How should Jay attack the find a way boys?
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Target either Devonte, or Malik, for fouling up.
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Drive on one early and often.
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Force one to switch, then immediately drive on the target. Switch-and-drive spreads any charging fouls around to reduce the risk of this driving strategy.
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Repeat.
The idea is to take away one of KU’s 2 difference makers for the last 5 minutes; then overplay and help on the remaining one.
The thread is now open for evil ideas, so We can then think of counters.
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If they shut down Perry Ellis again, we have no chance.
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If three of our four guards go 1-13 from three again, we’re in trouble.
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Well, Jaylen Brunson loves to post up. I imagine he will try that quite a bit.
Although, when that happens, I would switch Svi onto him for height and length advantage.Regarding drive for fouling, targeting DG and Malik. One of our quicker post players or another help side guard should try and pick up charge calls. Slide over, get set, draw charge. Mitch is killer at this!
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I think they’ll go after Graham hard defensively. Even though DG hasn’t been scoring a lot, he still is the spark plug in the offense. Also, he went 5-9 from three in '16, so I think they’ll try to shut him down and hope they can, as a team, outscore Malik’s 45 point game.
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They’ll try to keep the ball from getting to Doke onoffense. And they’ll try to coax him into stupid perimeter fouls on D. Which will probably work to limit his impact.
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The same way he did in 2016. Beat our offensive players to their spots. Cut off handoffs. Block the passing lanes.
This will be one of those games that Self should revisit his previous March Carney Loss.
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My hope is that we school Paschall a couple of times on the Perimeter and they have to go small with 4 guards to matchup defensively.
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Self has got to drill D’Tae on staying out of Foul Trouble.
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If they drive, it’ll be to get Doke and Silvio in foul trouble and force Mitch into the game. That would be a nightmare scenario for KU. I’m honestly not that worried about our guards getting in foul trouble.
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This game comes down to offensive rebounding and 3 point shooting %/ 3 point defense. Both teams play a similar style of drive and kick to open shooters. Surprisingly they shot terrible against Tech from 3 (17%) but still won because they played great defense and limited their second chance points. Nova’s defense does scare me a bit if I’m being honest, they shut down Perry a few years ago but we have a much bigger and stronger big in Doke. I’m not sure anyone can guard Doke within 3 feet of the basket, him getting looks early and often as well as staying outta foul trouble will be big factors. If I’m them I try to foul out Doke and hope we aren’t hitting from outside.
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i don’t think we can stop them playing man to man. We have to play zone.
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@KUSTEVE YA, ok - - lol - - good luck with that. - you know & I know Coach playing more then 2-3 possessions of zone is about as likely as me winning the lottery lol. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I’m calling it now, Lightfoot will help on defense this game.
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I hope we get a ton of shots up in the Dome. Our defense has been good enough to get stops when we need it. It’s the offense that needs to be clicking. Offense is what got us to the Final 4 and what will get us to the Championship game
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@KUSTEVE are you sure? With 5 player shooting 40% plus from three? Sounds like zone killers to me
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Nova would destroy a KU zone.
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@BShark So, what do you think they’ll do to our man to man?
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@Blown They flattened Tech’s man to man… the 3rd highest def eff team in all of college bb. I’m not sure any defense will stop them, so i guess i would say …pick your poison.
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It will be interesting to see if Nova uses the 3/4 court press like they did in 2016. That gave us fits. Many times we weren’t even getting into our offense until there were 15-20 seconds on the shot clock.
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Truth is, whoever mans up wins this game. Whatever one team does to counter in this game, the other can do something to make them pay. Whoever wants it more for 40 minutes ends up on top. Rarely will you see a game where teams match-up so well pound for pound, while playing the same style. Comes down to each guy winning their individual matchup.
- DG vs Brunson - Naismith POY matchup, will be fun to watch.
- Newman vs Bridges - Who can hold who to less points? Or rather, who can score those points most efficiently.
- Vick vs Booth- Who will put their stamp on the game more? Can Vick put up 15 points and make Booth disappear? Or do we see B12 Vick and Booth ends up being the Nova savior?
- Svi vs. Paschall - Can Svi rebound two games in a row? Can Svi make them pay for putting Paschall on a perimeter player?
