Detailed Nevada scouting report....if you like to read

[clonebb]

They have an answer for Buford?

 

[EarthIsMan]

First play of the game, Deonte Burton down the lane for a tomahawk dunk over their shot blocker.

That would be great because Oliver is a great shot blocker and maybe just as good (if not better) athlete than Burton....yes, I said that

 

[@Tlemieux72]

One of our current strengths I believe will be our bench. A lot of people overlooking that IMO. Conversely, Nevada has only six. Fouls could be a big factor. If one or two of their guys get into foul trouble could spell doom. Hopefully, we'll be attacking the basket all night as their defense is a weak spot.

Last post and I'll try to shut up for awhile, because I'm sure I'm quickly wearing out my welcome. If we get into foul trouble we are definitely screwed. Only good news is we don't get into that situation all that often. It's one of the reasons we give up a lot of backdoor layups. We simply can't take to many risks on the defensive side of the ball.

 

[carvers4math]

Last post and I'll try to shut up for awhile, because I'm sure I'm quickly wearing out my welcome. If we get into foul trouble we are definitely screwed. Only good news is we don't get into that situation all that often. It's one of the reasons we give up a lot of backdoor layups. We simply can't take to many risks on the defensive side of the ball.

This is why so many thought Georges Niang was crappy on defense when he wasn't. We were so reliant on him on offense, he would not contest frequently, especially in first half.

And I don't think you will wear out your welcome at all. You are a refreshing change from the usual KU and Iowa trolls we get here.

 

[bosco]

Last post and I'll try to shut up for awhile, because I'm sure I'm quickly wearing out my welcome. If we get into foul trouble we are definitely screwed. Only good news is we don't get into that situation all that often. It's one of the reasons we give up a lot of backdoor layups. We simply can't take to many risks on the defensive side of the ball.

Sounds familiar.

 

[peteypie]

They have an answer for Buford?

I heard on ESPN late on selection Sunday it's Devonte Burton a few times.

 

[peteypie]

First play of the game, Deonte Burton down the lane for a tomahawk dunk over their shot blocker.

Shades of this play to just set the tone:



All pregame everyone was telling us how Drummond was going to be a problem for us. Hi Drummond, meet Mr White.

 

[carvers4math]

I heard on ESPN late on selection Sunday it's Devonte Burton a few times.

Maybe they should just call him Heisenberg at this point. It's their ******* job, amazing how incompetent they can be.

 

[rholtgraves]

Nevada Wolfpack- scouting report

I watched a few of Nevada's games from the latter part of their season and here are my notes and observations. In summary, Nevada is a talented offensive team. For a recent ISU reference imagine a team made up of a bunch of Deandre Kane's and Dustin Hogue's running around. This is small ball, positionless college basketball at its finest. As many have mentioned Nevada's offense will look very similar to "Hoiball". Nevada's offense relies heavily on dribble drives for easy 2s first, but willing and wanting to kick out to shooters spaced around the 3pt line.

More than any other team that ISU has played this season, Nevada relies on getting to the FT line to produce points. Defensively, Nevada's opponents seldom get to the FT line and ISU has not been great at getting to the FT line to begin with. With ISU's emphasis on getting steals and creating turnovers- how this game is officiated will be important.

Despite being a talented and athletic offensive team, ISU is the superior team. There is not much for ISU to be afraid of Nevada defensively- and if anything there will be MANY opportunities for ISU to take advantage of Nevada's porous defense resulting in uncontested, high quality shots. Unsurprisingly, if shots fall for ISU (as they have most of the season) they will very likely come out on top.
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OFFENSE

Transition:

• Willing to take quick 3s in transition- while constantly pushing 2 players to fill out the 3 pt. wings

Half-Court:

