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[QUOTE="wgdsr, post: 4181455, member: 7179"]
maybe been said, but something to watch:
possession, clearing/riding, turnovers, transition.
in 2021, cuse largely had the possession advantage.  game 1, tilt on faceoffs and bumped with rides.  game 2, huge tilt on faceoffs.  uva didn't really turn it over much either game, or as much as usual, largely because they rarely had the ball.

gun to my head, highest probability is it'll be somewhat even faceoffs. unless phaup just is in lasalla's head or a matchup problem, lasalla's good and phaup isn't elite every game out.

so riding/clearing... clearing was a problem for the hoos last year and supposed to be addressed.  but they've struggled with it worse so far this year, preseason and now in season against competition that will only get better.
flip side, their tenacious ride has been back at 2019 levels.  could dictate a lot on saturday.

last, transition... i'm assuming the breakouts maryland had last week will be addressed, but one of the more surprising things i saw were the 3, 4, 5? times cuse pulled up or didn't press when they had numbers or 4v4, etc.  watching maryland get up and down more than the orange was not something i was expecting in the 1st gait-led big game.
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