Keys to beating TCU:

AggieIceCream05 · Post by **AggieIceCream05** » March 17th, 2024, 8:06 pm

1. Great Osobor NEEDS to make free throws. He will be a mismatch and he will get TCU into foul trouble.
2. Brown NEEDS to take more shots. He should take more shots than everyone except Great. When Brown is aggressive, we win games.
3. Limit turnovers. TCU likes to pressure, similar to SDSU.
4. We need to make at least seven 3-pointers. Teams that win in March, shoot the ball well.
5. Mason, Ian, or Josh needs to score at least 15 points. We need someone outside of Great and Darius to score the basketball.
6. Everyone NEEDS to box out! TCU swarms the glass, and if everyone doesn’t go in for defensive rebounds, we’ll be in trouble.

What are your thoughts?

Sl7vk · Post by **Sl7vk** » March 17th, 2024, 8:13 pm

My thoughts are that a late Friday game gives us and Mason more time to get healthy.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » March 17th, 2024, 8:21 pm

Sl7vk wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:13 pm
My thoughts are that a late Friday game gives us and Mason more time to get healthy.

This plus Nevada beat TCU. For the next round, Purdue would be the #1 seed team to beat.
Keep in mind about Purdue
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... ue-gonzaga
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... st-gonzaga

QuackAttackAggie · Post by **QuackAttackAggie** » March 17th, 2024, 8:34 pm

AggieIceCream05 wrote:1. Great Osobor NEEDS to make free throws. He will be a mismatch and he will get TCU into foul trouble.
2. Brown NEEDS to take more shots. He should take more shots than everyone except Great. When Brown is aggressive, we win games.
3. Limit turnovers. TCU likes to pressure, similar to SDSU.
4. We need to make at least seven 3-pointers. Teams that win in March, shoot the ball well.
5. Mason, Ian, or Josh needs to score at least 15 points. We need someone outside of Great and Darius to score the basketball.
6. Everyone NEEDS to box out! TCU swarms the glass, and if everyone doesn’t go in for defensive rebounds, we’ll be in trouble.

What are your thoughts?

We shouldn't take a lot of 3s. We aren't good at it. But we need to make the ones we take. TCU has one of the worst 2 pt defenses in the country, so I assume we will go inside a lot and they will collapse a lot.

TCU does three things to win games. They cause turnovers, they rebound on offense, and they score in transition. They're longer than we are and they're going to rebound well on offense. They are not a good defensive rebounding team, probably because they're trying to get into transition. If we make our shots or get to the FT line they're going to lose their source for points.

Our two point fg defense is 302nd in the country. They take a lot of 2s and get to the rim. They'll really hurt us here. We have to stop that.

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JFW_AGGIES · Post by **JFW_AGGIES** » March 17th, 2024, 8:42 pm

I agree with your thoughts on rebounding, to me this will be the key to who wins the game. If we can stay relatively close in rebounding margin like when we beat SDSU. I think we win this game!

MetsJetsAggies · Post by **MetsJetsAggies** » March 17th, 2024, 8:51 pm

What did Houston just do, do that on defense

SpectrumMagic · Post by **SpectrumMagic** » March 17th, 2024, 9:02 pm

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:34 pm

AggieIceCream05 wrote:1. Great Osobor NEEDS to make free throws. He will be a mismatch and he will get TCU into foul trouble.
2. Brown NEEDS to take more shots. He should take more shots than everyone except Great. When Brown is aggressive, we win games.
3. Limit turnovers. TCU likes to pressure, similar to SDSU.
4. We need to make at least seven 3-pointers. Teams that win in March, shoot the ball well.
5. Mason, Ian, or Josh needs to score at least 15 points. We need someone outside of Great and Darius to score the basketball.
6. Everyone NEEDS to box out! TCU swarms the glass, and if everyone doesn’t go in for defensive rebounds, we’ll be in trouble.

What are your thoughts?
We shouldn't take a lot of 3s. We aren't good at it. But we need to make the ones we take. TCU has one of the worst 2 pt defenses in the country, so I assume we will go inside a lot and they will collapse a lot.

