College / Nov 14, 2011 / 12:00 pm

Monday Madness: College Basketball’s Weekend In Review

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4 Teams Running Suicides on Monday:

Vanderbilt – Following an impressive win over Oregon on Friday, the No. 7 Commodores were outhustled, outrun and out-executed in their own gym by Cleveland State on Sunday.

Southern Illinois – It’s nothing new for D-I teams to soften their early schedule with D-II (or D-III) opponents. The Salukis, NCAA Tournament regulars who aren’t expected to contend for a Missouri Valley Conference title this year, brought in D-II Ohio Dominican for one of these glorified scrimmages. Only they forgot the part about the winning-easy part and lost by one, committing 21 turnovers in the process.

UCLA – Careless turnovers, insufficient effort, amateur-hour execution and a pile of bricks from the three-point line (2-for-15) defined UCLA’s season-opening loss to Loyola Marymount. It was basically a coach’s nightmare, one that Ben Howland has seen too often during his tenure with the Bruins.

Kennesaw State – And after the running, more shooting drills. The Owls had an eight-minute stretch in the first half against Wisconsin where they didn’t score, then had an 11-minute scoreless drought in the same half, falling behind 41-8 at the break and eventually losing by 54 points. Kennesaw State shot 3-for-23 in the first half and 10-for-43 overall.

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  • http://www.dimemag.com Aron Phillips

    This is awesome.

  • baloogawhales

    Kendall Marshal is fun to watch. Nothing too flashy, but his passes are sharp, on point, and hits his targets in stride. A true point guard, who is unselfish and keeps his head up.

    What is your opinion? You think his skills were translate well into the NBA? He is 6′ 2″, but doesn’t seem to have elite speed.

  • http://www.dimemag.com Austin Burton

    I think Marshall will be good in the NBA. He’s like Jason Kidd (the older version) or Ricky Rubio (if he’s as good as I think) in the sense that he is such a good passer and a smart point guard that it doesn’t matter if he’s not as fast as D-Rose or as strong as Westbrook. Marshall can play the position the way it was meant to be played.

  • TJ 2

    yeah i think he can be successful also, like he literally thinks about passing as the last resort! if this was the NBA Tyler Zeller would owe him part of his paycheck the way he gets him easy shots! and John “Everybodys little brother” Henson doesnt look a day over 16, if he can get a little nasty streak in him, UNC wins the title easy!

  • http://www.dimemag.com Austin Burton

    I still want to see how UNC handles a defense like Syracuse (zone), Louisville (press) or UConn (beastly) before I’ll say they’re the easy national title pick.

  • Yoooo

    Kendall Marshall is actually 6’4-6’5 and a little stronger than you think. Plus being a lefty is always an advantage for some reason

  • baloogawhales

    I don’t see UNC having trouble bringing up the ball against the zone, but the zone may disrupt their offensive flow. It’ll increase the difficulty of throwing the ball in the post into Zeller or Henson, since they like to work the ball inside/out.

  • baloogawhales

    bringing up the ball against the press defense**

    -edit-

  • http://www.dimemag.com Austin Burton

    Dexter Strickland is the next-closest thing UNC has to a point guard after Marshall, and he’s more of a two-guard. That could be a problem against a press, but at the same time, Barnes and the other non-PGs can make up for the lack of pure ball-handling just by making smart decisions.

    Against a zone, having a guy like PJ Hairston who can knock down threes is huge, but then he’s still a freshman.

    I think UNC has the right mix to beat anybody, but depending on what matchups they draw in the Tournament, they’re not upset-proof.

  • Baloogawhales

    Oh and the guy who plays after Henson is a beast. Forgot what his name is hit he has good size moves and fluidity to his movements. Obviously u can tell I go into ncaab this year lol

  • http://www.psychodrama.com Chicagorilla

    @Austin

    You are correct in that UNC doesn’t have another PG, but the one PG they have is all they really need. If he gets hurt then there’s a problem. But in college a good PG is almost impossible to press because he’ll always make the good pass to break your press, and that’s all it really takes.

    Also being a freshman doesn’t matter anymore as far as college goes. These guys play so much highly competitive AAU ball and summer camp ball that they are well prepared by the time college comes around. PJ Hairston will be just fine, but don’t forget about Bullock and Barnes as shooters.

    UNC’s big advantage is the two 7fters. You can double Zeller if you want, but that leaves John Hensen crashing the boards vs a zone that’s really hard to box out.

    This is shaping up to be a great college season, sorta like the last two NBA seasons.

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