Saturday, March 14, 2015

Bracket Buster: Stephen F. Austin

One year after shocking VCU, the Lumberjacks are back. This is a good team that is 42nd in KenPom. They're 23rd in offense and 112th in defense.

Like numbers to pick your upsets? How about this? The Lumberjacks are 2nd in effective fg%, 56.2%. They shoot 38.2 from 3 and 55.5% from 2. That's 33rd and 2nd. And they're 11th in offensive rebounding %. They get to the line at a god clip, too.

They're an aggressive defense. Teams shoot well against them but they're 5th in the nation in turnover %. They foul a lot, though playing that aggressive. 337th in FTA/FGA. Yikes.

They challenged themselves out of conference losing to UNI, Xavier and Baylor and beat Memphis.

Thomas Walkup is the player to know. Jacob Walker is a stud, too.  Both are top 25 offensive players. Ty Charles is a top 40 offensive player. This is a good offensive team.

Again, if matched up against a so-so defensive team, they'll be capable of winning a game. 


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