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Posted on 3/21/23 at 9:59 am to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 3/21/23 at 9:59 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Wild stat - Baylor allowed opponents to make 71.3% of their shots at the rim this season. That is #363 out of 363 in D1 (dead last).
No surprise Baylor lost (edited) but was hoping to get them in Elite 8. Their defense was just awful in the couple of their games I watched and this stat pretty much confirms it was normal for them.
I find myself watching a lot of west coast teams late nights. Really enjoy the Mountain West et al games.
What makes San Diego St a good team is that, in addition to playing tough-minded and we'll organized defense they're upperclass heavy with players who make big plays at key times.
They have more capable players on offense than Miss St but can look really out of sorts in getting forced into contested mid-range shots.
I agree that if we bring the same defense we've played since the SEC tourney they aren't going to get a lot of good shots and are not a team, like Creighton for example, that one game every four may hit 10 contested deep 3 pointers.
If we don't turn it over needlessly in half court offense and don't shoot 2-20 from deep this game should look similar to our SEC tourney and Maryland games.
This post was edited on 3/21/23 at 10:21 am
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Posted on 3/21/23 at 10:01 am to wm72
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No surprise San Diego St beat Baylor but was hoping to get Baylor instead.
Creighton/Baylor you mean? But yea I agree, while Baylor has scary guards offensively they are a truly putrid defensive team this year.
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I agree that if we bring the same defense we've played since the SEC tourney they aren't going to get a lot of good shots and are not a team, like Creighton for example, that one game every four may hit 10 contested deep 3 pointers.
If we don't turn it over needlessly in half court offense and don't shoot 2-20 from deep this game should look similar to our SEC tourney and Maryland games.
I think that's about right in terms of a general outlook on this one. They will muck it up, slow tempo and it will probably be uncomfortable at halftime and maybe even at the 10 minute mark of the game, but I think if we run good offense (and don't shoot an abysmal %) we should be able to get to an 8-12 point lead in the last 5-7.
The best news about this is that an older, long, defensive team is not something that will be a shock to us. We've played a whole bunch of these teams this season and a lot even in the last 4 weeks (Tennessee, Arkansas, Auburn, State, A&M, Maryland).
This post was edited on 3/21/23 at 10:07 am
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