(12-02-2016 01:31 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Also, our improved rebounding will be severely tested this game.

We have great perimeter players: Evans, Jackson, Koulechov, Cashaw, et al. We are very formidable and deep out there, perhaps as deep as some fringe top-25 teams.

The difference for us is our inside game. Our rebounding may have improved, but we still aren't getting great interior play on either end of the floor. If our forwards and centers can improve as the season goes along, we'll be a tough assignment for most teams by February. But right now, I don't think we have enough inside to keep defenses honest or to protect our own basket consistently. That will tell against TT, and I think we will accordingly lose this one by around ten.

I am just looking for fight against TT this time; come March I will be expecting much more. I really do think this Rice team is a lot better than most realize.