There was one great game yesterday and one good game. Michigan State against UConn was a great game that was anybody's game until there was 30 seconds left. Carolina- Villanova was a good game, but you knew for a while Carolina was going to win.
Uconn gave away a chance to play for the national title by not hitting free throws. They shot 63 percent from the line. With there play down low and the amount of fouls they were drawing, they probably should have won by ten. The Michigan State guards kept them in it long enough to overcome the foul issues. I actually thought the officials were giving UConn the game. It seemed like they were getting every little call while Michigan State wasn't getting any in the first half. Seven of the first eight fouls were against Michigan State. Luckily for them they play ten guys and the fouls were spread out.
Carolina overcame a slow start to dominate for most of their game. There were about three minutes in the first half and a couple in the second where Carolina let Villanova back in the game, but they didn't let those mini runs phase them.
I'm a little disappointed not to see Hasheem Thabeet go against Tyler Hansborough. But I think Monday night holds a great matchup. Suton is a good big man that has shooting range, so Hansborough will have to play away from the basket some. I also think Ty Lawson will have his hands full with the Michigan State guards.
I think Carolina holds the edge so far. They seem like they can run with Michigan State, but they've also been shooting lights out all tournament. Unless Michigan State can change that, I don't think they can win. They need to gets lots of turnovers and transition baskets to win.
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MSU can win this game if we (yes I said we, I have to write from the perspective of a fan here)continue to rebound the way we are, if we continue to play defense like we have since Kansas, and if we limit our turnovers. We have been able to do all of those things, especially during the last 2 games. We let UCONN back in the game by turning the ball over during the last 2 min. because of there full court pressure. I think we got too excited, and thought we had the game in hand. If we can keep our compusure, and use the homecourt advantage, we have a shot. But, I guess we will see...
ReplyDeleteThey do have a chance, of course, that's why you play the game. I think it starts with the defense though. If Carolina hits as high a percentage of their three point shots as they have been, they'll be extremely hard to beat. But, as you pointed out, MSU has been playing great D. Rebounding won't mean as much if they can't slow down Carolina's shooting. It should be a good game though.
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