Next Up: Utah State. It just so happens that the Aggies scheduled a game against a school that plays the Princeton offense just a few days before showing up in the Nations Capital. What a coincidence. Well I'm watching a little bit of this USU - Denver game because we all know how important it is that I have a decent scouting report prior to Saturday. (Rocky is in his usual spot. Snoring. He couldn't even be bothered by last night's thriller. He said something about waking him up in March when the games really count.)
What stands out to me the most: Utah State is playing a zone. They are also showing a little bit of a press. I used to cringe when teams played zone against the Hoyas but those days seem to be in the rear view mirror. In fact Denver is doing exactly what I hated against the zone - needless passing without any penetration into the middle of that zone. You can't win that way. Chris Wright has been able to get Austin and Jason good shots against the zone recently. They also have been doing a good job of over loading one side.
Denver is breaking the press much the same way a Sapp-Wallace-Rivers backcourt would have broken it. I think it would be a major league brick to show this press against the Hoyas unless they are looking at getting into a track meet with RUN DMV. (That's the nickname I like the best for the 3 local guards.)
Denver is painful to watch. They can't get anything around the basket. So when they aren't taking bad shots they are committing offensive fouls and getting called for steps. I will say this, they have a better arena then I would have figured. And it looks like it's off campus because fans are drinking brews.
I can already tell that I'm going to hate it if #23 on USU hits any long distance shots on Saturday. I wan
I can't believe I'm watching this game. Even worse is that I'm admitting it to the handful of people that even know this blog exists.
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