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Lineup Performance: Missouri at Auburn

Matthew Harris211 mins

MU endured a humbling visit to the Plains, where the SEC favorite dispassionately dismantled any group of Tigers on the floor.

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#1 Jan 07, 2025

Great observations and I love the charts! Other than myself, you are the only person scratching their head about those switches. Why would he allow that? Made it too easy for Broome. I noticed Broome left the game around the 12 minute mark of the first half and then the Auburn guards went to work. That’s a powerful team and Pearl is an excellent coach. Gates is young, but he will get there…I hope.

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Matthew Harris

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#2 Jan 07, 2025

MU's base coverage is to have the big show on the ball screen with tag and recovery and behind. Sometimes, they straight switch one through four. Broome plays as the four when Cardwell's in the game. So, the switches makes sense through that lens.

MU will use triple switches when a front court players rolls directly into the paint, but Broome wasn't always doing that, either. Like we noted, he prefers to catch the ball farther out -- almost on the logo spot -- and go to work. This is inference on my part, but MU might have thought there was time to roll help over.

What makes Auburn so good is its diversity of options. There's not a guy on the floor you can risk vacating for too long to recover or undo a poor switch.

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