Did the Cards just find their "5" ???
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Tech doesn't have a good rebounding team, so they aren't able to exploit that weakness that UofL has. The UofL team I saw today won this game on pure will. When they went down by 10 at Duke, they quit. Today they went down by 10 and fought back. It all starts with effort and replacing Anas with Sutton who plays hard ALL the time created a team atmosphere to play hard. I liked the coaching move.
Loved the combo you’re talking about. I’m admittedly a Darius Perry fan x5 but they clicked together.
Va Tech is a tad schizophrenic like most Buzz Williams’ teams but they are the team that dispatched No Carolina by double digits and beat Virginia this year in Charlottesville.
Va Tech is a tad schizophrenic like most Buzz Williams’ teams but they are the team that dispatched No Carolina by double digits and beat Virginia this year in Charlottesville.
The move was two fold or three fold. VT has only 1 starter at 6-10 and the rest was guards. So it made a little sense to go small. That was almost negated by the fact that VT was determined to attack the rim instead of shooting their normal 3’s. Sutton’s and Perry’s hustle were infectious and Adel’s willingness to focus on rebounding and playing defense were the difference.
This was probably more of a match-up based move than anything else.
But the lineup has given Padgett something to consider...
But the lineup has given Padgett something to consider...
I do not know if it is possible but everyone should listen to CDP’s interview with Paul Rogers that was aired minutes before the game. He predicted Q would be a different player, he said the past two practices were two of the best they have had, wasn’t really about worrying that these were the final games for Q and Anas but more about the team was embarrassed against UNC and were simply “tired of losing when they thought they could be better”
Great win and gives us a shot at the tournament but if we have to depend on 12 threes at 44%, that just isn't going to happen too often. We need to beat Virginia or at least make it close to show we can compete against a good team. More important we need to win one of our last two games to feel at least a little comfortable about a bid.
I still believe there is enough talent on this team to platoon 2 teams and wear the opponent out.
Williams Mahmoud
Spaulding Adele
Sutton Gnorra
Snider McMahon
Perry King
Using the premise of two teams, how would you line them up?
Williams Mahmoud
Spaulding Adele
Sutton Gnorra
Snider McMahon
Perry King
Using the premise of two teams, how would you line them up?
The ability to wear teams out is a thing of the past. There are too many tv timeouts, fouling and stoppage of play to review plays and timeouts in general allow teams to rest. Couple that with ability of athletes getting stronger (except Mahmoud) and it’s no problem for kids to play 4O mins. Now if you want to play like Arkansas... Mahmoud, McMahon, Snider would be sucking wind. Adel and King wouldn’t because they would just let their man go by.
