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Message: [QUOTE="manleyzoo, post: 1701959, member: 519"] Have you seen Gonzaga this year? Being a left coaster I've seen them a lot. They pretty much never play a high and low post offense. Sabonis is a great player, very physical. He's not a prototype center at all. He can play pretty much anywhere he wants, he can put it on the floor, he can shoot the 10 - 15 footer, and he can post up. Wiltjer isn't a high post guy so unless they radically change their offense, which, of course, they could, he's not going to be in the middle of the zone looking to create. It's just not his game. (Watch, now they'll do exactly that! haha) He typically floats around the 3-pt line and shoots over shorter defenders. Can he shoot? Yes. But he gets a lot of his points on kick backs from offensive rebounds, not creating on his own, he's painfully slow-footed and not very athletic. (There's a reason he couldn't get any minutes at Kentucky) The chances of him being able to drive around any of our guys, except for Coleman are zero. The difference between this Zags team and others is, luckily for us, Karnowski is out. With him they're a top 10 team. Also, while McClelland and Perkins can go off at times, their guards aren't as good as in the past and they don't move the ball as well. And they're not nearly as explosive north to south. They've seen plenty of zone but they're not used to playing teams with four shooters and teams as athletic as us, so, obviously to win, we'll have to hit shots and be very quick in the zone. In particular, we'll need something out of Coleman against Sabonis, who's probably the best center we've faced all year, actually by a long shot, and Lydon to occupy Wiltjer. And, yes, Gonzaga and St. Mary's dominate their league but it is way more competitive top to bottom than you might think. It's not the wild, run and gun league you may associate with smaller west coast conferences. [/QUOTE]

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