Pound-for-pound, Ricardo Patton’s Northern Illinois Huskies might be the most talented team in the MAC. There’s little doubt that junior guard/wings Darion “Jake” Anderson and Xavier Silas are two of the more explosive players on the offensive side of the court in the MAC. While not among the league’s best soph point Mike DiNunno and junior big Sean Kowal are capable.
None of that seems to matter that much because the Huskies don’t play the type of defense that wins games in the MAC; particularly in Cleveland where the MAC tourney is played. In the first half of today’s game, which Buffalo leads 47-42 at the half, the Bulls were able to convert any number of wide open shots. By my count, they scored on three backcuts, where the Huskies just got stuck ball-watching.
Per Ken Pomeroy, opponents are getting 48.5% of their points on 2PT field goals. That’s 288th in DI. What that means is that teams are doing to NIU what UB has done today: move the rock and get easy looks near the basket against the Huskies.
Do that for 20 more minutes and the Bulls will end their three-game slide.
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