New article highlights NU Leg 🦵 Speed!
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"Neither Matt Nicholson nor Tydus Verhoeven has the foot speed to hang on a switch"
There it is!!
There it is!!
Its an odd article. The author cites a 27-10 advantage with the small ball lineup, specifically citing Beran, Barnhizer, Berry, Audige and Buie as the lineup that was "the catalyst."
As far as I can tell, that lineup didn't play until there was 6 minutes left in the first half, when we had already rallied from an 18-6 deficit to a 27-24 deficit. That lineup then produced a 3-2 segment over the next 1:18, then Collins put Roper in for Buie and NU took the lead with a 5-0 run.
What works is Beran with Barnhizer at the same time, but we have nobody else to play the 4, so Collins is hesitant to pair them.
As far as I can tell, that lineup didn't play until there was 6 minutes left in the first half, when we had already rallied from an 18-6 deficit to a 27-24 deficit. That lineup then produced a 3-2 segment over the next 1:18, then Collins put Roper in for Buie and NU took the lead with a 5-0 run.
What works is Beran with Barnhizer at the same time, but we have nobody else to play the 4, so Collins is hesitant to pair them.
So much
speed but not enough brute 
up front.No post players among current commits either, though many might get Barnhizer-style pushes.
Spencer beat us for Rutgers. Hood-Schaffino almost beat us single-handedly for IU. Sensabaugh (forward) killed us for OSU. All 3 guards killed us at Michigan. Not sure I would agree.
Leg Speed and Foot Speed are two totally different things!!!But what about the leg
Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt had great leg speed.
Fred Astaire and Bojangles Robinson had great foot speed.
That’s because we double on almost all entry passes. Works great when the big man can’t pass, no so great when they can pass.
Right, but did it decide the game? Dickinson did have 3 assists but he has 2 turnovers. Omoruyi has same. Jackson-Davis had 8 assists yet we won.
Dickinson was not being contained well 1:1 by Nicholson or Verhoeven (Michigan just didn’t get him enough looks; maybe intentionally since their guards were so good). Neither was Jackson-Davis. Plus we try to avoid foul trouble. Tough balance to maintain.