Might be a game where Vince can be helpful for short spurts just because of Kalkbrenner’s size.
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MugCostanza
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We’ll be favs by a basket
tom in salem
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And Ruben
Understood Paultzy, the reason why I am optimistic is because Ashworth facilitates all their offense and I think we have such an advantage there. If Deivon can take Ashworth out of his game it really hinders what they can do offensively with the team they have this year.
And also, it’s in the past now, but they needed some extremely friendly non-whistles and whistles in the last ten seconds to get their win.
Mullins Revenge
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Ashworth is one of the best pgs in the big east. Hes averaging 17 a game and dropped 20 today vs Nova.
This year alone hes dropped 17 vs kansas and 20 vs alabama.
I love Smith but this is crazy talk to say that we have some kind of advantage here.
Ashworth is shooting 98% from the FT line..leads NCAA
Couldn’t play for us with those FT numbers
Mullins Revenge
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Gtown/Sh tonight. Will be interesting to see if gtown can keep rolling. Seton hall must be desperate at this point.
tom in salem
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Go Hoyas. Seton Hall ain't helping our NET.
Do you actually watch basketball games?
Mullins Revenge
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Yes. I just dont spew ridiculous st johns homer takes w/ every post.
Ok well I will help you out: Ashworth is a short, limited, chucker who is a product of the system he plays in. Smith, while short, is still 3 inches taller than Ashworth and has actual basketball ability. Also insane athleticism. I'm not sure I can think of a coach - including McDermott - who would prefer Ashworth to Smith
He is not nearly as bad as the board makes him out to be. Chucker? Hes tsking 11 shots a game.
17 points
6.5 assists
40% 3 pt shooting
50/51 on the season from the line
Let's play this game then.
Jhamir Brickus scored 16 against Ashworth today. He averages 11.
Mark Sears scored 27 against Ashworth in their match-up. Sears is a star, but only averages 18.
The guy is a turnstile on defense. Smith is much much more athletic and I suspect will speed him up on offense.
The key would be not fouling him. He did not play efficiently against Sears at all (5-13, 2-8), but did go 8-8 from FT. He was not efficient against KU at all either (5-14, 3-9), but went 4-4 from FT. Against Texas A&M, 4-11 from FG.
Mullins Revenge
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Yes, kansas and alabama dont have athletes better than Ashworth.
Bunch of scrubs on those squads.
Yeah but what’s that make brickus defensively?
We did just see Bensley Joseph score 17 on efficient shooting vs us.
Mullins Revenge
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Its just a lazy take. Because ashworth is short, white and not a great athlete, hes going to get dominated by Smith cause hes a better athlete.
It doesnt work that way. As you can see by Ashworth dropping 17 and 20 vs kansas and alabama.
Hey, I only caught the second half of the Prov game. lol.
Ashworth isn't a bad player. We can certainly come out with lackluster effort, and he can light us up from three. And/or, we make silly fouls & give him easy points. I just don't see him as a guy who should be able to make a big impact if we're playing with intensity on the defensive end. He isn't a great dribbler and it'll be tough for him to create separation.