not what you would expect based on how people describe him.

But he was supposed to go to Kentucky!!

 

[tzznandrew]

I keep hearing he is this complete nightmare, but he averaged 13 points. Thats ok, but not what you would expect based on how people describe him.

Reminds me when everyone told us how Raphael Araujo was going to kill Okafor...

 

[ford82]

Drummond because he is quicker than Alex. White will go right by Oriakhi, but Drummond's combination of athleticism and size will be something White has never seen before.

 

[dogpause]

I think we're going to press quite a bit. We'll treat Royce as PG in the backcourt, maybe putting Bazz on thim, but once the Clones get into their offense, I think we'll see a variety of bigs getting a shot at him. I think we may play loose on him if he's at the FL, out of respect for his ability to drive by defenders. He's a load and can creat foul problems for us if we don't rotate defenders.

 

[aceboon]

Reminds me when everyone told us how Raphael Araujo was going to kill Okafor...

Damn you took me back with that one, I remember being terrified of that game with all of the buildup for Araujo, Ok4 punked him.