03-23-2019, 07:14 PM
(03-23-2019, 07:08 PM)81alum Wrote: Preview:
The time has been released and Stanford will play a late game against BYU at 8pm Pacific on Monday.
BYU is 50th according to Massey, for comparison USC is 40 and Davis is now 72. BYU is 26-6 and is on a 9 game winning streak after defeating Auburn today. They rather handily beat Gonzaga for the WCC league championship--that is probably the scariest fact about them. They also beat Gonzaga two other times in close games during the regular season.
I watched BYU defeat Auburn today and felt they were a skilled team with three capable guards--and a fourth actually has better stats on the season than the three who scored double digits today. All three shoot between 34-36% of their treys, and while they are not as fast or quick as our players, they are skilled, and managed to get behind the more athletic Auburn players on fast breaks quite often. They also have a 6'7" center who is capable of making some layups, but very skinny and not that nimble. They played a lot of zone, and nearly blew their sizable lead at the end when Auburn turned them over, stole inbounds passes, and otherwise flustered them--as they also did in the 1st quarter.
In a lot of ways they seem a bit like Davis to me, except their center is not nearly as gifted offensively, but their guards are more versatile. One--Chase--is deceptively quick and got loose for 19 points today.
On Monday, BYU won't have anyone who can remotely guard Alanna unless they consistently double her. We will need to guard 3 perimeter players and prevent them from getting open lanes to the basket or open three point shots. The Hulls promise to have a lot of defensive work to do.
As I mentioned in the other thread, the Stanford game will be the only game on at 8pm on ESPN2. The earlier games will be sharing ESPN feeds.