ISU in Paradise Jam

[Wufan]

Redbirds up 33-24 at half. Our 1-3-1/2-3 zone tandem type thing gave them fits for most of half til they hit a couple threes and layups late in half. Reggie recorded his 100th career block, and our scoring was pretty balanced between everyone.

Knight 5 points 6 boards 4 assists
Hawkins 8 points
Purcell- 4 points

Why doesn't Muller play Man-to-Man? It seems so obvious that he should be running at least 50% MTM with this group.

ISU held them to 30-35% shooting & scored about 20pts off of turnovers in the half court. Why would they not play zone against this team?

It absolutely worked. Last year I understood it since they had no bigs. This year it looked like they could dominate the post in a MTM. Different philophy I guess.

[Wufan]

Old Dominion was 3-0 with wins over LSU, Richmond, and UNC Wilmington. So a 19-point win is pretty impressive for the Redbirds.

at this point a 1 point victory by any team other than WSU or UNI is impressive

3-0 in those games on Sunday. SIU, ISUr, and Bradley all winners.

[Cdizzle]

SIU, ISUr, and Bradley all winners.

Will we say this again this year?

[Redbird23]

Birds can make a big statement if they win tonight vs Seton Hall...8pm(ct) on CBSSN

[Cdizzle]

How big of a statement? Is Seton Hall good?

[bigdawg]

How big of a statement? Is Seton Hall good?

Seton hall hasn't been good in 25 years. They were picked ahead of Creighton in the big east although I saw that cu was ranked 23rd today so who knows?

[Redbird Recon]

It absolutely worked. Last year I understood it since they had no bigs. This year it looked like they could dominate the post in a MTM. Different philophy I guess.

If the goal is to keep Reggie on the floor, it's working somewhat through the first 3 games. The defense produces very few interior chances for the offense. His minutes played is up slightly (20.3-22.0), and his minutes per foul is also better (5.5-6.6). Obviously 3 games isn't much of a sample size.

[Championz]

Birds can make a big statement if they win tonight vs Seton Hall...8pm(ct) on CBSSN

A bigger statement than dropping one at home to Utah State?

[Rollbird5]

How big of a statement? Is Seton Hall good?

Sounds like they have good young talent. I think someone on our board posted that they had the 12th best recruiting class in the nation. For how big of a statement I guess time would tell if we are fortunate enough to beat them.

[Cdizzle]

How big of a statement? Is Seton Hall good?

Sounds like they have good young talent. I think someone on our board posted that they had the 12th best recruiting class in the nation. For how big of a statement I guess time would tell if we are fortunate enough to beat them.

That seems fair. I know Seton Hall has some young talent. Will be interesting to see how good the team ends up being. WSU plays Seton Hall in a couple weeks, so I'm very interested to see how both teams play tonight.