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UCO is extremely athletic which is the type of team that has given NW troubles in the past, hence a loss this year to UCO and two to ESU. Despite some thoughts to the contrary in past years, NW has never been overly athletic, more fundamentally sound (don't get me wrong, there have been some good athletes on NW teams but not as many as some other teams).
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I agree with NW Hoops. UCO and Emporia State are similar from an athletic standpoint. Isaiah Wade for UCO is a beast and is the best athlete that I have seen in D-2 this year. They don't guard as well and I think that will get them in the NCAA's. I also think they have a talented point guard but he is highly emotional and I think it hurts them from that standpoint. It seems Hudgins and Geiman are calm and settling and I don't see that out of UCO's point guard. Givens and Wells are two gifted scorers and then they have 3 or 4 nice complimentary players that seem pretty athletic as well. I think athletic size is effective against NWMS. I think the Bearcats struggled having anyone to match up with Wade. Same with Emporia State. Van Dyke and Buom are athletic bigs and that gave NWMS some problems. Clausing from Washburn has given NWMS some problems in the past but Big Jonny was out of gas playing his 3rd game in 3 days on Sunday. NWMS took advantage of that. Bottom line--no one is beating NWMS if they play like they did Sunday against Washburn. I thought we played well but the Bearcats were hitting on all cylinders and Hudgins was special.
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Originally posted by Btech#3 View PostI agree with NW Hoops. UCO and Emporia State are similar from an athletic standpoint. Isaiah Wade for UCO is a beast and is the best athlete that I have seen in D-2 this year. They don't guard as well and I think that will get them in the NCAA's. I also think they have a talented point guard but he is highly emotional and I think it hurts them from that standpoint. It seems Hudgins and Geiman are calm and settling and I don't see that out of UCO's point guard. Givens and Wells are two gifted scorers and then they have 3 or 4 nice complimentary players that seem pretty athletic as well. I think athletic size is effective against NWMS. I think the Bearcats struggled having anyone to match up with Wade. Same with Emporia State. Van Dyke and Buom are athletic bigs and that gave NWMS some problems. Clausing from Washburn has given NWMS some problems in the past but Big Jonny was out of gas playing his 3rd game in 3 days on Sunday. NWMS took advantage of that. Bottom line--no one is beating NWMS if they play like they did Sunday against Washburn. I thought we played well but the Bearcats were hitting on all cylinders and Hudgins was special.
If you think the UCO PG is emotional then his matchup with Jake Hilmer will be a must watch.
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Originally posted by Btech#3 View PostI agree with NW Hoops. UCO and Emporia State are similar from an athletic standpoint. Isaiah Wade for UCO is a beast and is the best athlete that I have seen in D-2 this year. They don't guard as well and I think that will get them in the NCAA's. I also think they have a talented point guard but he is highly emotional and I think it hurts them from that standpoint. It seems Hudgins and Geiman are calm and settling and I don't see that out of UCO's point guard. Givens and Wells are two gifted scorers and then they have 3 or 4 nice complimentary players that seem pretty athletic as well. I think athletic size is effective against NWMS. I think the Bearcats struggled having anyone to match up with Wade. Same with Emporia State. Van Dyke and Buom are athletic bigs and that gave NWMS some problems. Clausing from Washburn has given NWMS some problems in the past but Big Jonny was out of gas playing his 3rd game in 3 days on Sunday. NWMS took advantage of that. Bottom line--no one is beating NWMS if they play like they did Sunday against Washburn. I thought we played well but the Bearcats were hitting on all cylinders and Hudgins was special.
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Originally posted by Augieholic View Post
I was just doing to research on UCO and they shot 200 more FTs than their opponents! I didn't realize Wade was a Wazzu transfer and it appears UCO has decent size which always gives UIU fits. At the NSIC Tourney they had Jareese Williams guarding numerous forwards so I would expect that to continue.
If you think the UCO PG is emotional then his matchup with Jake Hilmer will be a must watch.
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Originally posted by NWHoops View Post
Emotional is nice, annoying is a better term. He's either playing well and clapping in other players faces, talking trash, etc. OR playing poorly and complaining to officials on every call.
Now that was annoying. ;)
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Originally posted by NSU4LIFE View Post
I can remember a Northwest squad that played up in Aberdeen around 15 years ago that I am quite positive had all five players slap the floor when back on defense, every possession, as if it was required by law.
Now that was annoying. ;)
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Originally posted by NWHoops View Post
UCO is extremely athletic which is the type of team that has given NW troubles in the past, hence a loss this year to UCO and two to ESU. Despite some thoughts to the contrary in past years, NW has never been overly athletic, more fundamentally sound (don't get me wrong, there have been some good athletes on NW teams but not as many as some other teams).
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Originally posted by Btech#3 View PostI agree with NW Hoops. UCO and Emporia State are similar from an athletic standpoint. Isaiah Wade for UCO is a beast and is the best athlete that I have seen in D-2 this year. They don't guard as well and I think that will get them in the NCAA's. I also think they have a talented point guard but he is highly emotional and I think it hurts them from that standpoint. It seems Hudgins and Geiman are calm and settling and I don't see that out of UCO's point guard. Givens and Wells are two gifted scorers and then they have 3 or 4 nice complimentary players that seem pretty athletic as well. I think athletic size is effective against NWMS. I think the Bearcats struggled having anyone to match up with Wade. Same with Emporia State. Van Dyke and Buom are athletic bigs and that gave NWMS some problems. Clausing from Washburn has given NWMS some problems in the past but Big Jonny was out of gas playing his 3rd game in 3 days on Sunday. NWMS took advantage of that. Bottom line--no one is beating NWMS if they play like they did Sunday against Washburn. I thought we played well but the Bearcats were hitting on all cylinders and Hudgins was special.
I'm interested to see how the Regional is officiated. The games I got to see NW play over the past few weeks were awful. The games were played closer to FB than basketball. Every team is trying to be uber physical with NW all over the floor the entire game. Freedom of movement has apparently been abandoned for the time being. Fortunately, NW has had a sence of urgency to match the physicality and play just a bit better basketball.
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