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Post by matteosandiego on Mar 25, 2024 15:05:01 GMT -8
San Diego State Advances to the Sweet-16 again. And like last year, the Aztecs must face @marchmadnessmbb's #1 team of the Tournament. (5) SDSU vs (1) UConn in a Rematch of last year's National Championship.
Join us at 8pm PT Live on YouTube as we discuss the big win over YALE and preview everything about UCONN. See you in the chat!
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Post by Gundo on Mar 25, 2024 18:43:34 GMT -8
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Post by zurac315 on Mar 25, 2024 18:49:11 GMT -8
Get real, people.
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Post by aztecking on Mar 25, 2024 19:48:52 GMT -8
Dude, we are an 11 pt dog with about a 20% chance to win according the models and betting odds. Why are you treating that like an impossible task? There were multiple teams that won games last weekend as an 11 pt dog or lower. If someone were to roll a dice, would you be telling people “get real, you’ll never roll a 6”.
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Post by sdsuball on Mar 25, 2024 20:07:25 GMT -8
It's going to depend on a couple of things:
1. How is the game officiated? IMO, we want/need it to be officiated tight, in order to get Clingon in foul trouble. 2. LeDee needs to drive to the rim with Clingon on him in order to draw fouls. We need to run pick and roll with Ledee + our taller players (Parrish & Byrd) who have the height and length to make passes in the pick and roll with Clingon in the area. We need to run pick and roll action to pull Clingon to the top of the key to open up cuts to the rim without Clingon defending them. Basically, we need to be running pick and roll sets, and iso sets with LeDee for most of the game. 3. We need to do a good job cleaning up the glass on defense. We cannot let them get a ton of offensive boards. 4. We need to have a solid shooting night to spread the defense out, put up points, and allow LeDee to go to work.
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Post by azson on Mar 26, 2024 14:27:28 GMT -8
It's going to depend on a couple of things: 1. How is the game officiated? IMO, we want/need it to be officiated tight, in order to get Clingon in foul trouble. 2. LeDee needs to drive to the rim with Clingon on him in order to draw fouls. We need to run pick and roll with Ledee + our taller players (Parrish & Byrd) who have the height and length to make passes in the pick and roll with Clingon in the area. We need to run pick and roll action to pull Clingon to the top of the key to open up cuts to the rim without Clingon defending them. Basically, we need to be running pick and roll sets, and iso sets with LeDee for most of the game. 3. We need to do a good job cleaning up the glass on defense. We cannot let them get a ton of offensive boards. 4. We need to have a solid shooting night to spread the defense out, put up points, and allow LeDee to go to work. 5. @gonzaga Reese shows up.
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Post by bnastyaztecs on Mar 26, 2024 15:23:18 GMT -8
It's going to depend on a couple of things: 1. How is the game officiated? IMO, we want/need it to be officiated tight, in order to get Clingon in foul trouble. 2. LeDee needs to drive to the rim with Clingon on him in order to draw fouls. We need to run pick and roll with Ledee + our taller players (Parrish & Byrd) who have the height and length to make passes in the pick and roll with Clingon in the area. We need to run pick and roll action to pull Clingon to the top of the key to open up cuts to the rim without Clingon defending them. Basically, we need to be running pick and roll sets, and iso sets with LeDee for most of the game. 3. We need to do a good job cleaning up the glass on defense. We cannot let them get a ton of offensive boards. 4. We need to have a solid shooting night to spread the defense out, put up points, and allow LeDee to go to work. 5. @gonzaga Reese shows up. He's the key to this whole thing....
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 26, 2024 15:33:09 GMT -8
Hopefully, Cam Spencer doesn't go off. The guy's a true marksman.
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Post by jcljorgenson on Mar 26, 2024 15:51:54 GMT -8
ESPN gives us a 13% chance to win. I think we can pull it off if we can keep UCONN under 70 points.
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Post by sdsuball on Mar 26, 2024 16:33:24 GMT -8
Or maybe you just keep LeDee outside. I'm watching last year's game. When LeDee drove on Clingon last year, LeDee didn't get into his body enough on drives to draw fouls. LeDee is our best 3 point shooter too, and Clingon/Senogo handled LeDee when he tried to post up on the block. So maybe you keep LeDee on the perimeter to keep Clingon out of the paint so that Trammell and Butler have better driving lanes. Then you also get kick outs to LeDee. Let LeDee make some perimeter shots, then Clingon starts closing out hard on him, and LeDee can start driving to the rim. LeDee has a big body too to clear space for our players, and you run a lot of pick and pop to get LeDee open jumpers.
