How is OSU going to handle a team like OU in regards to guard play with two sub 6 foot guards? I don't think Penn is a horrible match up for TMG but it seems OU is going to exploit the heck out of Page. I know he can't cover WW one on one, would they throw him on Cade/Davis and try to make the "weakest" OU guard on the court beat them? Or really any team, can't imagine Keiton having fun with KU or Texas' guards.
That's the exact point I just made. I said that having Penn and Page playing at the same time isn't going to work most nights.
The four-guard lineup just isn't going to work if you have two sub-six foot guys out there.
Penn can make up for it with quickness to a certain extent. He did a respectable job against Ben Uzoh, who is a senior and as good as just about anybody in the Big 12.
But putting Page on the floor at the same time just creates too much of a defensive mismatch for OSU at the two-guard, especially if they can't take advantage of the matchup on the other end.
However, I do think it isn't as bad as it sounds though. Page proved he can hold his own last year and Penn will keep improving, but it does mean that Anderson and Moses will have to play well in most conference games for OSU to win.
Page did OK last year because we had three other highly athletic guards who were versitale defenders on the perimeter (Harris, Muenelo, Anderson).
Having both him and Penn on the floor at the same time just isn't going to work, IMO.
My personal opinion is that Page needs to come off the bench.
Penn has shown that he's more than capable of running the offense. His assist to turnover ratio is 1.6 and he can get inside and score some.
I realy think that if Roger Franklin, who has been a very plesant surprise, could continue to improve, he could fill the role that Terell Harris filled last year.
I would really like to see what this lineup could do:
Penn
Anderson
Franklin
Muenelo
Moses
Then you would have Page, Gulley, and Pligram to come off the bench.
I think the real story that everyone is missing is that osu only had 3700+ in the stands yesterday. I'm so sick of hearing about OU fans not showing up and how great osu fans are. Can anyone explain this one?
That would only be "the real story" if it was a surprise.
This has been going on for a while. Of course, it's even worse when the students are gone for Christmas break, which was the case on Sunday.