How should I know? :crazy:
Seriously, I'm sure Pearl and Forbes have it under control, but my lowly opinion is that the three most important offensive players for OSU are Turner, Diebler, and Lighty, in that order.
I suspect that when JP Prince is in the game, he will be defending Turner. When he is not in the game, it will probably be Hopson. That is what they did against Leonard of SDSU.
If it were me, I'd consider running a very loose match-up box and 1 zone.
The concept would basically be first that JP Prince or Hopson has Turner man to man.
Second, Williams or Hall (or Chism, if Baby Pearl is in the game) stays in the low post guarding Lauderdale (or Madsen). There is going to have to be help because OSU sets a lot of high ball screens using Lauderdale/Madsen to get Turner free.
Third, the three other players occupy space around the three point line and pick-up whoever comes in their area with particular emphasis on Diebler. So, if Diebler runs the baseline from Chism to Hopson, Williams floats, Chism picks up Lauderdale temporarily and then Hopson grabs Diebler and Chism stays on his side of the court with Lighty or Buford. Same with Maze. If the wings aren't switching, then Williams will have to follow the guy running the baseline and Chism will have to pick up Lauderdale.
Fourth, there will have to be some sagging to help on Turner. Hopefully we pay attention to Diebler when that happens.
Fifth, you have to make Turner go left. He already is shaky handling the ball. Don't let him go to his strong side.
With all that said, Bruce will probably come out in a straight man to man. :rock:
Seriously, I'm sure Pearl and Forbes have it under control, but my lowly opinion is that the three most important offensive players for OSU are Turner, Diebler, and Lighty, in that order.
I suspect that when JP Prince is in the game, he will be defending Turner. When he is not in the game, it will probably be Hopson. That is what they did against Leonard of SDSU.
If it were me, I'd consider running a very loose match-up box and 1 zone.
The concept would basically be first that JP Prince or Hopson has Turner man to man.
Second, Williams or Hall (or Chism, if Baby Pearl is in the game) stays in the low post guarding Lauderdale (or Madsen). There is going to have to be help because OSU sets a lot of high ball screens using Lauderdale/Madsen to get Turner free.
Third, the three other players occupy space around the three point line and pick-up whoever comes in their area with particular emphasis on Diebler. So, if Diebler runs the baseline from Chism to Hopson, Williams floats, Chism picks up Lauderdale temporarily and then Hopson grabs Diebler and Chism stays on his side of the court with Lighty or Buford. Same with Maze. If the wings aren't switching, then Williams will have to follow the guy running the baseline and Chism will have to pick up Lauderdale.
Fourth, there will have to be some sagging to help on Turner. Hopefully we pay attention to Diebler when that happens.
Fifth, you have to make Turner go left. He already is shaky handling the ball. Don't let him go to his strong side.
With all that said, Bruce will probably come out in a straight man to man. :rock: