Posted: February 19th, 2004, 7:22 pm
u all made some nice pts and now i plan to pick each of them apart as best i can....
1 oneandonly, i have watched enough to know that duke plays some sticky defense. they use their defense to start the fast break just as my team uconn does. dukes' half court is usually to spread the court out from the baseline to the 3/4 half court line. if they dont get ppl open by ball movement, they penetrate w/ usually duhon and try get to the basket or kick it out to reddick, ewing, etc. my point is that i dont think that the big men duke has are go to options whenever reddick cant get open like last nite. luol deng gives them a different kind of scorer and could be the guy if reddick doesnt perform. im thinkin teams are gonna be guarding reddick a lot like wake did last nite b/c it was pretty effective. we will see how coach K combats such a defense.
2 charlie v needs to get stronger physically. also, josh boone has been a nice suprise for the huskies. he had 9 offensive rebounds in the game against pitt which is probabaly y charlie didnt see the court very much along w/ that he was not strong enough to match up w/ pitts big guys. uconn has yet to find their true identity and rhythym but in years past have been able to play their best ball in march. thats y i still think uconn will make a run a the championship.
3 william johnson, shelden williams has been a good contributor for duke. maybe because i am used to watching the best big man in the country, okafor, all the time i dont appreciate the effort williams gives. duke definately needs to rebound a lot better than they did against wake. okafor leads the country in double-doubles and blocks and shoots 60% from the field. u have found his only weakness, ft shooting, but there is a player named duncan in the nba that shoots about the same percentage and he is still a decent player. okafor will need to get better from the line if uconn wants to do as well as expected at the beginning of the year. just a side note here, u say that reddick shoots %50 from three, well espn says 43 %. ben gordon shoots 45%. i know reddick shoots more 3's, i just thought it was interesting to see that.
4 packerfan, i am on pure adrenaline all the time.
5 the big east's strength lies in its depth. the acc has some teams at the top that are very impressive. the big east i feel, 1-10, is just as strong as the acc 1-10. 11 teams in the big east conference have records over .500, meaning they are capable of making the big dance. i dont give any chance/credit to the 11th team, georgetown tho, b/c (a) they play the worst scheduele in the nation and (b) they just lost to st johns' team of walk ons. the ACC may have a slight advantage now that i looked at some things b/c of the top teams of the acc and who they have beaten, but it is not by no means "bar-none" the best. the big east and the acc will have the same number of teams in the big dance, 6. the big east right now has 9 teams in the top 50 rpi.
i look forward to seeing what u guys come up w/ against my stuff so dont be shy
1 oneandonly, i have watched enough to know that duke plays some sticky defense. they use their defense to start the fast break just as my team uconn does. dukes' half court is usually to spread the court out from the baseline to the 3/4 half court line. if they dont get ppl open by ball movement, they penetrate w/ usually duhon and try get to the basket or kick it out to reddick, ewing, etc. my point is that i dont think that the big men duke has are go to options whenever reddick cant get open like last nite. luol deng gives them a different kind of scorer and could be the guy if reddick doesnt perform. im thinkin teams are gonna be guarding reddick a lot like wake did last nite b/c it was pretty effective. we will see how coach K combats such a defense.
2 charlie v needs to get stronger physically. also, josh boone has been a nice suprise for the huskies. he had 9 offensive rebounds in the game against pitt which is probabaly y charlie didnt see the court very much along w/ that he was not strong enough to match up w/ pitts big guys. uconn has yet to find their true identity and rhythym but in years past have been able to play their best ball in march. thats y i still think uconn will make a run a the championship.
3 william johnson, shelden williams has been a good contributor for duke. maybe because i am used to watching the best big man in the country, okafor, all the time i dont appreciate the effort williams gives. duke definately needs to rebound a lot better than they did against wake. okafor leads the country in double-doubles and blocks and shoots 60% from the field. u have found his only weakness, ft shooting, but there is a player named duncan in the nba that shoots about the same percentage and he is still a decent player. okafor will need to get better from the line if uconn wants to do as well as expected at the beginning of the year. just a side note here, u say that reddick shoots %50 from three, well espn says 43 %. ben gordon shoots 45%. i know reddick shoots more 3's, i just thought it was interesting to see that.
4 packerfan, i am on pure adrenaline all the time.
5 the big east's strength lies in its depth. the acc has some teams at the top that are very impressive. the big east i feel, 1-10, is just as strong as the acc 1-10. 11 teams in the big east conference have records over .500, meaning they are capable of making the big dance. i dont give any chance/credit to the 11th team, georgetown tho, b/c (a) they play the worst scheduele in the nation and (b) they just lost to st johns' team of walk ons. the ACC may have a slight advantage now that i looked at some things b/c of the top teams of the acc and who they have beaten, but it is not by no means "bar-none" the best. the big east and the acc will have the same number of teams in the big dance, 6. the big east right now has 9 teams in the top 50 rpi.
i look forward to seeing what u guys come up w/ against my stuff so dont be shy