I kept hoping they would put Gapare on Blackshear as he was just muscling Reeves. Blackshear isn’t a typical guard but they isolated him and made it work.
We do need to come up with a way to double a hot guard and make somebody else beat us
This was a game of matchups. Their matchup advantage was two guards who kept the ball in their hands and we couldn’t guard them. Our advantage was Ndongo we could not consistently get the ball to him
We had open 3 point shots that we should be able to make, that would have won the game for us...
If you watched him last night he was not nearly as stoned faced as he has been in prior games. No outbursts like Martin but his face had at least as much expression as Martin otherwise. Me thinks he was having the same reaction to the number of turnovers as the rest of us were. :cool:
I doubt there is enough action on either UMass or GT basketball to require the bookies to try to balance the betting. The lines simply relate to the models Vegas has which my understanding are similar to KenPom. So the models say we’re a slight underdog on a neutral court. Seems about right to me
The difference between their screening and our screening was to me one of the biggest differences in the game. Theirs as you say were solid screens that not only made us go under the screen or switch but also led to a lot of IMHO overhelping from the wings to stop penetration leading to open...
It wasn’t really a drawn up play but the same set we had been running most of the day with the soft screen up high to start the action. difference was this time we made the quick pass back to Ndongo at the foul line who made the right play to pass to Reeves as his guy was helping in the paint...
+16 in rebounding
+7 in offensive rebounds
Overcomes -5 in turnovers and steals
We turned up the intensity about halfway through the first half. We still need to improve on the screen part of our game. Watch them go over our screens all day long which means the rest of the defense doesn’t have...
Penn State Overview
Here is an overview of PSU written preseason. Totally new team with a new coach. 95% of last year's production gone. Built totally through the portal. Couple of UNC projects providing depth.
If we are going to move up this year this is the kind of game we need to win.
PSU is 5-5 with 4 unimpressive wins and a comeback win over Ohio State in their last game and a loss to MD in OT before that. So they seem to be playing better by the recent games.
Can't find the line with a quick look. May be out there already but looks like a winnable game.
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