Great SDSU fan thread on how to stop Jimmer

[oxcoug]

My favorite:

"How do you stop Jimmer? You don't.

How do you slow him down? Throw everyone at him. EVERYONE. Wear him the X X X X down. Have Tapley defend him. Them KL. Then J Franklin. Then Rahon. Then Carlwell. Then Kabeer BJM. Then Marshall. Then R Welch. Then Fred Dryer. Then Michael Cage. Then Tony Gwynn. Then Dr. S Weber. Then The Show, all of them. Then Chet. Then any number of Alpha Phis -- give him the clap. Then Saint Don himself."

The opening post in the thread has some spot-on analysis of how Jimmer creates an open shot out of nothing.

http://aztecmesa.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ats&action=display&thread=7931

[Uncle Ted]

My favorite:

"How do you stop Jimmer? You don't.

How do you slow him down? Throw everyone at him. EVERYONE. Wear him the X X X X down. Have Tapley defend him. Them KL. Then J Franklin. Then Rahon. Then Carlwell. Then Kabeer BJM. Then Marshall. Then R Welch. Then Fred Dryer. Then Michael Cage. Then Tony Gwynn. Then Dr. S Weber. Then The Show, all of them. Then Chet. Then any number of Alpha Phis -- give him the clap. Then Saint Don himself."

I like the follow up postings to the above...

LOL.

You forgot Apollo Creed.

[and]

Then the kitchen sink.

[Borg]

I frequent that board quite a bit, and this thread other thread is very entertaining. Morphs from "BYU is not very good" ...to awestruck Aztecs.

http://aztecmesa.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ats&action=display&thread=7927

For the past several years, I've had some fun "wagers" with the guy called: Longtimebooster. He is the Aztecs equivalent to our very own: PAC. They are very similar personalities, sense of humor etc. Would be fun to get these two linked up in a verbal exchange over the basketball clash between the two schools. Hmmm......

[cougjunkie]

I am praying with all my heart that they put Kawhi Leonard on Jimmer. Jimmer will eat his lunch and it will open up the middle of the paint for Davies to absolutely destroy the Aztecs.

[KillerDog]

The real question is, if you were the Aztecs, how would you stop BYU?

[Goatnapper'96]

The real question is, if you were the Aztecs, how would you stop BYU?

You just try to force Jimmer to distribute the ball and force BYU's other players to beat you. In Provo they probably will. But I will be there! UNLV tries to force BYU to beat them individually. I think SDSU will double team Jimmer and choose to leave others open. Better chances with BYU's other players shooting poorly than forcing Jimmer to beat you one on one - especially in the MC where the kid will shoot > 50% inside 30 feet.

To beat BYU SDSU needs to hope BYU's others don't shoot well and that they outrebound the Cougars significantly.

That game is going to be intense!

[KillerDog]

To paraphrase, "How do you beat Jimmer Fredette? In bed, with a stick. On the basketball court, with the ball in his hands, you don't."

[I.J. Reilly]

I went and bought tickets to the SDSU game in Provo on the 26th after reading through a couple of those threads over there. The high prime chairs were the best seats left in the house, so if anyone is thinking about going to that game then there's no better time than now to get your tickets, unless, of course, you like sitting in the corner of the Marriott up against the rafters or you like taking your chances on 12 year-old scalpers outside of the MC.

I'm all pumped about this game. Between now and then BYU has 4 very winnable games (but don't sleep on CSU!). SDSU will play UNLV at home and NM at the Pit, but if they can make it through their schedule between now and the 26th then this game is gonna be crazy. Even if SDSU drops one of those games they'll still almost surely be a top 15 team. I am now highly considering doing the MWC tourney, even though I'll probably have a bunch of crap I should be reading for class at that point, along with maybe a project or two to do. I'm close to being beyond caring.

[beefytee]

I went and bought tickets to the SDSU game in Provo on the 26th after reading through a couple of those threads over there. The high prime chairs were the best seats left in the house, so if anyone is thinking about going to that game then there's no better time than now to get your tickets, unless, of course, you like sitting in the corner of the Marriott up against the rafters or you like taking your chances on 12 year-old scalpers outside of the MC.

My wife was there too. She said it was a mad house. We go tickets to the AFA game today, the SDSU game and the Wyoming game.

I imagine the environment at the games the rest of the year should be pretty good.

[smokymountainrain]

How do you stop Jimmer/BYU? You trap Fredette with a double team similar to what UNLV did in the last 3-4 minutes of the game the other night. Get the ball out of Jimmer's hands and make the other guys beat you.

[cougswin]

The thing about trapping Jimmer is that now K. Collinsworth is on the court and he can handle the ball. This is a huge advantage for BYU. I like Haws-last year-Abouo, Emery, but they can't handle the ball. If the ball gets taken out of Jimmers hands and Collinsworth is handling it we are ok. Not as good as if Jimmer had it but he can handle it and get it to the open guys.

That is one thing that realy hurt UNLV. They get the ball out of Jimmers hands and Collinsworth broke the press. We needed that 2nd ball handler and we have it now.