In the spirit of 16 games today and the 4 best sporting days of the Year starting at Noon ET, here is my primary goal to defeat Clemson.....Slowing down Nick Honor.
Aamir Simms is going to be discussed the most, but bigs are only as reliant as the guard play supporting their game....Honor, is the one player strong enough to play through contact on both ends of the floor....he is probably going to draw multiple players from RU on defense, most notably and ideally, he sees Mathis in his way.
I know, I know, there are some fans have already ticketed Mathis to exile or the path that he's not playing well or doesn't like his minutes etc....but in a 40 minute game, you don't have to be good or perfect, just be a piece to the puzzle. Mathis will play as many minutes as he wants to, if he locks in defensively, because Clemson is more quick and shifty than anything.
I see this as a golden opportunity to write your own script, if you are Mathis......my "guess" is for Mathis, slow down Honor and RU significantly increases their likelihood of a W.....even if he doesn't score a bunch, it's more getting stops not scores that win in March.....Mathis getting in Honor's way, even if it means he fouls him a couple of times is fine....that frees up Jacob, Geo and the other players to thrive.
This is a team sport....in the spirit of fans picking sides because they like this player over that player, I don't care who does well, as long as RU wins........this is a pretty good guess on maybe 10 to 12 possessions in a slower tempo game, where you defensively, need to get stops.....and while Mathis may think he needs to score to keep playing....he just needs to defend.....the more he guards and harasses Clemson and their guards, the more minutes he should see tonight.....
The more minutes Mathis figures to earn, will see him eventually scoring....I am not sure Clemson has the size in the backcourt, to slow down Mathis in transition....."oh no, Mathis going 1 on 1, into traffic, that's not good....".....well, some games yes, and some games maybe that's what works.....
Slow down Honor and RU (I believe) comes up with the W.....the one player who has fouls to give and athletic ability to push Honor, is Montez Mathis....
Aamir Simms is going to be discussed the most, but bigs are only as reliant as the guard play supporting their game....Honor, is the one player strong enough to play through contact on both ends of the floor....he is probably going to draw multiple players from RU on defense, most notably and ideally, he sees Mathis in his way.
I know, I know, there are some fans have already ticketed Mathis to exile or the path that he's not playing well or doesn't like his minutes etc....but in a 40 minute game, you don't have to be good or perfect, just be a piece to the puzzle. Mathis will play as many minutes as he wants to, if he locks in defensively, because Clemson is more quick and shifty than anything.
I see this as a golden opportunity to write your own script, if you are Mathis......my "guess" is for Mathis, slow down Honor and RU significantly increases their likelihood of a W.....even if he doesn't score a bunch, it's more getting stops not scores that win in March.....Mathis getting in Honor's way, even if it means he fouls him a couple of times is fine....that frees up Jacob, Geo and the other players to thrive.
This is a team sport....in the spirit of fans picking sides because they like this player over that player, I don't care who does well, as long as RU wins........this is a pretty good guess on maybe 10 to 12 possessions in a slower tempo game, where you defensively, need to get stops.....and while Mathis may think he needs to score to keep playing....he just needs to defend.....the more he guards and harasses Clemson and their guards, the more minutes he should see tonight.....
The more minutes Mathis figures to earn, will see him eventually scoring....I am not sure Clemson has the size in the backcourt, to slow down Mathis in transition....."oh no, Mathis going 1 on 1, into traffic, that's not good....".....well, some games yes, and some games maybe that's what works.....
Slow down Honor and RU (I believe) comes up with the W.....the one player who has fouls to give and athletic ability to push Honor, is Montez Mathis....