Scouting Boston College

[hhcmatt]

They have a couple of guys with green lights to just shoot (Ky Bowman, Deontae Hawkins,  Jerome Robinson) and are just fast paced in general.

Plays mostly man but after made baskets or especially made FTs, they will run a 1-2-2 soft zone press. 

 

Kenpom

Category	Offense	Defense	D-I Avg
Adj. Efficiency	108.0 79	101.2 111	103.6
Adj. Tempo	71.4 111		70.4
Avg. Poss. Length	15.6 54	18.3 327	16.9
Four Factors
Effective FG%:	51.4 138	46.0 59	50.6
Turnover %:	17.7 104	18.9 186	19.4
Off. Reb. %:	35.9 35	26.3 97	29.4
FTA/FGA:	34.2 198	31.0 109	35.3
Miscellaneous Components
3P%:	33.3 204	31.0 82	34.7
2P%:	52.2 111	45.7 80	49.7
FT%:	69.4 201	68.2 120	70.5
Block%:	5.8 42	10.2 128	9.4
Steal%:	4.6 2	7.0 273	8.7
Style Components
3PA/FGA:	36.3 204	41.1 268	37.4
A/FGM:	46.2 292	46.7 69	52.7
Defensive Fingerprint:	Inconclusive
Point Distribution (% of total points)
3-Pointers:	28.7 217	33.8 118	30.9
2-Pointers:	52.6 110	47.6 216	49.4
Free Throws:	18.8 210	18.7 197	19.7
Strength of Schedule
Components:	100.0 305	105.3 258	103.6
Overall:	-5.27 293		0.00
Non-conference:	-5.27 293		0.00
Personnel
Bench Minutes:	23.6% 326		31.5%
Experience:	1.46 yrs 258		1.70
Minutes Continuity:	51.2% 156		48.3%
Average Height:	78.2" 20		76.8"

[hhcmatt]

NOT GREAT

 

 

[AuroranHusker]

20 minutes ago, hhcdimes said:

NOT GREAT

 

 

 

So, say, Zay is out only one game, that's probably best case scenario.

[jayschool]

Get Roby back for the home game against Minnesota. We'll need him then and during the Minny/Crayton/Kansas stretch.

[AuroranHusker]

15 minutes ago, jayschool said:

Get Roby back for the home game against Minnesota. We'll need him then and during the Minny/Crayton/Kansas stretch.

 

Yeah, if Zay's out against MSU, that will likely be all right since MSU will be tough to beat either way. Then the stretch of those three games within the state of Nebraska will be what's next.

[49r]

1 hour ago, hhcdimes said:

NOT GREAT

 

 

 

 

COULD BE WORSE

[Handy Johnson]

Jack needs to play like he's got a pair & stop pouting when the 3s don't fall. Ring, ring Jack it's your Junior season calling answer the bell...

[jimmykc]

Double figures for Jack. Remember where you heard it first.

[AuroranHusker]

6 minutes ago, jimmykc said:

Double figures for Jack. Remember where you heard it first.

 

He might not be #1 in your heart, but he's a '10' in the program.

 

 

[tcp]

I dread this BC game, because I think the consequences of a loss will be enormous. 

We have to have this game. 

 

 

[49r]

57 minutes ago, tcp said:

I dread this BC game, because I think the consequences of a loss will be enormous. 

We have to have this game. 

 

 

 

Let's not go crazy here...

[AuroranHusker]

4 hours ago, 49r said:

 

Let's not go crazy here...

 

It's the very definition of a "fanatic."

 

[Chuck Taylor]

Bowman is 6-1 and averages 5.7 rebounds a game. I've gotta see how he does that. Teddy Hawkins was supposedly one of the top 10 transfers on the market in the offseason. That's all I've got.

[Fullbacksympathy]

I think we match up pretty well to BC, but it's important to remember that our 2nd half meltdown against LBS was because of our bigs' foul trouble, not necessarily Roby's injury.  We need to have Jordy play over 20min to be disruptive on the defensive end.  If that means more zone, so be it.  We need to protect those guys a bit against quicker, undersized centers.  

 

Watson - Allen (Taylor)

Palmer - Gill (Taylor) 

Taylor (Palmer) - I wouldn't mind seeing Nana get a look here.  He might not be quite where he needs to be mentally, but he doesn't look afraid when he's out there--far from it.  

