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02-03-18 11:09 PM - Post#245985    
    In response to Eric Von Zipper

The only similar no-D game I can remember was the post-season scoreathon against Evansville a number of years ago. But that game featured a lot of slick team offense, whereas this was more a series of tremendous one-on-one plays. Not as much my cup of tea, and I kept wishing Savage would shut up about how great all the scoring was. No, it kind of sucked all the way for me--get some stops, for crying out loud. Double the guy with the ball, pressure the ball, get in the passing lanes, create some havoc--you have little to lose given the shooting percentage being yielded by staying "sound." (And somebody tell the refs that Princeton dribblers deserve the same consideration as Brown dribblers.) There were some very nice shot blocks in the game, pretty much the only way besides a turnover to get a stop without incurring a foul call.

Cambridge really was unreal. That last trey of his was not only over two defenders, he had to twist his body to get squared up. Why the Tigers didn't drive at him with Bell or Stephens while he had four fouls is beyond me--there were plenty of opportunities, but they kept going away from it. Maddening. Anderson was terrific also, and in general Brown feasted on Princeton's inability to guard both the three-point line and the rim.

Plenty of great individual play offensively by a bunch of guys. I thought Much was terrific, not just scoring but chasing down ORs. Cannady was otherworldly at times, Stephens was unstoppable for stretches. etc. But I really, really hate rooting for a team that can't get three stops in a row and doesn't seem to want to get the other team uncomfortable on offense.

And I don't want to hear another word about a bad shooting background at Jadwin for visiting teams.
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