Georgia State Men's Basketball

24-10 (12-6 Sunbelt)
KenPalm: 96
RPI: 130

Best OOC wins: Montana and Tulane

RPI Q1 Wins: 0


Head Coach: Ron Hunter
Players to watch:
D'Marcus Simonds (21.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 4.5 APG)
Devin Mitchell (12.2 PPG, 45.1 3PT%)
Malik Benlevi (9.6 PPG, 6.5 RPG)

My Outlook:
Keep eye on Simonds who averages over 20ppg.

How they could beat UC: They play a lot of zone based on what I read. If UC is cold, this game could get interesting. It's March Madness for a reason. Otherwise, UC's depth, physicality and talent rolls them in a 15point+ blowout.


NCAA Historical Record:
4 NCAA's (including this one)
Record: 2-3
Been to the 2nd Round twice


Home arena:
GSU Sports Arena
Capacity: 3,854

(03-12-2018 08:05 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Georgia State Men's Basketball

24-10 (12-6 Sunbelt)
KenPalm: 96
RPI: 130

Best OOC wins: Montana and Tulane

RPI Q1 Wins: 0


Head Coach: Ron Hunter
Players to watch:
D'Marcus Simonds (21.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 4.5 APG)
Devin Mitchell (12.2 PPG, 45.1 3PT%)
Malik Benlevi (9.6 PPG, 6.5 RPG)

My Outlook:
Keep eye on Simonds who averages over 20ppg.

How they could beat UC: They play a lot of zone based on what I read. If UC is cold, this game could get interesting. It's March Madness for a reason. Otherwise, UC's depth, physicality and talent rolls them in a 15point+ blowout.


NCAA Historical Record:
4 NCAA's (including this one)
Record: 2-3
Been to the 2nd Round twice


Home arena:
GSU Sports Arena
Capacity: 3,854

But how many of their players suffer from chronic neck pain?

(03-12-2018 08:05 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Georgia State Men's Basketball

24-10 (12-6 Sunbelt)
KenPalm: 96
RPI: 130

Best OOC wins: Montana and Tulane

RPI Q1 Wins: 0


Head Coach: Ron Hunter
Players to watch:
D'Marcus Simonds (21.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 4.5 APG)
Devin Mitchell (12.2 PPG, 45.1 3PT%)
Malik Benlevi (9.6 PPG, 6.5 RPG)

My Outlook:
Keep eye on Simonds who averages over 20ppg.

How they could beat UC: They play a lot of zone based on what I read. If UC is cold, this game could get interesting. It's March Madness for a reason. Otherwise, UC's depth, physicality and talent rolls them in a 15point+ blowout.


NCAA Historical Record:
4 NCAA's (including this one)
Record: 2-3
Been to the 2nd Round twice


Home arena:
GSU Sports Arena
Capacity: 3,854

but do you have a baseball stadium to play football in?? I think not there for GS Rolls

(03-12-2018 08:05 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Georgia State Men's Basketball

24-10 (12-6 Sunbelt)
KenPalm: 96
RPI: 130

Best OOC wins: Montana and Tulane

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(03-12-2018 08:05 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Georgia State Men's Basketball

24-10 (12-6 Sunbelt)
KenPalm: 96
RPI: 130

Best OOC wins: Montana and Tulane

RPI Q1 Wins: 0


Head Coach: Ron Hunter
Players to watch:
D'Marcus Simonds (21.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 4.5 APG)
Devin Mitchell (12.2 PPG, 45.1 3PT%)
Malik Benlevi (9.6 PPG, 6.5 RPG)

My Outlook:
Keep eye on Simonds who averages over 20ppg.

How they could beat UC: They play a lot of zone based on what I read. If UC is cold, this game could get interesting. It's March Madness for a reason. Otherwise, UC's depth, physicality and talent rolls them in a 15point+ blowout.


NCAA Historical Record:
4 NCAA's (including this one)
Record: 2-3
Been to the 2nd Round twice


Home arena:
GSU Sports Arena
Capacity: 3,854

Finally a non-sarcastic post to actually discuss sports. AAC posters play too rough for me lol. I admit I haven't watched your team play all season. What should we expect from Cincinnati?

