March 20, 2016 NCAA Tournament Second Round
(1) Texas Tech (29-4) vs (9) Ohio (24-7)
Texas Tech is rated 91 OVR (91 off/93 def/95 sht/93 reb/88 coach). Lower than Duke, but obviously there are other things that go into a matchup besides pure ratings here, so lets see what we're looking at.
Texas Tech lost their opener vs Utah(now a 10 seed in the tournament). They beat UNLV and Washington State who are both tournament bound before entering Big 12 play. They went 13-3 in the conference, losing to Texas(a 4 seed in the tourney), Kansas State (11 seed), and Missouri in OT. They've won 10 games in a row including sweeping through the big 12 tournament. They beat 16 seed Texas Southern 109-58. Texas Tech has the #2 RPI in the country, only behind UNC.
They have the #10 most efficient offense in the nation, #11 defense, averaging 80 points/game with a victory margin of 16.8 points.
Scouting
PG Brayden Bazin SR 85 OVR 92 speed/92 quickness. 85 vertical/77 hustle... this is an athletic hard working team. 89 defense/80 steals. 88 handling(B-), 78 passing(C+). 87 close/74 med/85 3. 84 off the dribble. 13.8 ppg/2.5 apg. Looks like he can shoot the 3 or drive real well.
SG D'Jamal Adkins SR 91 OVR 92 speed/90 quickness. Great athlete, 89 vertical/76 hustle. 81 oawareness/88 dawareness. 85 defense, 89 close/88 med/85 3. 82 off the dribble. Adkins averages 18.8 ppg and is 6'7, a big guard. The Pro Buzz on him projects him to be the top pick in the NBA Draft.
SF Stevan Heard JR 86 OVR 89 speed/83 quickness. 85 vertical/90 hustle. 84 defense, B+ for a SF. 84 steals. 87 close/85 med/72 3. 86 in traffic, poor off the dribble. 95 dunker. Heard is the #2 option with 15 points/game.
PF Michael Toole JR 84 OVR A 6'6 SG. Again WTF. 87 speed/90 quickness. 83 defense/80 steals. Terrible on the boards, terrible rebounder. 84 close/72 med/79 3. 81 off the dribble/85 in traffic.
C noel Troutman JR 85 OVR A 6'5 SF. WTF! 87 speed/75 quickness. No post ability or rebounding to speak of. 85 close/82 med/75 3. 85 in traffic, 90 dunker... very athletic. 8.1 ppg/4.8 rpg.
Adkins is a coach on the floor with an average awareness of 84. their PG/SG/SF all have full 6 bars of experience, Troutman has 5 and Toole 4... they're an experienced bunch.
They dont' have a center or power forward on the roster. I don't know what this means for our matchup, is it possible we'll kill them on the glass like we did Duke and have a shot here?
This may be one of the most experienced teams in the nation. 91 team unity. Mine is 68.
Half
| Time
| OHIO
| TTU
| Notes
|
1
| 12:45
| 1
| 4
| Well this is a bit weird. We can't make anything. I've been trying to feed the post, not working at all. Lamkin drove once, got blocked, they have a couple steals, they're swiping all over the place without fouling at all. But they're cold, they're not getting to the basket, not making shots... so its 4-1 7 minutes in. Backups are in.
|
1
| 11:15
| 4
| 5
| Santiago hits a 3, our first field goal.
|
1
| 9:55
| 4
| 8
| Ohio has committed 3 fouls this half. Garcia has all of them. I guess I'm bringing in Northcutt?
|
1
| 6:15
| 11
| 17
| Both teams heat up. If they're going to attack and score we really can't do much. Also, we have 11 points. Rodney Santiago has 10. Starters are back in.
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| HALF
| 18
| 29
| They're shooting 43% from the field, we're shooting 30%. They're 1-8 from 3 and 8-9 at the line, 10-23 overall. The thing that gets me is that they're destroying us on the boards. They have 18 boards, we have 10. I have 1 offensive board, they have at least 4.
Santiago has 10 for us, Watson has 6, and Lufkin has 2. That's it. Murphy and Lamkin are 0-7 combined. Lamkin got to the basket 3 times and didn't score. There really isn't much to change here, just score more.
|
2
| 16:33
| 19
| 38
| Heh, we just can't score. I bring in Santiago and call a timeout. They got a 3 point play on an alley oop that was pretty impressive to see, and two other dunks that we have no chance to stop.
|
2
| 12:55
| 23
| 47
| Haha this is what I expected from Duke. Wow. Bright is killing me. He's getting the best looks out of anyone, he's getting some offensive boards and he simply cannot put the ball in the basket. Backups are in.
|
2
| 10:50
| 31
| 47
| We make a little run here, Santiago is becoming my go to guy, he might score over half our points tonight.
|
2
| 6:25
| 36
| 54
| Starters are coming back in.
|
Strange game. Despite the size difference, we had zero inside game, just nothing. And then Lamkin could blow by his man but couldn't finish, he had a number of shots blocked or altered going to the basket. Lufkin can finish, but he couldn't get by his man.
I will say though, this game and the last 3 or 4 that I played, I think we're starting to see what Santiago is going to become as he develops. He can blow by a lot of people, he can finish in transition, and he has a sweet 3 point shot. I don't know if it will happen next year, but I think he'll average 20 points a game for me at least one season before he's done.
Texas Tech 67
Ohio 41
Texas Tech ends up shooting 47%. We shoot 27%. They outrebound us 36-25 and grab 9 offensive boards. Their scoring is balanced and really I didn't focus on any one player. They just seemed like a team with 10 guards, all of them better than anyone we had on the court. It wasn't like the Duke game at all where they had one guy that was killing us but no one else, despite the ratings, was able to have any success.
Murphy: 3 points (1-8 shooting)
Lamkin: 0 points (0-7 shooting, only 0-1 from three... that's the can drive but can't finish thing I was talking about)
Lufkin: 4 points
Bright: 1 points/8 boards (0-7 from the field)
Watson: points/8 boards (2-9 from the field)
Santiago: 17 points (7-12/3-7 from 3)
None of my other backups scored more than 3 points.