- Doke vs. Spellman - Can Spellman shoot well enough to force us to put a guard and double-team him? Can he pass well enough out of a Double-team? Can he guard Doke?
- Garrett vs. DiVincenzo - Who will be the more impactful sub? Can Garrett force a couple of turnovers? Or will DiVincenzo have a field day from the arc?
I’m pumped to watch each of these small battles within the larger game.
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KUSTEVE said:
@Blown They flattened Tech’s man to man… the 3rd highest def eff team in all of college bb. I’m not sure any defense will stop them, so i guess i would say …pick your poison.
Not sure they flattened Tech, they both shot 33% from the field. They got 40% of their points in the game at the FT line. Tech missed something like 16 layups in the game. The game was ugly and both teams couldn’t hit anything.
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Tech played fine on the D end, they just couldnt make any shots.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 I think Mitch matches up better with 'Nova’s bigs than he did against Duke’s front line. Like, not even close
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@Blown atleast they don’t have Archie, he was so good at playing 2-3 passes away.
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You guys! You have to know that Self will throw some junk zone defenses out there for a few possessions. He does this every post season just to fuck with the other team. He will absolutely not use it as his go to defense. Never has.
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Booth is nursing that hand injury and has seen his shooting %'s go way down since it. Whoever guards him has the advantage.
Bridges is big time. This isn’t guarding Grayson Allen if Newman or Vick draws the assignment. Bridges gave us fits 2 years ago and all he’s done is turn himself into a 1st round pick.
Divincenzo is the matchup I’m most worried about. He was the one guy in the Tech game that had that “it” factor. Big fan of how he plays and can really hurt you in a lot of ways.
Brunson vs Graham is as good as it gets. 2 POY players going Head to Head. It’s bound to bring out the best in both. They play completely different styles playing the same position.
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Can’t imagine him using a zone, their starting 5 all shoot 3’s
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I again call on @stupidmichael. Where are you when we need you?
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Lost to Nova 59-61 on a last second shot 2013 Battle of Atlantis
Lost to Nova 59-64 in 2016 (duh, blown)
Mason could have tied it with a three at the end, but he didn’t even get a shot up.
Who thinks this game will be played in the 60’s?
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I think the other game will be played in the 60’s.
I see this being a higher scoring game of the two with KU having the higher score after 40 minutes
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@Crimsonorblue22 I’m very happy to not have to see Archie diagjdowjdnciejdjpolos play again.
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@Lulufulu He is going to have to change it up, imo. maybe he pulls a triangle in two, maybe a zone…who knows??? But, almost nobody beats Bill after beating him two times in a row.
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@Eric-san Actually they cloned him and renamed him Donte Devincenzo.
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@KUSTEVE Nova shot terrible against Tech’s man defense, the only reason they won was because they had 20 offensive rebounds. Not sure how shooting 33% from the floor and 17% from 3 classifies has shredding anything. I think a zone could work for stretches but they could easily shoot us outta it.
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@kjayhawks Nova shot terrible, yet they still completely dominated them offensively the entire game. They beat the number 1 rated defense in the b12, and the 3rd ranked def in the country. We’re ranked 42nd. So, i think we’re going to have to mix it up.
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@KUSTEVE Would you like to bet on the primary defense played? You can’t zone a team with their shooting numbers.
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@BShark Sucker’s bet. Primary will always be man to man. Even when he plays zone.
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We saw, the last time we played them, what they did to our hand-offs. Because of that, I don’t think we’ll see the weave that much. How about a payback foul against Nova for the horrible one called on Devonte last time we met… There will be a lot of chips on our shoulder’s. but for Svi and Devonte, it’s time for payback.
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@KUSTEVE We are a markedly better defensive and rebounding team ever since the Baylor loss. I like us going M2M on them. I would have been a proponent of a junk defense against Duke, as they were physically imposing matchup that I wasn’t sure we could handle conventionally. I was proven wrong.
This game, I want to play M2M. Perhaps we throw a junk or Zone D out there out of a timeout or something. But I want this game to be on our guys to perform. Whoever mans up deserves to win the game. We owe Nova one. 3 of the starters know how that game felt. They should be wanting payback.
To me, this is one of those games where you just roll the ball out there and play.
