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Post by elcoyote on Jan 6, 2019 20:01:26 GMT -6
Massey gives us a 56% chance of winning this game, with a typical score of: 69-66 At this point I have no idea what to expect from either team. The Jacks performed more than admirably vs a murderer's row schedule, but have shown a tendency to let up in a handful of games. The Yotes have had some truly breakthrough performances this year, and have been very consistent defensively, but have been a little up and down offensively (until this last bizarro-game). I'm not going to over-analyze the match-up. I'll just say: get your popcorn. Don't miss this game if you can help it. Normally I have a prediction, but I'll sit this one out. I'll just say I think the most likely outcome is a close, hard-fought game. I'd say your prediction was fairly accurate. |
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Post by yoteforever on Jan 6, 2019 21:22:30 GMT -6
ALI / FRAZIER. Two mid major heavyweights that exchanged blows for 50 minutes.
Those two teams are darn good. Obviously fun to win but in all candor had we not I would’ve been proud as heck. SDSU is extremely good and so are we. This is gonna sound corny ( SD Showdown injection there ) but I want to thank the players from both teams for playing like the champions they are. There wasn’t a better college basketball setting in America than the one in Vermillion today. Think how exhausted those players must’ve been at the end? I was pooped as a fan.
Congrats Coyote ladies for gutting out an amazing performance. I’m so proud of you. And to Coach P and staff...thanks for a job well done. Classy as always.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Jan 6, 2019 22:07:44 GMT -6
Couldn’t agree more. If you’re a basketball fan, I don’t know how you can do anything but enjoy the show and tip your hat to both sides. Plenty of big-time players making big-time plays on both sides.
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Post by elcoyote on Jan 6, 2019 22:38:46 GMT -6
Probably why they shouldn't hold USD/State doubleheaders. It was such an intense, emotional rollercoaster of a game that it seemed there just wasn't much energy left in the building for the men's game. Not much they could do to top the first contest and it seemed almost anticlimactic. Sjerven is really becoming a difference maker this season and as for Duffy: How does one have a "quiet" 28 points? Could say the same for Miller as well.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Jan 6, 2019 22:43:03 GMT -6
Probably why they shouldn't hold USD/State doubleheaders. It was such an intense, emotional rollercoaster of a game that it seemed there just wasn't much energy left in the building for the men's game. Not much they could do to top the first contest and it seemed almost anticlimactic. Sjerven is really becoming a difference maker this season and as for Duffy: How does one have a "quiet" 28 points? Could say the same for Miller as well. Fans of South Dakota basketball are so lucky to be watching Miller and Duffy right now. Not to mention Selland, Lamb, Larson, Palmer, Burckhard, etc. It’s pretty remarkable when you think about it. |
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Post by elcoyote on Jan 6, 2019 22:47:49 GMT -6
Probably why they shouldn't hold USD/State doubleheaders. It was such an intense, emotional rollercoaster of a game that it seemed there just wasn't much energy left in the building for the men's game. Not much they could do to top the first contest and it seemed almost anticlimactic. Sjerven is really becoming a difference maker this season and as for Duffy: How does one have a "quiet" 28 points? Could say the same for Miller as well. Fans of South Dakota basketball are so lucky to be watching Miller and Duffy right now. Not to mention Selland, Lamb, Larson, Palmer, Burckhard, etc. It’s pretty remarkable when you think about it. That's a lot of top notch D1 talent from a small population, rural state like South Dakota. |
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Jan 6, 2019 22:49:58 GMT -6
Not to mention two other kids starting in the Pac 12. And Brecht playing at Green Bay. It’s impressive.
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Post by kiyoat on Jan 7, 2019 5:40:36 GMT -6
Probably why they shouldn't hold USD/State doubleheaders. It was such an intense, emotional rollercoaster of a game that it seemed there just wasn't much energy left in the building for the men's game. Not much they could do to top the first contest and it seemed almost anticlimactic.... Yeah, I think the preference is to have the men's women's games on their own day, as per the Herbster quote in the Argus. He also said that having separate games on a Sat/Sun isn't perfectly ideal, either. One game tends to cannibalize the other in terms of folks travelling to the game from out-of-town. We will have the opportunity to test that in the Brookings games. The other thing he said is that fans generally like double-headers, which is also true. I think the best scenario for the Jacks/Yotes games (maybe the Bison/Hawks games too) is to not have the men's/women's games scheduled together at all. Let them stand on their own on the schedule and each game can get its own spotlight. Its not like travel is a factor between Vermillion/Brookings or Fargo/Grand Forks. True M/W doubleheaders would be ideal for all the other non-rivalry games. Like the two ones we have scheduled at the end of the season vs the two ND schools. JMO On the plus side, though, I'm not certain you draw a sellout crowd yesterday without that double-header. So the women's team benefited from that. Despite the Women's team's years of dominant play, there are still plenty of fans that won't voluntarily just go to any women's game without that doubleheader. Or voluntarily watch it on TV. I was watching it with my friend, who is not an alum, but has become a Coyote FB and MBB fan over the last few years. He commented to me that he was surprised how good and entertaining that game was, and how much he got into it, given that it was a women's game. Plenty of people out there to convert, and the doubleheaders (and SLT format) helps a lot. |
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Post by elcoyote on Jan 7, 2019 7:32:12 GMT -6
Good ideas on the scheduling. I think the Summit has really dropped the ball with how it's scheduled U/State games. Sometimes I almost think that they're doing their best to try and hold attendance down. That fiasco a few years back when the men were scheduled in Brookings the same day the women were playing in Vermillion was ridiculous. Maybe it's my red tinted goggles, but I don't think there is another Summit basketball rivalry that even touches 'Yotes/Jacks, but maybe they don't think so seeing how NDSU is now their big rival. I don't know how UND/NDSU will stack up in comparison though with the whatever they call themselves now being so big into hockey and the Bison being simply awful on the women's side of things maybe it won't be that big of a deal. Was anyone else surprised by the lack of blue in Vermillion yesterday? I just figured with all the tickets sold that they would have a stronger contingent here, but maybe that's the Midco effect. We're not exactly centrally located.
