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Arizona Vs Indiana game discussion thread 12/10/22 at 530pm on FOX
The Arizona Wildcats and Indiana Hoosiers face off on Saturday in a college basketball showdown at MGM Arena. This is the first meeting played between the two teams in recent history.
Arizona come into this game with a 7-1 record and they have gone 2-6 against the spread. In the last game against California, Arizona scored 81 points and that led to the 13 point victory. Azuolas Tubelis had a big game finishing with 25 points and 12 rebounds. Arizona is averaging 91.5 points while their defense is giving up 77.6 points per game. The offense is ranked 3rd, while the defense is ranked 342nd. Arziona is shooting 55.2 percent from the field which is 1st best in the league. Tubelis has been the top player this season averaging 20.1 points while shooting 60.1 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from behind the three point line.
On the other side of this matchup is Indiana who sits with an 8-1 record and they have gone 8-2-1 against the spread. In the last game against Nebraska, the offense scored 81 points, and that was enough for the victory. Two games ago against Rutgers though the offense only scored 43 points, and that led to the defeat. Indiana is averaging 82.1 points while their defense is giving up 61 points per game. The offense is ranked 29th in the league. Trayce Jackson-Davis is averaging 17.5 points while shooting 67.5 percent from the field.
Indiana is 6-1 against the spread in their last seven games played on a neutral site, Arizona is 1-6 against the spread in their last seven games. The over is 4-1 in the Wildcats last five games on Saturday. The under is 4-1 in the Hoosiers last five games following a straight up win.
This game is going to be a shootout!
Arizona is favored -1 at and the Over/Under is 158.5
Let's talk about the Wildcats Vs Hoosiers!
BEARDOWN!!!
Live stream link will be added before tip-off.
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Stop the big man from Indiana, hit 3's efficiently, get to the line 30 times. No brainer.
This is what I would call a "Pelle Larsson" game. Get inside the arc, set up Tube and Ballo to get Indiana's starters in foul trouble early.
I'll be in attendance and I'm looking forward to this game.
Indiana's PG is older and bigger than the Creighton PG which will be a good challenge for Kerr who has been playing well imo.
#BearDown and beat the Hoosiers!
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Quote from: arxpert on December 07, 2022, 11:24:08 PM
Stop the big man from Indiana, hit 3's efficiently, get to the line 30 times. No brainer.
This is what I would call a "Pelle Larsson" game. Get inside the arc, set up Tube and Ballo to get Indiana's starters in foul trouble early.
Got to the line 25 times, hit 10/25 3's (40% for the maths challenged), stopped the Indiana big man Trace Jackson Davis. It's almost like I know exactly what I'm talking about.Oh.. and that Pelle Larsson game thing.. yeah.. a quiet 16 points, some terrible moments that killed our momentum, but he still efficiently broke down the D, got to the line and then had some timely easy drawn up buckets cutting to the rim. His 0-4 from 3 is fully expected from me, but go figure...
ADAMA BAL got in the game and got up his shots, offsetting Pelle's inability to shoot. Combining Pelle and Bal we have an excellent Defense/Offense rotation tandem. Bal is even a problem for opponents on D as his length is difficult to shoot over. And don't think I didn't notice Bal was in the game again down the stretch of the 2nd half over Pelle.. Tommy is finally learning.
Again.. It's like I know what I'm talking about.
PS - Honorable Mention: Henri Vessar. Best game as a Wildcat from my POV. He is becoming serviceable in this system. If he continues to improve I think the ceiling is beyond the "roof".
Extra observation - I am not a fan of the telegraphed lob entry passes over and over and over again. I can understand that you do it until the opponent can stop it, but that won't work all season. Matchup specific; we overpowered Indiana, but when that inevitably isn't working at some point I want to see more of how Tommy will adapt and get creative about the entry passes because Utah chewed us up that entire game.
Beardown
Onward and up
A Bonus Thought - I actually enjoyed Tommy getting into the game. He was channeling his inner Roy Williams squatting down at times then roid raging. Actively engaged in heated verbiage with the refs and just plain ole showing he gave a shit tonight. So I appreciated that as opposed to Wholesome Tommy with his arms folded standing around.
Adama Bao is earning more minutes because HE is learning....not Lloyd. The kid is raw but obviously talented.
Bill Self made a living with telegraphed interior ooh passed. If your post player is isolated with a single defender, it's a practiced art form to toss it in and get an easy two. If your PG isn't accurate (ala Utah), it isn't ideal.