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Posted on 12/7/23 at 6:14 am to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 12/7/23 at 6:14 am to pioneerbasketball
The way to beat Purdue? Make Lurch run. Make Zach Edey get up and down the floor get up as many shots as we can and swarm him when they get the ball
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Posted on 12/7/23 at 9:25 am to antibarner
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Posted on 12/7/23 at 12:53 pm to Chadaristic
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From Chase Goodbread, don’t know how reliable he is
From Chase Goodbread, don’t know how reliable he is
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Nate Oats: Injured F Grant Nelson still hasn't practiced
Me: sounds questionable at best for Purdue game
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Posted on 12/7/23 at 2:15 pm to Allthatfades
Not having Grant would be massive for this game. We need someone to pull Edey away from the rim
Posted on 12/7/23 at 3:26 pm to mistaken4193
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Not having Grant would be massive for this game. We need someone to pull Edey away from the rim
Maybe this could be a good opportunity for Stevenson. If he can make high-efficiency 3-point shots in away games, we could get good results.
He needs to play with more confidence on offense and defense.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 3:29 pm to bamagoat
Still waiting on the press conference to be posted but here are 2 quotes from the SI write up
On Nelson:
"He hasn’t practiced yet, but we’re gonna try tomorrow and see how it goes," Oats said. "It’s not an injury that should hold him out longer than a week or two. If he can’t go Saturday, I’m very confident he’ll be able to play the following week. But he hasn’t practiced yet."
"We've had a good couple of days of practice," Oats said. "It's gonna be something a little different than facing anybody else we've faced all year. Zach Edey presents real problems. And he's big. He's pretty much impossible to guard one-on-one."
On Nelson:
"He hasn’t practiced yet, but we’re gonna try tomorrow and see how it goes," Oats said. "It’s not an injury that should hold him out longer than a week or two. If he can’t go Saturday, I’m very confident he’ll be able to play the following week. But he hasn’t practiced yet."
"We've had a good couple of days of practice," Oats said. "It's gonna be something a little different than facing anybody else we've faced all year. Zach Edey presents real problems. And he's big. He's pretty much impossible to guard one-on-one."
Posted on 12/7/23 at 3:36 pm to Alabama_Fan
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He's pretty much impossible to guard one-on-one
If you invest everything in defending Edey, you will ultimately lose. It doesn't matter if he scores 35 points and 15 rebounds. As long as you can perfectly defend the remaining four players on the floor, you can win the game.
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Posted on 12/7/23 at 3:45 pm to bamagoat
In the Yea Alabama interview yesterday Coach Oats stressed the importance of NIL not only for recruiting but also for retaining players. He used Mark as an example of someone with another year of eligibility next year that he wouldn’t want to lose to another team if he doesn’t make the NBA.
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Posted on 12/7/23 at 4:11 pm to Alabama_Fan
Here’s the Bama Central recording of the press conference - not the best audio but not the worst. I’ll post the UA version if/when they release it
Purdue Preview: Coach Oats
Purdue Preview: Coach Oats
Posted on 12/7/23 at 5:06 pm to Alabama_Fan
Heard an interesting interview about certain coaches wanting to play so many games in November, few games in December and then gear up for conference play in Jan.
Has Nate ever said what his philosophy is about Nov/Dec games.
Thanks.
Has Nate ever said what his philosophy is about Nov/Dec games.
Thanks.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 5:37 pm to bamagoat
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If you invest everything in defending Edey, you will ultimately lose. It doesn't matter if he scores 35 points and 15 rebounds. As long as you can perfectly defend the remaining four players on the floor, you can win the game.
If you play Edey 1 on 1 the whole game, you will lose. He will have 50 points and you will be guarding him with your 2nd string #4 because all your #5s and your starting #4 will be fouled out.
If we had Bediako, that might be a different story. None of our guys can guard Edey 1 on 1. Purdue’s PPP would be 1.5 or more if we tried that for more than a possession here or there to try and stop their hot shooter from burying us with threes.
We need their shooters cold and our shooters hot, and that’s really our only chance beyond trying desperately to get Edey in foul trouble. Not sure we have anyone that could do that to him, especially with Grant hobbled.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 6:02 pm to BamaBravesPackers
We held him to 15 points and 9 rebounds. He got in foul trouble early in the first half.
Granted, it was an exhibition but he did not play like a dominant Center.
Granted, it was an exhibition but he did not play like a dominant Center.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 7:13 pm to pioneerbasketball
Not that I’m aware of
Posted on 12/7/23 at 9:59 pm to Bryant91092
Posted on 12/7/23 at 10:57 pm to Alabama_Fan
For those who plan ahead - the CM Newton Classic will tip off at 1 pm
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Posted on 12/8/23 at 5:51 am to pioneerbasketball
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We held him to 15 points and 9 rebounds. He got in foul trouble early in the first half. Granted, it was an exhibition but he did not play like a dominant Center.
He was the unanimous National Player of the year by 6 different awards, including the Wooden Award last year. I don’t know if I’d be quoting an “exhibition” performance as a data point to be extrapolated.
Sam Walter’s hit 7 3s against TCU in the “exhibition” and now he can’t see the floor against a decent team because his defense makes him unplayable. We lost by like 50 last year to TCU in an exhibition and ended up the overall #1 seed in NCAAT. Exhibitions mean absolutely nothing.
Posted on 12/8/23 at 11:26 am to BamaBravesPackers
Posted on 12/8/23 at 11:29 am to Alabama_Fan
Yeah he is back practicing
Posted on 12/8/23 at 1:57 pm to CrimsonFever
Is it weird im not nervous about the game tomorrow??
Purdue’s already beaten a trio of top teams, but their guards don’t scare me.
I should be expecting us to probably lose a lot more than I actually am
Purdue’s already beaten a trio of top teams, but their guards don’t scare me.
I should be expecting us to probably lose a lot more than I actually am
Posted on 12/8/23 at 5:02 pm to TrojanTide
Purdue is favored by 5 tomorrow
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