GameDay Open Thread USC @ Arizona
by Paragon SC on Feb 28, 2008 4:38 PM PST
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PrintNo need to try and break this game down as SC just needs to win...Period!
The only thing I would point to is an article in today's LAT about AZ's Chase Budinger.
Keeping up with the slithery 6-foot-7 standout involves running and fighting through screens and then running some more. The pursuit never seems to end.
When those assigned to guard Budinger have trouble staying with him, he can post the kind of numbers he did last month at the Galen Center: 29 points on 11-for-20 shooting, including four-for-seven shooting from three-point range during the Wildcats' 80-69 victory.
"They set a lot of screens for him, but I think we'll be better prepared this time," Trojans sophomore guard Dwight Lewis, who repeatedly wound up on the wrong side of the screens, said earlier this week as USC prepared for tonight's game against the Wildcats in Tucson.
He is a real scrappy player who needs to be contained but it will be tough.
I still think USC needs 3 wins to make the tournament though some think 2 would be sufficient. So tonight is BIG game and winning is important.
Will we see Daniel Hackett tonight? Hard to say but I know quite a bit about stress fractures in general and I can say with a pretty good degree of certainty that he is NOT healed. Yes, he is taking one for the team because they don't want him to get rusty as they get closer to the big dance but I'm not sure this is the right move.
This is our open thread so leave your comments questions or rants here.
FIGHT ON!
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USC closes it out in the final minute
by tapoutstylist on Feb 28, 2008 8:02 PM PST reply actions
Davon puts in a monster slam
66-56 last I checked with less than a minute to go.
USC wins in Arizona!
by tapoutstylist on Feb 28, 2008 8:03 PM PST reply actions
Holding Budinger to 7 pts
More importantly, USC held AZ to a combined 4-for-16 from the 3 pt line was quite impressive. AZ lives and dies for spacing on their team 3 pt. scheme. Bayless and Budinger getting nothing out there. Luckily, USC comes away with a win at McKale Center- guaranteeing them a winning road record this season. This loss might mean AZ's streak of consecutive NCAA tournament berths comes to an end. Who knows? The PAC-10 still has a lotta basketball left in it. I'll worry more about USC making it in.
70 -58 USC (final)
by tapoutstylist on Feb 28, 2008 8:15 PM PST reply actions
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