**Bryant vs Iowa - 12/29/18 - 7:00 pm - ESPNU**

[Berzerkenpas]

Watch some of these shots Bryant knocked down (and look at the time left on the shot clock). Their coach chose to dribble the ball near the half court line for 20 seconds then get into 1 on 1 situations with a kickout late. It almost worked.

Dick Bennett meets small ball: get a bunch of quick 6'2"-6'7" guys who can handle and hit threes. Spread the floor, run the clock, get shot opportunities by reversing the ball/kicking out to get quickness mismatches.

Somebody is going to refine this and make it work at the high major level. It will be annoying as shit to watch.

 

[douglasbader]

Watch some of these shots Bryant knocked down (and look at the time left on the shot clock). Their coach chose to dribble the ball near the half court line for 20 seconds then get into 1 on 1 situations with a kickout late. It almost worked.

Dick Bennett meets small ball: get a bunch of quick 6'2"-6'7" guys who can handle and hit threes. Spread the floor, run the clock, get shot opportunities by reversing the ball/kicking out to get quickness mismatches.

Somebody is going to refine this and make it work at the high major level. It will be annoying as shit to watch.

It is a high school gimmick that inferior teams use against much better teams. Basically reduce the number of possessions, hope you hit a bunch of shots and the other team is cold and you give yourself a chance to win at the end of the game.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Watch some of these shots Bryant knocked down (and look at the time left on the shot clock). Their coach chose to dribble the ball near the half court line for 20 seconds then get into 1 on 1 situations with a kickout late. It almost worked.

Dick Bennett meets small ball: get a bunch of quick 6'2"-6'7" guys who can handle and hit threes. Spread the floor, run the clock, get shot opportunities by reversing the ball/kicking out to get quickness mismatches.

Somebody is going to refine this and make it work at the high major level. It will be annoying as shit to watch.

It is a high school gimmick that inferior teams use against much better teams. Basically reduce the number of possessions, hope you hit a bunch of shots and the other team is cold and you give yourself a chance to win at the end of the game.

It was a good tactic that almost worked. Granted they hit some miracle shots but those ISO’s with their freshman PG Iowa had no clue how to stop. So they executed at times too.

On D they doubled Cook. It almost paid off. Bryant coach did a great job.

 

[douglasbader]

Dick Bennett meets small ball: get a bunch of quick 6'2"-6'7" guys who can handle and hit threes. Spread the floor, run the clock, get shot opportunities by reversing the ball/kicking out to get quickness mismatches.

Somebody is going to refine this and make it work at the high major level. It will be annoying as shit to watch.

It is a high school gimmick that inferior teams use against much better teams. Basically reduce the number of possessions, hope you hit a bunch of shots and the other team is cold and you give yourself a chance to win at the end of the game.

It was a good tactic that almost worked. Granted they hit some miracle shots but those ISO’s with their freshman PG Iowa had no clue how to stop. So they executed at times too.

On D they doubled Cook. It almost paid off. Bryant coach did a great job.

For sure, but that game is a 30 point blowout if Garza plays. I think way more than anything they did on offense it was what Iowa couldn't do because Cook was collapsed on immediately with nobody to draw away or rebound.

 

[LifelongHawk]

Y'all can put as much lipstick on that pig as you want, but Bryant outscored Iowa in the paint. Starting 5 all played heavy minutes, Cook 40, and they didn't outrebound a team that averaged 6'2".

Third straight against inferior opponents will make most guys a tad lethargic.

 

[douglasbader]

Y'all can put as much lipstick on that pig as you want, but Bryant outscored Iowa in the paint. Starting 5 all played heavy minutes, Cook 40, and they didn't outrebound a team that averaged 6'2".

Third straight against inferior opponents will make most guys a tad lethargic.

Gee, I wonder if anyone was missing that would have changed the paint scoring and if another player went full retard and got pulled for nearly the entire game.....

 

[eclone]

Y'all can put as much lipstick on that pig as you want, but Bryant outscored Iowa in the paint. Starting 5 all played heavy minutes, Cook 40, and they didn't outrebound a team that averaged 6'2".

Third straight against inferior opponents will make most guys a tad lethargic.

Gee, I wonder if anyone was missing that would have changed the paint scoring and if another player went full retard and got pulled for nearly the entire game.....

Ackknowledged but one or two players should not make that much difference when playing 300+ ranked, Bryant.

 

[douglasbader]

Y'all can put as much lipstick on that pig as you want, but Bryant outscored Iowa in the paint. Starting 5 all played heavy minutes, Cook 40, and they didn't outrebound a team that averaged 6'2".

Third straight against inferior opponents will make most guys a tad lethargic.

Gee, I wonder if anyone was missing that would have changed the paint scoring and if another player went full retard and got pulled for nearly the entire game.....

Ackknowledged but one or two players should not make that much difference when playing 300+ ranked, Bryant.

Depends on the team. Bryant was made to be dominated in the post. Garza in the game would have made it a blowout. Kreiner playing even half way competent would have helped.

It was a weird game that their coach had a plan that nearly worked. It happens.

 

[Revolver]

This was way too close for comfort.

Excited for @Geese to start the next thread and get Big Ten play started right.

 

[Geese]

This was way too close for comfort.

Excited for @Geese to start the next thread and get Big Ten play started right.

Soon

 

[Revolver]

@Geese that Purdue game thread?