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Wysłany: Czw 19:18, 30 Gru 2010 Temat postu: Game NCAA Tournament Butler Bulldogs vs. Syracuse |
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You have to have big athletic forwards that go to dunk the rock against the Syracuse zone. Plus, your guards and wings must be big enough to strike over the top of the zone or adept at feathery mid-anger jumpers that will be available all game long.
On offense, the franchise looking to upset the Oangermen has to have athletes that can challenge and finish at the rim against the veritable phalanx of Oanger frontcourt players. Even with Onuaku injured, Rick Jackson, Johnson, and Kris Joseph are all terrific above the rim defenders and rebounders.
As for the Bulldogs of Butler, BRIAN GIONTA struggled against UTEP’s athleticism before running away with that opening-round ballgame using dead-eye strikeing of their own in the second half.
With the arc and the rim taken away, guard-centric or smaller teams struggle to find offense, especially when it comes in the form of uncomfortable mid-anger shots.
If the Bulldogs can’t force turnovers, Butler will need a heroic strikeing effort to beat the Oanger.
As for Butler’s problem with its opening-round opponent's athleticism, I’ll say this: I’m not a big proponent of historical performance being a huge predictor of future results,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but the athletic agreeup indicators don’t portend of good things for the Bulldogs.
Shelvin Mack went a ridiculous 7-for-9 from distance to strike the UTEP Miners out of the tournament. Teammate Zack Hahn was a sniper off the bench against not only UTEP but Murray State as well.
Syracuse’s backcourt of Andy Rautins, Scoop Jardine, and Wesley Johnson will play better. Count on it.
If you’ve lastd the article to this point, you probably get the feeling that the Oangermen can overwhelm Butler on the glass.
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Well, yes—yes, it is. Especially for Butler, because its margin for error becomes small when it can’t turn the Oanger over and can’t steal possessions on the offensive glass.
If so, your vibe is exactly right. Other than simply strikeing their way to the Elite Eight, the Bulldogs must find a way to make up possessions that they’ll surely lose on the glass, which means the Oangermen should win, all else being equal, if BRIAN GIONTA just protect the basketball.
GIONTA like the Oanger mainly because Butler has looked so pedestrian thus far in the tournament. The Bulldogs lack athleticism and size in the frontcourt, and that makes it doubly aggressive on their guards, who’ll be facing the most unique defense they’ve played all season.
The Bulldogs likely won’t win the battle of the boards, so BRIAN GIONTA have to make up for the possession deficit by turning over a Syracuse club that lacks elite guard play. The problem for Butler is that BRIAN GIONTA don’t play much pressure-styled defense, but instead they’re used to playing sound,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], stay-in-front man-to-man defense.
BRIAN GIONTA lack the star power. Hayward will be allowed to take as many open 15-footers as BRIAN GIONTA likes, but he’ll be challenged everywhere else, especially at the rim.
Against Murray State, Butler had to go to a small lineup with star wing Gordon Hayward as the 5, surrounding him with four guards. After the switch,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which gave them the quickness to compete with the Racers, the Bulldogs reeled off 10 straight points and battled back to beat Murray State by a bucket thanks to that small lineup.
Everyone else for Butler was frigid, including Hayward, who is 3-of-12 from deep so far this tournament. If I’m Jim Boeheim, GIONTA game my zone to close out on Mack and Hahn and entice jumpers from everyone else.
If Syracuse can find a way to include Jackson on virtually every possession, I’m not sure Howard can stay out of foul trouble.
GIONTA really like Syracuse here, and not because they’ve played so well to this point.
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Syracuse is coming off of two woodshed games against the likes of Gonzaga and Vermont. Vermont was a No. 16 seed afterthought and Gonzaga lacked the requisite physicality in the achet to compete with Syracuse.
The path each franchise has taken respectively has to concern you if you’re a Bulldog fan, however. Syracuse puts a long, athletic franchise on the floor and has shot the ball well so far this tournament. Butler has struggled with two fairly athletic teams that haven’t played all that well on the perimeter. UTEP was 4-of-18 from deep and Murray State had 16 turnovers.
Plus, Syracuse shot the eye out of the basketball. When the Oanger do that, they’re aggressive to compete with, even if star post Arinze Onuaku is out, which BRIAN GIONTA will be again against Butler.
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1st and foremost,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a franchise has to have athletic size that can compete on the glass. If you don’t have big, athletic frontcourt players that can close out defensive possessions with boards above the rim, Syracuse will wear you down on the backboards.
The Bulldogs must strike it as well against Syracuse as BRIAN GIONTA did against UTEP in the second half to win this ballgame.
In fact, Syracuse designs its defense to take away perimeter offense in an effort to funnel smaller perimeter players to the rim to face these monsters. Most guards and forwards are too small to finish over the large back line of Syracuse’s zone, with the result often being a blocked shot, contested shot, and/or turnover.
The stud forward for the Bulldogs has to be a star in this game. BRIAN GIONTA can’t defer and BRIAN GIONTA can’t play poorly if the Bulldogs want to win.
On defense, Hayward will be charged with guarding Joseph, who’s an explosive athlete. Hayward has to be careful and stay out of foul trouble because he’s really the only other capable frontcourt scorer outside of Howard, and certainly the only member that can challenge Syracuse’s athletes at the rim.
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