@Creighton, Sat., Jan. 13, 1p, FOX

Jack Williams said:
How good/quick are Creighton's guards?

I feel like that is a huge indicator of how this game goes. If we can't stay in front of their guards, our defense will have to collapse/help, and thats when Creighton has you beat. Ball starts getting kicked around the perimeter to the open man.

I like this matchup more knowing Nembhard is gone but I haven't watched them much this year so not sure who's manning the guard spots. I know they still have Alexander, he doesn't scare me too much.
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Creighton has never relied on the dribble drive so not sure the quickness of their guards is an issue. McDermott's screen and roll/pop offense is one of the best, they run it to perfection and they rely more on spacing and ball movement rather than the bounce. (They've been running that top of the key double screen play since Dougie was there and we never, ever defend it well). In the past they either killed us on the perimeter when we didn't rotate fast enough or killed us with cutters and easy hoops when we sold out to defend the three.

Will be interested to see how much zone they play vs man.
 
tnice said:
Creighton has never relied on the dribble drive so not sure the quickness of their guards is an issue. McDermott's screen and roll/pop offense is one of the best, they run it to perfection and they rely more on spacing and ball movement rather than the bounce. (They've been running that top of the key double screen play since Dougie was there and we never, ever defend it well). In the past they either killed us on the perimeter when we didn't rotate fast enough or killed us with cutters and easy hoops when we sold out to defend the three.

Will be interested to see how much zone they play vs man.
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Generally agree but Maurice Watson would disagree with “never”
 
I expect a good effort and game tomorrow. RP will try to pressure their backcourt. The line is merely reflecting the recent matchups which Creighton has owned. However, this is a better coached team out to prove something. I also think Soriano might be a little more motivated since his performance against Providence wasn’t his best.

I do hope the team from last Saturday and Wednesday’s 1st half squad shows up versus 2nd half Providence. Play confident, up the pressure, cover the 3. Let’s see the chips fall where they may.
 
One of the keys to winning this game is not to allow one of their players to have a career night as we did with Bamba and Carter.
 
dk423 said:
Dunlap questionable tomorrow according to Zach. He didn't practice yesterday.
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I hope he is not rushed back. The 3 minutes after he sprained it looked...not good at all. Thought it weird that he apparently was receiving no attention on the bench, and then obviously very shocked to see him back in. This would be the game to sit. Ledlum rushed back and it cost him at least one more game and perhaps still limited a bit. If Brady had been on my fantasy football team I would have thought him out for 3 weeks easy when I saw it happen including the aftermath where he needed to be helped off.
 
tnice said:
Honestly, that sounds about right to me. They're not a great matchup for us...a big the equal of Joel, fundamentally sound and shoot the hell out of the three. They're a tough out at home.
Hoping for the best, happy to be wrong, but low expectations for this one.
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are they the type of team we foul because we cant guard them? Is there a way we can get them in foul trouble. Gotta figure if there is edge there rick finds it. Go team.
 
Line opened at 8.5. Not a good sign for us. Vegas is begging you to take st johns. Being that the line is down to 7.5 already, the joes are falling for the trap.

Vegas thinks st johns is going to have a stinker tomorrow.
 
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