Virginia Tech about to upset Michigan State
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VT just ran a guy off two screens for a catch-and-shoot 3. This isn't really that complicated.
Said this in the SHU game thread, MSU desperately misses Langford. They will only get better as the year goes on because Izzo but this is not a top 5 team right now.
They miss an inside game too. They are thin up front and Tillman is not looking good this year. Not enough size for another trip to the Final Four IMO.
Pitt is very beatable. The guards are very talented but play out of control. Tonight they had 15 turnovers. They are terrible three point shooters.
Izzo wants his team better in March. Whether or not he beats Rutgers in December isn’t all that important. What is important is that his team plays the way he wants them to play.
I sit there at every game and cringe because weNEVER run off the ball screens!!!
Not really surprised by the upset. They took Duke to the buzzer in tourney last year (and beat them once during regular season). They also beat Purdue. On good night they can play with anybody. Big Ten needs somebody to step up, as now MSU has losses to SEC and ACC..
They're a much much different team this year. New coach, lots of new players. They weren't supposed to be very good this year but proving them wrong so far.
This could be the year that satisfies the slogan “Past performance is no guarantee of future results”.
Michigan State will be fine, assuming they get Langford back. Making sure the new faces play the game the right way will be put over winning basketball games. They will peak mid to late February and then he will pull back the reins in the B1G tournament. His team will be ready for the NCAA tournament.
Well, if our guys play defense and actually execute on offense instead of standing around and chucking up airball 3's then yes, we have a chance. We have too much talent this year to play as poor as they've shown at times. We may not be elite in the B1G yet but we can be decent - especially if they stop reading their own press, too.
Jay Bilas pointed out multiple times how Virginia Tech SPRINTS on their cuts and it forces the defense into bad decisions.
I watched the second half. MSU has more talented players, but yesterday, V-Tech appeared to be the more cohesive team. Their ball movement inside and out was crisp and their shot making was terrific. MSU looked very discombobulated, and it seems that Izzo's teams year in and year out always seem to start slowly this way and then build toward the tournament, so I won't count them out of being a Final Four team. Right now however, they look really off.
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