Eric Von Zipper
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12-29-19 08:36 AM - Post#295396
Opens Princeton -6
O/U 142 1/2
The Engineers are 1-8 vs DI foes this season and currently ride a 7 game losing streak.
On paper, a home game against such an opponent would appear to be easy pickins. Let's hope the same holds true on the hardwood.
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1LotteryPick1969
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Re: Lehigh
12-29-19 11:41 AM - Post#295401
In response to Eric Von Zipper
Does Lehigh have an experienced point guard?
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welcometothejungle
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12-29-19 01:31 PM - Post#295404
In response to 1LotteryPick1969
Lehigh starts a familiar foe in senior PG Jordan Cohen, who's averaging 14 PPG this season, and has scored 20, 11, and 12 in the 3 previous matchups against Princeton in his career. That being said, in previous years Cohen was the 3rd or 4th guard on the roster (behind guys like Kahron Ross, Lance Tejada, Kyle Leufroy) whereas this season he is their only real scoring threat at guard so the Tigers should be keyed in on him. Still, he's been hitting his stride as of late, averaging close to 20 PPG in his last 5 games, with 18 in their loss at Auburn last week.
On paper, Lehigh should be a good matchup for Princeton. Princeton's struggled defending the 3 this year, and Lehigh is 336th in the country in 3pt attempt rate, and 278th in 3pt%. For the season, they have the 247th ranked offense in the country by adjusted efficiency, the worst of any offense in the OOC schedule besides Monmouth. Lehigh's also 320th in the country in TO%, while the Tigers have struggled to force TOs on defense.
Aside from Cohen, 6-9 Junior James Karnik will be a tough matchup for Aririguzoh, who needs to be better than he was last time out.
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1LotteryPick1969
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12-29-19 01:56 PM - Post#295406
In response to welcometothejungle
Lehigh starts a familiar foe in senior PG Jordan Cohen, who's averaging 14 PPG this season, and has scored 20, 11, and 12 in the 3 previous matchups against Princeton in his career.
Thanks for the info. I looked at highlights of Cohen against Lafayette. He shoot the 3, the pull up J, and can go to the hoop. Can we guard him, especially on the pick-and-roll?
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welcometothejungle
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12-29-19 02:12 PM - Post#295409
In response to 1LotteryPick1969
Where Cohen has hurt the Tigers in past years is on the pull up jumper from the elbow area. He has a good set of spin and crossover moves to create separation. He plays like a less quick version of Alex Copeland in my eyes. In his career against Princeton he's 8/11 on mid range jumpers
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Re: Lehigh
12-29-19 03:10 PM - Post#295413
In response to welcometothejungle
Jae-Llew not strong against the J
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12-29-19 05:39 PM - Post#295427
In response to 1LotteryPick1969
Pretty solid start. Offense has been good, defense better but not quite great yet. Up by 11 at the under-4 media. Aririguzoh bouncing back nicely from his tough game against Hofstra, he has 8 early, along with 9 for Friberg, 7 for JL and 6 for Wright
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12-29-19 05:49 PM - Post#295428
In response to welcometothejungle
Tigers go into the half up 39-30. One of the better halves overall, 7/16 from 3 and held Lehigh to 0.91 PPP. Lehigh's lead guard Cohen had 4 points on 1/4 shooting.
Llewellyn, Aririguzoh, and Desrosiers will all enter the 2nd half with 2 fouls. Very few minutes for Langborg and Evbuomwan today, who had played a lot earlier in the season.
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12-29-19 06:21 PM - Post#295429
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57-47 Tigers at the U12. Aririguzoh now up to 21 points with 10:48 to play. Career high is 24, so solid chance he hits that mark today. Timely shooting from Morales, Wright, and Llewellyn combined with Aririguzoh has kept the lead buffering between 6 and 12.
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12-29-19 06:30 PM - Post#295431
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Pretty game changing sequence as Aririguzoh is called for his 3rd foul on a blocked layup that looked like he got all ball, then assessed a technical for jumping in reaction to the call. He sits with 4, Lehigh gets 4 FTs, and the lead is now 59-55 at the Under-8
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12-29-19 06:36 PM - Post#295432
In response to welcometothejungle
Looked like a blowout at first. But now we are frittering away a game to a weak opponent. This is a frustrating team to watch. Think I’ll stick with the women this season. Unless Mitch can do a major turnaround, I’m pretty pessimistic about men’s bball for the next few years.
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welcometothejungle
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12-29-19 06:44 PM - Post#295433
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Unless Mitch can do a major turnaround, I’m pretty pessimistic about men’s bball for the next few years.
