DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Dec 8, 2008 21:59:53 GMT -5
Let's give the car salesman a proper Phone Booth welcome Saturday.
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jgalt
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Post by jgalt on Dec 8, 2008 22:02:36 GMT -5
i think this game is going to be a little tougher than SSt. but thats just my opinion
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Post by chep3 on Dec 8, 2008 22:52:36 GMT -5
I've been thinking about this game ever since MD. I like our chances a lot. A fair amount of the things they killed us last year with I would assume are not such big strengths for them anymore (I have to assume as I haven't seen them play this year yet).
1. No Rose -- that kid was disgustingly good, and I'm glad we don't have to match up with him this year.
2. No CDR -- see above comment.
3. Our guards are more athletic than theirs this year. Last year, even when we were winning, I was worried that we were playing a little too fast for our guards. I don't think that Evans and Mack are going to force Chris and Jessie to play at a speed they can't handle.
4. The one guy who killed us last year that I personally was not expecting to was Dozier. My take on what happened was that we were forced to go to a zone because we couldn't keep up with them off the bounce. But when we went to the zone, they got the ball to Dozier at ease, and Roy wasn't quick enough to both flash out to guard that 15 foot jumper and get back in position for boards. First of all, I dont' think they're going to have as much success off the dribble, given that they don't have Rose and CDR anymore, and given that Chris is a lot quicker than Jon was. Second, I think Greg is going to be able to do both of those things in the zone, and will make life harder on them than we did for them last year.
I'm still worried about a number of things -- namely rebounding and turnovers. They have a lot of size on us at their 1-3 positions and I'm sure Taggart has developed into a nice rebounder. But if we come out and play like we have this year, I think we have a good shot at this one.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Dec 8, 2008 23:02:57 GMT -5
My thoughts: HoyaProspectusI'll probably add something to it later, and CO may want to add thoughts, but this is the quick and dirty. I have a take very similar to chep's -- they destroyed us on dribble penetration. Evans can supply some, but replace Rose and CDR? Obviously no lock, but I like our chances. |
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Post by DanMcQ on Dec 8, 2008 23:08:58 GMT -5
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idhoya
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Post by idhoya on Dec 8, 2008 23:25:24 GMT -5
Taggert is foul prone. Really all of their bigs are. Shot selection is huge with Tyreke. I like the Hoyas chances too.
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Post by TBird41 on Dec 8, 2008 23:32:31 GMT -5
This is Memphis' first road game as well. They have a neutral court loss to Xavier in Puerto Rico, but they haven't played in a hostile arena yet.
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Dec 8, 2008 23:33:10 GMT -5
My thoughts: HoyaProspectusI'll probably add something to it later, and CO may want to add thoughts, but this is the quick and dirty. I have a take very similar to chep's -- they destroyed us on dribble penetration. Evans can supply some, but replace Rose and CDR? Obviously no lock, but I like our chances. Nice write up on HP. If that's what we have to look fwd to, I like our chances. |
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Post by chep3 on Dec 8, 2008 23:41:54 GMT -5
Who draws the Evans assignment? Jessie? He's the only guy I'm really worried about on the perimeter. I fully agree with SF's HP post. If we play like we're capable, we're fine. If we don't take care of our own business, we'll be in trouble.
