Boise State Matchups
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This is the same BSU team that went into Creighton last year and came out with a 12 point win - they have everyone back from last year. They have several guys that a capable of going off big. Drimic has multiple 30 plus games this year. Last year in at Michigan State the PG Marks went for 24 and then in the Creighton game had 35. Elongoria while not the most athletic finds a way to get shots and makes them at an uncanny rate. 59% from 3 this year on 66 shots and 45% for entire season last year.
Watkins is big, but also an effort guy that will get boards and put backs. They have a little bit of an international basketball style to them with three Aussie kids and a kid from Latvia. Good ball movement, good shooters, good spacing.
Coach Rice is a former 11 year assistant at Gonzaga working under Coach Few.
Should be a fun game. One that worries me in that if Boise gets multiple shooters hot they are really tough to guard. I think this will end up in the Cyclone win column, but will be a fun game to watch and one that will test our defense.
Watkins is big, but also an effort guy that will get boards and put backs. They have a little bit of an international basketball style to them with three Aussie kids and a kid from Latvia. Good ball movement, good shooters, good spacing.
Coach Rice is a former 11 year assistant at Gonzaga working under Coach Few.
Should be a fun game. One that worries me in that if Boise gets multiple shooters hot they are really tough to guard. I think this will end up in the Cyclone win column, but will be a fun game to watch and one that will test our defense.
Watkins-Niang
Meaks-Kane
Ellogorria-Thomas
Those are obvious matchups and more or less draws matchup wise.
I think we have mismatches to our advantage with both
Hogue-Drmic
and especially Ejim-Igor.
Boise can score, but their defense is suspect. They give up a high shooting % and a lot of threes.
Expect a clean game, neither team fouls much.
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lso neither team turns the ball over.
Meaks-Kane
Ellogorria-Thomas
Those are obvious matchups and more or less draws matchup wise.
I think we have mismatches to our advantage with both
Hogue-Drmic
and especially Ejim-Igor.
Boise can score, but their defense is suspect. They give up a high shooting % and a lot of threes.
Expect a clean game, neither team fouls much.
A
lso neither team turns the ball over.
Two things from Kentucky game. BSU shot poorly 31% from the floor (not only due to Kentucky's defense, it was one of those games that wide open looks don't fall). Boise also struggled with the size of Kentucky in the front court which is one area we don't have although we play bigger.
I think Boise St. is going to give us similar problems as Iowa - they're going to try to kill us in transition. To our benefit, they lack the height that Iowa had, so we'll probably end up with a considerable upper hand in rebounds. They've got shooters that probably make up the difference. This one will be high scoring and down to the wire, hopefully we can get Drmic in foul trouble early and keep him off the floor. Keep the pressure on and get in their head to disrupt the 3-ball.
Watching these guys play in Kentucky, I think that is going to be the toughest part with this Boise team. They've got a few guys (most notably Drmic) that do a great job of getting to the rim and eventually you get drawn away from their spot up shooters. Should be a great game to watch.
Okay that makes sense from what I saw. I only caught the second half of the game last night after Drmic went off I couldn't get a good feel for his game with SC in despiration mode down 15. The comentators were remarking on the potential matchup specifically when AD, "a streach 4", and Niang would be going at each other. As I said Simon didn't think it would happen much, due to Niang causing foul troubles for Anthony. Which makes since if he is best outside and can't hold Georges out of the post. I agree that Hogue is definetly the best matchup against him.
Either way, I think Doc will have a game plan to force the ball out of his hands and make someone else make a play for BSU.
Boise State was doing a great job of getting to the rim against Kentucky, but they had no chance against Cauley-Stein and Randle. We will have to play much better perimeter defense than we have (looking at you Thomas and Long). We do play good rotating, help defense, but these guys are better than Akron.
Boise plays a very loose style, even moreso than ours. In the end, I think that helps us. We saw what happened yesterday when Akron kept chucking but stopped making. We got on the break and got layups. I think we make too many easy buckets through fast breaks and our three-headed monster inside.
ISU wins, but this is a dangerous matchup.
Boise plays a very loose style, even moreso than ours. In the end, I think that helps us. We saw what happened yesterday when Akron kept chucking but stopped making. We got on the break and got layups. I think we make too many easy buckets through fast breaks and our three-headed monster inside.
ISU wins, but this is a dangerous matchup.
Agreed. Drmic had nearly half of Boise's points in the first half last night. The key is shutting him down and making his supporting cast try and beat you. I don't think they have the firepower to get the job done offensively.
On the other side of the ball... Who is Boise State going to try and shut down? Niang? Shut him down at the expense of Hogue and Ejim going off (you can say that for any of ISU's bigs)? Shut down Kane? Good luck with that.
ISU poses a threat most other teams can't. The scoring is so balanced that a defense isn't going to be successful trying to take 1 ISU player out of the mix offensively. No... the defense has to try and limit 3 or 4 guys which is damn near impossible. Reid Gettys is correct when he says that 1-5 ISU is the most difficult team in the country to match up against.
CycloneErik
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This is the game I wanted. Fast, high-scoring, excitement all around.
In the end, they'll wear down and we'll have a comfortable double-digit win. Then on to complaining about our defense giving up 78 points.
In the end, they'll wear down and we'll have a comfortable double-digit win. Then on to complaining about our defense giving up 78 points.
Drimic isn't alone on Boise in the dangerous category. Marks can go off for 25 -30 and has against very good opponents (see earlier post on there games at Creighton and MSU) If you double Drimic and come off Elongoria it also won't be a fun game. I think ISU wins this, but this is a tough match up.
This is what analysts are saying but they aren't that fast...109 in adjusted tempo and below 100 in average possession length.