You are right on about our stingy zone defense. Scoring inside against us will be difficult. If Cincinnati has strong 3pt shooters, this is the game to use them liberally.

Devin Mitchell and Jeff Thomas are our snipers. They will make some perimeter shots. Simonds will exploit a defense that leaves him 1v1, which is why he is always double, triple teamed. Benlevi is a strange inside player who can play both inside and play outside; he's a big man who can shoot 3s. Our guard depth is good but I have concerns about our depth at forward. We may go 1 forward/4 guard set up and shoot a bunch of times

Our team is so emotional we are either cold or hot. No idea what to expect. Fortunately in the SunBelt, we can pretty much out-muscle teams even during off nights

(03-12-2018 08:30 AM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(03-12-2018 08:05 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Georgia State Men's Basketball

24-10 (12-6 Sunbelt)
KenPalm: 96
RPI: 130

Best OOC wins: Montana and Tulane

RPI Q1 Wins: 0


Head Coach: Ron Hunter
Players to watch:
D'Marcus Simonds (21.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 4.5 APG)
Devin Mitchell (12.2 PPG, 45.1 3PT%)
Malik Benlevi (9.6 PPG, 6.5 RPG)

My Outlook:
Keep eye on Simonds who averages over 20ppg.

How they could beat UC: They play a lot of zone based on what I read. If UC is cold, this game could get interesting. It's March Madness for a reason. Otherwise, UC's depth, physicality and talent rolls them in a 15point+ blowout.


NCAA Historical Record:
4 NCAA's (including this one)
Record: 2-3
Been to the 2nd Round twice


Home arena:
GSU Sports Arena
Capacity: 3,854

Finally a non-sarcastic post to actually discuss sports. AAC posters play too rough for me lol. I admit I haven't watched your team play all season. What should we expect from Cincinnati?

You are right on about our stingy zone defense. Scoring inside against us will be difficult. If Cincinnati has strong 3pt shooters, this is the game to use them liberally.

Devin Mitchell and Jeff Thomas are our snipers. They will make some perimeter shots. Simonds will exploit a defense that leaves him 1v1, which is why he is always double, triple teamed. Benlevi is a strange inside player who can play both inside and play outside; he's a big man who can shoot 3s. Our guard depth is good but I have concerns about our depth at forward. We may go 1 forward/4 guard set up and shoot a bunch of times

Our team is so emotional we are either cold or hot. No idea what to expect. Fortunately in the SunBelt, we can pretty much out-muscle teams even during off nights

Just glancing at your schedule, I imagine Gary Clark will be by far the best post player your team has seen this season. Kyle Washington is probably #2. You guys aren't very big, so it will be a chore UC off the glass. Although, UCs best shooter and guard/wing (Jacob Evans) looked certifiably drunk over the weekend during the AAC tournament. If he doesn't figure it out, it could be tough for UC to score from the perimeter.

Defensively, UC plays a switching man-to-man or matchup zone defense. So teams are rarely able to iso guards against UC. Over helping on Simonds could lead to some threes for GA St and that does worry me. Evans and Cumberland are two guys with the strength and athleticism to check Simonds though.

Defense and rebounding is clearly UC's bread a butter. They can beat good teams even when they can't throw it in the ocean.

Should be a fun game.

(03-12-2018 08:52 AM)JFlight21 Wrote:  

(03-12-2018 08:30 AM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(03-12-2018 08:05 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Georgia State Men's Basketball

24-10 (12-6 Sunbelt)
KenPalm: 96
RPI: 130

Best OOC wins: Montana and Tulane

RPI Q1 Wins: 0


Head Coach: Ron Hunter
Players to watch:
D'Marcus Simonds (21.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 4.5 APG)
Devin Mitchell (12.2 PPG, 45.1 3PT%)
Malik Benlevi (9.6 PPG, 6.5 RPG)

My Outlook:
Keep eye on Simonds who averages over 20ppg.

How they could beat UC: They play a lot of zone based on what I read. If UC is cold, this game could get interesting. It's March Madness for a reason. Otherwise, UC's depth, physicality and talent rolls them in a 15point+ blowout.


