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They are #8 in the NCAA in scoring offense, but they don't have much for bigs or inside game. They can bomb jumpshots though, and their PG, Collingsworth is the NCAA recordholder for triple doubles. Watching him and Norton might be fun.

If they get hot from outside it will be a tough game, and they're on their home floor.

(03-13-2016 10:23 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  They are #8 in the NCAA in scoring offense, but they don't have much for bigs or inside game. They can bomb jumpshots though, and their PG, Collingsworth is the NCAA recordholder for triple doubles. Watching him and Norton might be fun.

If they get hot from outside it will be a tough game, and they're on their home floor.

He (Collinsworth) is also 6'6", 210lbs...

Greg Wrubell ‏@gregwrubell
KenPom: BYU 59, UAB 115
RPI: BYU 76, UAB 83
BPI: BYU 56, UAB 113
KPI: BYU 85, UAB 84
Sagarin: BYU 42, UAB 108

UAB averages 79.0 ppg, has topped 80 pts once in last seven games; BYU averages 83.6 ppg, 80+ in 5 of last 8.

UAB is a middle-of-the-pack tempo team, and a fine shooting group--top 50 in eFG%, top 40 in 2PFG%.

UAB won nine of it last 10 reg-season gms before losing in CUSA quarters on Thursday; Blazers went 26-6, including 10-3 in true away games.

Baxter will draw the assignment on Collinsworth. If not Hak it will be Haha. Maybe a lot of both to give Collinsworth a lot to think about.

(03-13-2016 11:06 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  Baxter will draw the assignment on Collinsworth. If not Hak it will be Haha. Maybe a lot of both to give Collinsworth a lot to think about.

Won't be HaHa. I expect it to be RB, Hak, and Dirk. But, their other guard avgs 17PPG and has hit 98 3ptrs this year. Can't forget about him...

(03-13-2016 08:08 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(03-13-2016 08:01 PM)Pavy78 Wrote:  So, Akron gets to play in Ohio... North Florida plays at Florida.... Belmont gets a manageable trip to Georgia.... UAB takes a trip to Utah. Yeah, that seems about right.

Geography is no longer taken into consideration, they have these things called planes.

Not to get ahead of ourselves, but if we win we will have to come all the way back to the eastern time zone. Either to Virginia or Jersey. Lots of time spent traveling and getting adjusted.

(03-13-2016 11:54 PM)HSV_BLAZER Wrote:  

(03-13-2016 08:08 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(03-13-2016 08:01 PM)Pavy78 Wrote:  So, Akron gets to play in Ohio... North Florida plays at Florida.... Belmont gets a manageable trip to Georgia.... UAB takes a trip to Utah. Yeah, that seems about right.

Geography is no longer taken into consideration, they have these things called planes.

Not to get ahead of ourselves, but if we win we will have to come all the way back to the eastern time zone. Either to Virginia or Jersey. Lots of time spent traveling and getting adjusted.

True but there's a good possibility we wouldnt have to play until Sunday or Monday.

KenPom.com has it BYU 84 - UAB 75.

BYU's PG, Collinsworth, has had 10 or more assists in eight games this season, topping out with 16 assists against Portland.

(03-13-2016 08:59 PM)rook360 Wrote:  

(03-13-2016 08:49 PM)TPBlaze84 Wrote:  I watched a BYU game early in the season and the only thing I remember about it was that every seat in the house was full and their fans were loud. I wonder if they will show up like that for a weekday NIT game

From looking on twitter, Yes the fans will be there. Seems to be a lot going on this week there. School and fans hyping it up.

$2 student tickets will help.

(03-14-2016 12:28 AM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  BYU's PG, Collinsworth, has had 10 or more assists in eight games this season, topping out with 16 assists against Portland.

Nick Emery is really more of a PG, no matter what they call Collinsworth. I figure we cover him with a 3 and Norton gets Emery, who is 6'2".

(03-13-2016 08:08 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(03-13-2016 08:01 PM)Pavy78 Wrote:  So, Akron gets to play in Ohio... North Florida plays at Florida.... Belmont gets a manageable trip to Georgia.... UAB takes a trip to Utah. Yeah, that seems about right.

Geography is no longer taken into consideration, they have these things called planes.

Really? I haven't heard of a plane. I figured it'd be a week long wagon train trip out to Provo.

I was speaking more from a fan's perspective on being able to support their teams. Logistically and financially, UAB fans got one of the worst draws in the opening round. Debatable of course.

Stand to make a of ground in recruiting if we take cake of business.

BYU's scoring margin is +11.4. Their average attendance is 15,218.

Jeepers!

(03-14-2016 12:54 AM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  

(03-14-2016 12:28 AM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  BYU's PG, Collinsworth, has had 10 or more assists in eight games this season, topping out with 16 assists against Portland.

Nick Emery is really more of a PG, no matter what they call Collinsworth. I figure we cover him with a 3 and Norton gets Emery, who is 6'2".

Okay. I was just using KenPom info, and his system estimates players' positions and he admits his algorithm is not perfect. Interestingly, his algorithm has Collinsworth playing PG 85% of the time over the past five games, and Emery playing SG 73% of the time. I think the algorithm is picking up on the fact that Collinsworth gets a LOT of assists, doesn't shoot a whole lot of 3's, and makes several turnovers a game. His stats suggest a PG, but reality can be different.

In their 18 conference games, KenPom gave Collinsworth the game MVP 9 times. He is their star player.

(03-14-2016 09:47 AM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  BYU's scoring margin is +11.4. Their average attendance is 15,218.

Jeepers!

The only way UAB is going to win, against more formidable teams than teams that UAB plays against in CUSA competition, is for UABs entire team to control the boards on both ends of the court from start to finish and not come out flat for ten minutes in a foot race. Otherwise, they are going to get their fannies kicked. They forgot to do that during the previous game.

Expect a lot of home cooking ...

I expect us to come out and play as hard as we can for 40 minutes and not make mental mistakes.

What I believe will happen has a lot to do with the youth of our team and lingering emotions of getting beaten so badly by WKU & not going to the Dance.

I hope this team proves me wrong.

Tough match-up for UAB.

BYU likes to bomb threes, and we know our perimeter defense can be suspect at times, especially on rotations. Also, BYU also has the traditional bigs that tend to give us trouble.

We'll have to play a near perfect game, probably shoot better than 40% on threes at volume, and hope BYU has an off-night shooting.

(03-14-2016 11:15 AM)jthrashr Wrote:  We'll have to play a near perfect game

If they were that good, they'd be in the real tournament. Like us, they're in the NIT for a reason.

We play well, we can win this game.

BYU is 13-2 at home this season.