I saw Long Beach play last wknd... (2nd half blowout against an outmanned byu-hawaii team).
I've seen enough of these games to recognize that Long Beach has some talent and some physicality.
Their point guard reminds me of Chris Paul a bit... undersized but very quick and has effective penetration moves and a soft touch on 3's (he didn't shoot much that nite).
Their 2nd guard was very similar to the first, both penetrated and dished to the big men (who did miss some puppies in the first half)....
they also have 4 bodies they rotated in for post, and in the second half their team turned it up a few notches and started stealing and running and it was impressive.
There are some big shoulders and long arms among them, so should be able to battle on the boards.
I don't know squat about kansas other than they blew the lead against duke in hawaii... but w/a good coach I'm sure they have plenty of talent.
I've heard the LB coach on talk radio a few times and think he's really got the program movingin the right direction (they did beat Pitt at Pitt so that ain't always easy is it??)
I'm taking Long Beach +13.5 for 2 units.... and played 1st half +8 for 1/2 unit.
glta!
LoB
opcorn2
I've seen enough of these games to recognize that Long Beach has some talent and some physicality.
Their point guard reminds me of Chris Paul a bit... undersized but very quick and has effective penetration moves and a soft touch on 3's (he didn't shoot much that nite).
Their 2nd guard was very similar to the first, both penetrated and dished to the big men (who did miss some puppies in the first half)....
they also have 4 bodies they rotated in for post, and in the second half their team turned it up a few notches and started stealing and running and it was impressive.
There are some big shoulders and long arms among them, so should be able to battle on the boards.
I don't know squat about kansas other than they blew the lead against duke in hawaii... but w/a good coach I'm sure they have plenty of talent.
I've heard the LB coach on talk radio a few times and think he's really got the program movingin the right direction (they did beat Pitt at Pitt so that ain't always easy is it??)
I'm taking Long Beach +13.5 for 2 units.... and played 1st half +8 for 1/2 unit.
glta!
LoB
opcorn2 