Houston Aims to Rely on Defense in Key Basketball Matchup

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00:00So, tonight, you're all over Houston, obviously, to finish this off.

00:04It's a dangerous team they're playing, obviously.

00:07Yeah, you said the Hizzy, and I was for Shizzy, because I've been on them since day one.

00:13Listen, Styles is going to make fights, and to me, the most pivotal thing, Scott, is going

00:18to be the referees.

00:21How do they dictate this game?

00:24You know it, and I know it, we're old men.

00:26You get us playing against some kids, what are we going to do, Pharrell?

00:29Every time they come in lane, we're going to check them through the lane, we're going

00:33to make sure they feel us.

00:36That's the way Houston wants to play.

00:38They want to play physical.

00:39They want to use their strength.

00:42They're also, Pharrell, one of the best conditioned teams I've ever seen.

00:46You kind of saw that play out.

00:47I'm sure we'll get into the Duke game a little bit, but I've been on Houston since day one.

00:52I just think this is different than a typical Calvin Sampson team, where it used to be give

00:58it to Jamal Shedd, get out of the way.

01:00Give it to Marcus Sasser, get out of the way.

01:03They now have three guards, legitimately, Inquirer, Yuzan, and Sharp, that are all capable

01:09of getting a bucket, and they've all had their moments with big spots.

01:13Now people are going to look at me and say, they haven't seen Florida yet, with the size.

01:19You may be right.

01:20They also took a top five draft for Kamal Maliwats, and Chop Suey would have got more

01:25rebounds than that kid on Saturday night.

01:27We know Chop don't like to bang the board.

01:29She's just like saying,

01:30He was awful.

01:31I thought that kid was awful.

01:32He looked like a toothpick out there.

01:34Oh, because you know why, Pharrell?

01:37It was grown man ball.

01:38Grown man.

01:39Grown man just banging his ass out of there, saying, you're not getting any rebounds, dude.

01:44And I think that's, and I think if you look at what Florida did to Auburn, they wore out

01:49Jani Bruin, right?

01:50You know, with the three bigs, constantly rotating those three bigs on Jani.

01:55Well, Houston's got three bigs just as good, if not better than Florida's bigs.

01:59May not be as tall, but way more physical and excellent at protecting the rim.

02:04It's going to come down to the guard play.

02:07And although Walter Clayton Jr. is probably the best guard of the two teams, I wouldn't

02:12disagree with that.

02:13You could argue the three best guards after that, all are on Houston's side.

02:17I also get the advantage of Calvin Sampson on the sideline, and because of that, I like

02:22Houston to cut down the nets tonight in San Antonio.

02:26And you like it to stay under because of the defense, because it's not like Florida shabby

02:33either.

02:34They shut down Auburn.

02:35Yeah, absolutely.

02:36Listen, Pharrell, this is going to be a half-court king.

02:42Number one, Pharrell, there's no better team in college basketball, you know this, that

02:46gets you to play their way.

02:48I mean, you just think about it.

02:50Like, even when you press, and you watch it on Sunday with Tennessee, even when you

02:56press these guys, they still break the press, and they don't get sped up.

03:02They get it to their offense.

03:03It's going to be a half-court game, and I think Florida, as much as people think about

03:08their great offense, they're just as comfortable playing their half-court game as well because

03:14of their propensity to attack the boards.

03:17Now, do they want to get out and run?

03:20Yes.

03:21A guy like Elijah Martin wants to get out and pass the lanes, get steals, get dunks.

03:23That's their transition game.

03:25But besides that, Pharrell, this is a half-court game, and the more half-court game this is,

03:30the more that it predicates to Houston.

03:33I don't think Houston can win the game going over, but I know they can win the game going

03:38under.

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