SJ Game Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:12 pm
This should be a win for X, especially considering their 2nd best player and scorer, Herron, will be out. X has a bad record against Quad one teams (2-8), but only have one bad -not horrible loss against Wake. Fortunately, every game remaining is a resume building opportunity, including tonight. Johns just beat Providence, which was a good thing, since they now are tenuously in Quad One territory. Barring a meltdown, the game at Providence and the rest remaining will be Quad One opp. as well.
Despite playing a horrendous game offensively in their first meeting, including chucking up 27 threes (0-11 collectively from Q-6, James-3, Carter-2) X won because they’re simply bigger and better. Also, Tandy saved them with his BE coming out party with 4 treys, and X out-rebounded SJ by 10 (it would have been more, but clanking 18 threes gives the other team plenty of opportunities). X even gave up 14 offensive rebounds, and still won. It was due a combination of playing good defense, and SJ missing a lot of defended and open shots (fg/3’s/f.t. -- 35/6/2). Both teams shot poorly from the line. X even almost tripled the number of turnovers they had from 19-7.
SJ plays with a 3 guard lineup, and often with a wing (G-F) as their four. Their only true post player is a 6’9” skinny sophomore who averages 20 min. and 5 points a game. Johns will press because that’s how they play, and have seen tape of how poorly X executes the break at times. I suspect they will also have to play a lot of zone, which they did at Cintas. Even so, they’ll still be unable to stop Jones. I really hope they don’t go with the 3 bigs lineup again, but know they will. Two is fine, as long as they aren’t exposed by smaller, quicker players like we saw in four games against Creigton and Marquette, and also against Butler, to a lesser extent.
Kyky needs to be in as much as possible, so they don’t have 5 guys in the paint. I would love this lineup:
Scruggs, Kyky, Moore, Marshall, Ty.
I know it won’t happen, but if X would only play two bigs, then put Carter or Free in over Moore. It’s hard to choose, because Carter is usually a plus defensively, and a minus offensively. Free is the opposite. Final score: X 74, Johns 69.
Despite playing a horrendous game offensively in their first meeting, including chucking up 27 threes (0-11 collectively from Q-6, James-3, Carter-2) X won because they’re simply bigger and better. Also, Tandy saved them with his BE coming out party with 4 treys, and X out-rebounded SJ by 10 (it would have been more, but clanking 18 threes gives the other team plenty of opportunities). X even gave up 14 offensive rebounds, and still won. It was due a combination of playing good defense, and SJ missing a lot of defended and open shots (fg/3’s/f.t. -- 35/6/2). Both teams shot poorly from the line. X even almost tripled the number of turnovers they had from 19-7.
SJ plays with a 3 guard lineup, and often with a wing (G-F) as their four. Their only true post player is a 6’9” skinny sophomore who averages 20 min. and 5 points a game. Johns will press because that’s how they play, and have seen tape of how poorly X executes the break at times. I suspect they will also have to play a lot of zone, which they did at Cintas. Even so, they’ll still be unable to stop Jones. I really hope they don’t go with the 3 bigs lineup again, but know they will. Two is fine, as long as they aren’t exposed by smaller, quicker players like we saw in four games against Creigton and Marquette, and also against Butler, to a lesser extent.
Kyky needs to be in as much as possible, so they don’t have 5 guys in the paint. I would love this lineup:
Scruggs, Kyky, Moore, Marshall, Ty.
I know it won’t happen, but if X would only play two bigs, then put Carter or Free in over Moore. It’s hard to choose, because Carter is usually a plus defensively, and a minus offensively. Free is the opposite. Final score: X 74, Johns 69.