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bradley 
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02-04-19 12:53 PM - Post#275022    
    In response to 1LotteryPick1969

Bruner is not a true post player like Atkinson, Lewis or Arirguzoh but you need an athletic defender on him as he is mobile. DesRosiers or Much are probable candidates to guard him with a slight edge to DesRoosiers. Schrieger could potentially guard Reynolds if all three of them are in the game.

Reynolds sometimes guarded Lewis in addition to Atkinson and Bruner. I think that there is a possibility that Richmond can score on either three of them but that is to be determined.

The biggest change is the Tiger team of this year vs. last year is obviously Arirguzoh. He was the third best player in his sophmore and junior years at Trenton Catholic and was not heavily recruited -- both Stephens and Richmond being local kids with 2 star ratings. Let's see if Richmond can play with the big boys in upcoming games against Yale and Harvard. I suspect so but time will tell.

 
1LotteryPick1969 
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02-04-19 03:22 PM - Post#275039    
    In response to bradley

From the limited video I have watched, Bruner looks like a stretch 4 with true 3-point range. He can shoot over Much and go around Aririguzoh if the latter comes out to guard him.

 
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02-04-19 08:34 PM - Post#275073    
    In response to 1LotteryPick1969

Yeah, Princeton will not likely be able to shut down Yale the way did their previous three Ivy opponents, as the Eli have too many weapons who can do different things. In the past, Copeland has been a big problem with his penetration, and now Bruner is a matchup problem as well. With Stephens probably tied up guarding Oni, it starts to look pretty challenging to plug all the holes at once. Help defense has been much better but still up and down even during these wins; on the other hand, the Tigers have surprised me so far with the quality of their on-ball man defense, so who knows?

So if Yale is going to have a not-terrible offensive efficiency against Princeton, the good guys will have to get more quality shots and fewer turnovers against Yale than they have lately. And they'll probably have to do it while down a starting backcourt, in an offense that has had precious little off-ball movement and passing. No problem! The Tiger inside scorers will need to be very physical or discover the ability to find open teammates when the help comes.

 
1LotteryPick1969 
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02-04-19 10:07 PM - Post#275090    
    In response to SRP

  • SRP Said:
discover the ability to find open teammates when the help comes.



The rather unexpected emergence of Aririguzoh and Schwieger in the low post gives the coaching staff a new problem: teaching how to respond quickly to the double team.

 
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