When Clingon isn't on the floor, then you try to post up LeDee on the block.
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Post by smoothcat on Mar 26, 2024 16:48:53 GMT -8
It still pisses me off all these years later. Such horrid, biased officiating...utter garbage. That was the game we should have won from Connecticut for sure and they won the National Title after that....infuriating. It would be so sweet to take them down this time, but I am trying not to get my hopes up too high. OK, I am lying!
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Post by koolk65 on Mar 26, 2024 17:14:33 GMT -8
It's going to depend on a couple of things: 1. How is the game officiated? IMO, we want/need it to be officiated tight, in order to get Clingon in foul trouble. 2. LeDee needs to drive to the rim with Clingon on him in order to draw fouls. We need to run pick and roll with Ledee + our taller players (Parrish & Byrd) who have the height and length to make passes in the pick and roll with Clingon in the area. We need to run pick and roll action to pull Clingon to the top of the key to open up cuts to the rim without Clingon defending them. Basically, we need to be running pick and roll sets, and iso sets with LeDee for most of the game. 3. We need to do a good job cleaning up the glass on defense. We cannot let them get a ton of offensive boards. 4. We need to have a solid shooting night to spread the defense out, put up points, and allow LeDee to go to work. 5. @gonzaga Reese shows up. 6) Tristen Newton: Got to somehow neutralize him. You got to cut the head off the snake. Newton is the head of the UConn team. He can dominate a game.
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Post by gamer2101 on Mar 26, 2024 17:47:00 GMT -8
I want us to beat these guys so bad!!!!
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Post by uwphoto on Mar 26, 2024 18:01:01 GMT -8
It still pisses me off all these years later. Such horrid, biased officiating...utter garbage. That was the game we should have won from Connecticut for sure and they won the National Title after that....infuriating. It would be so sweet to take them down this time, but I am trying not to get my hopes up too high. OK, I am lying! correct me if I'm wrong..didn't JF lead the nation in technical fouls that year or next? I'd bait a guy like that as well.
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Post by mactec on Mar 26, 2024 20:20:23 GMT -8
It still pisses me off all these years later. Such horrid, biased officiating...utter garbage. That was the game we should have won from Connecticut for sure and they won the National Title after that....infuriating. It would be so sweet to take them down this time, but I am trying not to get my hopes up too high. OK, I am lying! correct me if I'm wrong..didn't JF lead the nation in technical fouls that year or next? I'd bait a guy like that as well. I don't know how you'd look that up, but Franklin didn't play much that year and only started getting some of minutes halfway through the season. It wasn't until 2011-2012 where he became a star. He didn't
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Post by Gundo on Mar 26, 2024 22:08:59 GMT -8
correct me if I'm wrong..didn't JF lead the nation in technical fouls that year or next? I'd bait a guy like that as well. I don't know how you'd look that up, but Franklin didn't play much that year and only started getting some of minutes halfway through the season. It wasn't until 2011-2012 that he became a star. He didn't Jamaal played 6 minutes vs UConn in that Sweet 16 Game, where Kemba clowned him & us. We lost that game by 7 points and momentum changed in their favor after the technical foul was called. (Starters: Leonard, Thomas, White, Gay, Tapley - Bench: Jamaal, Rahon, Shelton, Cartwell) Would love to kick some UConn Ass in Boston, Mass.
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Post by MontezumasRevenge on Mar 27, 2024 3:11:11 GMT -8
I don't know how you'd look that up, but Franklin didn't play much that year and only started getting some of minutes halfway through the season. It wasn't until 2011-2012 that he became a star. He didn't Jamaal played 6 minutes vs UConn in that Sweet 16 Game, where Kemba clowned him & us. We lost that game by 7 points and momentum changed in their favor after the technical foul was called. (Starters: Leonard, Thomas, White, Gay, Tapley - Bench: Jamaal, Rahon, Shelton, Cartwell) Would love to kick some UConn Ass in Boston, Mass. In those six minutes on the floor, Jamaal drew a charge on Kemba, scored on a put back where he came soaring in over everyone, then stole the subsequent inbounds pass and immediately got the assist on the Billy White layup that put the home crowd into a frenzy and forced UConn to call the timeout where the shoulder bump occurred. He also guarded Kemba on every possession while he was in, and aside from the technical FTs, held him scoreless without an assist. That's hardly getting clowned.
