1. Hield has been outstanding, but Jordan Woodard has been solid too. 22 against A&M (on 5 threes) and 5 assists. Going to be hard to sag off the other shooters to stop Buddy. I can live with Buddy hitting crazy shots as long as his teammates don't see wide open looks -- which they did in Hawaii.
2. Cousins is a terrific player but wasn't the same scorer that he was in Pearl Harbor down the stretch. More of a facilitator now but still a threat to score. Only one game with less than 3 assists in a month.
3. They might roll several guys, but they do not seem to get much out of their bench. These starters are in phenomenal shape for the amount of time Kruger gives them.
4. VCU gave Oklahoma a ton of problems on the perimeter - 11 made threes. They got 29 second half points (no, you read that right) from Hield to win the game. The rest of the team had 12. I doubt we are going to go 4-32 again from the perimeter.
5. As a team, they do not shoot free throws particularly well. Hield is excellent (88%) and Woodward around 80-81%, but Cousins, Spangler, and Lattin (55%) all shoot lower than 70%. Huge advantage Nova at the free throw line if it comes down to that.
2. Cousins is a terrific player but wasn't the same scorer that he was in Pearl Harbor down the stretch. More of a facilitator now but still a threat to score. Only one game with less than 3 assists in a month.
3. They might roll several guys, but they do not seem to get much out of their bench. These starters are in phenomenal shape for the amount of time Kruger gives them.
4. VCU gave Oklahoma a ton of problems on the perimeter - 11 made threes. They got 29 second half points (no, you read that right) from Hield to win the game. The rest of the team had 12. I doubt we are going to go 4-32 again from the perimeter.
5. As a team, they do not shoot free throws particularly well. Hield is excellent (88%) and Woodward around 80-81%, but Cousins, Spangler, and Lattin (55%) all shoot lower than 70%. Huge advantage Nova at the free throw line if it comes down to that.
