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Anonymous SEC Basketball assistant comments on Auburn, Kentucky, LSU and Tennessee
Posted on 2/18/19 at 10:53 am
Posted on 2/18/19 at 10:53 am
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Auburn: “Their shot selection can get them in trouble, especially Jared Harper and Bryce Brown. They don’t have a consistent low-post threat, so those two have the green light to jack up shots. They shoot from anywhere, anytime. It’s feast or famine. When they get it going they’re hard to beat, but Ole Miss beat them 60-55 by slowing them down. Austin Wiley was a threat, but he got hurt. When he came back, it looked like they had too many guys. They play so fast, they don’t wait on him. Danjel Purifoy and Horace Spencer are two more big guys who play, and it slows them down a little bit. They’re better when they play small. Chuma Okeke is really talented, but he can go games without getting shots up. They’re inconsistent defensively. It’s a gambling defense. If they can turn you over, it’s good, but if you run offense against them they’re not very good.”
Kentucky: “I’d say they’re not good against zone, but the way they’ve been shooting lately I don’t know. You have to slow down the tempo. Once they get out in transition, that really gets them going. PJ Washington is just shooting the crap out of it. Be physical with him. Doubling him in the post helps, but he’s smart now the way he passes out of it. You want to make Keldon Johnson shoot contested 2s. You have to get into his body and be physical, because I don’t think he likes that. Make Tyler Herro put it on the floor. He has deep range. They hurt people on the glass. Ashton Hagans and Immanuel Quickley are inconsistent from 3. Hagans scores off his defense. Reid Travis is not as efficient on the block as I thought he was.”
LSU: “One of the most talented teams in the league, but they can get loose offensively and turn it over. You’ve got to keep them off the glass and make people outside of Tremont Waters hit shots. He can get careless with the ball, but he makes plays other people can’t make. Naz Reid will shoot the 3 and he can make it, but he’s so big you’d rather he do that if you can keep him away from the basket. You have to trap Waters and change defenses and out-physical him, because he’s just so quick. You hope to use size against him. He plays with great pace.”
Tennessee: “They have great experience and great chemistry. I know Grant Williams gets a lot of pub, but no one is a star on this team. If you can really shoot the ball, you have a chance to beat them. If the refs are calling the game to protect Williams, you have no chance. He shoots a lot of free throws. He ducks in and seals really well, and he knows how to get fouls by flopping. When he lowers that shoulder, you gotta take the freaking charge. They’re a good rebounding team, but you can rebound against them too. Beat them to the offensive boards. They have some size but they’re not huge. You need to be physical with Admiral Schofield. Don’t let him get transition 3s because that gets him going. A team with length that is physical would be a test for them. In the past, you could let Jordan Bone shoot it, but he’s making them now. People have been scoring against them; it’s just they’re hard to guard. They don’t have a rim protector, except maybe Kyle Alexander and he’s not real big. They’ll give up a lot of 3s because they focus on stopping guard penetration, so people can drive and kick for open looks.”
In The Athletic today.
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This post was edited on 2/18/19 at 10:56 am
Posted on 2/18/19 at 10:56 am to volfan30
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He knows how to get fouls by flopping
They got these quotes from Rupp Rafters
Posted on 2/18/19 at 10:59 am to sand mountainDvalues
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SEC Basketball assistant comments
You think SEC assistant coaches are lurking that shite hole?
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:01 am to volfan30
I love anonymous quotes from supposed assistant coaches.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:02 am to WildcatMike
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SEC basketball assistant
Was not in the title when my comment was made
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:02 am to kywildcatfanone
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Welcome? to? part two? of my annual? enemy lines report,? where banal coachspeak? is replaced by brutal candor.?? Veteran hoopheads know the drill: I have interviewed two coaches (both head coaches and assistants) from each conference and granted them anonymity in exchange for their unvarnished assessments of the teams and players they know best — the ones that are in their leagues. Last week we heard from guys in the Big Ten, Pac 12, Big East, Mountain West and West Coast Conference. Today we will hear from the ACC, Big 12, SEC and American. Truth is hard to come by these days, but if you can handle it, then, by all means, read on.
Here is the intro from Seth Davis fwiw
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:03 am to kywildcatfanone
I’m guessing one of the Florida assistant.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:18 am to volfan30
Everything in this seems spot on.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:20 am to volfan30
I guess nothing on Mississippi State :/
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:28 am to volfan30
Spot on with AU. Could get hot and win the SEC tourney. Could pull a Bama and get flexed on.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:33 am to volfan30
Kentucky’s is pretty spot on. Travis does the little things though that continues to get him PT over EJ and Richards. Not much separation there though.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:41 am to The Winner
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Mississippi State: “Probably the most underrated team in the league. They have juniors and seniors and good chemistry. Quinndary Weatherspoon has been very good for four years. Reggie Perry has really impacted their team recently. Their shot selection is not great, and they rely too much on the perimeter. Lamar Peters can get out of control. They’re inconsistent defensively. They gamble and their post defense is not great. Peters will take tough 3s so you want to keep him in front. You need to get back in transition and play a halfcourt game and slow them down because they like to play up-tempo. Aric Holman is a pick-and-pop five. He’s out on the perimeter. You have to switch on the ball screens because that’s how Peters gets in the lane and makes plays for other people.”
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:43 am to volfan30
Darn, was hoping for something completely different.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 12:48 pm to volfan30
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Mississippi State: “Probably the most underrated team in the league. They have juniors and seniors and good chemistry. Quinndary Weatherspoon has been very good for four years. Reggie Perry has really impacted their team recently. Their shot selection is not great, and they rely too much on the perimeter. Lamar Peters can get out of control. They’re inconsistent defensively. They gamble and their post defense is not great. Peters will take tough 3s so you want to keep him in front. You need to get back in transition and play a halfcourt game and slow them down because they like to play up-tempo. Aric Holman is a pick-and-pop five. He’s out on the perimeter. You have to switch on the ball screens because that’s how Peters gets in the lane and makes plays for other people.”
Spot on
Posted on 2/18/19 at 2:29 pm to volfan30
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if you run offense against them they’re not very good.”
If I had a guess, I'd say it is Kermit Davis. He did just this both times we played them and they schooled us.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 2:44 pm to volfan30
So Auburn is either really good or not so good to bad depending on the day. Sounds about right to me.
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