Seton Hall is an improving team and one that could give a team like us fits. (Though according to some, matchups don't mean anything) But for those of us who understand basketball, the reason is that they have big guards who like to drive and are athletic enough defensively to give us some trouble.
They start 5 sophomores: Whitehead, Carrington, Rodriguez, Sanogo and Delgado.
Whitehead is the main man and likes to get buckets, but he's distributing the ball a lot more as he has 26 assists vs. 9 turnovers in the last 3 games. Whitehead, though, is prone to bad shots (long 2's) and takes a bunch of 3's, of which he shoots 33%.
Carrington is a left who gave us fits last year with his ability to drive the ball to the hoop, make circus shots and draw fouls. He's taking a lot more 3's than last year but shoots a solid 2 point percentage. His usage is up across the board, though he's getting a few less rebounds, mostly because he's strictly a 2 when last year, he played some 3.
Rodriguez, in my opinion, is the team's most dangerous player. Last year as more of a 4 man, he's worked on his outside shot and always had decent handle. His rebounding is down (similar numbers, just playing more minutes) but scoring is way up. Also shooting 3's well.
Sanogo is a very long player and does well on the glass. He's not much of a scoring threat and is turnover and foul prone...he's more of a defender.
Delgado is their main big man and he's added a bit of an outside shot, at least in the 2-3 games I've seen them play. However, his numbers are pretty similar from last year and his per 40 minute numbers are the same, or even a bit down from last year. I think he's a Charmin soft player and can go at him, get in his head and stuff like that.
Gordon, Singh and Nzei are their three bench players and Anderson will get spot minutes as a big. Gordon attacks the hoop and gets to the line but is a limited shooter...Singh is a shooter who rarely shoots a 2 and Nzei is a high energy 3/4 man who makes plays in his 12-18 minutes a game.
As a team, SHU gets to the line quite a bit but doesn't shoot it well. They have a few guys who shoot in the 75-80% range, and a few others who shoot in the 55-65% range. They hit the offensive boards hard, but also give up a lot of offensive boards, so we need to box out and I think Hart can get some offensive rebounds. They've only taken 240 3's this year and shoot 34%, but they pound the rock inside as they've taken a TON of 2 point shots. We need to sag off players a little bit and force them to shoot.
They are prone to turnovers as their top 4 turnover guys all have more than Brunson, who "leads" us with 22 but especially Whitehead has done a little better the past few games. They've been winning with FT shooting and defense...we can attack the hoop against them, even though they've blocked some shots.
I'd probably have Hart start out on Sanogo and Jenkins on Rodriguez so Hart doesn't get into foul trouble and doesn't get bullied by the very strong Rodriguez. Brunson could even guard Sanogo and Hart could guard Carrington as those lefties who drive both scare me due to their build and how they attack the hoop.
We should win, but Seton Hall is playing well and is a pretty good team.
They start 5 sophomores: Whitehead, Carrington, Rodriguez, Sanogo and Delgado.
Whitehead is the main man and likes to get buckets, but he's distributing the ball a lot more as he has 26 assists vs. 9 turnovers in the last 3 games. Whitehead, though, is prone to bad shots (long 2's) and takes a bunch of 3's, of which he shoots 33%.
Carrington is a left who gave us fits last year with his ability to drive the ball to the hoop, make circus shots and draw fouls. He's taking a lot more 3's than last year but shoots a solid 2 point percentage. His usage is up across the board, though he's getting a few less rebounds, mostly because he's strictly a 2 when last year, he played some 3.
Rodriguez, in my opinion, is the team's most dangerous player. Last year as more of a 4 man, he's worked on his outside shot and always had decent handle. His rebounding is down (similar numbers, just playing more minutes) but scoring is way up. Also shooting 3's well.
Sanogo is a very long player and does well on the glass. He's not much of a scoring threat and is turnover and foul prone...he's more of a defender.
Delgado is their main big man and he's added a bit of an outside shot, at least in the 2-3 games I've seen them play. However, his numbers are pretty similar from last year and his per 40 minute numbers are the same, or even a bit down from last year. I think he's a Charmin soft player and can go at him, get in his head and stuff like that.
Gordon, Singh and Nzei are their three bench players and Anderson will get spot minutes as a big. Gordon attacks the hoop and gets to the line but is a limited shooter...Singh is a shooter who rarely shoots a 2 and Nzei is a high energy 3/4 man who makes plays in his 12-18 minutes a game.
As a team, SHU gets to the line quite a bit but doesn't shoot it well. They have a few guys who shoot in the 75-80% range, and a few others who shoot in the 55-65% range. They hit the offensive boards hard, but also give up a lot of offensive boards, so we need to box out and I think Hart can get some offensive rebounds. They've only taken 240 3's this year and shoot 34%, but they pound the rock inside as they've taken a TON of 2 point shots. We need to sag off players a little bit and force them to shoot.
They are prone to turnovers as their top 4 turnover guys all have more than Brunson, who "leads" us with 22 but especially Whitehead has done a little better the past few games. They've been winning with FT shooting and defense...we can attack the hoop against them, even though they've blocked some shots.
I'd probably have Hart start out on Sanogo and Jenkins on Rodriguez so Hart doesn't get into foul trouble and doesn't get bullied by the very strong Rodriguez. Brunson could even guard Sanogo and Hart could guard Carrington as those lefties who drive both scare me due to their build and how they attack the hoop.
We should win, but Seton Hall is playing well and is a pretty good team.
