Ramblers 7 point favorites. I haven’t been able to pull the trigger. Fearing a bounce after beating the 1 seed State Flagship. What do you think?
Loyola and the Beavers
- Thread starter Purple Pile Driver
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Stifling defense. Just shows you don’t have to have elite athletes to play great defense and be efficient on offense. Such a well coached team.
Virtually every players first move in to drive to the paint, then pass to an open man. They don't drive to shoot as much as they do to create motion and force the defense to react. What a difference from the NU approach to stand around the 3 point line and pass aimlessly.
What's amazing is just how many layups Loyola is leaving short. Sure, they're contested layups, but still, leaving shots like that short is a sign of fatigue.
Truly. People can call this is great defense. Seems like offensive ineptitude from my couch. (17% shooting???) Looks like my 22-20 prediction was too optimistic
let’s hope they remember how to score in the 2H
Because the better clowns won that day
Oregon State played some decent defense themselves. B1G teams have to learn to throw in some zone once in a while. Loyola's offense didn't work nearly as well down the lane against it, and they couldn't hit enough 3s to loosen it up. Ramblers are good, but beating three good P5 teams in a row is a pretty tall order for a mid-major. If they'd run up against the Syracuse zone next round, that really could have been ugly.