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VCU Scouting Report

By Coach Joe

Hoya Hoops Scouting Report

Team Scouted: VCU (24-11, 12-6 CAA)

Opponents: USC

Date: March 16, 2011

Place: Dayton, Ohio NCAA First Four

General Thoughts on the Rams:

VCU is a very confident, senior led team that is highly motivated to prove they deserved an at-large bid to this year’s NCAA tournament. Their Head Coach is Shaka Smart, in his second year. They are a guard oriented team that looks to push the tempo, force turnovers, and take opposing offenses out of their comfort zone.

They play an outstanding, suffocating defense and held USC to 46 points, 20 below their average, on 15-38 shooting (39.5%) They also forced 15 turnovers.
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March 17th, 2011, 8:54 am Comments Off

Temple Scouting Report

By Coach Joe

Hoya Hoops Scouting Report

Team Scouted: Temple

Opponents: California, Maryland

Date: 11/26 and 12/5

Place: HP Field House / Verizon Center

Defensive Tendencies:

Temple played a straight man to man with sound off the ball principles. They overplayed passing lanes in 2 games scouted, but would be surprised if they did that vs. Hoyas’ backdoor strategies. They have strong ball pressure and need to force turnovers to score points.

They hedge/help on high ball screens but usually did not switch. They dig down on the post from ball side and did not double the post from the weak side. Again, they are very disciplined and solid on defense and put an emphasis on denying penetration and forcing you to shoot contested jump shots.
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December 9th, 2010, 11:42 am 2 Comments