I'm tempted to sign up over there with a screenname of "Methodist4Life".

My word. Another fan site that makes me grateful for Brandon and the TexAgs team.

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We can beat them in any online poll I imagine.

Yeah well at least our team's not ghey

That gave my phone the AIDS

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If I'm glass half empty then:

• Clemence is the kind of stretchy big man that can give our C's problems.
• Agee's a mobile big that can do a bit of everything and might be able to cover Murauskas.
• They have a bunch of experienced guards and they could out-savvy our younger guys. Its gonna get ugly if Dent gets an early foul and then get's pinged for a charge, or a push-off or something.
• Alternatively they have a lot of depth at guard and foul a lot, so they might just club and maul our guards until they wear down.
• When they're on, they can really shoot, and that always gives them a shooter's chance.

But the more I look at recent form, the more I like it for the Gaels.

Clemence had 29p on 11/14 shooting against Arkansas. But, he's also 7/25 (3P:4/16) from the field as a starter in the last 3 games and he's averaging 6.5 fouls per 40 minutes for TAMU.

Griffen has impressive averages. But he's a high variance player. His game scores since Feb are:
14.5 - 5.0 - 11.4 - 1.0 - 3.1 - 15.2 - 3.8 - 3.2 - 19.0 - 22.5 - 7.1

Hill is 5/17 in his last 3 games and is barely even attempting 3's since mid-Feb.

Dominguez's shot has been sketchy all of Feb & Mar except for the game against Kentucky. He's been unplayable of late posting negative game scores in 4 of the last 11. He's topped 4.0 game score just twice in that 11 game stretch. He's one of their taller guys at 6-6, but is possibly their worst defender and second worst rebounder. If his shot is not dropping, he's not giving you much.

Isaacs has been playing well of late. 3 of his 6 starts for the season are the last 3 games. Won't surprise me if he starts for form, and Clemence starts for matchup reasons.

Lane has the profile of a guy who is banged up or severely out of form. He started, but often played under 20 minutes, in non-con. Was leaned on heavily in conference play. But has just 16p-10a in his last 7 games combined. Has not started the last 2 games and totaled just 18 minutes in their last 3 games.

Dibba has played more of late. Is also an up-and-down kind of player. 12 of his 36 steals on the season have come in the last 4 games.

Holloway is a minor role-player who can defend and pass a bit.

Vinson hardly plays. Federiko has played a little more of late, but has been bad in the opportunities he's had. Those are their only big options behind Clemence/Agee. If either are in the game things aren't going well for the Aggies.

They're 329th in fouls, and are playing the #1 FT% team in the nation. They can afford fouls on their multiple guards, but not on either Agee or Clemence.

They are 328th in opponent offensive rebounds. So you're bad at giving up offensive rebounds normally, and now you're playing the Gaels. Good luck if you don't box out. The only thing I'm worried about here is that just about their only way of stopping the Gaels on the glass will be drawing fouls. I'd expect a lot of their guards tangling up our bigs and acting aggrieved. Bigs just need to get position and go straight up.

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Naph the Gael oracle speaks.

Brave browser for the win (link to download)

Yeah that's not bad at all, I think this is the kind of game that both fan bases can talk them into liking.

They're gonna like that we've been pretty up and down lately and haven't beaten a team as good as they are all season (per the predictive metrics). We're also just a hard team to get a read on from the box score because statistically we look like we just throw bodies on the court and see what works each game, which to some degree is true.

We're gonna like that, while they're big, they're not super athletic. This will really be the first game of its kind we've played all season where our opponent is highly skilled, but not also ultra athletic. Vandy is kinda like that but they're also huge on the wings and do have some athletes. St. Mary's doesn't fit the mold of the kinds of teams that have given us trouble, but we also haven't played a team like them. But after playing teams that are almost all bigger and more athletic we are for the last two and a half months it seems like a nice change of pace.

You actually get pretty fair analysis when the fanbase isnt spoiled and entitled

Were so used to dealing with sec fanbases that all think they are e titled to ein the champions ship every year that it's a refreshing change to see a normal, rational, unentitled fanbase give its opinion

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They're really old (Agee first redshirted in 19/20!), but its a classic NIL-era team. Not a single rotation player was on their roster last year.
Dominguez & Vinson are Sophs, Holloway a Junior. Everyone else is in at least their 4th year, several in their 4th after also playing JuCo at some point.

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I'm really not a fan of rental players getting a team into the Dance.

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Someone get on there and set them straight. This isn't a mere "rental team." It's a miracle.

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I'm tempted to sign up over there with a screenname of "Methodist4Life".

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if that taken maybe go with

martinluther95

The good thing is that Bucky answered this question and has played a team like SMC. Our coaching staff has a lot of experience with a lot of different teams and I think they're going to have a good game plan with how to combat their bigs.

We know why Agee is so effective, but it will be up to them to figure out why.

That being said, I really hope Dominguez comes out on fire and ready to shoot. When he's aggressive, we are a totally different team.

We have yet to have the whole team on fire from deep.

I posted

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They're really old (Agee first redshirted in 19/20!), but its a classic NIL-era team. Not a single rotation player was on their roster last year.
Dominguez & Vinson are Sophs, Holloway a Junior. Everyone else is in at least their 4th year, several in their 4th after also playing JuCo at some point.

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I'm really not a fan of rental players getting a team into the Dance.

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yeah reading that pissed me off. not even basic research done there

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They're really old (Agee first redshirted in 19/20!), but its a classic NIL-era team. Not a single rotation player was on their roster last year.
Dominguez & Vinson are Sophs, Holloway a Junior. Everyone else is in at least their 4th year, several in their 4th after also playing JuCo at some point.

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I don't think this guy realizes that there weren't any players left on the team when Bucky got here. What would he have liked us to do, not field a team?

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Well done

I keep thinking about the discussion about Bucky ball on that forum

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Anybody else failing to see how "Bucky Ball" is any different than Gonzaga trying to press you into oblivion and force track meet tempo?

With the exception being, Gonzaga AND Santa Clara execute it better than TAMU?

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One quick answer is that they don't have the flawless execution typical of Few's teams. Texas A&M plays like a team of misfit parts, Gonzaga is a well-oiled machine.

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That's what I'm saying too, Alameda. It's a squad of paid mercenaries, trying to get theirs, and besides Gonzaga does it WAY better.

As draws go, this isn't a game plan or team that the Gaels won't see coming.

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lol

Laughing all the way to the bank

Heineken-Ashi said:

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I'm tempted to sign up over there with a screenname of "Methodist4Life".

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Not the claim it once was (as a Methodist 35 of my 38 years)

This was never a contest. We built our lead turning them over and out hustling them while only hitting one 3. Agee was running circles around their concrete shoes brick laying 7 footers.

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Laughing all the way to the bank

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McKeever?
The guy that had ZERO points in 29 minutes?

Back up, we got Nostradamus over here at St Mary's...

McKeever and Wessels got stones for feet and must be legally blind