TrueGriz
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Thought if I just provide some info on Stanford:
Stanford is 2 and 1. All games have been at home so far.
Lost to UC Irvine. I guess an excuse would be that Stanford had to play without their starting center 6' 11" 230 pound Matt Haryasz who is averaging 17 points, 11.5 rebounds, and has a total of 5 blocked shots in 2 games. His replacement averages only 2.7 points and 2.0 rebounds.
Other than Haryasz, there are 3 other players averaging in double figures:
Forward Dan Grunfield, 18.7 points/game, 6.7 rebounds, 85% freethrow shooter (17 - 20).
Guard Chris Hernandez, 13.3 points/game. Matt Martin will have to play well defensively to contain this guy.
Forward Taj Finger, 10.7 points/game.
Overall, Stanford hasn't shot all that great over 3 games hitting only 39.7% from the field. Griz to win will need Stanford to continue this.
The fact that this is the first game on the road for Stanford could benefit the Griz. But, the Griz hasn't played anyone with a big Center like Haryasc. May have to rely a bit more on the perimeter shooting, or hope Hasquet comes out really big in this game (at least defensively), and the rest shoot very well hitting over 50% from the field like the previous games.
I liked the fact that Montana reduced the number of turnovers to 13 against Utah Valley State game. But, Stanford is like night and day better than Utah Valley State, and committing only 13 turnovers against Stanford would be good.
I can see Griz winning the game if committing only 13 turnovers, shooting better than 50% from the field, out-rebounding Stanford, and holding Stanford below 40% from the field.
Stanford by the way has been out-rebounding their opponents by a 39.7 to 33.7 margin. Haryasc is major reason of that and is one reason Griz really need to be able to stop him, and block him out keeping him away from the basket. Haryasc makes only 46% of his field goals, but hasn't missed a free throw yet. Only shot 8 free throws so far. The UC Irvine game is good enough proof on why Griz need to stop this guy. Maybe someone kick him in the knees can help.
Hope to see you all there. Highest attendance for a Griz basketball was a little over 7,300, though 1/2 of those just came to watch Monte. They called that a sellout, but it sure wasn't sold to capacity. Highest attendance for a Basketball game was 7,413 but that was by the basketball team of the other gender. That can be beat if they can count those comp tickets that sometimes are given out, but sadly they do not count toward attendance. There were 2 rows taken out for media in the game that had 7,413 in attendance, so that is why it can be beat.
Stanford is 2 and 1. All games have been at home so far.
Lost to UC Irvine. I guess an excuse would be that Stanford had to play without their starting center 6' 11" 230 pound Matt Haryasz who is averaging 17 points, 11.5 rebounds, and has a total of 5 blocked shots in 2 games. His replacement averages only 2.7 points and 2.0 rebounds.
Other than Haryasz, there are 3 other players averaging in double figures:
Forward Dan Grunfield, 18.7 points/game, 6.7 rebounds, 85% freethrow shooter (17 - 20).
Guard Chris Hernandez, 13.3 points/game. Matt Martin will have to play well defensively to contain this guy.
Forward Taj Finger, 10.7 points/game.
Overall, Stanford hasn't shot all that great over 3 games hitting only 39.7% from the field. Griz to win will need Stanford to continue this.
The fact that this is the first game on the road for Stanford could benefit the Griz. But, the Griz hasn't played anyone with a big Center like Haryasc. May have to rely a bit more on the perimeter shooting, or hope Hasquet comes out really big in this game (at least defensively), and the rest shoot very well hitting over 50% from the field like the previous games.
I liked the fact that Montana reduced the number of turnovers to 13 against Utah Valley State game. But, Stanford is like night and day better than Utah Valley State, and committing only 13 turnovers against Stanford would be good.
I can see Griz winning the game if committing only 13 turnovers, shooting better than 50% from the field, out-rebounding Stanford, and holding Stanford below 40% from the field.
Stanford by the way has been out-rebounding their opponents by a 39.7 to 33.7 margin. Haryasc is major reason of that and is one reason Griz really need to be able to stop him, and block him out keeping him away from the basket. Haryasc makes only 46% of his field goals, but hasn't missed a free throw yet. Only shot 8 free throws so far. The UC Irvine game is good enough proof on why Griz need to stop this guy. Maybe someone kick him in the knees can help.
Hope to see you all there. Highest attendance for a Griz basketball was a little over 7,300, though 1/2 of those just came to watch Monte. They called that a sellout, but it sure wasn't sold to capacity. Highest attendance for a Basketball game was 7,413 but that was by the basketball team of the other gender. That can be beat if they can count those comp tickets that sometimes are given out, but sadly they do not count toward attendance. There were 2 rows taken out for media in the game that had 7,413 in attendance, so that is why it can be beat.
