What will it take to beat Clemson?

[Brooky03]

Ball movement and interior defense

 

[Cusefan0307]

Jj was on fire in the last matchup and then didn’t touch the ball down the stretch

That was mostly on Judah, but that said JJ has a difficult time putting two good half’s of basketball together. He can look like Michael Jordan one minute to Louie McCroskey the next.

 

[Fanalways]

They won in our house so I hope our guys are fired up to win in their house!

 

[Boozercrook]

Go right at JGIII! We spent years trying to hide his subpar defense in the zone. Now we need to take advantage of it.

 

[Trueblue25]

This has to come down to pride and effort.

That means rebounding and taking care of the ball. We’re better at forcing turnovers than Clemson but we cannot let them outrebound us by double digits.

 

[pokercuse08]

Systematic, planned " you can play him but we are going to attack him on D...a lot".

This. Does anyone here think he can stay in front of Mintz, Starling, or Cope? So almost every time down the floor there should be a mismatch there - go to it often, create off the dribble.

 

[Mr. M]

Go right at JGIII! We spent years trying to hide his subpar defense in the zone. Now we need to take advantage of it.

Exactly this

 

[hoopsupstate]

Clemson will play quite a bit of zone because they couldn’t guard our guards in the first game. Joe will struggle guarding JJ or Mintz. If we play man, Cuffe will play more. He didn’t play much last night because we played zone. If we rebound and make shots we have a chance. Clemson has several tall, long athletes that they play on the wing besides Joe. Brownell plays a lot of people. He will take PJ Hall out several times a game. That really helps us. We have to play every possession and stay focused and composed. Don’t leave Joe to help and stay on your feet. It feel good to play in a meaningful, end of season game.

 

[bballbeadle]

Have to keep it close on the glass. I like our chances. We are hot and ruining Joes senior night is something I can see our guys getting pumped about.

Why? Do they hate him?

 

[LAOrange]

Double PJ and put Q on Joe.

 

[81South]

Why? Do they hate him?

No idea but winning on the opposing teams senior night is a big deal for most teams

 

[Newhouser]

Double PJ and put Q on Joe.

Id put Q on the other guard.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Judah getting to the line, Quadir getting assists, Bell hitting shots.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I see that ESPN has Clemson with an 88% chance (!) of winning at home.

I guess they're already calculating the impact of Carolina referees on the final result.

 

[orange79]

I see that ESPN has Clemson with an 88% chance (!) of winning at home.

I guess they're already calculating the impact of Carolina referees on the final result.

Or, they're already calculating the impact of SU playing the 29th-ranked team in the country on their home court.

 

[phil77]

I see that ESPN has Clemson with an 88% chance (!) of winning at home.

I guess they're already calculating the impact of Carolina referees on the final result.

Does Clemson already make the tournament with a loss? Which I am not sure of but if they do I would imagine the "ACC" would want Syracuse to win to get another team in the tournament.

 

[orange79]

Does Clemson already make the tournament with a loss? Which I am not sure of but if they do I would imagine the "ACC" would want Syracuse to win to get another team in the tournament.

They're in.

They are 25 in the NET. A loss to SU would still leave them at 5-4 in Q1 and 10-7 in Q1/Q2. A loss to SU would make them 5-3 in Q3 - not great but not horrible either. And as jncuse said in another thread, the committee seems to focus on good wins vs. bad losses.

 

[JustPherU]

Does Clemson already make the tournament with a loss? Which I am not sure of but if they do I would imagine the "ACC" would want Syracuse to win to get another team in the tournament.

Yeah I’d say they are a lock

 

[Cuse House]

It’s simple and surprising it hasn’t been mentioned yet. Foul trouble. If Brown gets in foul trouble we have zero chance. It’s my biggest concern.

 

[sutomcat]

Schieffelin killed us last game. Didnt miss a shot and grabbed 6 boards. Cant happen

He did well on offense but Syracuse embarrassed him repeatedly when he tried to play defense. He is a liability there we need to take advantage of. Same with JG3.

I think the key to the game is getting Hall in foul trouble. We got 2 early ones on him and with him out, we were able to get into the paint and core fairly easily.

When he is in, it is hard to get to the basket. He is quick and a fine shot blocker.

I am sure we will put Judah on Joe. He did a fairly good job with him last game except the last 5 minutes or so, when Joe embarrassed Judah and made a number of big baskets. Judah has to play his best defense on Joe all game long.

 

[Jake]

It’ll come down to our ability to score. Clemson is a good defensive team and they’ll get away with a little more physicality at home.

We have to make shots. I really think the key player is Bell. If he can get hot, we have a chance. I fear this is a game that sets up poorly for us to win because we’ll struggle to score.

Hope I’m wrong.

 

[SUskibum]

If we have more points than Clemson does at the end of the game, I like our chances

I don't know, we seem to be able to give any lead a run for its money!

 

[atlanticuse]

I feel we always have trouble at Littlejohn. I stopped going because we never won.

 

[JustPherU]

It’s simple and surprising it hasn’t been mentioned yet. Foul trouble. If Brown gets in foul trouble we have zero chance. It’s my biggest concern.

It’s been the concern most of the year, at least since we lost Naheem to injury and then losing Benny.Benny wasn’t a center but could fill in if necessary.Amazing Maliq has been so good without getting in foul trouble, but yeah could be a big issue in any game.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

It’s simple and surprising it hasn’t been mentioned yet. Foul trouble. If Brown gets in foul trouble we have zero chance. It’s my biggest concern.

I've been very impressed with Maliq being able to stay out of foul trouble for the most part considering how active his hands are.