TCU does three things to win games. They cause turnovers, they rebound on offense, and they score in transition. They're longer than we are and they're going to rebound well on offense. They are not a good defensive rebounding team, probably because they're trying to get into transition. If we make our shots or get to the FT line they're going to lose their source for points.

Our two point fg defense is 302nd in the country. They take a lot of 2s and get to the rim. They'll really hurt us here. We have to stop that.

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It doesn’t help that we switch on every screen and end up with Isaac or Great on a PG who can drive and dish or take a layup and leave us in bad position for rebound or that we have no zone besides a 1-3-1. Let’s see if we make some adjustments with the time we have

JFW_AGGIES · Post by **JFW_AGGIES** » March 17th, 2024, 9:03 pm

Turnovers is another factor in their games. If we can keep them under 12 that gives us a great chance. 15 or more and they usually win those games. A healthy Mason would be great as well!

BigBlueAggie · Post by **BigBlueAggie** » March 17th, 2024, 9:05 pm

Decided to review our losses for commonalities. You have some thing right, but it really boils down to defense and how we shoot.

AggieIceCream05 wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:06 pm
1. Great Osobor NEEDS to make free throws. He will be a mismatch and he will get TCU into foul trouble.
63.3 percent FT shooter is what he is. It will be in that range. He shot 8/11 against Bradley and we lost. He averaged just over 60 percent for all losses. Anything over that is a nice bonus, but I think there are bigger factors.

2. Brown NEEDS to take more shots. He should take more shots than everyone except Great. When Brown is aggressive, we win games.
This one is a mixed bag. He needs to MAKE more shots, not necessarily take more. He averaged 11 shots in our losses, which is plenty, but only made 28 percent of them. Which is terrible.

3. Limit turnovers. TCU likes to pressure, similar to SDSU. Agreed, but TOs were a mixed bag in our losses, only in 3 of them did we have more than the opponent. In 2 we actually turned it over less and in one we tied.

4. We need to make at least seven 3-pointers. Teams that win in March, shoot the ball well. THIS is big, but I will say making them at a high rate (above 35 percent) is key. We averaged 25 percent from three in our losses. That is abysmal. And will be tough to overcome. Watch how we do here. It will be very telling. When we make 3s we win as it opens up the inside.

5. Mason, Ian, or Josh needs to score at least 15 points. We need someone outside of Great and Darius to score the basketball. Agreed.

6. Everyone NEEDS to box out! TCU swarms the glass, and if everyone doesn’t go in for defensive rebounds, we’ll be in trouble. We were out rebounded in every loss but one (the first New Mexico loss). So totally agree with you on this one. This is one of those "hustle and toughness" indicators.

What are your thoughts?

The other big thing is just shooting percentage in general. In losses the Aggies averaged 39.5 percent shooting from the field while giving up 49 percent. That ain't going to get it done. We did win games where we shot poorly, but we limited the other team to poor shooting as well. Can't have a 10 percent shooting differential and win many games.

Going to be a tough one, but if we want better seeds than 8, we need to start winning games like this. Let's GO AGGIES!

SpectrumMagic · Post by **SpectrumMagic** » March 17th, 2024, 9:14 pm

BigBlueAggie wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 9:05 pm
Decided to review our losses for commonalities. You have some thing right, but it really boils down to defense and how we shoot.

AggieIceCream05 wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:06 pm
1. Great Osobor NEEDS to make free throws. He will be a mismatch and he will get TCU into foul trouble.
63.3 percent FT shooter is what he is. It will be in that range. He shot 8/11 against Bradley and we lost. He averaged just over 60 percent for all losses. Anything over that is a nice bonus, but I think there are bigger factors.

2. Brown NEEDS to take more shots. He should take more shots than everyone except Great. When Brown is aggressive, we win games.
This one is a mixed bag. He needs to MAKE more shots, not necessarily take more. He averaged 11 shots in our losses, which is plenty, but only made 28 percent of them. Which is terrible.

3. Limit turnovers. TCU likes to pressure, similar to SDSU. Agreed, but TOs were a mixed bag in our losses, only in 3 of them did we have more than the opponent. In 2 we actually turned it over less and in one we tied.

