BJ Young

[MNsooner]

How do you defend the guy?

 

[bgrch1350]

How do you defend the guy?

Our young guards are going to find out fast b/c he's the best PG they have played so far.

 

[Sooner-Bred]

Our young guards are going to find out fast b/c he's the best PG they have played so far.

Not sure I agree with this.

Pangos is a pretty darn good PG.

Young is definitely the quickest PG we've seen so far

 

[BoulderSooner]

he is a volume shooter .. that is .158 from 3 on the year ... with 14 ast and 5 TO in 5 games ..

 

[MNsooner]

I think it is going to put a lot of pressure on our bigs to be there for help side defense. I'm glad we have 3 quality bigs because I'd bet at least one of our bigs gets in foul trouble.

 

[originalsooner55]

Not sure I agree with this.

Pangos is a pretty darn good PG.

Young is definitely the quickest PG we've seen so far

You are correct - Kevin Pangos is very good and the other guard from Gonzaga is not a slouch either

 

[Max Power]

You are correct - Kevin Pangos is very good and the other guard from Gonzaga is not a slouch either

Some guy names Stockton right? He is clearly garbage at the Point!

 

[Sawyer]

Control the tempo, break the press and hammer Arkansas inside, and it won't matter.

 

[Sooner-Bred]

Some guy names Stockton right? He is clearly garbage at the Point!

They had Stockton and Bell rotating with Pangos at the 1 and 2 spots.

Very good rotation

 

[OUHoosier]

Control the tempo, break the press and hammer Arkansas inside, and it won't matter.

Agreed, but the way OU's Bigs are scoring/finishing around the basket that could be a problem.

 

[Sawyer]

Agreed, but the way OU's Bigs are scoring/finishing around the basket that could be a problem.

I've watched a few Arkansas games this year (along with five years of Anderson at Mizzou), and I don't think that will be a problem. They have no good post defenders. 6-10 Hunter Mickelson was a good shot blocker as a freshman (more than two per game in 17 minutes), but he's been awful all year (15 mpg, 0.8 blocks and less than 3 rpg). Their other "post" players are all face up guys who play no post defense at all.

Arkansas has also been (surprise!) foul prone, which could weaken them even more inside.

If ever there is a game for OU's inside guys to break out, it's this one.

With this game being on the road for OU and with OU playing three freshmen guards so much, it will be difficult to pull off a win. Arkansas is a good team if you let them play their style. But they also have some major weaknesses that if exploited can allow weaker teams to beat them. OU is not a weaker team than Arkansas, either. The talent is about even.

 

[KBaden145]

How do you defend the guy?

Could we use Cam on him at all? I haven't seen him play.