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South Florida Bulls (12-4, 2-2 AAC, #94 NET ) @ Cincinnati Bearcats (14-3, 3-1 AAC, #35 NET)

7pm ET on ESPN News

I wrote this on another board:


Game is 7pm on Tuesday on ESPN NEWS

Kenpom: #141
KP Off: #258
KP Def: #50
NCAA NET: #94

Some interesting Tidbits:

-Rebounding: Wow what an impressive rebounding team from an extremely young team. #17 in Offensive Rebounding, #12 in defensive rebounding. Crushed UCONN 47-32 on the boards a few weeks ago.

-Defense: a top 50 defense in year 2 under Gregory. Laquincy Rideau is #1 in the nation in steal rate. Michael Durr, a 7ft freshman is #79 in the country in block rate. Brian Gregory's team is 3rd in the country in steal % and doesn't even press. On the flip side, they do get a little aggressive and if you attack them, you will get to the line a lot. Their game tend to be high in the foul column on both sides of the ball.

-Close Games: USF has lost 4 games this season, all 4 losses were by 3 points or less.They fight to the finish regardless wether they are down early or not. Nearly pulled an impossible comeback against Tulsa.

-Free Throws: USF is one of the best teams in the country at attacking, getting fouled and getting to the free throw line. They rank #3 in FTA/FGA nationally. On the flip side, only 7 teams in all of D1 basketball shoot a lower percentage from the free throw line.

-David Collins is a killer: Collins numbers don't jump off the charts, you could even make an argument that he is a wildly inefficient player. But then when you watch the game, he just has an answer every time his team needs it.

-Freshman Front Court: The Bulls start 2 freshman big men. One being 7ft rum protector Michael Durr, the other is 6'8 Freshman Alexis Yetna. Yetna is the elite rebounder, Durr the rim protector. In the few games I've watched over the season, they both have seemed to get better and better.

Overall, Brian Gregory has in a full season and a half, given USF an identity of toughness and intensity. I've listened to his press conferences and he sounds almost like another version of Mick Cronin. He demands a lot from his guys. They loaded up on cupcakes in the non conference, but for this group of guys, I think it was the right approach. They grew confident and also learned to win. They aren't very skilled offensively, but they have the nations leading assist rate running the point and have big guys down low dominating the rebounds. This reminds me of an early version of a mick Cronin team. They will beat you with all the things they can control. And even if they don't beat you, you'll wake up in the morning feeling like you were in a fight for your life.

USF is going to be a team to watch from this point on. I for one am glad we don't have to travel to their arena this season.

UC by 34. Book it.

It took me a while to buy into USF because of the soft schedule, but when you watch them on film, their kind of effort and intensity translates no matter who you play.

USF is next up.

Given our lack of a front-court, it's not all that impressive to dominate the Huskies in rebounds. But that's quite the analysis.

(01-14-2019 07:24 PM)justinhub2003 Wrote: [ -> ]I wrote this on another board:


Game is 7pm on Tuesday on ESPN NEWS

Kenpom: #141
KP Off: #258
KP Def: #50
NCAA NET: #94

Some interesting Tidbits:

-Rebounding: Wow what an impressive rebounding team from an extremely young team. #17 in Offensive Rebounding, #12 in defensive rebounding. Crushed UCONN 47-32 on the boards a few weeks ago.

-Defense: a top 50 defense in year 2 under Gregory. Laquincy Rideau is #1 in the nation in steal rate. Michael Durr, a 7ft freshman is #79 in the country in block rate. Brian Gregory's team is 3rd in the country in steal % and doesn't even press. On the flip side, they do get a little aggressive and if you attack them, you will get to the line a lot. Their game tend to be high in the foul column on both sides of the ball.

-Close Games: USF has lost 4 games this season, all 4 losses were by 3 points or less.They fight to the finish regardless wether they are down early or not. Nearly pulled an impossible comeback against Tulsa.

