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Arizona +3.5, WSU -4
Record: 46-41-5
Ohio St in all its losses have been out-rebounded and this Arizona team is 61st in the nation in Offensive rebound and 13th in defensive rebound because they are very athletic and 14th tallest team in the nation.
Eliminating the great equalizer [3pt], Ohio in 77th in the nation in making 3pt while Arizona is 249th in defending it however in terms of points per game distribution, Ohio is less reliant on 3pt 211th in the nation because they don’t have many key consistent scorers.
Instead they are heavily reliant on the 2pt scoring [54.6% of their scoring comes from 2pt] however Arizona is ranked 40th in denying scoring from 2pt.
When OSU met Kanasas this season [a team with length], OSU lost by 8th at home and Kansas is even shorter than this Arizona squad. Ohio is a slow tempo team and Arizona have had success against Florida, Miami on neutral court, Clemson, UTEP and S.Miss so slow tempo shouldn’t throw them out of their comfort zone.
Added bonus is that Arizona is an excellent FT shooting team and also this contest is being played closer to Arizona’s home so little home field advantage here as well, overall key here is that OSU will have trouble shooting over Arizona’s length here.
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Apart from another FT gift from Wichita, the disadvantage of the rebounds is going to be a huge problem for LaSalle, you can't keep giving good teams that kind of advantage. In the local team report, Carl Hall said he isn't happy with his recent work on the board so look for more pain on short LaSalle team.
Also because of Wichita’s work from 3pt land last game, people now think they are a team that relies, nope 51% of their scoring comes from 2pt range something LaSalle is abysmal at defending, Wichita can feed it inside and will feed it inside.
Arizona +3.5, WSU -4
Record: 46-41-5
Ohio St in all its losses have been out-rebounded and this Arizona team is 61st in the nation in Offensive rebound and 13th in defensive rebound because they are very athletic and 14th tallest team in the nation.
Eliminating the great equalizer [3pt], Ohio in 77th in the nation in making 3pt while Arizona is 249th in defending it however in terms of points per game distribution, Ohio is less reliant on 3pt 211th in the nation because they don’t have many key consistent scorers.
Instead they are heavily reliant on the 2pt scoring [54.6% of their scoring comes from 2pt] however Arizona is ranked 40th in denying scoring from 2pt.
When OSU met Kanasas this season [a team with length], OSU lost by 8th at home and Kansas is even shorter than this Arizona squad. Ohio is a slow tempo team and Arizona have had success against Florida, Miami on neutral court, Clemson, UTEP and S.Miss so slow tempo shouldn’t throw them out of their comfort zone.
Added bonus is that Arizona is an excellent FT shooting team and also this contest is being played closer to Arizona’s home so little home field advantage here as well, overall key here is that OSU will have trouble shooting over Arizona’s length here.
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Apart from another FT gift from Wichita, the disadvantage of the rebounds is going to be a huge problem for LaSalle, you can't keep giving good teams that kind of advantage. In the local team report, Carl Hall said he isn't happy with his recent work on the board so look for more pain on short LaSalle team.
Also because of Wichita’s work from 3pt land last game, people now think they are a team that relies, nope 51% of their scoring comes from 2pt range something LaSalle is abysmal at defending, Wichita can feed it inside and will feed it inside.
