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St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt discusses his team’s plan to beat LSU in Round 1
By Adam Spencer
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The LSU Tigers are a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Their first-round draw? No. 9 seed St. Bonaventure.
The Bonnies won the A10 Tournament and enter the NCAA Tournament having won 6 of their last 7 games.
So, how can the Bonnies take down the Tigers? Coach Mark Schmidt said during a radio appearance that controlling the tempo of the game will be the biggest key (via TheAdvertiser.com):
“If we can keep the game in the 60s, we’re going to have a good chance to win,” Schmidt said Tuesday on ESPNU’s “Off Campus” radio show. “Yeah, it’s that simple, but it’s hard to do. If it gets in the 80s, then not as much. The question is how do you do that?
“It’s easier said than done in terms of, ‘All right, we’re going to keep this game in the 60s. We’ve got to control tempo. But it’s hard when they’re pressuring you, and they’re switching off screens. And we’ve got to be able to guard them.
“We’ve got to to try to keep the game in the half court as much as we can against a team that really wants to push it.”
Can LSU avoid an upset at the hands of the Bonnies? Tune in to TNT at 1:45 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday to find out!
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
