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Houston Aims to Rely on Defense in Key Basketball Matchup
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4/7/2025
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00:00
So, tonight, you're all over Houston, obviously, to finish this off.
00:04
It's a dangerous team they're playing, obviously.
00:07
Yeah, you said the Hizzy, and I was for Shizzy, because I've been on them since day one.
00:13
Listen, Styles is going to make fights, and to me, the most pivotal thing, Scott, is going
00:18
to be the referees.
00:21
How do they dictate this game?
00:24
You know it, and I know it, we're old men.
00:26
You get us playing against some kids, what are we going to do, Pharrell?
00:29
Every time they come in lane, we're going to check them through the lane, we're going
00:33
to make sure they feel us.
00:36
That's the way Houston wants to play.
00:38
They want to play physical.
00:39
They want to use their strength.
00:42
They're also, Pharrell, one of the best conditioned teams I've ever seen.
00:46
You kind of saw that play out.
00:47
I'm sure we'll get into the Duke game a little bit, but I've been on Houston since day one.
00:52
I just think this is different than a typical Calvin Sampson team, where it used to be give
00:58
it to Jamal Shedd, get out of the way.
01:00
Give it to Marcus Sasser, get out of the way.
01:03
They now have three guards, legitimately, Inquirer, Yuzan, and Sharp, that are all capable
01:09
of getting a bucket, and they've all had their moments with big spots.
01:13
Now people are going to look at me and say, they haven't seen Florida yet, with the size.
01:19
You may be right.
01:20
They also took a top five draft for Kamal Maliwats, and Chop Suey would have got more
01:25
rebounds than that kid on Saturday night.
01:27
We know Chop don't like to bang the board.
01:29
She's just like saying,
01:30
He was awful.
01:31
I thought that kid was awful.
01:32
He looked like a toothpick out there.
01:34
Oh, because you know why, Pharrell?
01:37
It was grown man ball.
01:38
Grown man.
01:39
Grown man just banging his ass out of there, saying, you're not getting any rebounds, dude.
01:44
And I think that's, and I think if you look at what Florida did to Auburn, they wore out
01:49
Jani Bruin, right?
01:50
You know, with the three bigs, constantly rotating those three bigs on Jani.
01:55
Well, Houston's got three bigs just as good, if not better than Florida's bigs.
01:59
May not be as tall, but way more physical and excellent at protecting the rim.
02:04
It's going to come down to the guard play.
02:07
And although Walter Clayton Jr. is probably the best guard of the two teams, I wouldn't
02:12
disagree with that.
02:13
You could argue the three best guards after that, all are on Houston's side.
02:17
I also get the advantage of Calvin Sampson on the sideline, and because of that, I like
02:22
Houston to cut down the nets tonight in San Antonio.
02:26
And you like it to stay under because of the defense, because it's not like Florida shabby
02:33
either.
02:34
They shut down Auburn.
02:35
Yeah, absolutely.
02:36
Listen, Pharrell, this is going to be a half-court king.
02:42
Number one, Pharrell, there's no better team in college basketball, you know this, that
02:46
gets you to play their way.
02:48
I mean, you just think about it.
02:50
Like, even when you press, and you watch it on Sunday with Tennessee, even when you
02:56
press these guys, they still break the press, and they don't get sped up.
03:02
They get it to their offense.
03:03
It's going to be a half-court game, and I think Florida, as much as people think about
03:08
their great offense, they're just as comfortable playing their half-court game as well because
03:14
of their propensity to attack the boards.
03:17
Now, do they want to get out and run?
03:20
Yes.
03:21
A guy like Elijah Martin wants to get out and pass the lanes, get steals, get dunks.
03:23
That's their transition game.
03:25
But besides that, Pharrell, this is a half-court game, and the more half-court game this is,
03:30
the more that it predicates to Houston.
03:33
I don't think Houston can win the game going over, but I know they can win the game going
03:38
under.
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