Quick look at Pitt
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Their 47% from 3 last night was their best shooting performance in over a month - I'm glad it happened right before we play them.
was it my imagination or was the pace of that game about 1/2 that of a Big 12 matchup?
I think it was Jack Cooley.
Looks like we'll get a lot of offensive rebounds and blocks.
Gotta turn them over a lot too.
We can handle that.
I don't know about overall game pace, but it sure looked like the hustle by individual players was much lower than I'm used to seeing.
Mississippi State plays one of the slowest tempos in the country (336th per KenPom). Just how they play. Iowa State is 327th so actually not that much different.
In the first round especially they let the games be more physical. The refs know these games are on a schedule and can't be 2.5/3 hour games when they have 4 games at a venue to get through.
but they just got 40 minutes of good NCAA tournament grind it out possession by possession game. They have held 7 opponents to 60 points or less, so they are capable of playing that way. They beat Virginia 68-65. Have a nice win over Miami and a very close loss to Miami. I think Pitts potential or ceiling is higher than MSU, so I wanted MSU.
And that’s absolutely right! You saw that with MSU particularly in the first half with Pittsburgh. The Bulldogs were kind of getting in foul trouble and I automatically envisioned our game with the Mountaineers in Morgantown. If we can shore that category up in particular, I feel REALLY, REALLY good. Also, winning the rebounding game will be huge too.
Watching MSU’s defense, they really impressed me. To be honest, looked a great deal like us!
Don’t have to worry about facing that.
Keys to victory:
1. Run them off the 3 point line
2. Get back in transition
3. Bigs have to handle the high pick and roll/pick and pop game
4. Punish them for being undersized by getting to the rim
5. Own the boards
6. Turn them over
1. Run them off the 3 point line
2. Get back in transition
3. Bigs have to handle the high pick and roll/pick and pop game
4. Punish them for being undersized by getting to the rim
5. Own the boards
6. Turn them over
Pitt gives up a lot of layups. Look for Tamin and Jaren to attack the rim early and often.
Yeah but they weren't on the time crunch Thurs/Fri games will be. Plus they started out whistle happy but as the game went on they let it get pretty physical.
SEMO also committed about 50 fouls. Most of the calls were ones that had to be made because they were so damn obvious. Nothing like our game at WVU.
7. Crush your enemies
8. See them driven before you
9. Hear the lamentations of their women
That kind of take was easier to post back in the days before advanced analytics.
ISU committed far less fouls the last three games of the year and I'm not sure why(Grill, tournament refs, focus on moving the feet, etc)??
Actually they are giving Pitt respect because Bart Torvik has us a 6pt favorites.