4. We need to make at least seven 3-pointers. Teams that win in March, shoot the ball well. THIS is big, but I will say making them at a high rate (above 35 percent) is key. We averaged 25 percent from three in our losses. That is abysmal. And will be tough to overcome. Watch how we do here. It will be very telling. When we make 3s we win as it opens up the inside.

5. Mason, Ian, or Josh needs to score at least 15 points. We need someone outside of Great and Darius to score the basketball. Agreed.

6. Everyone NEEDS to box out! TCU swarms the glass, and if everyone doesn’t go in for defensive rebounds, we’ll be in trouble. We were out rebounded in every loss but one (the first New Mexico loss). So totally agree with you on this one. This is one of those "hustle and toughness" indicators.

What are your thoughts?
The other big thing is just shooting percentage in general. In losses the Aggies averaged 39.5 percent shooting from the field while giving up 49 percent. That ain't going to get it done. We did win games where we shot poorly, but we limited the other team to poor shooting as well. Can't have a 10 percent shooting differential and win many games.

Going to be a tough one, but if we want better seeds than 8, we need to start winning games like this. Let's GO AGGIES!

We have to rebound and get transition points. They will crash the board and we have to make them pay. On flip side not turning it over or allowing 2nd chance points leading to easy points for them.

We really need to have some wrinkles on D I feel like we’ve been scouted and attacking our weaknesses the 2nd half of the year.

MrBiggle · Post by **MrBiggle** » March 17th, 2024, 9:16 pm

SpectrumMagic wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 9:02 pm

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:34 pm

AggieIceCream05 wrote:1. Great Osobor NEEDS to make free throws. He will be a mismatch and he will get TCU into foul trouble.
2. Brown NEEDS to take more shots. He should take more shots than everyone except Great. When Brown is aggressive, we win games.
3. Limit turnovers. TCU likes to pressure, similar to SDSU.
4. We need to make at least seven 3-pointers. Teams that win in March, shoot the ball well.
5. Mason, Ian, or Josh needs to score at least 15 points. We need someone outside of Great and Darius to score the basketball.
6. Everyone NEEDS to box out! TCU swarms the glass, and if everyone doesn’t go in for defensive rebounds, we’ll be in trouble.

What are your thoughts?
We shouldn't take a lot of 3s. We aren't good at it. But we need to make the ones we take. TCU has one of the worst 2 pt defenses in the country, so I assume we will go inside a lot and they will collapse a lot.

TCU does three things to win games. They cause turnovers, they rebound on offense, and they score in transition. They're longer than we are and they're going to rebound well on offense. They are not a good defensive rebounding team, probably because they're trying to get into transition. If we make our shots or get to the FT line they're going to lose their source for points.

Our two point fg defense is 302nd in the country. They take a lot of 2s and get to the rim. They'll really hurt us here. We have to stop that.

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It doesn’t help that we switch on every screen and end up with Isaac or Great on a PG who can drive and dish or take a layup and leave us in bad position for rebound or that we have no zone besides a 1-3-1. Let’s see if we make some adjustments with the time we have

I wonder if this is something we mostly do because of brown and great? I noticed against SDSU when great went out and javon was in, the switch did not happen nearly as much as it usually does.

EngineeringAggie · Post by **EngineeringAggie** » March 17th, 2024, 9:17 pm

SLB wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:21 pm

Sl7vk wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:13 pm
My thoughts are that a late Friday game gives us and Mason more time to get healthy.
This plus Nevada beat TCU. For the next round, Purdue would be the #1 seed team to beat.
Keep in mind about Purdue
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... ue-gonzaga
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... st-gonzaga

I don’t give a crap about Purdue. If we win a single game I will run through the streets naked because the curse will have been lifted. I’ll think about the next game after we win the first.

Sorry… not trying to attack you. I just hope the team spends all of their effort and attention on TCU.

AngusAg · Post by **AngusAg** » March 17th, 2024, 9:32 pm

Start by measuring the distance from the bankboard to the foul shot line and from the rim to the floor.

Do not play timid, do not play scared. Take control and play like you belong, because you do. And for heck's sake keep your best five on the floor as long as you can. After 40 min, add up the score and see how you did.

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » March 17th, 2024, 9:32 pm

Didn’t you quit this site a few hours ago?