-Free Throws: USF is one of the best teams in the country at attacking, getting fouled and getting to the free throw line. They rank #3 in FTA/FGA nationally. On the flip side, only 7 teams in all of D1 basketball shoot a lower percentage from the free throw line.

-David Collins is a killer: Collins numbers don't jump off the charts, you could even make an argument that he is a wildly inefficient player. But then when you watch the game, he just has an answer every time his team needs it.

-Freshman Front Court: The Bulls start 2 freshman big men. One being 7ft rum protector Michael Durr, the other is 6'8 Freshman Alexis Yetna. Yetna is the elite rebounder, Durr the rim protector. In the few games I've watched over the season, they both have seemed to get better and better.

Overall, Brian Gregory has in a full season and a half, given USF an identity of toughness and intensity. I've listened to his press conferences and he sounds almost like another version of Mick Cronin. He demands a lot from his guys. They loaded up on cupcakes in the non conference, but for this group of guys, I think it was the right approach. They grew confident and also learned to win. They aren't very skilled offensively, but they have the nations leading assist rate running the point and have big guys down low dominating the rebounds. This reminds me of an early version of a mick Cronin team. They will beat you with all the things they can control. And even if they don't beat you, you'll wake up in the morning feeling like you were in a fight for your life.

USF is going to be a team to watch from this point on. I for one am glad we don't have to travel to their arena this season.

Pshhh, I snatched the bottle and then gave him the ol' Capt'n when they were in Tulsa.

(01-14-2019 07:26 PM)HuskyU Wrote: [ -> ]Given our lack of a front-court, it's not all that impressive to dominate the Huskies in rebounds. But that's quite the analysis.

the fact that Uconn dominated us is impressive

USF by 30

(01-14-2019 07:21 PM)justinhub2003 Wrote: [ -> ]South Florida Bulls (12-4, 2-2 AAC, #94 NET ) @ Cincinnati Bearcats (14-3, 3-1 AAC, #35 NET)

7pm ET on ESPN News

South Florida Bulls (12-4, 2-2 AAC, #94 NET ) @ Cincinnati Bearcats (14-3, 3-1 AAC, #35 NET)

Cincy -13

Wow. I'm thinking more like Cincy -4.

UC Hoops

#flagship

Why does Vegas keep giving us these big point spreads ?

We’ve not looking 13 points better then any team in this conference that’s not Tulane


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(01-14-2019 09:19 PM)justinhub2003 Wrote: [ -> ]Why does Vegas keep giving us these big point spreads ?

We’ve not looking 13 points better then any team in this conference that’s not Tulane


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I live here. Kind of weird because the handicappers are so good. I listen to them locally on AM radio almost every day. They just haven't figured out you guys suck yet. It's not like them. They know when the point guard of Lipscomb has the sniffles.

I'm getting concerned.

Actually I don't think they have figured out USF yet. While their season is going well, it isn't flashy, none of the things they do well are attention getters and traditionally they haven't been a good program.

I haven't looked but I would guess they are remarkably good at beating the spread right now, particularly as underdogs.

Ole Miss...AP #18

Officially a good win fo UC....

UC beat AP #18 Ole Miss by 14.

USF is no Ole Miss....

(01-14-2019 08:39 PM)HuskyU Wrote: [ -> ]Wow. I'm thinking more like Cincy -4.

The 13 point spread exactly matches KenPom Predictor, but I think the betting public still undervalues USF.

I just wanted everyone to know that UC beat now #18 Ole Miss.

(01-14-2019 11:21 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-14-2019 08:39 PM)HuskyU Wrote: [ -> ]Wow. I'm thinking more like Cincy -4.

The 13 point spread exactly matches KenPom Predictor, but I think the betting public still undervalues USF.

Same KenPom Predictor that had UC beating both ECU and UCONN by double digits...

(01-14-2019 11:17 PM)UC-nati Wrote: [ -> ]UC beat AP #18 Ole Miss by 14.

USF is no Ole Miss....

I like that your confident but you also had very little respect for Mississippi state.




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