2017 NCAA Basketball Tournament

[wow]

I realize Gonzaga is bigger then most teams in the Summit League, but is there anything to be gained defensively by what they are doing to Daum. We have to put up with him for two more years. Have Summit teams been too passive on Daum and should they just get up in his face all the time.

Daum still had 17 points. Not intentionally being a homer, but if a #1 seed basically gears their entire defense (including double teams) toward a guy, and he still gets 17, there isn't much hope for the Summit League. 2 first team WCC players guarded him all game. Karnowski is one of the best centers in the nation. I am not aware of a single player in the Summit with the physical abilities of Williams, much less Karnowski. Not just height, but length/size and how they use it.

Biggest difference was Daum's inability to get to the free throw line. Almost 30% of his points this year came from free throws. He wasn't aggressive about making a move to get momentum toward the basket, partly due to to Gonzaga's ability to keep poking the ball so he couldn't get a solid handle on his dribble.

Edit: I would actually be slightly surprised if Daum plays more than 1 more year of college ball.

[NDSUstudent]

Gophers would have been better off getting a 7 or even a 10 seed. MTSU is not a 12 seed.

[NDSUstudent]

Well we did beat Mr. Daum twice without any all-anything bigs outside of Dex.

SDSU needs to put some talent around that guy. Howell should consider a career in masonry with the amount of bricks he was laying out there today.

Seriously Daum might be the best Summit talent I've seen since George Hill, Rabbits could win a game or two when he is senior if they can just give him a Nate Wolters supporting cast.

[wow]

Well we did beat Mr. Daum twice without an all-anything bigs outside of Dex.

SDSU needs to put some talent around that guy. Howell should consider a career in masonry with the amount of bricks he was laying out there today.

Exactly. Daum is pretty unstoppable, but SDSU is definitely beatable.

Howell could be an all conference player next year. He averaged 14.5 ppg shooting over 41% with 7 boards the last 10 games of the year. He is a sophomore as well.

[semobison]

Gophers playing like they have never seen a zone defense before and they have absolutely no shooters.

[NDSUstudent]

Gophers finding some offense.

[ndsubison1]

Gophs on a nice run. Mtsu struggling with Potts on bench

[NDSUstudent]

Big three there for MTSU...Gophers really need to get this thing tied up before Potts comes back.

[bisonaudit]

Gophers would have been better off getting a 7 or even a 10 seed. MTSU is not a 12 seed.

Yep, both were miss-seeded by the committee.

[HoopsBison]

Middle Tennessee is a scary team.