QuackAttackAggie · Post by **QuackAttackAggie** » March 17th, 2024, 10:09 pm

SpectrumMagic wrote:
QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:34 pm

AggieIceCream05 wrote:1. Great Osobor NEEDS to make free throws. He will be a mismatch and he will get TCU into foul trouble.
2. Brown NEEDS to take more shots. He should take more shots than everyone except Great. When Brown is aggressive, we win games.
3. Limit turnovers. TCU likes to pressure, similar to SDSU.
4. We need to make at least seven 3-pointers. Teams that win in March, shoot the ball well.
5. Mason, Ian, or Josh needs to score at least 15 points. We need someone outside of Great and Darius to score the basketball.
6. Everyone NEEDS to box out! TCU swarms the glass, and if everyone doesn’t go in for defensive rebounds, we’ll be in trouble.

What are your thoughts?
We shouldn't take a lot of 3s. We aren't good at it. But we need to make the ones we take. TCU has one of the worst 2 pt defenses in the country, so I assume we will go inside a lot and they will collapse a lot.

TCU does three things to win games. They cause turnovers, they rebound on offense, and they score in transition. They're longer than we are and they're going to rebound well on offense. They are not a good defensive rebounding team, probably because they're trying to get into transition. If we make our shots or get to the FT line they're going to lose their source for points.

Our two point fg defense is 302nd in the country. They take a lot of 2s and get to the rim. They'll really hurt us here. We have to stop that.

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It doesn’t help that we switch on every screen and end up with Isaac or Great on a PG who can drive and dish or take a layup and leave us in bad position for rebound or that we have no zone besides a 1-3-1. Let’s see if we make some adjustments with the time we have

Houston and tcu both blitz the guard instead. Interesting video on it here

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OrangeCountyAggie · Post by **OrangeCountyAggie** » March 17th, 2024, 10:10 pm

AngusAg wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 9:32 pm
Start by measuring the distance from the bankboard to the foul shot line and from the rim to the floor.

Do not play timid, do not play scared. Take control and play like you belong, because you do. And for heck's sake keep your best five on the floor as long as you can. After 40 min, add up the score and see how you did.

This is a big one, no one should step on the court except our starters plus Josh and Sako in limited minutes. I wouldn’t even play Josh that much unless he's killing it, another guard is in foul trouble or Martinez is stinking it up.

Everyone needs to protect Great from getting foul calls. Also, I'd prefer an officiating crew from any conference outside of the B12, P12 or MWC.

AggieFBObsession · Post by **AggieFBObsession** » March 17th, 2024, 10:18 pm

Johnson has to be a factor not a liability.

Bigger_Blue_Aggie · Post by **Bigger_Blue_Aggie** » March 18th, 2024, 6:26 am

They need to dig down deep and find some grit. Play tough and confident.

Aggiesbleedblue · Post by **Aggiesbleedblue** » March 18th, 2024, 7:37 am

I’ll tell you the biggest key of all and it has nothing to do with X’s & O’s or the guys in purple. Act like we belong on the same floor as these guys and play like it. Don’t play timid and dig ourselves an 8 point hole in the first 5 minutes. Play loose and confident for once on the big stage. Will it happen? I doubt it. But that’s the key to winning in this tournament

FloridaAggie13 · Post by **FloridaAggie13** » March 18th, 2024, 7:46 am

Aggiesbleedblue wrote: ↑
March 18th, 2024, 7:37 am
I’ll tell you the biggest key of all and it has nothing to do with X’s & O’s or the guys in purple. Act like we belong on the same floor as these guys and play like it. Don’t play timid and dig ourselves an 8 point hole in the first 5 minutes. Play loose and confident for once on the big stage. Will it happen? I doubt it. But that’s the key to winning in this tournament

This ^^
It seems like every year we make the tourney we start out timid as though we don't belong and spend the next 30 minutes trying to overcome a ten point deficit.

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » March 18th, 2024, 8:20 am

FloridaAggie13 wrote: ↑
March 18th, 2024, 7:46 am

Aggiesbleedblue wrote: ↑
March 18th, 2024, 7:37 am
I’ll tell you the biggest key of all and it has nothing to do with X’s & O’s or the guys in purple. Act like we belong on the same floor as these guys and play like it. Don’t play timid and dig ourselves an 8 point hole in the first 5 minutes. Play loose and confident for once on the big stage. Will it happen? I doubt it. But that’s the key to winning in this tournament
This ^^
It seems like every year we make the tourney we start out timid as though we don't belong and spend the next 30 minutes trying to overcome a ten point deficit.

