Basketball phrase diary, part 4

Games played from 12/25 - 1/8/18


USC-New Mexico State, 12/25, ESPN

"a classic stretch four"
"he's known as a shot doctor"
"tremendous wingspan"


San Diego State-Wyoming, 12/27, espn3.com

"nothing but a sea of Aztecs"
"ran out of real estate"
"court vision" (2)
"the Steve Fisher era"
"he's a bulldog to the basket" (2)
"Wyoming came out guns a blazing"
"the main rim protector"
"road warriors"
"sharp shooting sniper uncorked"

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"high-low action"
"still trying to get his game legs"
"hero ball"


Kennesaw State-Mercer, 12/28, espn3.com

"x-factor"
"chip on their shoulder"
"European stretch four"
"dribble drive" (4)

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"help the helper"
"high ceiling"
"the turnover bug"


NJIT-Buffalo, 12/28, espn3.com

"he's been Tarke the shark, taking a bite out of the stat sheet"

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"able to stroke it from down deep"
"high IQ play"
"alligator arms"
"they're a young program starting to grow their roots"
"wall up"
"bonus basketball"


West Virginia-Oklahoma State, 12/29, ESPNU

"18 game grind" (2)
"hedging ball screen"
"a nose dive into the hardwood"
"the Mount Rushmore of college basketball"
"waxed poetic"
"ball hawk"
"create help situations"


Youngstown State-Cleveland State, 1/1/18, The Horizon League on espn3

"a perimeter big"
"a silent run"

Pat Vuyancih Specials

"even if he's moving, he's in set position"
"it's designed to force Youngstown State to shoot, which is not their strength"

"the left-handed bunny"
"the man with the hot hand"
"he has really grown his game"
"down in the trenches"


Rutgers-Purdue, 1/3, Big 10 Network

Brandon Gaudin & Stephen Bardo:

"glue guy" (2)
"pick your poison"
"physicality" (2)
"I know we throw around basketball IQ a lot, but Purdue has it"
"senioritis"
"out-toughs them"
"he threw that chicken wing there"
"here's a leak out"
"block party"
"workmanlike"
"razzle dazzle"
"they bring their lunchpails every day"
"hostile environment" (2)
"wore my emotions on my sleeve"
"shooting themselves in the foot"
"body balance"
"the Big 10 slate is always a gauntlet"


Omaha women-South Dakota State, 1/3, MidCo Sports Network

"pace of play"
"live ball turnovers" (3)
"true back to the basket player"
"you look at her and she's going to do what she did right there, and that's basket cut"

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"active with her hands"
"the announcer jinx"
"blow by"
"concussion symptoms"


Drake women-Southern Illinois, 1/7, The Valley on espn3

"exciting brand of basketball"
"rhythm shooter"
"all-airport team" (?)
"euro step"
"next man up mentality"
"selling the flop"
"cleaning up the slop down low"
"a coach's kid"
"crash the glass"
"great catch and shoot player"
"battle-tested"


Stanford women-Arizona State, 1/7, ESPN

Andy Landers Special

"I always though freshmen were the spice of basketball" (?)

"the Stanford style"
"fundamentally sound"
"instant offense"
"she made herself available to the basketball"
"little pick and pop"
"finish the drill"


Navy-Colgate, 1/8, Patriot League Network

Erik Malinowski:

"court awareness"
"triple town" (5)
"competitive fire"
"gets some road lovin from the rim"

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"looking to salt this game away"
"the ticky tack variety"