Does anybody know what kind of defense MSU will play against us?

[VolsFan4Ever-11]

Just curious to see how people think they will guard us.

[Heebs]

Our new Sparty friend swears you'll see a man to man so they can be in position to wear us down on the glass.

[Vol-Fox]

I am looking forward to seeing the set we run with Chism and Williams in, we should get points in the paint.

[EricberryFAN]

Prop. man to man is what im hearing from everyone but idk.

[ballervol12]

What's prop man to man?

[Giant Moose]

It would be a shock if Izzo had MSU playing anything but man-to-man.

[IPorange]

It will be solid, whatever it is.
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[VolsFan4Ever-11]

I think man to man would go in our favor (but i'm not a coach) because we would have a better chance at driving by their bigger guys, and have a better chance of rebounding.

[ballervol12]

Originally Posted by Giant Moose

It would be a shock if Izzo had MSU playing anything but man-to-man.

I'm happy to hear that.

[EricberryFAN]

Originally Posted by ballervol12

What's prop man to man?

Probably...

[justrabid]

Izzo teams are tough and physical,our inside guys are up to the challenge......I Hope.

[EricberryFAN]

I know Chism, B. Mazz, and J-P will be ready, idk bout the others

[Xiphos]

Expect about 40 minutes of man to man. I don't recall seeing a zone all season. Izzo might have them man up on each other in the locker room during half time too.

You can expect to see some switching happening off screens. Other than that it's about effort, focus, help, and game planning to tire your bigs out. You'll get points in the paint early. The key will be how long your bigs can sustain the level of effort that will be demanded of them.

[EricberryFAN]

Originally Posted by Xiphos

Expect about 40 minutes of man to man. I don't recall seeing a zone all season. Izzo might have them man up on each other in the locker room during half time too.

You can expect to see some switching happening off screens. Other than that it's about effort, focus, help, and game planning to tire your bigs out. You'll get points in the paint early. The key will be how long your bigs can sustain the level of effort that will be demanded of them.

Im hoping that will open up our 3 point shot for Hopson, Maze, Tatum ext.

[hvwarrior58]

Originally Posted by Xiphos

Expect about 40 minutes of man to man. I don't recall seeing a zone all season. Izzo might have them man up on each other in the locker room during half time too.

You can expect to see some switching happening off screens. Other than that it's about effort, focus, help, and game planning to tire your bigs out. You'll get points in the paint early. The key will be how long your bigs can sustain the level of effort that will be demanded of them.

The issue with that for MSU is that we are deeper on the inside than Sparty is. We have 5 guys that will bang around, though I don't expect much from Pearl. We are also bigger at almost every position and deeper as well. SDSU fans went on and on about how they had never seen their team run anything but man and that changed. I'm not saying that Izzo will break out the zone, but it wouldn't be a huge surprise.