Looks solid. I'm actually considering playing Iona and the huge chalk myself.
Good luck.
Haha. Don't blame you. I think Rusthoven being back and his increase in minutes will help the Tribe come CAA play, but yah, they're brutal bad, just can't defend speed.
Quinn McDowell might be the biggest disappointment in the CAA thus far. Easily one of the best shooters in the conference, but when you don't have anyone who can distribute the ball, yikes.
Looks solid. I'm actually considering playing Iona and the huge chalk myself.
Good luck.
Haha. Don't blame you. I think Rusthoven being back and his increase in minutes will help the Tribe come CAA play, but yah, they're brutal bad, just can't defend speed.
Quinn McDowell might be the biggest disappointment in the CAA thus far. Easily one of the best shooters in the conference, but when you don't have anyone who can distribute the ball, yikes.
Trying to better understand your thought process...
Duquesne pretty uptempo team and George Mason has had 11 days off and comes out amped/fresh and follows suit?
BOL
Neil may correct me on this, but I suspect it also has something to do with Andre Cornelius coming back for Mason tonight after sitting out the first 10 games of the season.
Trying to better understand your thought process...
Duquesne pretty uptempo team and George Mason has had 11 days off and comes out amped/fresh and follows suit?
BOL
Neil may correct me on this, but I suspect it also has something to do with Andre Cornelius coming back for Mason tonight after sitting out the first 10 games of the season.
Trying to better understand your thought process...
Duquesne pretty uptempo team and George Mason has had 11 days off and comes out amped/fresh and follows suit?
BOL
Win or lose, this total holds an insane amount of value.
1) coaching. Everhart and Duquesne employ a pressing style that pretty much forces the opponent to get up and down regardless. They force the tempo, and they're good at getting up and down. It's been a constant under Everhart. Second, Paul Hewitt's pace ranking now at George Mason is at #207. He has never played to a pace of below #111 in any season. Ever. He likes to get up and down just as much as any coach in the country.
Which leads me to
2) They currently reside at #207 in the country in terms of pace because of a combination of two things. First, their schedule. This will undoubtedly be the fastest team they will have come across since they opened up with Rhode Island (a game that landed on 182). They have played a bunch of snails as of late, and Hewitt has worked on the half court offense which struggled mightily to begin the season.
3) They get a HUGE part of the offense back in Cornelius. He was the PG for this team last year and his guidance led them to have one of the most efficient offenses in the country.
4) Branching off the whole return of Cornelius, most of the time it is a huge concern for returnees or newcomers being inserted into the lineup. It takes a few games for the players to get accustomed to the offense, get the kinks worked out so to say. Not here. Hewitt will employ both Cornelius and Wright against the press. You have a kid in Wright who had started at the PG slot for the entire season, so you have two really experienced PG's going against this pressure. There won't really be that period where the team is forced to slow it down in the half court and adjust to the newcomer. With the way Duquesne plays, the majority of scoring in this game should come in the transition.
Trying to better understand your thought process...
Duquesne pretty uptempo team and George Mason has had 11 days off and comes out amped/fresh and follows suit?
BOL
Win or lose, this total holds an insane amount of value.
1) coaching. Everhart and Duquesne employ a pressing style that pretty much forces the opponent to get up and down regardless. They force the tempo, and they're good at getting up and down. It's been a constant under Everhart. Second, Paul Hewitt's pace ranking now at George Mason is at #207. He has never played to a pace of below #111 in any season. Ever. He likes to get up and down just as much as any coach in the country.
Which leads me to
2) They currently reside at #207 in the country in terms of pace because of a combination of two things. First, their schedule. This will undoubtedly be the fastest team they will have come across since they opened up with Rhode Island (a game that landed on 182). They have played a bunch of snails as of late, and Hewitt has worked on the half court offense which struggled mightily to begin the season.
3) They get a HUGE part of the offense back in Cornelius. He was the PG for this team last year and his guidance led them to have one of the most efficient offenses in the country.
4) Branching off the whole return of Cornelius, most of the time it is a huge concern for returnees or newcomers being inserted into the lineup. It takes a few games for the players to get accustomed to the offense, get the kinks worked out so to say. Not here. Hewitt will employ both Cornelius and Wright against the press. You have a kid in Wright who had started at the PG slot for the entire season, so you have two really experienced PG's going against this pressure. There won't really be that period where the team is forced to slow it down in the half court and adjust to the newcomer. With the way Duquesne plays, the majority of scoring in this game should come in the transition.
I'm trying to figure your angle on the Indiana St total...why a 3*?
These two teams played to a total of 130 a month ago, and UL Monroe was without it's best offensive threat and best offensive rebounder in Steven McClellan. I commented a few weeks back on his return and how it should help out the offense and hurt the defense. His return takes pressure off of the guards who were forcing a crazy # of shots and horrible shots might I add without having a post presence down low. So from an offensive standpoint, they can score. Just to give you an idea, Mingo and Brown shot a combined 6 for 26 in the first meeting here. No post presence = forcing dumb shots.
From a defensive standpoint, they can't guard anyone. In the man to man defense, they take so many risks and it burns them. The lowest point total they have given up is 60, and that was the opener of the year at Ole Miss, and you've seen how bad that offense is (one of the worst from a BCS conference). Since McClellan has returned, they've gone to a zone defense a majority of the time, primarily b/c the guards are too undersized out front to match up with teams. And that's a big factor here. Indiana State shoots the ball extremely well from the outside.
Clearly, the one thing that concerns me is a letdown from Indiana State having just beaten Vanderbilt on the road, and coming home to face a team they really didn't struggle with once this season. Then again, a letdown here could work in my favor as I get a lesser effort from Indiana State defensively, leading to those points I need from UL Monroe to get the over. I think the addition of McClellan, and the changes they've made on the defensive end sort of makes Indiana State a little more adept to prepare for this one a bit more than it would have without roster changes and or coaching philosophy changes.
I'm trying to figure your angle on the Indiana St total...why a 3*?
These two teams played to a total of 130 a month ago, and UL Monroe was without it's best offensive threat and best offensive rebounder in Steven McClellan. I commented a few weeks back on his return and how it should help out the offense and hurt the defense. His return takes pressure off of the guards who were forcing a crazy # of shots and horrible shots might I add without having a post presence down low. So from an offensive standpoint, they can score. Just to give you an idea, Mingo and Brown shot a combined 6 for 26 in the first meeting here. No post presence = forcing dumb shots.
From a defensive standpoint, they can't guard anyone. In the man to man defense, they take so many risks and it burns them. The lowest point total they have given up is 60, and that was the opener of the year at Ole Miss, and you've seen how bad that offense is (one of the worst from a BCS conference). Since McClellan has returned, they've gone to a zone defense a majority of the time, primarily b/c the guards are too undersized out front to match up with teams. And that's a big factor here. Indiana State shoots the ball extremely well from the outside.
Clearly, the one thing that concerns me is a letdown from Indiana State having just beaten Vanderbilt on the road, and coming home to face a team they really didn't struggle with once this season. Then again, a letdown here could work in my favor as I get a lesser effort from Indiana State defensively, leading to those points I need from UL Monroe to get the over. I think the addition of McClellan, and the changes they've made on the defensive end sort of makes Indiana State a little more adept to prepare for this one a bit more than it would have without roster changes and or coaching philosophy changes.
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