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@KUSTEVE I’ll agree to disagree how a team Dominates anything offensively shooting like that and scoring 71 points, 29 of those points came at the line and 6 or 8 came in the final minute and a half with Tech fouling to extend the game. You have to shoot well to dominate the game offensively, open looks mean nothing if you can’t hit them.
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Nice thread. I’m not an X’s and O’s guy, (although I love hugs and kisses!) but I really hope that Bill doesn’t get outcoached like he did two years ago. My memory was Jay threw a little soft press at us that just slowed us down and we never found a rhythm offensively. We might have a little more speed than two years ago as demonstrated by beating WVU three times this year and not having a ton of trouble with their press.
I do like the idea, but it’s probably stupid to run two bigs out there because nova is small. I’m not sure how they’re gonna stop Doke except try to get him fouled up.
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@Kcmatt7 like your comparison list. I felt pretty good until 6th man. That dude is head and shoulders above Garrett. And he worries me. I just think it is so important we establish Dok, collapse their D and free up our marksmen
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@Fightsongwriter I’m wondering if we will need to bring in Garrett at all this game. I think he’s been able to get some minutes because of his handling skills on O and overall D while Graham has struggled a bit.
It’s not clear to me that Villanova can handle DeSousa or Doke. Although, why was DeSousa so ineffectual against Penn?
As for the guards, I think we’ve got to do a little trial and error on D. Vick/Garrett/Graham on Bridges, Graham/Svi on Brunson, Newman/Graham on the “lesser” guard, Svi/Mitch/Silvio on Paschal, Doke/Silvio on their big.
Can KU successfully guard the 5 out with a big in the lineup? If the answer is yes, I think we should win. We should be able to extend our defense a little farther out and challenge them to drive. If Silvio is inhuman and can be on the floor at the same time as Doke and guard Paschal, I like our chances even more.
Alternatively, we should be looking to put Newman in the pick and roll with Svi and Vick in the corners. I like our chances of drawing fouls against this team.
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@wissox Look at the ball handlers in that game vs this game. Replace Ellis and Selden with Svi and Vick. It will be a different ball game with a more favorable outcome. (Willing it into existence)
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I don’t know about JWright, but the 2008 provided the blueprint to attack JWright…
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Kcmatt7 said:
Truth is, whoever mans up wins this game. Whatever one team does to counter in this game, the other can do something to make them pay. Whoever wants it more for 40 minutes ends up on top. Rarely will you see a game where teams match-up so well pound for pound, while playing the same style. Comes down to each guy winning their individual matchup.
- DG vs Brunson - Naismith POY matchup, will be fun to watch.
- Newman vs Bridges - Who can hold who to less points? Or rather, who can score those points most efficiently.
- Vick vs Booth- Who will put their stamp on the game more? Can Vick put up 15 points and make Booth disappear? Or do we see B12 Vick and Booth ends up being the Nova savior?
- Svi vs. Paschall - Can Svi rebound two games in a row? Can Svi make them pay for putting Paschall on a perimeter player?
- Doke vs. Spellman - Can Spellman shoot well enough to force us to put a guard and double-team him? Can he pass well enough out of a Double-team? Can he guard Doke?
- Garrett vs. DiVincenzo - Who will be the more impactful sub? Can Garrett force a couple of turnovers? Or will DiVincenzo have a field day from the arc?
I’m pumped to watch each of these small battles within the larger game.
And Silvio wins us the game …
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@Eric-san Archie diagjdowjdnciejdjpolos in Ukrainian is Svi Mkiaulakizkiamsanmapi
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@HighEliteMajor It’s within the realm of possibility that Silvio is the key player. Mobile but powerful and a big rebounder. Villanova may be secretly praying that we don’t have Silvio in the game. They may be game planning around him for specific plays to exploit his lack of basketball experience. Can he completelyneutralize Spellman? I think he has the ability.
Anybody else have any scouting report? I’m watching the WVU versus Nova game now. Pressing strategy seems to be a net negative for WVU so far.
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KUSTEVE said:
@Lulufulu He is going to have to change it up, imo. maybe he pulls a triangle in two, maybe a zone…who knows??? But, almost nobody beats Bill after beating him two times in a row.
This is why I think KU is going to win: Self will have a counter for Nova.
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@kjayhawks scoring 29 pts from FT is in a way dominating. It means that the team us driving the lasnes shredding the defense at will.
