Author Topic: Road to the Final Four thread (NCAA basketball 2010-11)  (Read 25250 times)

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Offline mimontero88

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Sorry Ronny, but it looks like FSU is this year's George Mason.
FSU?  Yeah until they lose to VCU.  VCU has been the most impressive team in this tournament (short of Ohio State though VCU has better quality wins) up to this point.  I would actually be a bit surprised to see FSU beat them.  Joey Rodriguez has been playing out of his mind and has shown that he can feed the ball to the open man consistently whether it's going into the paint for a big or to the perimeter to his three-point shooters.  VCU beat Purdue in the paint where Ja'Juan Johnson presumably should have dominated and they have shut down both Georgetown and Purdue's biggest stars.  They have shown they can beat you outside or inside.

But the most impressive thing about VCU is their defense.  They are constantly moving and shifting on defense.  While this does open up the occasional three-point shot VCU is athletic enough to at least get a hand in the face of the shooter before the release and that has led to a lot of misses.  This defensive style (switching between standard half-court defense and the full-court press) has helped VCU cause a lot of turnovers and chaos and really makes them a dangerous team to play against.  John Thompson II said of VCU after their victory over Purdue, "There isn't a coach in the nation who didn't enjoy watching that team play.  There isn't a coach in the nation who wants to play them either."