Sims had close to 20 points off of layups when they played us here. That cannot happen. Sure, he's strong and physical, even if he settles for a lot of jumpers, so hopefully the zone will slow him down... more importantly though, it was Harris probing the defense and dishing off to him that caused all of the layups. We need to make life harder on Harris. That in turn, will make it tougher for Sims. I think if we just stay in front of Sims and limit his layups while focusing on slowing down Harris, we'll be alright.
That having been said, Michigan has seemed to have our number for the last 3 times we've played, so hopefully we can put an end to that.. but this is far from an easy game. And it's one that we desperately need.. a loss most likely kills any chance at the tournament.
So limit Harris's penetration and Sims' easy looks and I think we'll be alright. I think our recent zone can do that, I just hope that Michigan doesn't rain 3's on us like they have the last 3 times we've played. They're really not that good a shooting team, they just always seem to get hot against us.
