I think stretching them outward in a much larger circle would be more helpful
Curious who the officials will be tonight. Are they Big Ten, Big East or combo? That will be telling on how they call the fouls as it relates to Edey.
It'll be Big Ten refs since it's at Purdue. So it'll probably be a choppy, ugly, physical rugby match.
No answers for Edey. People say this so confidently. How many people thought that Saint Peters would have answers? Quickness and swarming can offset sheer size advantage, especially when the refs let the smaller players be physical and grabby. Fortunately this game is at Mackey, where he tends to draw more fouls. Zach does need to be careful with his elbows and even his shoulder turning into a smaller defender. He also needs to not have predetermined thoughts about scoring for when the double team comes late. His defense of the pick and roll appears to be improved, but he will always be limited in how quickly he can move those size 20's, which smaller teams will continue to attack. This is a huge step up in caliber of athletes from the first two games.
I found your comment " Zach does need to be careful with his elbows and even his shoulder turning into a smaller defender." interesting.
It's a weird dynamic with Edey. Most bigs turn their shoulder and bump into the defender's shoulder, with no foul called. When Edey turns his shoulder he's frequently hitting the defender in the chin. Sometimes it's a no-call, sometimes a foul on the defender, and sometimes a foul or even potentially a flagrant on Edey.
My guess is there is a lot of discussion on how this should be called that is probably why we as Purdue fans believe Edey is getting mugged without fouls being called on a consistent basis.
come show me your true colors
You better hope. He could have 8 turnovers or actually hit some shots for once.
