Originally Posted by
gw67
After reading the DBR article on tonight’s game, I took a look at Temple’s schedule, players and stats. Of their six losses, five have been on the road. Seven of their players average over 20 mpg and five of those are perimeter players. From looking at the stats, it appears that they play three guards and two big men. In addition, they are a decent shooting team, don’t block many shots, and only one of their guards/perimeter players has a positive a/to ratio. It appears that they rebound as a team since none of their big men have good rebounding averages. As pointed out in the DBR article, stats don’t tell the whole story but it would appear that they can be pressed and Nelson/Henderson/Singler don’t have to worry about blocked shots close to the basket. In their favor is the fact that they are playing at home and this is the first real road game for the Devils. I expect Temple to try and slow it down and for the Devils to win by about ten.
gw67