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Post by vcjack on Dec 8, 2008 23:46:53 GMT -5
Who draws the Evans assignment? Jessie? He's the only guy I'm really worried about on the perimeter. I fully agree with SF's HP post. If we play like we're capable, we're fine. If we don't take care of our own business, we'll be in trouble. But does he play on the perimeter? From what little I've seen of Memphis really no one seems to shoot 3 pointers (well not with any sucess). Unlike Tennessee they don't have a Tyler Smith or Bobby Maze or random freshman that make circus shots with hands in their faces (or at least I hope not). Tyreke likes to make wild drives to the hoop and get bailed out by a foul/temate getting a put back, which I realize is part of their offense and used to great success against us last season*. *It didn't help that they shot WAY above their season average from the free throw line in that game as well. |
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Post by grokamok on Dec 9, 2008 0:26:25 GMT -5
*It didn't help that they shot WAY above their season average from the free throw line in that game as well. Ding ding ding! That, and that CDR used our game to break out of his slump. If we match their intensity without losing our focus, our game and personnel beat their game and personnel. I have a better feeling about our ability to do so this year than last, even though we were generally able to achieve this until the hard foul on Summers. If not, we have a better chance than last year (certainly the change in venue will help) but it will still be an uphill climb. |
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Post by Buckeye70 on Dec 9, 2008 1:34:23 GMT -5
Good luck vs. Caligula and the bandits.
Make a statement for the BIG EAST and Georgetown both.
b70
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Post by SirSaxa on Dec 9, 2008 2:45:22 GMT -5
Our Hoyas are going to come out and play a VERY strong game against Memphis after losing in TN last year. We have one helluva great team in the making!
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Post by paranoya on Dec 9, 2008 6:21:51 GMT -5
jgalt please make some sort of comment about Taggart, my nerdy humor thanks you.
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Post by HoyaFanNY on Dec 9, 2008 7:22:38 GMT -5
we need to win this game. revenge for last year, it's at home, and it would be nice to win at least 2 of the 4 marquee non conference games (tenn, md, memphis, duke). we have to do a better job against the athletic memphis defense than we did against tenn. if i were calipari, i'd play zone and trap out of it against us. if we rebound and take care of the ball, we'll win by 10+.
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Post by prhoya on Dec 9, 2008 9:27:43 GMT -5
Maryland marquee? Nice joke! ;D ;D ;D
Please modify your post by substituting Wichita State for Maryland.
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Post by Hoya TMF on Dec 9, 2008 9:47:25 GMT -5
we need to win this game. revenge for last year, it's at home, and it would be nice to win at least 2 of the 4 marquee non conference games (tenn, md, memphis, duke). we have to do a better job against the athletic memphis defense than we did against tenn. if i were calipari, i'd play zone and trap out of it against us. if we rebound and take care of the ball, we'll win by 10+. We definitely can beat this team, we just need to step up our defensive intensity, take care of the ball and REBOUND!!!! |
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Post by TBird41 on Dec 9, 2008 9:51:21 GMT -5
Memphis has an 11 day gap between their last game (against Marist) and Saturday. I wouldn't be surprised to see them bring out something specifically designed to beat us (and no, I don't believe that the Tigers didn't have time to put in some new stuff because they were studying for finals)
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Dec 9, 2008 9:58:38 GMT -5
i know it's about exam time for the current students and some even have exams DURING the game so I hear....what can we expect in terms of turnout so that we can make this a hostile home crowd environment??? also for the rest of the crowd is this game sold out yet or not??
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Dec 9, 2008 10:10:46 GMT -5
Memphis' numbers this season, per kenpom. | Metric | Offense | Defense | | Raw Eff.: | 108.9 (53) | 85.5 (22) | | Adj. Eff.: | 114.3 (30) | 86.2 (23) | | eFG%: | 49.3 (149) | 43.4 (40) | | Turnover%: | 17.0 (18) | 24.9 (45) | | Off. RB%: | 35.6 (111) | 29.1 (59) | | FT Rate: | 31.2 (43) | 40.0 (230) | | 3-Point FG%: | 29.5 (278) | 30.7 ( 75) | | 2-Point FG%: | 51.7 (62) | 42.0 (44) | | FT%: | 64.3 (254) | 66.9 (140) | | Block%: | 5.8 (48) | 19.5 (6) | | Steal%: | 8.2 (66) | 15.0 (9) | | 3PA/FGA | 32.0 (196) | 33.5 (193) | | A/FGM | 57.6 (110) | 53.8 (162) |
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