From what I can see South Carolina plays lots of players 10 plus minutes. In their last game they started:
1. Two sub 6' JR guards in Ellington and Eric Smith. Neither shoot a great percentage from the arc so far this season.
2. Two 6'5" G/F types in SR Jackson and Frosh Carrera. Both rebound well as Martin's teams do.
3. A 6'11" Frosh in Chatkevicius who has not started but 4 games this year.
For backups:
4. They played one more small backup JR guard in Williams and a 6'4" guard in JR Richardson. Richardson is a good 40% shooter from the arc.
5. Two forwards in 6'7" Kacinas and 6'8" JR Slawson neither of whom are outside shooters so far this year.
As I said Frank Martin teams rebound like crazy. Only a couple of these players average 10+ points per game, but they all score. And 6'4" guard Leonard only played a minute last game but has had big SEC games in the past. UF should win but this is a deep team that UF will need to take seriously.
Their whole resume suggest they suck, and they kind of do, but it certainly seems like they are putting up fights at least.
Yep Frank Martin teams are pesky and as you say compete. I am happy Harris is on UF's bench sitting out a transfer year when we face these guys this year.
i think they are starting to find their game. nothing flashy. although ellington can 'flash' by u. workmanlike. or i should say 'martin-like'. should be a tough fight. Martin's stare at the ref's is worth 4-6 pts at home.
I think sc has some history of upset success in the odome, right?
Off the top of my head they have played us close in the last few years...but the main culprit with those games was Devan Downey...I think we handled them pretty easily last year both home and away if I recall correctly....but still ya never know..and now we have to deal with the added attention of being top 5, not looking ahead to Ole Miss, and possibly being without Prather...
Going into last week, I noted in a column that USC ranked third in sec turnover margin, at +3 per game. They do a decent job capitalizing in transition, but struggle in half court offense. They ranked 12th in conference fg percentage, prone to poor shot selection. If Florida keeps the turnovers down.... This is a rout.
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This is actually a team we should not press because Ellington is too quick and they may get some easy baskets that way...I think they would struggle big time with our half court defense. I will be interested to see what Billy decides to do with the press.
This is actually a team we should not press because Ellington is too quick and they may get some easy baskets that way...I think they would struggle big time with our half court defense. I will be interested to see what Billy decides to do with the press.
I concur with what you say about pressing this team. Similarly to LSU they have two small guards. I would suspect Donovan would press them about as much as he pressed LSU.
I was very impressed with Frank Martin's team last Saturday against Arkansas. They are obviously a very well coached team. They rebounded well. Defended well and played very unselfishly offensively. When they are hitting their shots, which hasn't been that often this year, they are tough. Once Martin starts bringing in his own players they will be one of the top teams in the SEC every year. I expect them to be a dangerous team to play this year.
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“We could be a high-octane offensive team that scores a lot of points, but if we don’t defend and rebound it’s not going to make a difference,” Donovan said. “That is going to be something that is going to be a driving force for our team. They need to understand the importance of that.”
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