IUFLA Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) When: Sunday, March 19th 8:40 PM EDT Where: MVP Arena Albany, NY TV: TBS Spero Dedes, Deb Antonelli, and AJ Ross Veteran coach Jim Larranaga leads Miami (26-7 15-5, 1st in ACC) into a second round matchup with our Hoosiers. Miami is 10-2 in their last 12 including a 63-56 win over Drake in the opening round. They lost to Duke in the ACC Tournament Quarter Finals... Miami is led by ACC Player of the Year and 1st Team All ACC selection, Isaiah Wong who averaged 16 ppg on 38% shooting from 3. Two other Hurricanes nabbed post season honors with Jordan Miller (2nd team All ACC), and Norchad Omier (3rd team). Indianapolis native and Kansas State transfer Nijel (NIL ) Pack and Wooga Poplar round out the starting 5. 4 of them average double figures. Bensley Joseph, Harlond Beverly, and Anthony Walker see time off the bench for Miami. Miami is 10th in ORtg and 225th in DRtg The Hurricanes are a good 3 point shooting team, overall at 37%, with 4 of the 5 starters north of 35%. Good FT shooting team. Middle of the pack in rebounds, but they do share the ball well (15 Apg) Larranaga teams are always well coached, and he seems to get the most out of them...Last year they lost to eventual NC Kansas in the Regional Final, so they have some tournament experience. Their biggest starter is 6'7, so I would imagine we'll be pounding it inside to Race and Trayce, and be active on the offensive glass. We have to guard the perimeter and not let their guards get good open looks, because they will knock them down...Hoping our big guards bother Wong and Pack. Not a great defensive team, so we can take advantage. Our size should bother them. Ultimately winnable game to go to the Sweet 16... LET'S GO HOOSIERS! Edited March 18, 2023 by IUFLA 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 What took you so long? 🤣 Limit how many 3s they get, let TJD be TJD and we win. Hopefully Race duplicates his performance from last night. If he keeps that up, we have several more games to look forward to. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhoosier29 Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 Guard like we did against Kent St. Don’t give up open threes. Dare them to take it to the basket where the big fella awaits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 35 minutes ago, IUFLA said: When: Sunday, March 19th 8:40 PM EDT Where: MVP Arena Albany, NY TV: TBS Spero Dedes, Deb Antonelli, and AJ Ross Veteran coach Jim Larranaga leads Miami (26-7 15-5, 1st in ACC) into a second round matchup with our Hoosiers. Miami is 10-2 in their last 12 including a 63-56 win over Drake in the opening round. They lost to Duke in the ACC Tournament Quarter Finals... Miami is led by ACC Player of the Year and 1st Team All ACC selection, Isaiah Wong who averaged 16 ppg on 38% shooting from 3. Two other Hurricanes nabbed post season honors with Jordan Miller (2nd team All ACC), and Norchad Omier (3rd team). Inianapolis native and Kansas State transfer Nijel (NIL ) Pack and Wooga Poplar round out the starting 5. 4 of them average double figures. Bensley Joseph, Harlond Beverly, and Anthony Walker see time off the bench for Miami. Miami is 10th in ORtg and 225th in DRtg The Hurricanes are a good 3 point shooting team, overall at 37%, with 4 of the 5 starters north of 35%. Good FT shooting team. Middle of the pack in rebounds, but they do share the ball well (15 Apg) Larranage teams are always well coached, and he seems to get the most out of them...Last year they lost to eventual NC Kansas in the Regional Final, so they have some tournament experience. Their biggest starter is 6'7, so I would imagine we'll be pounding it inside to Race and Trayce, and be active on the offensive glass. We have to guard the perimeter and not let their guards get good open looks, because they will knock them down...Hoping our big guards bother Wong and Pack. Not a great defensive team, so we can take advantage. Our size should bother them. Ultimately winnable game to go to the Sweet 16... LET'S GO HOOSIERS! I've watched Canes a few times. Maybe my coffee hasn't kicked in yet but I honestly have no clue how they won the ACC. Blue print is as you said. Pound it inside until they sag so much Trayce or Race can dish. I love our size advantage not just down low but Nijel and Wong are 6'0 and 6'3. JHS should be able to get downhill all game long if he wants. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said: What took you so long? 🤣 Limit how many 3s they get, let TJD be TJD and we win. Hopefully Race duplicates his performance from last night. If he keeps that up, we have several more games to look forward to. Well... Irish wife On her Birthday On St Patrick's day an unknown # of Guinness a GREAT steak And dear girl let us get home before tip off Between the adrenaline and the Irish beer, I slept like a baby...😴 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 They look like they'll try and speed you up and be chaotic. I think we handle that well. Take care of the ball and rebound. Survive and advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierfan1215 Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 Their press changed the game last night against Drake. We have struggled in the past on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 hour ago, kyhoosier29 said: Guard like we did against Kent St. Don’t give up open threes. Dare them to take it to the basket where the big fella awaits. Our backcourt is going to need to bring it defensively! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoyeCowbell Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 They seem to shoot the 3 well. Hopefully our defensive mishaps against Penn State's shooting has prepared us for the Canes. Close out properly, don't over-extend or help on drives; keep the defensive rotations clean. Also, if they shoot a lot of 3s, that means there will be long rebounds. Absolutely MUST limit their OfR and second chance opportunities. We likely won't get 20 from Race again, but he still played within himself and that's 12 easy. Would like to see Bates hit the side of a barn, but if we play like last night, we'll be in control, which is what we want. