Buzzketball Central: Virginia Tech Hokies (20-14) at BYU Cougars (24-10) 930PM ESPNU

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Ok Hokies Fans, once more unto the breech. Tonight our young Hokies face an extremely tough task in the Cougars, a team that keeps up quite a frenetic pace through most of its game but is also extremely dangerous from outside the perimeter. If you though Princeton liked to shoot the three, than let me give you the Cougars, who like the Tigers before them shoot almost 24 three point attempts per game. They also eerily make about 10 per game, just like the Tigers. After that though offensively, these teams are just about polar opposites. BYU likes to run and run and run until you cant run anymore and then run you out of the gym to finish off games. They played almost exclusively on the West Coast this season, with top wins coming over Northern Iowa, Gonzaga and St Mary's. The only P5 schools they faced this season are Utah and Colorado, both ending in losses. They are currently 15-2 at home this season, including their first round win over UAB and Robert Brown 97-79.

One thing to keep in mind on how much of a home court advantage Provo, Utah can be is that the elevation is almost two and half times that of Blacksburg at over 4500 feet which can make teams have difficulty late in games that are not used to the elevation. There is unfortunately no quick fix to combat this for Buzz so expect to see a heavy rotation of almost the entire roster to keep guys fresh throughout the game.


This team may have higher scorers but there can be no doubt that the soul of this team is Kyle Collinsworth, (#5) 6'6, 215 Lbs Senior Guard who continues to set an NCAA record by getting his 12th triple doubles of the season against UAB. Previous to Collinsworth that record was 6 in a season in the NCAA. Collinsworth so far has averaged 15.3 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 7.5 APG, and 1.9 SPG. He shoots 45% from the field, only 65% from the line and 25% from beyond the arc.


The Cougars top scorer this season is Chase Fischer, (#1) 6'3, 190 Lbs Senior Guard, who has put up 18.2 PPG, 2.6 RPG, and 2.1 APG. He is a 41% shooter from the field, 83% from the line and 36% from outside.


Nick Emery (#4) 6'2, 185 Lbs Freshmen Guard is the second leading scorer for the Cougars at 16.4 PPG, 3.3 RPG, and 2.5 APG. He shoots 43% from the field, 83% from the line and 39% from outside. These two guards will account for the majority of the Cougars attempts from outside. So far on the season they have attempted over 500 three pointers between them, making 195 of those.


The Cougars do have a fourth player averaging double figures in Kyle Davis (#21) 6'8, 225 Lbs Junior Forward. Davis has scored 12 PPG, 7.6 RPG, and 1.6 APG. Davis shoots 54% from the field, 61% from the line and over 46% from outside.


After these four starters, the most impactful remaining Cougar is Zac Seljaas(#2) 6'7, 215 Lbs Freshmen Guard, who averages 7.3PPG, 2.8RPG, and 1.2 APG. He is their floating sharpshooter like Bibbs is for us. Seljaas is shooting better than 49% from outside on 60-122 shooting. We will definitely need someone that has a hand in his face all game long. They use a style very similar to ours by driving inside and then kicking out to open perimeter shooters. This is probably the biggest area of concern for the Hokies tonight since we have been vulnerable to outside shooting all year long.

The Hokies will once again need the services of Henry and Blackshear to disrupt passes to the interior while the other three concentrate on being all the way out to the perimeter. Collinsworth does most of his scoring inside so disrupting him could have ripple effects on the rest of the Cougar squad. If fatigue becomes a factor than Buzz may even be forced to go deeper into the bench to play Pierce and Hamilton some as well.

This game could look very similar to our last game, except it may be the Hokies that are trying to settle things down into a much more grinding pace to disrupt their opponent. Expect this game to remain close throughout, trading leads back and forth in the final minutes, possibly requiring overtime. Homer PostSeason Hokie making a pick, going Tech 80-BYU 77 with a critical miss by the Cougars in the waning seconds.

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