Yep. We beat Marquette if we didn't come out nervous

FloridaAggie13 · Post by **FloridaAggie13** » March 18th, 2024, 8:46 am

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
March 18th, 2024, 8:20 am

FloridaAggie13 wrote: ↑
March 18th, 2024, 7:46 am

Aggiesbleedblue wrote: ↑
March 18th, 2024, 7:37 am
I’ll tell you the biggest key of all and it has nothing to do with X’s & O’s or the guys in purple. Act like we belong on the same floor as these guys and play like it. Don’t play timid and dig ourselves an 8 point hole in the first 5 minutes. Play loose and confident for once on the big stage. Will it happen? I doubt it. But that’s the key to winning in this tournament
This ^^
It seems like every year we make the tourney we start out timid as though we don't belong and spend the next 30 minutes trying to overcome a ten point deficit.
Yep. We beat Marquette if we didn't come out nervous

Same with Kansas State.

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » March 18th, 2024, 11:14 am

Aggiesbleedblue wrote: ↑
March 18th, 2024, 7:37 am
I’ll tell you the biggest key of all and it has nothing to do with X’s & O’s or the guys in purple. Act like we belong on the same floor as these guys and play like it. Don’t play timid and dig ourselves an 8 point hole in the first 5 minutes. Play loose and confident for once on the big stage. Will it happen? I doubt it. But that’s the key to winning in this tournament

100% the key. Look at Mizzou last year we came out timid and lack luster and dug a hole. Great, Darius and Ian both played in the tourney last year. WHile Mason and Issacc did not play they were still at the tournament and are familiar with the process etc. Need to come out with guns blazing.

AggieUprising50 · Post by **AggieUprising50** » March 18th, 2024, 11:58 am

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:34 pm

AggieIceCream05 wrote:1. Great Osobor NEEDS to make free throws. He will be a mismatch and he will get TCU into foul trouble.
2. Brown NEEDS to take more shots. He should take more shots than everyone except Great. When Brown is aggressive, we win games.
3. Limit turnovers. TCU likes to pressure, similar to SDSU.
4. We need to make at least seven 3-pointers. Teams that win in March, shoot the ball well.
5. Mason, Ian, or Josh needs to score at least 15 points. We need someone outside of Great and Darius to score the basketball.
6. Everyone NEEDS to box out! TCU swarms the glass, and if everyone doesn’t go in for defensive rebounds, we’ll be in trouble.

What are your thoughts?
We shouldn't take a lot of 3s. We aren't good at it. But we need to make the ones we take. TCU has one of the worst 2 pt defenses in the country, so I assume we will go inside a lot and they will collapse a lot.

TCU does three things to win games. They cause turnovers, they rebound on offense, and they score in transition. They're longer than we are and they're going to rebound well on offense. They are not a good defensive rebounding team, probably because they're trying to get into transition. If we make our shots or get to the FT line they're going to lose their source for points.

Our two point fg defense is 302nd in the country. They take a lot of 2s and get to the rim. They'll really hurt us here. We have to stop that.

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Supposedly the key metrics to winning in the tourney is being a good free throw shooting team, not a 3-point team. This plays well into our favor if Great can shoot over 70% from the line. So my keys to the game are:

1. Let Great be Great and get their best player in foul trouble.
2. Shoot over 70% from the line
3. TAKE CARE OF THE BALL
4. Only shoot open three-point shots.
5. Get defensive rebounds.

MrBiggle · Post by **MrBiggle** » March 18th, 2024, 12:36 pm

AggieUprising50 wrote: ↑
March 18th, 2024, 11:58 am

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:34 pm

AggieIceCream05 wrote:1. Great Osobor NEEDS to make free throws. He will be a mismatch and he will get TCU into foul trouble.
2. Brown NEEDS to take more shots. He should take more shots than everyone except Great. When Brown is aggressive, we win games.
3. Limit turnovers. TCU likes to pressure, similar to SDSU.
4. We need to make at least seven 3-pointers. Teams that win in March, shoot the ball well.
5. Mason, Ian, or Josh needs to score at least 15 points. We need someone outside of Great and Darius to score the basketball.
6. Everyone NEEDS to box out! TCU swarms the glass, and if everyone doesn’t go in for defensive rebounds, we’ll be in trouble.