NCAA Historical Record:
4 NCAA's (including this one)
Record: 2-3
Been to the 2nd Round twice


Home arena:
GSU Sports Arena
Capacity: 3,854

Finally a non-sarcastic post to actually discuss sports. AAC posters play too rough for me lol. I admit I haven't watched your team play all season. What should we expect from Cincinnati?

You are right on about our stingy zone defense. Scoring inside against us will be difficult. If Cincinnati has strong 3pt shooters, this is the game to use them liberally.

Devin Mitchell and Jeff Thomas are our snipers. They will make some perimeter shots. Simonds will exploit a defense that leaves him 1v1, which is why he is always double, triple teamed. Benlevi is a strange inside player who can play both inside and play outside; he's a big man who can shoot 3s. Our guard depth is good but I have concerns about our depth at forward. We may go 1 forward/4 guard set up and shoot a bunch of times

Our team is so emotional we are either cold or hot. No idea what to expect. Fortunately in the SunBelt, we can pretty much out-muscle teams even during off nights

Just glancing at your schedule, I imagine Gary Clark will be by far the best post player your team has seen this season. Kyle Washington is probably #2. You guys aren't very big, so it will be a chore UC off the glass. Although, UCs best shooter and guard/wing (Jacob Evans) looked certifiably drunk over the weekend during the AAC tournament. If he doesn't figure it out, it could be tough for UC to score from the perimeter.

Defensively, UC plays a switching man-to-man or matchup zone defense. So teams are rarely able to iso guards against UC. Over helping on Simonds could lead to some threes for GA St and that does worry me. Evans and Cumberland are two guys with the strength and athleticism to check Simonds though.

Defense and rebounding is clearly UC's bread a butter. They can beat good teams even when they can't throw it in the ocean.

Should be a fun game.

That does worry me. Rebounding has been an issue for us.

Our post players are bit undersized, that's why we play zone. Size is forgiving when you can have 2 defenders help inside at any time. Problem is....which drives me crazy....that we leave perimeter shots wiiiide open....which is why I said Cincinnati should use your range shooters liberally.

I hope we play well. Looking forward to it. Good number of Cinci fans travelling down south to Nashville?

I had Georgia State as the last 13 seed. They have better predictive metrics than all the other 15s, 3 14s and 2 13 seeds. As far as first round draws for a 2 seed they are about as tough a team as you would ever expect to get. Probably the level of a team like Tulsa or Memphis. UC has won all their games this year at teams at that level, but it's a team that can get us if we don't come out ready to play. I think UC will roll because this team has a way of taking care of business in games it should win.

(03-12-2018 09:27 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I had Georgia State as the last 13 seed. They have better predictive metrics than all the other 15s, 3 14s and 2 13 seeds. As far as first round draws for a 2 seed they are about as tough a team as you would ever expect to get. Probably the level of a team like Tulsa or Memphis. UC has won all their games this year at teams at that level, but it's a team that can get us if we don't come out ready to play. I think UC will roll because this team has a way of taking care of business in games it should win.

Right. Since Cronin came back from his aneurysm at the start of the 2016 season, UC hasn't lost to a team ranked at GA St's level in Kenpom. The worst loss in 3 years was #86 Temple in 2016 and UC hasn't lost to a team lower than 68 the past two seasons.

(03-12-2018 07:39 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  Marshall is a three point happy team. If they get hot, they will be tough to beat.

Oh I agree. At this point you have to play damn good every game or you are done.

I will say, while they may make several 3's. They have to guard us as well. Doubt their defense is as good as what we see night in and night out in the conference. Not to mention our rebounding.....etc.

Should be a good offensive game. I do wish we guarded a little better, but can't do much about that now. Just gonna have to outshoot them. And I think our offense is up to the challenge. Most of these guys have been there before. Marshall has been there before. They will be ready.

And I can understand, on the surface, why Marshall is a popular pick. They see our defense and our weaknesses and assume Marshall will go crazy offensively on us. But what some of them fail to realize is our offense is the best it has been since Marshall started coaching here also. Like I said, they have to guard us also.

