Bluejays at Redbirds

[45otseoj]

GodEcheGod

As good as advertised...

[Aargh]

Note to Aargh, your predictions of CU doom and gloom weren't too prescient.

It seems IlSU is not as good as I had expected.

Do I get to keep my consistency points for STILL not giving CU any credit?

[Little Eddie]

Note to Aargh, your predictions of CU doom and gloom weren't too prescient.

It seems IlSU is not as good as I had expected.

Do I get to keep my consistency points for STILL not giving CU any credit?

They weren't as good as I expected either...but I have a feeling they'll cause problems for teams w/ their length/heighth throughout the season. And their guards will definitely have better shooting nights...

[MacGuyver]

great win for the Jays. Ill St's been Creighton's bogey team the last 4 years. No O, No W.

-Young continues to shine. Creighton cannot afford for him to pick up an injury.
- 4-11 for 3. Jays usually take many more three's (ill-advised) but with Gregory, Kenny, Doug and Wayne I think they've found that slashing to the hoop and FT's are this team best friend.

[jayball]

It seems IlSU is not as good as I had expected.

Do I get to keep my consistency points for STILL not giving CU any credit?

Aargh,

I wouldn't give CU credit quite yet either. AY is the key to our whole team. If anyone can contain him, I think we will be completely shut down on offense. We don't have many consistent 3pt threats to help spread the floor. I do think our defense is getting better and we are at least a bit mentally tougher but how could those areas not improve from last year. We will see what shapes up.

[sptah]

The suposed trouble guarding 3 pt shots by CU and also their own 3 pt shooting will change, I predict. Not just for this reason, but certainly a huge factor will be the relaxation of the 3 pt shooters as they see missed shots rebounded and pounded back in. There is nothing like confidance building from seeing that you do not HAVE to make a shot. On the defense of the 3pt, Greg M's theory is to make it real difficult to shoot from shorter range while still pushing out agressively against any 3pt shot attempt. The percentages lie in the closer shots. The presence of a significant "Big Man" or two or three allows the area covered by them to extend out farther and thus should make it easier to pressure the 3 pt shot. I have faith in both concepts. In addition, the perimeter players actually have records that set them up as real threats in their own right. Manigat, for instance, is a great shooter and certainly Jones, Ashford, Wragge, Mc Dermont, Korver, and Kenny can also hit from long range. I think Kenny was leading the team in 3 pt percentages at one time...