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Everything you need to know about the Wofford Terriers

Location: Spartansburg, South Carolina
Conference: Southern
Record: 26-8 (15-3, 1st Place)
Coach: Mike Young (116-125 in 7 years at Wofford)
Enrollment: 1,450 students

The Terriers returned five starters this season from a team that went 16-14 a year ago. Wofford was hoping to make the NCAA Tournament in 2009, but it was upset by Elon in the first round of the SoCon Tournament. On top of five returning starters, Young brought into two transfers from the state of Minnesota who played AAU ball with Noah Dahlman (16.8), the team's leading scorer. Those two transfers, Jamar Diggs (9.4 ppg) and Cameron Rundles (6.6 ppg) became two of the team's top four scorers. Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor is familiar with all three Minnesota natives, having played AAU basketball against them.

Wofford enters the NCAA Tournament on a 13-game winning streak and finished first in the Southern Conference with a 15-3 record.

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How they got here: Wofford beat Appalachian State 56-51 in the SoCon Tournament Championship Game March 8.

Key wins: at Georgia (60-57), vs. South Carolina (68-61)

Impressive loss: at Pittsburgh (63-60)

Common opponents: at Illinois (lost 78-64), at Michigan State (lost 72-60)

How Wisconsin and Wofford Compare

The Terriers get most of the their points on easier shots closer to the basket, which could be a problem for them against Wisconsin's big men. However, they also get to the line a lot as they attempt 24 free throws per game. Dahlman and Diggs combined for 346 free throw attempts this season and they both shoot over 70 percent from the line.

Wofford will likely try to get Jon Leuer and Keaton Nankivil in foul trouble early. Both Wisconsin big men should be capable of stopping the Terriers down low if they can stay in the game.

While Wisconsin gets 34 percent of its scoring from behind the 3-point line, Wofford only gets 25 percent from deep. Junior Salters is Wofford's only major threat from behind the arc as he hit 66 threes this season.

Other than that, both teams are in the upper 60s in points per game, while Wofford averages only five more possessions per game than Wisconsin. The Terriers don't turn the ball over too much, averaging 11.9 per game.

This game will likely be decided by Wisconsin's post defense. Dahlman is only 6-9, so as long as UW can stay out of foul trouble, they should be able to defend him. He doesn't have a great jump shots, but will try to out muscle and hustle you in the paint to get to the basket. He is Wofford's only double-digit scorer.

 

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Both teams seem to be evenly matched up

But to me, this could be a d@mned if you win, d@mned even more if you don’t win…

Sorry for language, but if Wisconsin fails to take out Wofford convincingly, they’ll get bashed. If they lose, they’ll be even more bashed.

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Mar 16, 2010 9:29 PM CDT reply actions  

But if they win

They can end that bashing two days later with another win. Pretty simple.

by Cheeseandcorn on Mar 16, 2010 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

At this point, it's just win and advance.

Style points don’t matter.

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by Adam Hoge on Mar 17, 2010 1:26 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions  

True.

UNC had lots of ugly wins on its way to the title last year. MSU got into slugfest after slugfest when it came out as the runner up. The year Ohio State made the title, they were NOT a pretty team to watch…

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Mar 17, 2010 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

Let the craziness begin!

11th seeded Old Dominion upsets 6th seeded Notre Dame 51-50! (They run a defense VERY similar to Wisconsin’s)
4th seeded Vanderbilt bites the dust against Murray State on a last second shot.
And Villanova’s “teaching lesson” nearly resulted in a disaster against Robert Morris, 73-70 OT win.

by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Mar 18, 2010 4:45 PM CDT reply actions  

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