What are your thoughts?
We shouldn't take a lot of 3s. We aren't good at it. But we need to make the ones we take. TCU has one of the worst 2 pt defenses in the country, so I assume we will go inside a lot and they will collapse a lot.

TCU does three things to win games. They cause turnovers, they rebound on offense, and they score in transition. They're longer than we are and they're going to rebound well on offense. They are not a good defensive rebounding team, probably because they're trying to get into transition. If we make our shots or get to the FT line they're going to lose their source for points.

Our two point fg defense is 302nd in the country. They take a lot of 2s and get to the rim. They'll really hurt us here. We have to stop that.

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Supposedly the key metrics to winning in the tourney is being a good free throw shooting team, not a 3-point team. This plays well into our favor if Great can shoot over 70% from the line. So my keys to the game are:

1. Let Great be Great and get their best player in foul trouble.
2. Shoot over 70% from the line
3. TAKE CARE OF THE BALL
4. Only shoot open three-point shots.
5. Get defensive rebounds.

Brown does seem to shoot better when there are <3 seconds on the clock and he has a hand in his face.

brian5562 · Post by **brian5562** » March 18th, 2024, 12:49 pm

Brown is the key. He has to control the tempo of the game and facilitate the offense into good shots. If Brown plays well we win.

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » March 18th, 2024, 12:53 pm

brian5562 wrote: ↑
March 18th, 2024, 12:49 pm
Brown is the key. He has to control the tempo of the game and facilitate the offense into good shots. If Brown plays well we win.

Agreed, the team also needs him to be aggressive at looking for his shot. He will need to score 15ish points for the Aggies to win IMO.

Aggie4L1fe · Post by **Aggie4L1fe** » March 18th, 2024, 1:01 pm

They are going to try get great in foul trouble, he needs to be smart about things

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Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » March 18th, 2024, 1:19 pm

Aggie4L1fe wrote: ↑
March 18th, 2024, 1:01 pm
They are going to try get great in foul trouble, he needs to be smart about things

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Overall Great has been excellent about not getting in foul trouble. The SDSU game is the only one i recall where foul trouble was an issue for him. Hopefully that continues.

DreadPirateRoberts · Post by **DreadPirateRoberts** » March 18th, 2024, 2:38 pm

EngineeringAggie wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 9:17 pm

SLB wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:21 pm

Sl7vk wrote: ↑
March 17th, 2024, 8:13 pm
My thoughts are that a late Friday game gives us and Mason more time to get healthy.
This plus Nevada beat TCU. For the next round, Purdue would be the #1 seed team to beat.
Keep in mind about Purdue
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... ue-gonzaga
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... st-gonzaga
I don’t give a crap about Purdue. If we win a single game I will run through the streets naked because the curse will have been lifted. I’ll think about the next game after we win the first.

Sorry… not trying to attack you. I just hope the team spends all of their effort and attention on TCU.

Purdue might get upset. Everyone loves a Cinderella story.

Coloraggie · Post by **Coloraggie** » March 18th, 2024, 2:51 pm

Great didn't really even get into foul trouble at SDSU, yes, he had a dumb foul but it was his second and I think he ended up with 3 in the game. We put him in foul trouble ourselves.

Also, I don't want to see Jackson or really anyone else taking step-back 20 foot jumpers with a hand in their face with 20 seconds still left on the shot clock.

Finally, I feel we have times when Great is tired and we don't try to go to him for a few possessions to give him a break and it kills our offense. I'm all for him getting break but pull him 15-20 feet from the basket, still pass it to him but let him look for cutters or at least pull his guy far enough out and tell Mason/Martinez to drive to the basket. Great doesn't need to shoot the ball every possession (but I think he should touch it somewhere) but the other team needs to think that he is going to get it and shoot to keep their big guy occupied and the double team thinking about it.

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