Looks like Davidson scores a lot...gives up a lot
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Davidson will be a tough game. We will need to match up with their shooters. They shoot 40% as a team from the 3 pt line and have made 337 threes this year. We need to treat them like Northwestern the 2nd time around and run them off the three point line and make them drive the ball. We should (like nearly every other game this year) have an advantage inside.
Navyrules-
The thing is though that they'll certainly play with the same sense of urgency that PSU played with. That fearless, ready to throw everything at you and it will work attitude that usually results in Iowa standing with their thumbs up their butt while watching it happen just because they're not "mean" enough to say "nah f*** you and your over-zealousness...gtfo out of my tournament."
I'm not too fond of the idea of possibly being another Davidson faux-Cinderella "victim".
The thing is though that they'll certainly play with the same sense of urgency that PSU played with. That fearless, ready to throw everything at you and it will work attitude that usually results in Iowa standing with their thumbs up their butt while watching it happen just because they're not "mean" enough to say "nah f*** you and your over-zealousness...gtfo out of my tournament."
I'm not too fond of the idea of possibly being another Davidson faux-Cinderella "victim".
We need to play our best D and use our length to disrupt and contend shots. Then use our size advantage to rack up points in the paint.
Davidson -- All Offense, No Defense. Our length should help us, little nervous about our guard play but think Gesell and Clemmons will do fine. Definitely nervous for this first round game though. Got to play a hell of a lot better than we did against PSU.
Evil-
I'm not saying it's a shoe-in for us. Far from it, we will have to play well to win. Davidson has been there before and will give us a good shot. What I'm implying that it's much tougher to get kids to play the way PSU plays because of the physical/mental toughness it takes. While I'm nervous, I also like the fact that Davidson gives up 70 a game and let Montana put up 99 on em. I just think that's a much better match up for Iowa than a lot of teams out there. Regardless, if Iowa shoots a similar percentage as the PSU anomaly we will assuredly lose. I personally don't see that happening, but of course I could be wrong
It's the NCAA tournament. The overwhelming likelihood is that you'll end up against some team with good guards that shoot a nice percentage from 3. We are the exception to the rule
Every game. We led the Big Ten if offensive rebounding. We really use it on defense. Our half court trap, our zone and our ability to defend the paint. We often out score teams in the paint.
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It won't be easy, but we'll have a definite size/rebounding advantage. Looks like a smaller team that does a lot of run and gun, and 3 pt shooting. They were the regular season Atlantic 10 champs, and won there last 10 in a row before losing to VCU. Loses to North Carolina and Virginia
