Yale is a very bad match-up

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Like our region overall but Yale is the exact team made to defeat this Aggie team. I sure hope they can keep em from going wild from the 3 point line.

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.
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dcg4403 said:

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.
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dcg4403 said:

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.
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Sensationalism!!!
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This is a bad matchup for Yale
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I think its a great matchup for us, especially the bigs. Billy Bully ball time
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Ivy league teams always show out in the tournament. This A&M team has been playing BAD basketball the last month (with the exception of Auburn). Have ZERO confidence that trend will change on Thu. Even if they somehow get past Yale, Michigan awaits in the next round.
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dcg4403 said:

Like our region overall but Yale is the exact team made to defeat this Aggie team. I sure hope they can keep em from going wild from the 3 point line.

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.
Yale is # 308 in 3 pointers attempted per game and # 185 in 3 pointers made per game

They might go nuts, but it's not what they are built on.
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Any SEC team is a bad matchup for Yale. There are varying degrees of bad matchups.
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Unless Michigan loses which I'd say has a better chance of happening than us losing to Yale.
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dtk9119 said:

Ivy league teams always show out in the tournament. This A&M team has been playing BAD basketball the last month (with the exception of Auburn). Have ZERO confidence that trend will change on Thu. Even if they somehow get past Yale, Michigan awaits in the next round.
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Hopefully our experience and size allow us to beat them down. They're a solid team who can put up a ton on points, but they haven't faced a team near our level since an early season loss to Purdue.

Our potential traps will be the same thing that's killed us in most of our losses: FT shooting and lazy shot selection by our guards. Yale probably isn't going to beat themselves, and we don't need to make it easier for them unnecessarily.

Honestly I echo the sentiment here, I'm much more nervous of our team overlooking a matchup with Yale or UCSD (#1 in turnover margin) than I am squaring off against Auburn; Buzz seems to have the key to Bruce Pearl's club and I'd imagine we go into that one with our hair on fire again.



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dcg4403 said:

Like our region overall but Yale is the exact team made to defeat this Aggie team. I sure hope they can keep em from going wild from the 3 point line.

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.
Their 3-point attempt rate is one of the lowest in the country. They have only two players that have more 3-point attempts than Solo does for us. Other than only looking at raw 3-point percentage, what is your rationale for this take?

They generally try to work the ball inside and play physical basketball. Two things that are very difficult to do against us, especially when you aren't far more athletic than us.
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Sher Thing said:

dcg4403 said:

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.



Geeeeeeezus….Yale has really got that guy spooked!
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Pumpkinhead said:

Sher Thing said:

dcg4403 said:

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.



Geeeeeeezus….Yale has really got that guy spooked!
BAS morons from the football board
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yale makes on average about 7.5 theee pointers a game. if we can hold them to their average we should be fine. it's the 13 to 15 threes we have been known to give up that will cause us problems.
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BQ_90 said:

Pumpkinhead said:

Sher Thing said:

dcg4403 said:

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.



Geeeeeeezus….Yale has really got that guy spooked!
BAS morons from the football board
Maybe.

Can you say for sure which Aggie basketball team will show up for that game? I can't.

We could win by 15 or lose just as easily. I don't have the confidence to bet on any of the games moving forward at this point. When we're on, we can beat anyone. When we aren't we can lose to anyone (especially teams we shouldn't) just as easily.

And no, that's not something that can be easily said for many of the seeds above us. The lack of consistency (not ability) is the issue.
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HossAg said:

dtk9119 said:

Ivy league teams always show out in the tournament. This A&M team has been playing BAD basketball the last month (with the exception of Auburn). Have ZERO confidence that trend will change on Thu. Even if they somehow get past Yale, Michigan awaits in the next round.

No they don't Ivy teams have 5 wins in last 9 years and Yale got beat by 28 VS San Diego St last year
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Craigy said:

HossAg said:

dtk9119 said:

Ivy league teams always show out in the tournament. This A&M team has been playing BAD basketball the last month (with the exception of Auburn). Have ZERO confidence that trend will change on Thu. Even if they somehow get past Yale, Michigan awaits in the next round.

No they don't Ivy teams have 5 wins in last 9 years and Yale got beat by 28 VS San Diego St by 28 last year

A lot of posters dont like facts, they prefer things they heard (or thought they heard) from a commentator in a random game.
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dcg4403 said:

Like our region overall but Yale is the exact team made to defeat this Aggie team. I sure hope they can keep em from going wild from the 3 point line.

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.
The myth among Aggies is Yale is just bombing threes. They shoot less threes than almost everyone we have played this year. They are just efficient when they do shoot it.
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Yale has played in exactly one quad one game this entire season.

They have five losses in Q3&4.

I do not think they have the size or athleticism to compete with us.
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AgLA06 said:

BQ_90 said:

Pumpkinhead said:

Sher Thing said:

dcg4403 said:

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.



Geeeeeeezus….Yale has really got that guy spooked!
BAS morons from the football board
Maybe.

Can you say for sure which Aggie basketball team will show up for that game? I can't.

We could win by 15 or lose just as easily. I don't have the confidence to bet on any of the games moving forward at this point. When we're on, we can beat anyone. When we aren't we can lose to anyone (especially teams we shouldn't) just as easily.

And no, that's not something that can be easily said for many of the seeds above us. The lack of consistency (not ability) is the issue.
but that doesn't make this a bad matchup. It isn't a bad matchup. Of course if we show up and play the worst game of the year we could lose.
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True, if we can get past Yale (Yale), we will skulldrag the **** out of Auburn (Auburn) no issue.
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Topher17 said:

dcg4403 said:

Like our region overall but Yale is the exact team made to defeat this Aggie team. I sure hope they can keep em from going wild from the 3 point line.

