12-21-2019, 12:18 PM
I'll be really impressed if Texas can stay with us for four quarters. They are not an overly deep team, with five players that average over 25 minutes a game, and Collier and Holmes average over 30 and are really their two linchpins. But Collier sometimes has had issues with foul trouble, and Holmes, shall we say, is in less than ideal shape. So it'll be interesting to see if they can play fresh into the fourth.
As long as our four bigs stay out of foul trouble, we can rotate lineups to keep fresh players on the court at all times, and hopefully we can push the pace whenever possible. We did a very good job collapsing on post players against Tennessee - I noticed that sometimes we even had three on one swarms when they tried to go inside, so hopefully we'll be able to defend by committee against Texas as well.
The fact that they have so few outside threats probably explains why they haven't done overly well so far this year - any team that plays zone can dare them to try to score from outside and collapse in the paint to defend against Holmes and Collier.
As long as our four bigs stay out of foul trouble, we can rotate lineups to keep fresh players on the court at all times, and hopefully we can push the pace whenever possible. We did a very good job collapsing on post players against Tennessee - I noticed that sometimes we even had three on one swarms when they tried to go inside, so hopefully we'll be able to defend by committee against Texas as well.
The fact that they have so few outside threats probably explains why they haven't done overly well so far this year - any team that plays zone can dare them to try to score from outside and collapse in the paint to defend against Holmes and Collier.