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Old 12-03-2022, 10:14 AM   #1
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Bryant

Sunday, November 4th, 2022
12:00 PM
Fifth Third Arena
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The Bearcats (5-3, KenPom #75) welcome Bryant (6-2, KenPom #176) to Fifth Third tomorrow on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the first ever match-up between these two schools when UC won 73-58 last season.

This year's Bulldogs team looks a whole lot different as they've added 8 new transfers to this squad. The most notable of the new additions are former Memphis Tiger and top 40 recruit Earl Timberlake along with 2022 NCAA tournament favorite Doug Edert - the guy with the "stache" from St. Peter's.

After a bright start to the season that included 4 wins away from home, with the most notable one being a 73-72 win at Syracuse, the Bulldogs suffered a shock 72-60 home loss to Brown on Friday night - a game they were favored to win by 12 points.

The Bulldogs don't have great length in the post and mostly play line-ups with 4 guys between 6'4 and 6'7 on the floor. They do like to play fast and currently rank 22nd in the country for Adjusted Tempo.

This will be the Bearcats' last game before the Crosstown Shootout next Saturday.

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Old 12-03-2022, 02:38 PM   #2
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Bryant plays modern basketball under Jared Grasso, who I think is one of the best young coaches in basketball. They play a fast pace, crash the boards, and don't take midrange shots. Only 17% of their attempts are from the midrange, compared to 28% for us. They take 46% of their shots at the rim (we are only 32%) and 37% from three.

Bryant's defense is really bad. They foul a lot and give up a lot of threes. We are terrible at getting to the line though since we don't attack the basket, so we might not take advantage of their main weakness. If we aren't hitting threes we might struggle to keep up.
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Old 12-04-2022, 10:45 AM   #3
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Jon Rothstein just tweeted that half of the Bryant team is out due to an undisclosed illness. https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/sta...41045825024001

Edit: Only one of their starters is out, so it may still be a competitive game. They may wear down due to lack of a bench though.

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Old 12-04-2022, 10:49 AM   #4
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Also, apparently Phinisee broke his foot. Likely out for the year.

That might be a blessing in disguise though, as it will force DDJ to play some PG, which is what many of us have been hoping for. Either that or CJ Anthony gets real game minutes, but that seems unlikely.

Our already bad defense loses it's best defender. With Newman and Phinisee both going down to injury, it seems like defense just isn't meant to be our thing this year.
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Old 12-04-2022, 11:30 AM   #5
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I wish Hensley could play offense. His defense is impressive. At 6'9ish" we put him on Bryant's top scoring 6'4" guard and Hensley completely shut him down.
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Old 12-04-2022, 11:35 AM   #6
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They have no answer for Lakhin.
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Old 12-04-2022, 11:37 AM   #7
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Quote:
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They have no answer for Lakhin.
Their back-up "big" is an ECU transfer who played 6 total minutes last season across 4 games.
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Old 12-04-2022, 11:40 AM   #8
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Nice to see Skillings hit some jump shots after a rough start to the season.

I'm glad he fought off his case of Ben Simmons-itis.
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Old 12-04-2022, 11:44 AM   #9
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Sage Tolentino first time in a game. Ezikpe hasn't entered the game.
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Shooting 10-14 on 2 pt shots through the first half.

Hopefully the team is made aware of that stat.
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