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.
Their 3-point attempt rate is one of the lowest in the country. They have only two players that have more 3-point attempts than Solo does for us. Other than only looking at raw 3-point percentage, what is your rationale for this take?

They generally try to work the ball inside and play physical basketball. Two things that are very difficult to do against us, especially when you aren't far more athletic than us.


My fear with this game is that Yale does try to work it inside and we collapse and they kick it out for 3's and take way more 3's than they would normally do because of the way we play defense, and they hit them at a high clip so taking more might be the way that they see to beat us

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In March madness, you can't look past anyone. Yale will be more motivated than any other games all year. Once you get behind to a team you should beat, panic sets in. 4 seeds go down every year.

Play every games as a battle of possessions and have fun out there!
-TK
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Prepackagedemptive excuses.
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AgLA06 said:

BQ_90 said:

Pumpkinhead said:

Sher Thing said:

dcg4403 said:

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.



Geeeeeeezus….Yale has really got that guy spooked!
BAS morons from the football board
Maybe.

Can you say for sure which Aggie basketball team will show up for that game? I can't.

We could win by 15 or lose just as easily. I don't have the confidence to bet on any of the games moving forward at this point. When we're on, we can beat anyone. When we aren't we can lose to anyone (especially teams we shouldn't) just as easily.

And no, that's not something that can be easily said for many of the seeds above us. The lack of consistency (not ability) is the issue.
I just don't really agree with this at all. We haven't lost to a bad team all season. Our worst loss was in game one on the road, without Phelps, to a team statistically better than Yale. I think a lot of people here are not fully grasping just how good of a schedule we played this year.

I would also argue we are pretty consistent and predictable. We are consistently bad at shooting, ball movement and free throws from anyone that isn't Wade. We're consistently good at offensive rebounding, keeping opponents out of the lane and playing extremely physical.

Can we lose to them? Sure, but I don't think it is statistically just as likely as us blowing them out. I think there are far more scenarios where we blow them out than ones where we lose the game.
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MarcAg said:

dcg4403 said:

Like our region overall but Yale is the exact team made to defeat this Aggie team. I sure hope they can keep em from going wild from the 3 point line.

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.
The myth among Aggies is Yale is just bombing threes. They shoot less threes than almost everyone we have played this year. They are just efficient when they do shoot it.
Will they shoot more against us since they'll be open?
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ColoAg95 said:

In March madness, you can't look past anyone. Yale will be more motivated than any other games all year. Once you get behind to a team you should beat, panic sets in. 4 seeds go down every year.

Play every games as a battle of possessions and have fun out there!
But that doesn't make this a bad matchup
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NyAggie said:

Topher17 said:

dcg4403 said:

Like our region overall but Yale is the exact team made to defeat this Aggie team. I sure hope they can keep em from going wild from the 3 point line.

Far more worried about Yale than even facing Auburn.
Their 3-point attempt rate is one of the lowest in the country. They have only two players that have more 3-point attempts than Solo does for us. Other than only looking at raw 3-point percentage, what is your rationale for this take?

They generally try to work the ball inside and play physical basketball. Two things that are very difficult to do against us, especially when you aren't far more athletic than us.


My fear with this game is that Yale does try to work it inside and we collapse and they kick it out for 3's and take way more 3's than they would normally do because of the way we play defense, and they hit them at a high clip so taking more might be the way that they see to beat us


They don't have the bigs that would realistically require us to do that. Payne/Henry/Solo/Andy should all be able to hold their own in the post against Yale's bigs without the need for us to collapse and help like we need to do against a number of teams in the SEC. I agree that would be the fear, but I don't think we'll need to defend them that way to where that is an issue.
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Ivy has won 6 first round games since 2000...that's 24%.

But don't let maths get in the way of your BAS.
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I think we are a tough team to face, especially for teams who don't see our style often.
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Maybe.

Can you say for sure which Aggie basketball team will show up for that game? I can't.

We could win by 15 or lose just as easily. I don't have the confidence to bet on any of the games moving forward at this point. When we're on, we can beat anyone. When we aren't we can lose to anyone (especially teams we shouldn't) just as easily.

And no, that's not something that can be easily said for many of the seeds above us. The lack of consistency (not ability) is the issue.
Yes we're inconsistent but can you tell me how many times we lost by double digits at a neutral site this year?
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I just don't really agree with this at all. We haven't lost to a bad team all season. Our worst loss was in game one on the road, without Phelps, to a team statistically better than Yale. I think a lot of people here are not fully grasping just how good of a schedule we played this year.
Been saying this for a month and people just don't absorb it. We lost to bad teams last year. We lost to bad teams the year before.

But Yale would be our worst loss this season by an order of magnitude. UCF is our worst loss, and like you said that game was on the road, in the first game of the year, without Phelps, against a team better than Yale anyway.

After that, our worst losses are to Texas. One on a last second shot and another in double overtime.

This "we can lose to anyone" thing is just something people have made up.
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My fear with this game is that Yale does try to work it inside and we collapse and they kick it out for 3's and take way more 3's than they would normally do because of the way we play defense, and they hit them at a high clip so taking more might be the way that they see to beat us
The only way this can be achieved is if they have quick guards that can break down the defense and kick out. I don't see Yale having that type of guard. They're going to have a tough time getting it to the block and will then have nowhere to go after that. Yes, we'll probably double at times, but that's to press them for a turnover not because they'll be scoring from the low block.
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