First total play of year! Tuesday

[Muckslinger]

5* -- Syracuse / prov under 169

[FalconFreak]

on it too gl tonte

[agent318]

You think Syracuse D going to be too much? Syracuse going to score at least 90.

[Muckslinger]

88-72

[home dogs]

why start a second thread when you already have one and stop copying your play from UNC forever....

[home dogs]

taken from another thread

For one thing... I dont think you have any clue how quick PC plays up and down the court (5th in the country in possessions per game). Against a team like Cuse who will run with them, theres a chance of 80 possessions per team. Not only that, but PC's defense is absolutely horrible. In 9 Big East games, they've given up 90+ 5 times. The only teams that didn't are teams that struggled offensively and are at the bottom of the standings: St. Johns, Depaul, UConn and Rutgers. Even Rutgers managed 81 against them.

Oh ya, not to mention, PC is 10th in the country in offensive rebounding %, while Syracuse is 225th in defensive rebounding %. You don't think PC is gonna be able to dominate the boards? Another strength of Syracuse's defense is a strength of PC's offense. Syracuse is 42nd in forcing TOs in the country... PC is the 13th best in holding on to the ball.

This is a completely different type of ball that they play under Keno. No PC team was in the top 30 before in tempo ever... but under Keno, last year they were 10th.. and this year they are playing almost 3 possessions per game faster and they are in 5th in the country.

Last years game hit 194 points and there were a total of 82 possessions. If this game has 82 possessions, there is no way it doesn't go over.

Another thing that everyone should consider is that there is no quit with Keno. He fouls down the stretch as long as they are within 20 points. If they are down 12-15 with 4 minutes left, Keno will start fouling.

Some examples of this:

- @ ND earlier in the season... the score was 75-65 with 4:00 left. Keno decided to put on the full court press and foul if they didn't get the steal. In the last 4 minutes, there was a total of 31 points and the final ended up 93-78 (and thats with no fouling in the last 40 seconds).

- @ Cincy on Saturday night... down 75-65 with 4 minutes left.... Keno decides to start pressing and fouling just like the ND game... In the last 4 minutes, there were 40 POINTS and the final was 92-88...


So this is an incredibly risky play unless you think they are gonna be down by 20+

[houston26]

line has dropped to 166 - Wow

[Muckslinger]

HOMEDOGS I hope you're joking..stolen from another thread? what a dipshit

[Andre]

kick'm in the ding ding Muck!!

[Muckslinger]

thanks man