Observations from the Creighton game

As noted elsewhere -- here's the play-by-play from the BU-Creighton game as it applies to Doug McDermott's scoring and who we had playing the post at the time.
You draw whatever conclusions - and I am not in any way saying that it was JP nor AT who were the ones assigned to cover McDermott...because several players took turns..

All I am saying is look at McDermott's scoring and compare it to who we had playing the post...
I have pruned the play-by-play as cut and pasted from the official web site - and tried to show only the relevant parts regarding McD, JP, and AT...
Here it is.......


Play-by-Play
#24 Creighton vs Bradley
01-07-12 7:07 p.m. at Peoria, Ill. - Carver Arena

1st PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1)
HOME TEAM: Bradley
TIME SCORE MAR
VISITORS: #24 Creighton

20:00 - Prosser in to start
18:38 GOOD! JUMPER by McDermott
17:24 GOOD! LAYUP by McDermott
16:53 GOOD! LAYUP by McDermott
16:53 Good! FT shot by McDermott
15:45 GOOD! JUMPER by McDermott
SUB IN : Thompson, Anthony 15:05
SUB OUT: Prosser, Jordan 15:05
12:06 SUB OUT: McDermott
10:53 SUB IN : McDermott
SUB IN : Prosser, Jordan 10:00
SUB OUT: Prosser, Jordan 09:10
07:52 GOOD! LAYUP by McDermott
06:30 SUB OUT: McDermott
GOOD! DUNK by Thompson, Anthony [FB/PNT] 05:07
SUB IN : Prosser, Jordan 04:07 SUB IN : McDermott
SUB OUT: Thompson, Anthony 04:07
02:58 GOOD! JUMPER by McDermott
SUB IN : Thompson, Anthony 01:58
SUB OUT: Prosser, Jordan 01:58

GOOD! FT SHOT by Thompson, Anthony 00:34
...end of 1st half...Creighton 44, Bradley 34



2nd PERIOD Play-by-Play
Prosser in to start 2nd half 20:00
19:05 GOOD! JUMPER by McDermott
17:32 GOOD! JUMPER by McDermott
SUB IN : Thompson, Anthony 17:08
SUB OUT: Prosser, Jordan 17:08
16:26 GOOD! LAYUP by McDermott
15:50 GOOD! LAYUP by McDermott
13:47 TURNOVR by McDermott
SUB IN : Prosser, Jordan 13:35
SUB OUT: Thompson, Anthony 13:35
MISSED JUMPER by Eastman, Jake 13:21
13:02 GOOD! 3 PTR by McDermott
11:42 GOOD! LAYUP by McDermott
11:22 GOOD! LAYUP by McDermott
11:17 SUB OUT: McDermott
SUB OUT: Prosser, Jordan 11:17
SUB IN : Thompson, Anthony 11:13
SUB IN : Prosser, Jordan 10:39
SUB OUT: Thompson, Anthony 10:39
09:57 SUB IN : McDermott
SUB OUT: Prosser, Jordan 09:44
09:10 GOOD! JUMPER by McDermott
07:57 GOOD! 3 PTR by McDermott
06:21 3 PTR by McDermott
SUB IN : Prosser, Jordan 05:31
04:47 GOOD! LAYUP by McDermott
SUB OUT: Prosser, Jordan 01:32
01:00 GOOD! FT SHOT by McDermott
01:00 GOOD! FT SHOT by McDermott
00:33 GOOD! FT SHOT by McDermott
00:33 GOOD! FT SHOT by McDermott
00:07 GOOD! DUNK by McDermott
End of game.........


In summary - what it shows is that Anthony Thompson played 17 minutes...13 of which were in the 1st half and the entire last 10:39 AT did not play..

BUT do the math -- in the entire 17 minutes that AT played - McDermott was in the game almost all of that time and scored only 6 points while AT was in there -- SIX total of his 44 points.
In the 23 minutes AT did not play - McDermott scored 38 points.
BUT when BOTH AT and JP were playing together - only about 3 minutes - then Doug McDermott did not score at all!
I'm not claiming he was totally neutralized - maybe he was still helping his team but at least we have pretty solid evidence of how to stop McDermott's scoring -- AT inhibits McDermott's shots around the hoop because of his long arms and the duo of AT & JP forces McDermott to pass out of the post.

I think if we neutralize McDermott's scoring we have a chance to win.

I know all of our best scorers are our non-post players (TB, Walt, DSE, Jake, SS) so it is possible our scoring drops a bit when we go with two post players - but considering that Creighton's scoring takes an even bigger hit it might be worth a chance next time!