What sucks they only beat us with guard play. Was hoping KY might have remedy

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Mar 14, 2025
7:46:11pm

coug10278 Truly Addicted User

Yes there guards are really really good but was hoping for some type of counter. Still not their yet.

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coug10278

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Our matchup problems against UH

LifeLongLakerFan

Mar 14, 7:42pm

What sucks they only beat us with guard play. Was hoping KY might have remedy

coug10278

Mar 14, 7:46pm

He threw Trey at them but moooooving screens were pretty good. Mag didn’t seem to be as disruptive the past couple of

Hammurabi

Mar 14, 7:48pm

I was wondering the same thing… KK not showing up first half 👍🏻2nd

44C

Mar 14, 7:57pm

Mag is not strong.

Plantagenet

Mar 14, 8:30pm

Huh? His D helped us turn our season around

Hammurabi

Mar 14, 8:53pm

And that's what makes for deep tourney runs

TNT

Mar 14, 8:08pm

I agree but am always told that you need tall guards for defense. Tall guards

Plantagenet

Mar 14, 8:31pm

It was frustrating not being able to take advantage of their perimeter defense

BigHouse Coug

Mar 14, 7:48pm

There aren't many teams capable of blitzing our guards like Houston

whoneedscorners?

Mar 14, 7:48pm

This was huge when we got within 7 and had multiple chances to cut into lead

coug10278

Mar 14, 7:50pm

Clearly KY was frustrated with Bosko since he didn’t play much in the 2nd half.

gp232

Mar 14, 7:49pm

Stewart was another mismatch for us, but he's not quite seasoned enough

CLCougar

Mar 14, 7:51pm

KK has some moves, but zero touch

44C

Mar 14, 7:55pm

He has some moves in the low post. Not really the hight post.

LifeLongLakerFan

Mar 14, 8:04pm

I woulda said it the other way. Then again, think we'd both be stretching a bit.

SinkingQuffa

Mar 14, 8:07pm

Their guards are elite athletes - they put our best defenders on the floor

VinnyBYU

Mar 14, 8:37pm

Yep. Multiple guys who are good scoring threats off the bounce is our kryptonite

SinkingQuffa

Mar 14, 8:44pm

They only scored their per-game average, so we were decent defensively

LifeLongLakerFan

Mar 14, 8:51pm

Honestly, I was really proud of our effort on D. Personnel-wise there were just

SinkingQuffa

Mar 14, 8:55pm

Sharp played the game of his life shooting 71% from 3 vs 42%. I hope he plays that way in the tournament

Hammurabi

Mar 14, 8:54pm

Our perimeter D is below average across the board. Lately Mag & Trey

SinkingQuffa

Mar 14, 9:28pm

Agreed we needed a nimble high post with a killer free throw line jumper.

jre85

Mar 14, 8:52pm

Boskovic was too slow to even get open on the perimeter. He was two steps slow

SinkingQuffa

Mar 14, 11:38pm

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