Copeland - McVeigh

Jordy - Duby ... can't emphasize this enough... even if they both foul out, LET THEM FOUL OUT.  

 

 

[Silverbacked1]

25 minutes ago, LK1 said:

I think we match up pretty well to BC, but it's important to remember that our 2nd half meltdown against LBS was because of our bigs' foul trouble, not necessarily Roby's injury.  We need to have Jordy play over 20min to be disruptive on the defensive end.  If that means more zone, so be it.  We need to protect those guys a bit against quicker, undersized centers.  

 

Watson - Allen (Taylor)

Palmer - Gill (Taylor) 

Taylor (Palmer) - I wouldn't mind seeing Nana get a look here.  He might not be quite where he needs to be mentally, but he doesn't look afraid when he's out there--far from it.  

Copeland - McVeigh

Jordy - Duby ... can't emphasize this enough... even if they both foul out, LET THEM FOUL OUT.  

 

 

 

Just not in the first half though.  Foul out that is...

[hhcmatt]

3 hours ago, Chuck Taylor said:

Teddy Hawkins was supposedly one of the top 10 transfers on the market in the offseason. That's all I've got.

 

If we lose this one it will most likely be because Hawkins tore us a new one.

[Norm Peterson]

This is a team with a very short bench.  They basically go 6 1/2 deep.  

 

Five starters AVERAGE right at 30 minutes each.

 

They bring 2 guys off the bench who are getting double figure minutes.  One plays about 24 1/2 min/game; the other plays about 12 1/2 min/game.

 

No one else really factors into their minutes.

 

A pressing team that plays up-tempo with only 7 guys in the other-than-garbage rotation?  Wow.  The final 5 minutes, their legs should be gone.

 

They've played a bunch of nobodies outside of the two teams they lost to.  They got stomped at Providence by 20 and lost by 11 to Texas Tech.

[tcp]

20 hours ago, 49r said:

 

Let's not go crazy here...

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (starts chain saw)

 

If you think this team can recover from an 0-5 stretch, by all means. We'll see what happens. They shouldn't lose at home to BC. Shouldn't. 

Edited November 29, 2017 by tcp

[AuroranHusker]

A brief preview from "BC Interruption":

 

https://www.bcinterruption.com/2017/11/29/16712654/boston-college-nebraska-mens-basketball-big-ten-acc-challenge

[49r]

51 minutes ago, tcp said:

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (starts chain saw)

 

If you think this team can recover from an 0-5 stretch, by all means. We'll see what happens. They shouldn't lose at home to BC. Shouldn't. 

 

If we're talking about last year's BC team or more importantly, the year before that, yes I'd agree with you this game should be a tap-in.  But it appears this year's Eagles team is at least competent and should be a tossup type game for us.

 

Hopefully we'll continue our above average shooting for tonight.

[hskr4life]

30 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

A brief preview from "BC Interruption":

 

https://www.bcinterruption.com/2017/11/29/16712654/boston-college-nebraska-mens-basketball-big-ten-acc-challenge

 

Interesting that 2/3 guys picked against BC.

[hhcmatt]

1 minute ago, hskr4life said:

 

Interesting that 2/3 guys picked against BC.

 

It's a road game and they haven't won one in 2.5 years and they're coming off a game where Providence housed them.

[nubest79]

21 hours ago, 49r said:

 

Let's not go crazy here...

If there ever is a must win this early in a season...This is it.  A  beatable power 5 team at home with a brutal stretch ahead...Have to get it

[hskr4life]

5 minutes ago, hhcdimes said:

 

It's a road game and they haven't won one in 2.5 years and they're coming off a game where Providence housed them.

 

Well...... when you put it that way..... 

 

Honestly this is an interesting game from fans perspective.  You have two teams in desperate need to "show something."  Both teams need to beat the other if they want to do much of anything this year.  You also have two fan bases that are really wanting something good to happen, and they are looking at this game as a "must win" to do something with the year, yet are still skeptical if they can actually compete and win it.  Should be a fun time.

[jimmykc]

In B.C.'s case, they would like to break a 2 1/2 year road losing streak as well.