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[QUOTE="BlackSquirrels, post: 188519, member: 742"]
I'm most interested in seeing how SU's backcourt deals with the quickness of Louisville's guards and how much Louisville is able to bother SU in setting up its offense. I think most teams SU has played this year have had athletically inferior backcourts, which has forced them to play soft perimeter defense to cut off driving lanes. This is a logical strategy and has forced SU into becoming a jump shooting team in a lot of games. There have been exceptions, such as DePaul, but none of these teams have had the quickness of Louisville.
 
I think Scoop and Triche can be hurried into mistakes by very quick guards, so I'm eager to see what they do against the Cards. I'm not too worried about fullcourt pressure because Louisville doesn't necessarily look to press 94 feet. I'm more interested in how much they'll harass SU's ball handlers once they cross mid-court. Louisville has really struggled offensively this year and creating some easy buckets off turnovers would obviously help them.
 
Waiters may end up handling the ball a little more tonight because I don't think Louisville's guards can bother him as much.
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