• Most of their offensive is based on dribble drives and kicks to 3 pt. shooters (really all 5 players are capable 3 pt. shooters)
  • A lot of dribble drives often looking 1st for easy 2s, but great at getting kick outs to 3 point shooters
  • Most players very capable dribble drivers willing, wanting, & able kick to shooters lined up on 3pt line.
  • Always looking for 3 pt shooters after deep dribble drives- not often on corners, however.
  • A lot of dribble drive & replace- great at maintaining offensive spacing throughout offensive flow.
  • Marshall & Oliver take and make difficult, contested 3s off the dribble and catch & shoot
• All 5 players have green light to shoot- little hesitation to fire away
  • ALL 5 capable, high 3 pt % shooters
• Not great shot selection and not great with time & score. Most shots are close 2s and 3s BUT:
  • Long 2s occur and are often contested jumpers while trying to breakdown defender off the dribble
• Many creative offensive sets used, but not much "early offense" (most points are from transition and quick, efficient half-court sets
  • Most often to free up 3 pt opportunities for Marshall and Fenner, and close 2s for Caroline
  • Great spacing, will overload side to isolate for 1 on 1 mismatches.
• Offensive success relies heavily on getting to the FT line
  • For every 10 FG they shoot 4 FTs which ranks them 30 out of 351 teams
  • Shoots decent FT% at 70.3
  • In 4 of 5 Nevada losses the game FT rate was below their season average

Offensive Rebounding:

• Most often send 2 players to offensive glass (Caroline & Oliver)
• Many long rebounds- ISU guards will need to really rebound

DEFENSE

Transition:

• Will use token pressure full-court, ¾ court press to speed up tempo
• Tend to focus on stopping transition layups while not great at stopping ball- even still Nevada is not great at picking up wings in to prevent transition 3s, however. Open 3s in transition will be there

Half-Court:

• Really like to push out beyond 3 pt line to pressure wings and key to prevent easy 3 pts shots.
  • They rarely deny passing lanes and gamble on steals- often time allowing the passes around the perimeter to simply be in good position to apply pressure and prevent easy 3s
  • Back door cuts will be there all day
  • Overloading a side with shooters and baseline runner actions will work create easy ISU shots on the Nevada defense-particularly corner 3s for Thomas and Mitrou-Long
• Poor rotations on dribble drives
  • 3 point shooters will have chances at uncontested 3s -> active, quick ball rotation from side-to-side and dribble drives will really make the Nevada defense porous
• Not decisive on defending ball screens- ISU’s ability to exploit their ball screen defense will be imperative
  • Uses occasional aggressive double ball screens to gets traps and steals
• A lot of ball watching- gets easily lost on help man defense.
• No great post defenders
  • Compensates with opportunistic doubling on post-ups (passes out of the post will lead to open 3s and cutters)
  • Nevada post-defenders leave feet often for blocks (ample opportunities for ISU to draw fouls & shoot FTs and get some rare offensive rebounds)

Defensive Rebounding:

• Athletic rebounding team (chasing and jumping for ball)- BUT not great positioning and getting a body on opposition
• Oftentimes send 3 defensive rebounders.
  • Marshall rarely goes for rebounds.
  • Drew is a great rebounder for a guard.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Thrives on momentum/streaks which leads to playing with great confidence/swagger
• Player’s play with a lot of emotion
• Musselman is pretty animated and competitive on sidelines as well (helps “fan” the proverbial flames (flames=emotion/confidence of players)

TLDR.
All you need to know is good offense bad defense.

 

[CycloneBBFan]

Last post and I'll try to shut up for awhile, because I'm sure I'm quickly wearing out my welcome. If we get into foul trouble we are definitely screwed. Only good news is we don't get into that situation all that often. It's one of the reasons we give up a lot of backdoor layups. We simply can't take to many risks on the defensive side of the ball.

FYI You are not wearing out your welcome. You've been far more civil than probably most here have been to you. You must forgive the gallery. We are very passionate regarding our team. That's why we call this CycloneFanatic. Peace.

 

[NWICY]

Last post and I'll try to shut up for awhile, because I'm sure I'm quickly wearing out my welcome. If we get into foul trouble we are definitely screwed. Only good news is we don't get into that situation all that often. It's one of the reasons we give up a lot of backdoor layups. We simply can't take to many risks on the defensive side of the ball.

Your good here, when it comes to the Tourney we like it when other team's fans stop by and want to talk about the game. The only time it goes poorly is when they come in and act like douches.

