Oso planning to go pro
Too early to bump?Aw, what the heck.
Watching Villanova v. UConn. I know Villanova had lots of early injuries but boy they look a whole lot better than their record.
I just turned it on. What have you experts seen thus far?
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Get ready for 50 fouls called against Marquette.
It is Shaka's fault for talking about how the team plays with violence.
This is the worry. And could be the game. Nova is too dang good at the line and. We are prone to fouling and the refs are prone to calling against us - especially in the road. We need to get them 8n foul trouble but don’t think that will happen. Crush them inside. Dunk City. Lol. Goooo Marquette!
Nova is an interesting team. They score 21.2% of their points from the free throw line which is top 50 in the country. You would think that they are a driving team but they are not, they score 37.3% of their points from three which is also top 50 in the country. They score 41.5 % of their points inside the arc which is bottom 15 in the country. If you compare them to other teams that score this much from the line, no team ranked above them scores this little from two and so much from three. So how do they get to the foul line? I've watched them 3 or 4 times this season, and they get there because they pump fake on everything. When they get in trouble on a possession, they will pump fake, pivot, pump fake, until they get a defender to bite and will jump into them. I've seen multiple times where they pump fake four or five times. They do the "thing" but from short range. Shaka has to coach our guys to keep their position, don't leave their feet, and just keep their hands up.This is also not a typical Nova offense. Wright's teams were all about movement without the ball and crisp ball movement. There is a lot of ball stopping and one and one isos that usually don't work out. I think this kind of offense plays into our defensive scheme. Unfortunately, while Nova isn't a good defensive team, the one thing they do defend well is the pick and roll, so they may be able to slow down our offense. Should be a good game.
MU really needs to stay out of foul trouble… and keep them off the line.I doubt that happens. Hope I’m wrong