They have three guys surrounding AJ at all times. If we can't hit open 3s, we don't deserve to win.
I think we'll be fine. Someone will get hot from outside and will start freeing up the inside.
NCAA First Round: Arkansas Little Rock v. Purdue Game Thread
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I think we'll be fine. Someone will get hot from outside and will start freeing up the inside.
that's exactly right and a point i made on a post a moment ago......you are spot on
Right. The entry pass needs to come from the top and should be from Vince or Dakota who are legit threats.
They have AJ frustrated. Hopefully we can get him engaged.
Painter did seem to indicate that 3's are the key. No reason to exploit that big size advantage when you have guys who can jack um up from the outside like we have! Coach says it, I believe it...
Cline played great D on that last possession.
yeah....and several possessions, ALR had everyone in the paint. Ray hit one on the kick-out, but I do like DM and VE out top, and R Cline in the corner.
Those are wide open 3's. Matt was right in his interview at halftime. Missing WIDE OPEN 3's. R Davis should be embarrassed about a couple of those 3's he missed. Those were practice 3's. I said it in an earlier post. If Purdue loses it's on the SENIORS. Matt can't walk out there and hit the 3's for them. The coach for Little Rock is doing exactly what he had to do. Pack it in and hope Purdue misses from 3pt range. That is the strategy against Purdue.
This...their game plan is simple, surround the middle and make us beat them from the perimeter. So far, it's working for them
Friends in Little Rock have called me, and say I shouldn't be surprised. They have gone to games all year and knew this would be tough for Purdue. We need to stop F-ing around and close this out hard.
It's pretty simple. They pack it in, you have Dakota or Ryan IN THE GAME at the top of the key BARELY beyond the 3 point line (NOT 5 feet behind it).
I picked Yale to win. They had a very good team. Baylor was only like a 5 pt fav.
think it'll stay relatively close but we hit some FT's down the stretch and win by 9 or 10
Little Rock is only in this game because we are allowing them to be. Its amazing how critical making three pointers is for this team. Our offense is based on our bigs but yet we still somehow live and die by the three.
They are packing it inside what do you want Purdue to do? You have to hit 3's and open up the inside. You saw what happened when it was forced inside. Missed shots or turnovers. It's simple but Purdue must execute hitting the 3's. That's a good defensive team. If Purdue forces the ball inside you will see more turnovers.
Agree. Even if you know nothing about basketball, LR strategy is easy to figure out: "we'll give you all the open 3s you want, and if you win by 30 because you hit a bunch that's ok, but we're not letting your bigs get 20 points each."
Think so? They could be absolutely flat again this half. So, why not keep going to our strength? I'm not paid $2million before you make a snide comment. But, a passing team in football never won a game in football by totally changing and running it every play. We likely will lose with this approach unless the Bigs get more paint points and at least draw fouls by going up hard (minus Haas who will lose the ball)
Uhhh...yeah...we win when we hit shots...lose when we dont. And need ball movement
If Purdue can hit some 3's in the 2nd half. They will win. If not we are looking at the Cincy game again from last year.
Pick and rolls, cutters/slashers, isolation one on one and many other options when we can't buy a 3 or feed to the block.
More than just two options to an offense, even ours.
We have no motion as mentioned earlier.
Thanks VE!!