(03-12-2018 10:16 AM)shockerfan1313 Wrote:  And I can understand, on the surface, why Marshall is a popular pick. They see our defense and our weaknesses and assume Marshall will go crazy offensively on us. But what some of them fail to realize is our offense is the best it has been since Marshall started coaching here also. Like I said, they have to guard us also.

you guys did struggle against us and Tulsa...An off night could happen and you shooters could go cold

(03-12-2018 10:16 AM)shockerfan1313 Wrote:  And I can understand, on the surface, why Marshall is a popular pick. They see our defense and our weaknesses and assume Marshall will go crazy offensively on us. But what some of them fail to realize is our offense is the best it has been since Marshall started coaching here also. Like I said, they have to guard us also.

They are still the 96th best Offense and 144th Best Defense per KenPom

The 4 teams in the AAC with Better offenses (Cincy, Houston, Temple, SMU) all beat WSU at least once.

The difference? Cincy #2 Defense, Houston 18, Temple 88, SMU 95. All of them >~50 spots better on Defense.

Yes, any team can get hot from 3 and win. That applies to every single game.

Elmore is a really nice player. He gave UC big time problems last year and they almost pulled off the upset @ UC. Don't really remember the defense they ran but it wasn't very good. Clark and Evans both hit career highs against them. Shamet and Morris should have field days.

They also play at the 6th fastest Tempo in the country. I actually think that favors WSU more than a slow game like the recent ones.

(03-12-2018 10:20 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(03-12-2018 10:16 AM)shockerfan1313 Wrote:  And I can understand, on the surface, why Marshall is a popular pick. They see our defense and our weaknesses and assume Marshall will go crazy offensively on us. But what some of them fail to realize is our offense is the best it has been since Marshall started coaching here also. Like I said, they have to guard us also.

They are still the 96th best Offense and 144th Best Defense per KenPom

The 4 teams in the AAC with Better offenses (Cincy, Houston, Temple, SMU) all beat WSU at least once.

The difference? Cincy #2 Defense, Houston 18, Temple 88, SMU 95. All of them >~50 spots better on Defense.

Yes, any team can get hot from 3 and win. That applies to every single game.

Exactly. They won't defend like most of the teams in the AAC. Can an off night happen? Sure. It can to ANYONE. That's what makes this tourney so great.

Not saying we will blow them out. And it is likely to be a high scoring game. Probably fairly similar to the SDSU game.

Not too mention we should be able to crash the boards. Giving us plenty of 2nd Chance opportunities

(03-12-2018 10:24 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  They also play at the 6th fastest Tempo in the country. I actually think that favors WSU more than a slow game like the recent ones.

That definitely plays into our hands.

(03-12-2018 10:31 AM)Wheatshock Wrote:  

(03-12-2018 10:24 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  They also play at the 6th fastest Tempo in the country. I actually think that favors WSU more than a slow game like the recent ones.

That definitely plays into our hands.

Conner and Austin seems to shoot WAY better when moving in transition ... So hopefully that breaks them out of their funks

(03-12-2018 09:27 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I had Georgia State as the last 13 seed. They have better predictive metrics than all the other 15s, 3 14s and 2 13 seeds. As far as first round draws for a 2 seed they are about as tough a team as you would ever expect to get. Probably the level of a team like Tulsa or Memphis. UC has won all their games this year at teams at that level, but it's a team that can get us if we don't come out ready to play. I think UC will roll because this team has a way of taking care of business in games it should win.

I have no doubt that Cincinnati will come prepared to play us.....ur head coach heavily recruited two of our players: Simonds and Mitchell. No benefit of playing a sleeping team

(03-12-2018 10:16 AM)shockerfan1313 Wrote:  And I can understand, on the surface, why Marshall is a popular pick. They see our defense and our weaknesses and assume Marshall will go crazy offensively on us. But what some of them fail to realize is our offense is the best it has been since Marshall started coaching here also. Like I said, they have to guard us also.

omg...
when you said many think wichita was under upset potential...i was like "why, wichita should win by 300" ...
then i looked at marshalls stats they are one of the best offensive team in the nation...and make it rain from 3 point land
hmmm a team that could exploit wichitas lack of D

with that said, watch a highlight of marshalls..they loook like a team full of kids who hated gym class
shaq should have a field day, wichita will likely get tons of open looks on offense...and wichita should be able to put pressure defense on them. i think marshall is smart enough to not let a team full of less athletic players reliant on the 3 get open shots