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Post by docmm on Mar 27, 2024 6:51:55 GMT -8
Jamaal played 6 minutes vs UConn in that Sweet 16 Game, where Kemba clowned him & us. We lost that game by 7 points and momentum changed in their favor after the technical foul was called. (Starters: Leonard, Thomas, White, Gay, Tapley - Bench: Jamaal, Rahon, Shelton, Cartwell) Would love to kick some UConn Ass in Boston, Mass. In those six minutes on the floor, Jamaal drew a charge on Kemba, scored on a put back where he came soaring in over everyone, then stole the subsequent inbounds pass and immediately got the assist on the Billy White layup that put the home crowd into a frenzy and forced UConn to call the timeout where the shoulder bump occurred. He also guarded Kemba on every possession while he was in, and aside from the technical FTs, held him scoreless without an assist. That's hardly getting clowned. Thanks for the run-down, it made me miss him, his talents and even his antics. But I'm pretty sure JF getting "clowned" was him being baited into the Technical.
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Post by NCAztec82 on Mar 27, 2024 7:17:26 GMT -8
I wish I weren't as OCD as I am, but could the OP please add the apostrophe to the post heading?
One keystroke may make the difference.
Or perhaps spell it out? Thank you.
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Post by longtimebooster on Mar 27, 2024 7:38:37 GMT -8
Jamaal played 6 minutes vs UConn in that Sweet 16 Game, where Kemba clowned him & us. We lost that game by 7 points and momentum changed in their favor after the technical foul was called. (Starters: Leonard, Thomas, White, Gay, Tapley - Bench: Jamaal, Rahon, Shelton, Cartwell) Would love to kick some UConn Ass in Boston, Mass. In those six minutes on the floor, Jamaal drew a charge on Kemba, scored on a put back where he came soaring in over everyone, then stole the subsequent inbounds pass and immediately got the assist on the Billy White layup that put the home crowd into a frenzy and forced UConn to call the timeout where the shoulder bump occurred. He also guarded Kemba on every possession while he was in, and aside from the technical FTs, held him scoreless without an assist. That's hardly getting clowned. I've posted this many times over the years. I was at the SDSU-BYU MWC Championship game in Vegas and had DVR'd it back home. I've watched a particular video involving Franklin and Jimmer many times. Toward the end of that game, with SDSU well ahead and during a time out, Jimmer was walking back to his bench and Franklin made a beeline to Jimmer. Appearing to casually walk past Jimmer, Franklin suddenly veered into him and then laid a stiff shoulder shrug on the NCAA POY. The unsuspecting Jimmer was shocked as he was knocked off balance and stumbled a few steps. He turned to look at Franklin's back, giving him a WTF?!? stare. Accident? No way. Franklin completely did that on purpose. He knew exactly what he was doing. Fast forward a couple of weeks. If you don't think that the UConn coaching staff and Kemba Walker didn't notice Franklin's amateur antics, you're fooling yourself. Kemba probably watched the Franklin-Jimmer shoulder shrug as many times as I did. When the timeout was called, Franklin was all the way under the basket. His path to the SDSU bench should have taken him just inside the center of halfcourt. Instead, Franklin veers far to the right and walks along the sideline in front of the UConn bench. Kemba saw Franklin and his clown show coming a mile away. And the savvy senior was ready and loaded for bear against the rookie, too-big-for-his-britches freshman. So, yeah, did Kemba flop? Absolutely. Did he act like he'd been sniped by a Navy Seal sharpshooter? Definitely. Did Kemba's savvy gamesmanship trump Franklin's ridiculous, poorly timed and poorly thought out execution to try to get inside Kemba's head? Without a doubt. Franklin got completely owned by Kemba. If he thought for a minute he could pull one over on a dude who played h.s. ball in Harlem and grew up playing on the outdoor asphalt courts of NYC, he was sorely mistaken. So all these years later, am I still mad at Kemba? Not really. He just beat Franklin at his own game. Am I mad at the refs? No. They just called what they saw happen right in front of them. Am I p*ssed at the knuckleheaded freshman that Franklin was at the time? Totally. That incident proves the maxim that senior-laden teams do much better in the NCAA Tournament than teams with underclassmen. As talented as some freshman are, they can also be ticking time bombs.
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