Do you happen to know what the tiebreaker is if you win at Gampel and we finish tied? (Hey, dare to dream...)
Creighton/UConn
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Very winnable game for us on Saturday based on what we’ve done the last few weeks. Need to hold serve on our Home Court.
Record versus the top teams in the standings. Move down until you find a difference.
And Karaban is playing his ass off lately. He was off against us.
That rematch and the ones in Omaha and Milwaukee are a concern. I think Danny is particularly going to want to crush us. Hoping for a win Saturday to ensure at least a split.
I watched Cam Spencer bullying the smaller Ashworth a few times last night, and of course Spencer himself has struggled with Seton Hall's physical guard play both this season and last season. This seems to bode well for Seton Hall, and I agree that he's definitely not as good as Ryan Nembhard.
Francisco Farabello hasn't been too bad this season in the limited time I've seen him, but he's still not much of a scorer. He holds his own better than Ashworth on defense, however.
Maybe use EHE out at the perimeter to pull Kaulkbrenner out from under the basket??
For me, every game is a concern. And thankfully our man Sha agrees...ie we are NOT comfortable lol!
Don't think McDermott will fall for that. If I'm him, I'd be okay with EHE attempting a couple threes.
Yes but if he hits it will force his hand. Both his attempts looked good. 1 rimmed out bottom on the other. Is a lot easier to hit a wide open than driving in on a 7 footer in the lane.
The rematch vs UConn will be an insane atmosphere. It’s their senior day and they’re going to be out for revenge. Not to mention it could be two teams competing for a conference title.
That's what I was thinking too, but others had great points as well. Ahh, let's let Sha make such decisions and we simply enjoy the results!
Over thinking this.
EHE taking or making 1 or 2 wide open 3s as our back up center when he has attempted 4 total on the season is a bonus not a game plan.
Here is an idea…
Let’s take EHE’s game vs St. John’s, Coleman and Brown’s game vs Monmouth, and Sanders 2 threes against Providence…look at all those positives and just assume they can now duplicate that in every game the rest of the year.
Combine that with the phenomenal play over the past 7 games by our starting 5 and I predict we won’t lose a game the rest of the year. 😏
And we have a golden opportunity to already have a game in the pocket against Connecticut, Marquette, St. John’s, and Creighton. Wow.
Exactly how I see it too. Here’s hoping.
Gotta watch them on the other end though. Creighton takes 47% of its shots from 3 which leads the league. Ashworth has taken 43 3’s, 16 2’s. 👀
According to Sha, a few players in interviews and several on this board this is part of his game. He started the season with a concussion and has taken some time to round into shape. If this is the case it should absolutely be incorporated. We’re not going to make a living in the paint the war we normally do with a 7 footer planted in the paint. I’m certainly not saying he should take 10 3’s. Just give them something to think about so they don’t pack the paint or allow a block party. Only guy I’m comfortable driving against Kaulknrenner is Richmond.
You go and compare your record against the next highest team in the standings until one team gets an advantage. If it is exactly the same through all the standings then it goes to coin flip.
I just double checked your record. If we win in Gampel and neither of us loses to another team in conference, then we would get the tiebreaker because of your loss to Xavier.
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as mentioned above, go down the final standings board and compare record against each team until there is a difference.
Yep. Check my edited post above which has a link to the tiebreaker formula in it.
Yeah he had two fingers taped for a while and it really threw off his three ball. He seems better now.
Uconn had $2 beer night last night. I guess only a dream for something like that at prudential center. .
We can only do it on campus. If we're playing at the XL center we don't control concessions.
I think the fact we played Connecticut with Clingan in there for most of the game may help the approach. And I think we had gone from down 10 to up 8 before Clingan hurt his foot.
Let him beat you . Our big men can be physical enough to slow him down. He's not really much of a post up guy anyway. Mostly lobs to him .
Just don't let guys like Alexander, shyerman or Ashworth get comfortable with the 3..
CU has the big three who ar all league level guys, a good team and a cagy coach.
Tough one. We will both do what we do and see how it turns out. I feel good but I am not comfortable!!
$1 dollar mug nites at Steve Gepps Pub in Belmar, but hey, that was in the 70s lol. Back then we thought a 16 ouncer was big.
Tough one. We will both do what we do and see how it turns out. I feel good but I am not comfortable!!
$1 dollar mug nites at Steve Gepps Pub in Belmar, but hey, that was in the 70s lol. Back then we thought a 16 ouncer was big.
The mid range two was there all night for us. I suspect it will be for you as well.
Kalkbrenner played a one man zone when Johnson was in and dared him to shoot. I suspect the Hall will see the same thing. He's very disciplined so it will be very difficult to get him in foul trouble. As CL82 noted, 10' shots will be important.
I can see them coming out with vengeance after getting embarrassed by UConn. Hall better bring their A game and the fans better come with some grit too.
If he is manning the post then our guards need to drive and stop and pop or kick it out. He will block anyone trying to hit a layup or dunk if he anywhere near the basket.
Guards gotta stay put on the wing and frustrate the hell outta them. We are more athletic. Teams like creighton dont like to be made uncomfortable.
