HH80 has a very good recap. A few other things to add. They are very athletic and good defensively. They don't have enormous size but their bigs (Scott and Reese) have the athleticism to handle themselves on the perimeter (in pick-and-roll defense) while Reese is also able to contest shots at the rim. I think we will try to target them in the post with Freeman and Krikke and not many teams run post-centric offenses these days (other than Purdue, who beat Maryland while scoring 1.09 points per possession). We might be able to get at them inside with our bigs. I think one-on-one matchups in the post between Krikke/Freeman and Scott/Reese will be crucial. If we can get their bigs in foul trouble, I really like our chances.
Conversely, if our bigs get in foul trouble I really do not like our chances. Freeman has been in foul trouble each of the last two games and he needs to stay out of foul trouble tonight. I've noticed a massive fall-off after our top six players. When any five player combination of the following six: Perkins, Dix, Payton, Patrick, Freeman and Krikke is on the floor we tend to do great (even against high major competition) but we are terrible the rest of the time. So hopefully Patrick can play and Freeman/Krikke stay out of foul trouble so we don't have to go as deep into our bench. If we keep those top six players in for large stretches of the game, we have a great chance.
Their wings are good athletes, with size (6'5-6'6), who have been bricklayers this year. Hopefully that cold shooting spell continues. Good defenders though. This is not a team that you want to be running a bunch of perimeter iso-ball against because their wings aren't easy guys to score against. Geronimo provides shot blocking as well. Their PG, Young, is pretty small so Perkins and/or Dix might be able to score over him in the lane. They kind of remind me of ISU a bit in terms of their defensive statistics and roster composition (undersized athletic bigs, ball pressure). They force turnovers but not at the elite rate of ISU. They can definitely pressure you on the perimeter with some athletes though so we need to be poised against that - ISU's pressure killed us. Be poised, get the ball inside to Krikke/Freeman. Minimize live ball turnovers leading to easy runouts. On defense, I think the main thing is knowing who can help and who can't. Don't let Scott and Young get open looks from three point range but their other guys haven't shown they can make them yet. I wonder if we might play more zone in this one.