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02-14-17 02:38 PM - Post#221812
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Phillis is an excellent defender, tough and pretty quick.
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02-16-17 12:58 PM - Post#222022
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That's true about Phills although Chambers and Aikens scored 43 points on the Yale guards at New Haven although Copeland was able to easily drive by Harvard guards, particularly Chambers, and score.
Yale has six players who average between 9-12 points per game with pretty high shooting percentages as they move the ball around for easier shots. They also rebound very well particularly on the offensive boards.
It helps if they can shutdown Downey as they did in the first game as it takes away an option. Downey got his limited points against Gladson not Miller or Brennan. I have a feeling that Arirguzoh is going to get more playing time based on Henderson's post-game Columbia comments. Downey did have a double/double last Saturday night in their loss to Harvard.
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02-16-17 03:06 PM - Post#222032
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Next up: The elephant lineup with one perimeter guy and the four bigs. Miller and Aririguzoh in the double low post, Gladson at the high post, Brennan the stretch four. Watch opposing coach's head explode before switching out of it after a few possessions.
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02-16-17 06:21 PM - Post#222037
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"Bring it on" would be Amaker's gleeful response
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02-16-17 10:05 PM - Post#222048
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I like the concept but really go wild by having Miller put up a couple 3 pointers and plant two big guys near the rim so that they can tip in shots as Miller will never touch the rim -- surprise element.
The irony of the Tigers' Ivy League season is that none of the big guys other than Boudreaux and Fuller have been offensively productive against the collection of Tiger centers. If the opposing Center has primarily an inside game -- Brodeur, Downey, Lewis/Edosomwan,etc, the collection of Princeton centers have given up limited points due to their length and strength. On top of that, the 4 of them have held their own on rebounding. Somewhat surprising -- may change.
Tigers are 1 1/2 pt favorites -- will be challenging game with desperate team in a tough environment.
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02-17-17 04:19 AM - Post#222055
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Yeah, looks like a tough one. The Tigers will need to D up again as they did in the first game or else hit a high percentage of treys. And they need to keep the turnover plus rebounding number in their favor--don't want the Elis to take more FGA (plus FTA) than they do.
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02-17-17 03:17 PM - Post#222108
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Yale had its 22 game home win streak broken by Harvard. They have been incredibly good at home over the past 5 years and Princeton has done poorly against them on the road. I believe that it is Alumni weekend so the seats should be filled.
It would be a good time to break the losing streak at Yale to put it mildly.
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02-17-17 08:59 PM - Post#222118
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Is it just me or is the lighting in the Yale gym kind of weird? It seems dark and the players have distinct shadows on the floor coming from some lighting source on one side.
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02-17-17 09:13 PM - Post#222122
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Pretty good defense in the first five minutes. Several missed wide-open treys keep the lead down to only 6-5.
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02-17-17 09:21 PM - Post#222128
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Up 5 with 11:23 left in the first half. Finally hit a couple of treys. Copeland making those high-degree of difficulty shots again, but the defense for Princeton has been quite good, getting hands on the ball and not getting penetrated on much at all.
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02-17-17 09:37 PM - Post#222147
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Up 30-22 with 3:37 left in the first half. Cannady on fire, Weisz moving the ball well except for a couple of bad passes, Stephens cooled off a bit but still playing well. Cook's dunk attempt blocked by Oni but he gets hammered with the body and gets two foul shots for his trouble.
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02-17-17 09:48 PM - Post#222158
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Up 38-29 at the half, Cannady with 20 points with only one miss and no FTs. Yale had, by my count, 13 second-chance points which is about seven too many IMO. On the plus side, Yale also had numerous lucky recoveries of deflected balls that just went right toward their guys (not outhustling the Tigers to the loose balls).
PU had two of those moved-your-pivot-foot-bef ore-starting-your-move traveling calls against them. Might want to work on that some--Cook got nailed a bunch of times last weekend and it happened again tonight.
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02-17-17 09:54 PM - Post#222167
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Outstanding defensive first half plus Cannady deadly from the arc resulted in a solid 9-point advantage. It will be hard to sustain that shooting percentage but the Princeton D has been disruptive and the O has been producing open looks, which a good formula for success. First half play was decisively in Princeton's favor but Yale is still in the game because of their work on the offensive glass.
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02-17-17 09:57 PM - Post#222172
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Cook got nailed a bunch of times last weekend
Bell had three against Columbia
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02-17-17 10:11 PM - Post#222177
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Small lineup comes in and works pretty well, but Downey did manage to get another follow basket. Previous possession Stephens continued to torment Downey as a defender, getting him to turn it over.
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02-17-17 10:14 PM - Post#222180
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The Myles Stephens show: Hit a trey, force a steal, hit fast-break layup over three Yale would-be shot-blockers. Trot calmly back to the bench after the resulting Eli time-out. That guy is amazing.
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02-17-17 10:24 PM - Post#222187
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Gotta love the defense so far in the second half. Even with a few empty offensive possessions in a row, Yale unable to reel the Tigers in at all. Lead now at 12 with Jones trying his own small lineup, but not getting much out of it.
Now for a strong closeout over the next ten minutes.
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02-17-17 10:32 PM - Post#222195
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Weisz: 9 points, 7 boards, 7 assists (so far)
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02-17-17 10:33 PM - Post#222196
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Yale not quitting but looking like they know that this is not their night. They need to make up over two points per minute the rest of the way.
Stephens slashing to the hoop at will. Weisz with nine assists.
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02-17-17 10:38 PM - Post#222199
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Up 14 with 3:47 left to play. If the Tigers weren't playing so well i'd probably be bitching more about some of the one-sided officiating. Maybe the black jerseys are making them look like villains.
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