Early line: VCU vs ODU

This game will be intense, but fairly simple game plan. We must shoot above 45% and hold our own on the glass.

ODU rebounds better than any team we've faced yet this year. We must, must block out on D glass. Half there offense is just getting the ball to the rim and then put-backs.
 
1) shoot 48%+
2) stay within -10-12 on rebound differential
3) +7 or better on TO's
=Ram W
 
RamJamFan said:
This game will be intense, but fairly simple game plan. We must shoot above 45% and hold our own on the glass.

ODU rebounds better than any team we've faced yet this year. We must, must block out on D glass. Half there offense is just getting the ball to the rim and then put-backs.
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Actually Drexel is the best rebounding team. Which is how they beat ODU they out boarded ODU by 10.
 
major ram said:
1) shoot 48%+
2) stay within -10-12 on rebound differential
3) +7 or better on TO's
=Ram W
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40%+ from 3. We cannot expect to match them bucket for bucket.
 
According to the game notes ODU has not beaten VCU by more than 4 points in their last 4 victories in the rivalry.
 
rammad90 said:
RamJamFan said:
This game will be intense, but fairly simple game plan. We must shoot above 45% and hold our own on the glass.

ODU rebounds better than any team we've faced yet this year. We must, must block out on D glass. Half there offense is just getting the ball to the rim and then put-backs.
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Actually Drexel is the best rebounding team. Which is how they beat ODU they out boarded ODU by 10.
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I thought it was because Drexel scored more points? :?
 
We can match them bucket for bucket. They're seriously challenged offensively. If we get beat, it'll be from the foul line. Hopefully there won't be too much differences in the fouls.
 
Unfamiliar territory: This might be final time the Rams are betting-line underdogs until after the CAA tournament. At JMU (and possibly bracket buster) is only other time I can imagine VCU the underling.

Looking ahead to Monday, VCU could be a rare 20-point-plus favorite on road at Towson (now down to eight players).

As someone here indicated, today's match-up at The Theodore will be all about the three-balls .. "let threedom ring."

VCU's "Threedom fighters" (aka "Longball threats") have outscoed the opposition by 189 points outside the arc ... and the margin would be even greater if the Rams launched 3's in the final minutes when, instead, they are protecting leads.

Contrastly, ODU - a squad needing a GPS to locate rim - has been outscored by 72 on shots from distance. Consider: if "Trey" Daniels, arguably VCU's 10th man, suited up for ODU, he would be Big Blue's most dangerous shooter, by far, if given chance to play regularly. In another rarity, VCU's top post player, Skeen, is better outside shooter than Monarch's point-less ... err point guard, James.

The Rams average 8.6 treys per game and haven't skipped a three-beat since their No. 1 threebie chucker, Rozzell, took a seat.
 
Yeah, and the Narchs are one of the worst in the CAA at defending the 3.
 
Yeah, and they have the same guards as last year...one of which that hit 3 to bury us late in the CAA semis. Averages are great information, but a single game comes down to plays in that game, not averages. Also, I believe if you check the FG %s there is not much difference between their team FG% and ours. We do shoot more 3s though so I am sure that brings our average down some.

It's gonna be hard to score against them at home. They are more physical than us at every position except PG (when we have Theus in).
 
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