Well this game is certainly where the rubber hits the road. One thing that was smart about the Navy game was the way they played a lot of personnel. They were running essentially three midfields plus subbing people out on D. Among other things I thought they wore Navy out in the fourth quarter and also had Nawreski and their three top middies pretty much fresh for that final stretch, which really paid off for them.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:48 am
The Blue Hens present some issues. Face-off man at 56% but against their two toughest opponents he was slightly under 50%. Our crew has struggled the last few games since Dunn's effort against Cole. Kurtz and Ward certainly have eye-popping stats - 74 points combined in 7 games - not hard math. I would recommend guarding those two. They have a 50% EMO and they don't foul alot. 33 ground balls a game 15 turnovers a game. TO have any chance the possession battle has to lean Hopkins way to combat any fatigue issue. PM has certainly created a challenge - if they win they will hopefully carry some confidence up to Ann Arbor.
I assume they will use a similar strategy tonight, but perhaps the team is not as worn down as they might normally be.
I did think Navy was more athletic and outplayed us between the lines. The Jays need to clean up all the unforced turnovers if they hope to win many games in the BIG. Not sure there are any easy teams in the BIG right now. Jays need to win tonight and win 3 in conference to be in good shape for a bid.