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<blockquote data-quote="OB positive" data-source="post: 2039731" data-attributes="member: 749644"><p>I would like to give a comparison of Hepburn gaurding Braden Smith vs Domask. Smith and others like him rely on speed and quickness to be affective. When he can blow by someone and get separation it allows him to take it to the hoop or dish off for easy baskets. He also has a good pull up jumper game. Hepburn can stay in front of him and effectively shut that down. Smith was obviously frustrated and had no plan B so basically was taken out of the game. When I saw the problems Hepburn caused Purdue I wondered how we dealt with him the first time and how disruptive he would be yesterday. While he was a pest yesterday, he did not totally disrupt our offense like he did Purdue's. I think it comes down to this. Domask does not rely on quickness or speed by blowing by someone to be affective. Though if given the opportunity he will take it to the rack. He just puts them on his hip and works them to the goal (booty ball) and patiently pivots to get a good shot or shoots a fade away which is also a good shot for him. While Hepburn could stay in front of him he couldn't stop the slow back down into the paint making him less affective on Marcus. Also over the last several games Domask has gotten a lot better at finding the open man when the double comes limiting the times he gets bottled up forcing a turnover.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OB positive, post: 2039731, member: 749644"] I would like to give a comparison of Hepburn gaurding Braden Smith vs Domask. Smith and others like him rely on speed and quickness to be affective. When he can blow by someone and get separation it allows him to take it to the hoop or dish off for easy baskets. He also has a good pull up jumper game. Hepburn can stay in front of him and effectively shut that down. Smith was obviously frustrated and had no plan B so basically was taken out of the game. When I saw the problems Hepburn caused Purdue I wondered how we dealt with him the first time and how disruptive he would be yesterday. While he was a pest yesterday, he did not totally disrupt our offense like he did Purdue's. I think it comes down to this. Domask does not rely on quickness or speed by blowing by someone to be affective. Though if given the opportunity he will take it to the rack. He just puts them on his hip and works them to the goal (booty ball) and patiently pivots to get a good shot or shoots a fade away which is also a good shot for him. While Hepburn could stay in front of him he couldn't stop the slow back down into the paint making him less affective on Marcus. Also over the last several games Domask has gotten a lot better at finding the open man when the double comes limiting the times he gets bottled up forcing a turnover. [/QUOTE]
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