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Keita might be fine for the team with so much production coming from the big men, but individually he's been a somewhat of a dud imo. His numbers are the same whether he's playing 15 mins or 30. For such a low-scoring guard, I'd hope for more steals and assists. He's an efficient scorer which helps balance Price's streakiness. But the two times the 'Necks have won the chip it's been behind stand out guard play. You gotta recruit a top notch PG!
One thing I’ll say for Keita is he went 7-for-8 from the field in the opening weekend, so yes to your point on efficiency. Obviously he’s still a junior so I’m hoping he continues to improve next year as well. I will day that he has been a little bit of a disappointment if only because he’s a top-60 recruit (we haven’t had many of those) who unfortunately came in with C- potential. We have been chasing elite guards and have come up short. Might be time to look at JUCOs again.
It is possible that the 3 best remaining teams/rosters are all in WIU's bracket? Florida has the highest top end, UConn is the deepest and WIU is probably the next best combination of depth and top end. Even Louisville is probably in the top half of the remaining 16 teams. Looks like those first weekend cake walks were just a warm up for this brutal upcoming stretch.
Looking at the Louisville game, the 100 shooting (and 40% from 3) is a little scary. But, hopefully the Necks' relatively tall SG and SF positions can give them a defensive advantage. I think WIU's overall size and depth advantage, especially in the front court is going to have them owning the glass and limiting Louisville to one shot on each trip.
Seriously. I feel like UConn vs. Florida could be a title game matchup, let alone Sweet 16. While the goal of this season is a championship — hopefully at least a Final Four — I feel like a loss to either wouldn’t exactly be shameful. Agreed on Louisville too, I’m not surprised they pulled the upset on the ‘Zags. Tomorrow’s stream is gonna be super stressful, I can already tell.
Keita might be fine for the team with so much production coming from the big men, but individually he's been a somewhat of a dud imo. His numbers are the same whether he's playing 15 mins or 30. For such a low-scoring guard, I'd hope for more steals and assists. He's an efficient scorer which helps balance Price's streakiness. But the two times the 'Necks have won the chip it's been behind stand out guard play. You gotta recruit a top notch PG!
One thing I’ll say for Keita is he went 7-for-8 from the field in the opening weekend, so yes to your point on efficiency. Obviously he’s still a junior so I’m hoping he continues to improve next year as well. I will day that he has been a little bit of a disappointment if only because he’s a top-60 recruit (we haven’t had many of those) who unfortunately came in with C- potential. We have been chasing elite guards and have come up short. Might be time to look at JUCOs again.
It is possible that the 3 best remaining teams/rosters are all in WIU's bracket? Florida has the highest top end, UConn is the deepest and WIU is probably the next best combination of depth and top end. Even Louisville is probably in the top half of the remaining 16 teams. Looks like those first weekend cake walks were just a warm up for this brutal upcoming stretch.
Looking at the Louisville game, the 100 shooting (and 40% from 3) is a little scary. But, hopefully the Necks' relatively tall SG and SF positions can give them a defensive advantage. I think WIU's overall size and depth advantage, especially in the front court is going to have them owning the glass and limiting Louisville to one shot on each trip.
Seriously. I feel like UConn vs. Florida could be a title game matchup, let alone Sweet 16. While the goal of this season is a championship — hopefully at least a Final Four — I feel like a loss to either wouldn’t exactly be shameful. Agreed on Louisville too, I’m not surprised they pulled the upset on the ‘Zags. Tomorrow’s stream is gonna be super stressful, I can already tell.