About Jacksonville

[Mitch McConnell]

I'll let the page do the talking. But a couple of notables.

* They don't shoot a high percentage from the field or at the line.
* Before they won at ECU, they lost their last 3 games to teams with losing records. IMO that neutralizes the upset of Florida.
* They share the ball pretty well it seems based on their scoring averages.
* They finished third in the Atlantic Sun behind Belmont and ETSU.

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SMU is a pretty decent defensive team and should frustrate the Dolphins provided this group does not make the stupid turnovers that would lead to easy transition baskets.

If Jacksonville presses, I would presume Doherty would want put Dia in the middle of the floor so he can catch the pass high from Samarippas or whoever else, turn and pivot and direct the offense down court.

[hoopmanx]

Gonna need multiple kids to effectively handle the ball & press. They want to force a fast tempo, we want to slow it down. Slower teams usually control tempo unless we turn it over a ton. I've seen them, and they have athletes and team speed. We need to play composed, share the ball, work the O, and close out on D.

I don't like that we've gone to so much man recently. We did hold ORU way below their season average, but I credit a lot of that to limiting their shots by controlling tempo on O.

Cliff Warren, Jacksonville's head coach, is the type of guy I'd look for, if Doherty ends up not working out. Smooth character, very capable recriter