Quote from: thealmascots on February 18, 2013, 02:29:23 PMQuote from: arena on February 18, 2013, 05:35:13 AMQuote from: calvin_grad on February 17, 2013, 11:54:23 PMI don't mind the defense, it's the offensive scheme that drives me nuts.Quote from: oldknight on February 17, 2013, 08:38:03 PMI'm confused. Aren't we supposed to hate the KVS scheme???
That's correct. The year prior, the NCAA mandated the shot clock--originally 45 seconds and changed to 35 seconds in 1993--so the scoring defense shown by Calvin this year is the best in the conference in the shot-clock, three point line era.
Calvin has a great combination of size, athletic ability and experience this year but having watched them a handful of times, I don't come away with an overwhelming sense of being impressed with either their offense or defense. Could these numbers on either end be a byproduct of a league that just was not very good this year?
Your points about Calvin's team are fairly accurate. I have to agree that Calvin has not been a dominating team, and one only needs to look at the 2 Adrian games, the game at Albion, and than last Sat's game versus Thrine when they squandered a 22 point lead.
One would like to think that since it became apparent that Calvin will be playing Adrian again this Thurs. that KVS, and his brain trust would be locked away devising modifications to their already awesome offensive scheme to stymy Adrian's defense.
One would like to think that, but don't hold your breath. A more likely scenario is Calvin plays exactly the same game plan they have used in the last 6 encounters versus Adrian thereby making Adrian's chances much higher than they should be.
Calvin's schedule has not been loaded with much challenge. When Calvin has been challenged it hasn't always ended well. If Calvin loses to either Adrian or Hope don't expect anyone to fight very hard for them to get a pool C shot.