Looking around the league, I don't really see a reason for pessimism, even for this season to be honest. Princeton hasn't been good, but besides Penn, Yale, and Harvard, neither has anyone. The 4th spot is very much in reach this season, and Princeton is the least experienced team in the league. Tons of young contributors are getting valuable experience this year
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12-29-19 07:05 PM - Post#295436
In response to welcometothejungle
True, but......Aririguzoh will leave a large void.
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welcometothejungle
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12-29-19 07:07 PM - Post#295438
In response to welcometothejungle
71-62 final. Aririguzoh leads the way with 23 on 10/12 shooting, and Schwieger (12), Llewellyn (12), and Friberg (11) contributed nicely on the offensive end. On defense, Morales, Friberg, and Evbuomwan combined for 8 steals off the bench. Wright was also pretty impressive in his 35 minutes with his defense on Cohen (13 pts on 3/9 from the field), and his rebounding out of the guard spot with 6. Schwieger continues to struggle with turnovers, but hit some big shots late in the 2nd half to pull away with the win.
Despite a relatively poor OOC season, the Tigers will enter Ivy play basically even with Brown in the odds for the #4 spot (http://barttorvik.com/conodds.php?conf=Ivy), and that's with Schwieger missing games to start the season. Penn, Harvard, and Yale are all very good, but there's no reason to believe this won't be a competitive season.
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12-29-19 07:10 PM - Post#295439
In response to welcometothejungle
I naturally hope that you are right but I have my doubts but we will know in the near future.
Arirguzoh is a force and it is unfortunate that the cast around him is not stronger. Never quite sure why the Tigers start off going inside to Richmond and seem to back off. The other team's defense makes adjustments to stop him but there never seems to be a good transition from him. I would keep pounding it inside to Richmond with occasionally switches to Schwieger and Jaelin and hope to get an outlet pass to Friberg.
Team is not in sequence yet and not sure if it will. Very difficult to watch them play.
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12-29-19 07:12 PM - Post#295440
In response to 1LotteryPick1969
True, but......Aririguzoh will leave a large void.
He will for sure, but next year Schwieger will return and Llewellyn will be in year 3 as the primary ball handler. The development of guys like Richmond and Schwieger , not to mention Caruso and Cook from previous years, should give reasons for optimism that guys like Wright, Evbuomwan, Kellman, and Langborg can take steps forward too when presented with more opportunities.
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12-29-19 07:37 PM - Post#295442
In response to bradley
Team is not in sequence yet and not sure if it will. Very difficult to watch them play.
I think if you look at the other team's boards, this is not unique to Princeton this season. There are 3 very good teams and 5 inconsistent and flawed teams in the league this year. By every objective rating system, Princeton has been at the top or near the top of the 2nd group. As bad as the OOC has been, this team is 2 buzzer beating 3s away from being 6-6 with a top 100 win. Almost wins are still losses, but I genuinely don't see the pessimism.
The offense is 100% there, in fact by raw PPP they are #1 in the Ivy, and if you look at adjusted PPP without the preseason expectations on T-Rank, they're #83 in the country. The issue is that the defense is #323. Even if the offense takes a hit in league play, improving the defense to even just below average (say #200) would be a top 150ish team.
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12-29-19 08:47 PM - Post#295448
In response to welcometothejungle
I thought that the offense played very well in the first half by going inside out as outlined by Judson Wallace who did a very good job of analyzing Princeton and Lehigh.
The defense played better, especially Wright and Friberg.
The issue is that the team does not play consistent, smart basketball. It is perhaps correctable.
Time will tell -- let's check back halfway thru the IL season.
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12-29-19 09:01 PM - Post#295449
In response to bradley
Llewellyn, somewhat quietly, shot 23/28 from the FT line in December. While 81% won't lead the league or anything, that's a huge step up from his 57% as a freshman
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12-29-19 10:10 PM - Post#295450
In response to welcometothejungle
Final comments after watching replay:
When Arirguzoh was on the court, significant pt differential in favor of Tigers. He is clearly the most consistent Tiger and will be able to compete against every IL Center. Dumb technical on him which could have cost the game.
Llewelyn is playing more under control offensively and as a result he is being a more consistent offensive player. Coach gave Wright vs. Jaelin the important defensive assignment of guarding Cohen.
Schwieger played poorly and inconsistent other than the last few minutes similar to the Iona game -- 4 turnovers/questionable D.
Morales, a non-entity in the 1st half, played very well in the 2nd half.
Lanborg and especially Johns, are sitting on the bench. Overall, the bench is very weak which will be a problem in IL play.
Finally, Lehigh is not very good.
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