[RuralFan]

I watched the first half of the Miss/Zags game at Maples but then went home. Copying my observations on Miss from another thread:

Ole Miss plays very tight aggressive defense with their hands waving in all directions. They ought to pick up some fouls that way, but haven't been called for a lot yet. They did get called for a technical foul for guarding the inbounder too closely.

On offense they drive aggressively to the hoop. They got to the line a few times, but also got called twice for charging

Agreed on all counts.  Including when we both went home.  Their defense makes for a very ugly game which I found tiresome to watch.  Gonzaga had 7 assists--all that face guarding depressed passing, too.

Ole Miss is the apparent future of college sports.  They are a portal team with most of their players from the portal.  Of the 12 players listed on their roster, 7 have played for other colleges.  The squad includes 2 graduate students, 5 seniors, 3 juniors, 1 sophomore, and 1 freshman.  They have experience, maturity and physical development.  Finally they play a style of basketball that Stanford has never countered well.

[RuralFan]

I watched the first half of the Miss/Zags game at Maples but then went home. Copying my observations on Miss from another thread:

Ole Miss plays very tight aggressive defense with their hands waving in all directions. They ought to pick up some fouls that way, but haven't been called for a lot yet. They did get called for a technical foul for guarding the inbounder too closely.

On offense they drive aggressively to the hoop. They got to the line a few times, but also got called twice for charging

Agreed on all counts.  Including when we both went home.  Their defense makes for a very ugly game which I found tiresome to watch.  Gonzaga had 7 assists--all that face guarding depressed passing, too.

Ole Miss is the apparent future of college sports.  They are a portal team with most of their players from the portal.  Of the 12 players listed on their roster, 7 have played for other colleges.  The squad includes 2 graduate students, 5 seniors, 3 juniors, 1 sophomore, and 1 freshman.  They have experience, maturity and physical development.  Finally they play a style of basketball that Stanford has never countered well.