College Hoops Thread '09-'10

[gettysburgfreak]

I think if Syracuse plays like they did against Zaga then they should have no problem against KSU. I am from Syracuse so I gotta go with them no matter what.

Originally Posted by gettysburgfreak

I think if Syracuse plays like they did against Zaga then they should have no problem against KSU. I am from Syracuse so I gotta go with them no matter what.

The best way to beat the 'Cuse is to outshoot them from beyond the arc. If you can't do that it's going to be a tough row to hoe. I don't see them having a problem with Kansas, and further down the road Kentucky is not a good 3 shooting team, and most likely would face a matchup nightmare against Syraucse.

[WildBlueSooner]

Originally Posted by Resipsa

The best way to beat the 'Cuse is to outshoot them from beyond the arc. If you can't do that it's going to be a tough row to hoe. I don't see them having a problem with Kansas, and further down the road Kentucky is not a good 3 shooting team, and most likely would face a matchup nightmare against Syraucse.

I will have to disagree here for sure...they way to beat a 3 pt shooting team is not to try to out shoot them. UK would beat them with crazy defensive pressure and upping the tempo to a pace SU could not handle. Kentucky is to athletic, to good in the post, and will be able to penetrate against SU.

You are right about UK not being a good 3 pt shooting team, but they have not had issues playing against good shooting teams this year. When UK plays well, nobody can handle all of the threats (Wall, Cousins, Bledsoe, Patterson, Miller, Liggins, Dodson, etc.)

Originally Posted by WildBlueSooner

I will have to disagree here for sure...they way to beat a 3 pt shooting team is not to try to out shoot them. UK would beat them with crazy defensive pressure and upping the tempo to a pace SU could not handle. Kentucky is to athletic, to good in the post, and will be able to penetrate against SU.

You are right about UK not being a good 3 pt shooting team, but they have not had issues playing against good shooting teams this year. When UK plays well, nobody can handle all of the threats (Wall, Cousins, Bledsoe, Patterson, Miller, Liggins, Dodson, etc.)

SU's strength isn't their shooting accuracy, it's their D. The offense is a nice little bonus. Few teams play the 2-3 zone, and Syracuse is the master of it, it's extremely difficult to penetrate against them. If the two
play and Kentucky can't hit from
long range, it's going to be a problem for them

[WildBlueSooner]

Originally Posted by Resipsa

The best way to beat the 'Cuse is to outshoot them from beyond the arc. If you can't do that it's going to be a tough row to hoe. I don't see them having a problem with Kansas, and further down the road Kentucky is not a good 3 shooting team, and most likely would face a matchup nightmare against Syraucse.

Oops...you forgot to mention Butler.

[gettysburgfreak]

Syracuse played like absolute **** and by no means deserved to win. God damn I see this time and time again, typical Syracuse basketball in March.

wasn't a basketball game, that was a mugging,

well for an unranked team at the beginning of the season, not too bad of a year, albeit a disappointing ending.

At least the team has integrity and class, unlike other schools who are constantly under sanction and threat of sanction by the Powers that Be, coached by an asshat with the ethics of a lawyer,

Did I say lawyer? I meant a sewer worm

[taltos]

Originally Posted by Resipsa

well for an unranked team at the beginning of the season, not too bad of a year, albeit a disappointing ending.

At least the team has integrity and class, unlike other schools who are constantly under sanction and threat of sanction by the Powers that Be, coached by an asshat with the ethics of a lawyer,

Did I say lawyer? I meant a sewer worm

There you go insulting sewer worms. I would love to see Cornell win not because I like Cornell, I don't since I went to Dartmouth, but because I hate the Kentucky coach. He has left 2 programs after they got dirty.