Fans love to talk about psychological factors such as intimidation and motivation. They embrace history and recall moments from epic games vs. an opponent from years back. It's all part of the pregame hoopla and is a lot of fun. Players don't talk about any of that. This FU team has a chance to go to the NCAA tournament, the Holy Grail of college basketball. Wofford College's BB team likely stands in the way of that. That is all the motivation they need. And that motivation should translate into a defensive intensity that will help to stifle WC's excellent shooting team. That defensive intensity is the essential part of Furman's game plan. We are making too much of Fletcher Magee. He is what used to be called a "chucker" - but he is also a damned fine long range shooter. If memory serves me, we nearly beat WC in Spartanburg because Jackson (IMO their best player) was not a major factor. We concentrated so much on Magee that Storm Murphy got a wide open jumper to beat us. Secondly, we take a lot of 3 point shots. Since we take 'em, we need to make 'em at a good rate - IMO in excess of 40%. If we play "Beserker" defense (challenge every pass and shot) and make our 3's, not only will Furman beat WC, they will blow them away. If we hold them in the 50's again, break out the Red Auerbach's early.
(23-4) Wofford @ (22-5) Furman Feb. 23rd (Worst Officiated Game in SoCon History)
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Tomorrow's SoCon slate:
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... e/20190223
Still waiting to see what the vegas line will be for our game:
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-bas ... las-vegas/
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... e/20190223
Still waiting to see what the vegas line will be for our game:
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-bas ... las-vegas/
Furman -1 per CBS sports app.
When you go to the above espn link look to your right it has FU as a 1 point and the over under at 139.5. FYI it looks like money is going of FU as it was WC -1 earlier on Friday.DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:58 pmTomorrow's SoCon slate:
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... e/20190223
Still waiting to see what the vegas line will be for our game:
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-bas ... las-vegas/
Nothing in the Greenville News about the game. This is from the Herald. https://www.goupstate.com/news/20190222 ... since-2015
I'll be watching for contributions from Furman's athletic forwards, Mounce and Gurley. I think their play will be the difference. In game one against Wofford, those two had a combined 6 total points.
Furman does good work against their opponent's best player. McGee will shoot, but I think our defense will be right in front of him when he does.
Rafferty is a matchup problem for Wofford. They struggled with him in the first game. Expect the Terriers to try and deny him the ball and force someone else to beat them.
Mounce and Gurley are the two x-factors. We'll need them.
Furman does good work against their opponent's best player. McGee will shoot, but I think our defense will be right in front of him when he does.
Rafferty is a matchup problem for Wofford. They struggled with him in the first game. Expect the Terriers to try and deny him the ball and force someone else to beat them.
Mounce and Gurley are the two x-factors. We'll need them.
I didn't see it but a friend said that ESPN talked about the game this morning. Hopefully College Game Day will mention it when it starts at 11.
I know the game's a sellout, but does anybody have 1 ticket I can buy? My son got off work today, and I only have tickets for my husband and myself.
Lead story on espn.com now.
http://www.espn.com
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... ion-season
http://www.espn.com
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... ion-season
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Not one word about the game on College GameDay. Maybe the system is fixed.
Dan Scott reports "the student section is full and has been in place for 45 minutes".
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