 

[@Tlemieux72]

FYI You are not wearing out your welcome. You've been far more civil than probably most here have been to you. You must forgive the gallery. We are very passionate regarding our team. That's why we call this CycloneFanatic. Peace.

Thanks, honesty though I haven't seen much but solid basketball discussion, and I love it. Sure there are a few knuckleheads, but every fan base has those. Just hope ours don't make there way over here.

 

[oldman]

Thanks, honesty though I haven't seen much but solid basketball discussion, and I love it. Sure there are a few knuckleheads, but every fan base has those. Just hope ours don't make there way over here.

Yeah, you're welcome here. and EarthIsMan provided some good info on the Wolfpack.

 

[Cyclonepride]

One of our current strengths I believe will be our bench. A lot of people overlooking that IMO. Conversely, Nevada has only six. Fouls could be a big factor. If one or two of their guys get into foul trouble could spell doom. Hopefully, we'll be attacking the basket all night as their defense is a weak spot.

My hope is that, even though they aren't a "fouling team", we can push them and get them tired and fouling. I think we're probably the most athletic team they've played, and they may be a step slower than they expect to be with the step up in competition. That may lead to fouls. We'll see. Being only 6 deep would make me nervous.

 

[SolarGarlic]

Once again, sounds a lot like Oklahoma State. We beat them three times, but all were battles. I'm hoping to see some quick, early missed threes from Nevada that lead to runouts for ISU. West Virginia was taking some bad shots to get back in it, and it only helped us extend the lead. Of course, if Nevada is hitting those early, it could get scary. I'm starting to feel confident, and that's scary in itself.

 

[madguy30]

Last post and I'll try to shut up for awhile, because I'm sure I'm quickly wearing out my welcome. If we get into foul trouble we are definitely screwed. Only good news is we don't get into that situation all that often. It's one of the reasons we give up a lot of backdoor layups. We simply can't take to many risks on the defensive side of the ball.

Logic and reasoning are welcomed.

Please come through CF any time, any season.

If Nevada wins though, I'd recommend staying away for a solid 15 years or so until the pain for ISU's fans subsides a bit.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Last post and I'll try to shut up for awhile, because I'm sure I'm quickly wearing out my welcome. If we get into foul trouble we are definitely screwed. Only good news is we don't get into that situation all that often. It's one of the reasons we give up a lot of backdoor layups. We simply can't take to many risks on the defensive side of the ball.

Definitely hang around. It's fun talking to fans of other teams and getting their insight. With the way you are conducting yourself, the only people wearing out their welcome will be the ones that give you too hard of time.

 

[EarthIsMan]

Once again, sounds a lot like Oklahoma State. We beat them three times, but all were battles. I'm hoping to see some quick, early missed threes from Nevada that lead to runouts for ISU. West Virginia was taking some bad shots to get back in it, and it only helped us extend the lead. Of course, if Nevada is hitting those early, it could get scary. I'm starting to feel confident, and that's scary in itself.

Agreed, a solid ISU start is important. Nevada is a team that once they get dunks & shots fall- confidence & momentum really can start to snowball.

One would have to think that if they are down, they won't stop either. Like many of ISU's comebacks, Nevada's comeback victory with a 15 point deficit with ~minute remaining gives a team confidence that any deficit is possible to reverse.

I will say, after watching a few Nevada's games I was less concerned about ISU chances of being upset. No doubt Nevada is a solid team, but I saw sooo much that ISU's offense can exploit on their defense. Much of which ISU has been doing to opposing defenses all season long.

 

[WIB]

If you look at KenPom #s... which aren't an exact science by any means, Nevada is basically TCUs offense and Oklahoma State's defense.

 

[knowlesjam]

Trust the seniors to keep the team on track. Look for plenty of penetration moves by Monte and Naz with kickouts to Matt, DJ, or each other. Burton is going to be a big distraction too, leading to plenty of opportunities for either Young or Bowie. Nevada is going to have to guard tight, which will lead to fouls...basically the game plan for Okie State (or TCU).