They really haven’t played any legit competition outside of losing to Buffalo twice but they did hammer the Penn team that beat Nova.
Their SR 6’4” Mr. everything Jaelan Sanford is a volume shooter with nearly 1800 career points. Would like to see Naj draw some of the D assignment on him but he probably will have to deal with their other SR Nate Navigato. He’s a polished big that can really shoot the 3 ball. He has over 1400 points with 305 made 3’s, currently shooting at a .455 clip from distance. They have their own version of Hankins in 6’11” JR Luke Knapke. He is closing in on 1000 points with nearly 600 boards. A big concern is their little soph PG Jackson has really figured it out. He is on a tear lately scoring wise and looks to be a good facilitator with a respectable turnover number.
All in all they look like an formidable foe with good size and lots of experience. I read somewhere that they are actually a slight favorite but that has to be way off.....I say X by 12.
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Thread: SCOUTING the ROCKETS
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03-18-2019, 12:01 PM #1
SCOUTING the ROCKETS
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03-18-2019, 12:09 PM #2
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Line I saw had X -4.5.
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03-18-2019, 12:17 PM #3
Yeah, that’s more in the realm of reality but still seems low. Maybe if it was at Toledo but it’s not, however the Vegas line should stay in that range. The 12 point number was my guess at the final score.
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03-18-2019, 01:04 PM #4
It will be very interesting to see how the 3 point line being a lot further back will affect these NIT games. I would think it would favor us being able to score in the paint.
I am interested to see all the rile changes. A lot of people will be confused at the game if they dont read about them before hand."I’m willing to sacrifice everything for this team. I’m going to dive for every loose ball, close out harder on every shot, block out for every rebound. I’m going to play harder than I’ve ever played. And I need you all to follow me." -MB '17
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03-19-2019, 09:18 AM #9
I'd argue that it would help the game go faster with one less media timeout since you'd have 3 media timeouts (including between quarters) instead of the 4 per half that you have now.
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03-19-2019, 12:38 PM #10
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