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Post by kiyoat on Jan 7, 2019 8:20:25 GMT -6
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Post by kiyoat on Jan 7, 2019 8:41:02 GMT -6
Listen to the interview if you get a chance. Here are just a couple of quotes:
Craig: What match-ups are you most concerned with when you play USD?
AJ: Well, match-ups are always tough. They're really just talented at every position. There's nobody on the floor that doesn't shoot the ball. There's nobody that cannot post up. They can just all play inside-outside, and they're really versatile. For us, it's tough to get too fixated on match-ups.
I think there's things about them that make them a really good team. They defend really well. Defend the ball really well. Rebound really well. They make it hard for you to score, and they don't give you a lot of second-chance points. So that's a tough thing to get ready for them.
And then offensively,... I think they are very balanced. A lot of different players can score. It's pretty hard to average 75 points a game and only have 2 or 3 players in double-figures. Usually to score that many points you have a couple of players that just light it up. They're very balanced.
But with that being said, Duffy's really good, and Alison Arens is really good. Those players can get shots and make plays whenever they need to. So we always tell our players to not let their balance fool you. They've got some really good go-to players on that team. But, just their ability to shoot and post, it's pretty difficult just to key on any one person offensively for them.
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Post by coyotecrazie5 on Jan 7, 2019 8:48:37 GMT -6
Just one thing for anyone wondering why sdsu had more players foul out. sdsu got many easy buckets by the rim because USD let up in order not to foul. Ended up being the smart play as depth was needed at the end even though it shouldn't have even went to OT.
Now need to go up and beat them in the dump known as Frost.
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Post by kiyoat on Jan 7, 2019 8:58:56 GMT -6
John: I'm betting you're deeply into the psychological thing, especially with college kids. How much stock do you put in to USD, who went 14-0 in the league last year, and they certainly know how good you guys are... (It's always going to be a tussle with them), but, ... They went on the road and lost unexpectedly to Denver last night. Did you see that score and say, "gosh, WE wanted to be the team to give them their first loss"? Because you know how they may react to that the next couple of days, getting ready for you guys.
AJ: You know, that never crossed my mind. Yeah, you just don't know how teams will respond to a loss.... or a win. I mean, you could say we went to Fort Wayne, won by 30, and it seemed easy, and there's a false sense of security.... I suppose you could really find whatever angle you want. But we'll watch that Denver film, and scout, and see if there is anything we need to get ready for and prepare for.
Um... I'm probably not as deep into the psychological part that you talked about... You should be a coach.
*Craig laughs*
AJ: There's a lot of things going on, there.
Craig: Trust me, I can't coach him. How can he coach somebody else?
John: I play mind-games with myself, first and foremost. So I just think everybody is that screwed up in the head.
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Post by kiyoat on Jan 7, 2019 9:18:21 GMT -6
John: This could be a dumb question, but it wouldn't be my first: You guys have played tough competition. And you get big crowds and wonderful atmospheres in Brookings. Especially for teams like Oregon.... and of course at the Denny Sanford Premier Center for the SLT. On the road you've played Marquette, which is a top 25 team, .... there were 2,400 people at that game.
But it's rare that you are going to go play on the road in front of big and/or hostile crowds. So is there anything you do different in practice just to prepare for that, which you know you will get in Vermillion on a sold-out Sunday?
AJ: Not a bad question at all. It's just hard. There's nothing you can really do to simulate that. We don't "pump the noise" in the arena. We don't switch our signals or switch our calls.... So, no. We certainly talk about it, and our team's gonna have to be ready for that. But they've just done it so many times, over the years. Whether it be down there, ... or some of the atmospheres you just described. They've just done it.
So really, the only way a team handles an opposing atmosphere is to play well. That's it. You can do whatever you want before the game, but if you go out there, and in the first five minutes you don't play well... it's pretty hard to handle some of the emotion that goes into that. So the very best remedy is to execute well. So for us in practice we just focus on the details we feel will be important for our side, and try to get better.
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Post by kiyoat on Jan 7, 2019 9:28:23 GMT -6
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