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierfan1901 Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 Unofficial 1901 Depth/Injury Report Miami comes into this game as Co-champions of the ACC lead by a guard heavy group. They are also coming off a 63-56 win over Drake after going on a very good 16-1 run in under 4 minutes yesterday when they were down 8. Miami is lead by veteran Coach Jim Larrañaga, who has been a pretty good coach for Miami having 2 ACC championships, 1 ACCT Championship, 3 Sweet 16s and 1 Elite 8 (2022). Miami will be gunning to make back to back Sweet 16s in its School history. Probable Starters: 6’7 248 F Norchad Omier (Team’s best Forward, 13.8 PPG, and nearly averages a double double per game, has been in foul trouble as of late) 6’5 190 G Wooga Poplar (Provides pretty good support, Team’s best 3PT shooter if has the ball, usually plays 25+ MPG) 6’0 185 G Nigel Pack (Indianapolis native, but he can light it up real quick, extremely efficient shooter) 6’4 185 G Isaiah Wong (You can make the argument he is the best player on Miami, leads team in 15.8 PPG, assists leader, and very streaky from the 3, was shut down by Drake) 6’7 195 G Jordan Miller (Team’s 2nd leading scorer at 15.0 PPG, very good rebounder and shoots respectably at 35.6% from the 3, he is pretty much in the game at all times) As you can tell, Miami is very guard heavy and has balanced scoring all around with 4 starters averaging 13.4 PPG and a team average of 79.4 PPG, making Miami one of the best offenses in the country (#12 in Kenpom). They shoot a very respectable 37% from the 3 and makes around 78% of their FT shooting. However, they have a suspect defense since they give up around 72 PPG is ranked at #112 in total defense on Kenpom. 3 starters play around 30 minutes or more in their games, and some have been recently playing nearly 35-36 MPG in the last few weeks. They foul around 15 PPG, with their starting forward being in foul trouble as of late before the Drake game. However, this will not be an easy task for the Hoosiers, since Miami is going to play quick and try to bury you deep. Coach Larrañaga always have a well coached team and I expect that for tomorrow night. On paper they look small, but watching them against Drake, they play so much bigger than what they are. Drake shut down Isaiah Wong yesterday, probably with Miami, if one player shuts down, another will step up. Looks like, in quality minutes, these last few weeks, Miami has been playing 7-8 deep. The main players usually coming off the bench is 6’2 205 G Bensley Joseph (5.3 PPG, 38%PT), 6’6 200 G Harlond Beverly (relieve player), and 6’9 215 F Anthony Walker (relieve player). Injury Report: As of now, no one, however, starting F Norchad Omier is currently playing through an ankle injury, but was cleared yesterday. He had a double-double against Drake if anyone was wondering 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hoosierfan1901 Posted March 18, 2023 Report Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) I didn’t watch all of the Miami-Drake, but it sounds like Omier had a very uncomfortable double-double yesterday Edited March 18, 2023 by Hoosierfan1901 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 (edited) Just for reference... Miami played 2 games against Big 10 opponents this year, losing to Maryland by 18 on a neutral floor, and beating Rutgers (without Mulcahy) by 7 at home... Edited March 19, 2023 by IUFLA 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 Just now, IUFLA said: Just for reference... Miami played 2 games against Big 10 opponents this year, losing to Maryland by 18 on a neutral floor, and beating Rutgers (without Mulcahy) by 7 at home... Plus this isn’t your father’s ACC. Duke gone, UVA gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 Just now, Parakeet Jones said: Plus this isn’t your father’s ACC. Duke gone, UVA gone. Well, I'm a bit old, so in my father's ACC, Billy Packer was a freshman 🙂 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 1 minute ago, IUFLA said: Well, I'm a bit old, so in my father's ACC, Billy Packer was a freshman 🙂 Packer’s Wake Forest would have won this ACC outright. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawatchHoosier Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 Looks like none of the other Big Ten teams are gonna show up. I guess it's back to the old days when Indiana needed to clean up the Big Ten's mess. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 It's ridiculous that our team has to deal with this in the NCAA Tournament. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierfan1901 Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 The Miami board seems pretty confident that they should be able to win tomorrow with their guard play. Pretty much from what I’ve gathered, and pretty obvious, they live and die from their starting 4 Guards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierfan1901 Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 Behind the scenes on Miami’s Board https://www.canesinsight.com/threads/iu-fan-here.183756/ https://www.canesinsight.com/threads/official-round-2-ncaat-vs-hoosiers-thread.183753/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhoosier29 Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 42 minutes ago, BGleas said: It's ridiculous that our team has to deal with this in the NCAA Tournament. Reasoning? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 Just now, kyhoosier29 said: Reasoning? You mean why were up so late? The game ended really late. You still have to do media before you get out of there, shower up, get the equipment packed up, etc. Probably eat something, get settled down and it can get to 4am really quick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 Takes 3-4 hours to calm down from having your adrenaline that high for 3 ish hours, outside of their "duties" and all of that, as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhoosier29 Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 45 minutes ago, BGleas said: You mean why were up so late? The game ended really late. You still have to do media before you get out of there, shower up, get the equipment packed up, etc. Probably eat something, get settled down and it can get to 4am really quick. Got ya. Thought you were suggesting something else happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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