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U21 NT - Update

With a 86-67 win over Senegal we're through to the next Round!

I will update this post later...

Yes! Going for Gold! ;-)

U21 NT - Update

Results of the matches, played in the qualifying round:
Austria - Argentina 60 - 104; calculated loss;
Greece - Austria 81 - 75; Close match, too bad of our 2nd Q (23-9), but best game of Kempf (56 pts!);
Austria - Wales 98 - 77; 'Regular' win;
Senegal - Austria 67-86; Another 'regular' win.

With these results we were 25th in the ranking, and we're through to the next round!

In the second round we will face Greece (again), but this time on there ground....

I guess we can expect a close game. Looking at there roster, Salary-wise there top-players are the guards
(23k / 17k / 17k.). Compared to our top we have an advantage (30k / 25k. / 20k.).
But inside they are have some nice players (15k. / 14k. / 13k.), were we are less (13k. / 12k. / 7k.)

Tactics Greece have played:
PtB 4x; LI 2x; RnG 1x; Mo 2x.

Any suggestions how to play them are welcome. Let's try to reach the next round!

Thanx, i appreciate your input !

Austria - Greece. 63 - 79

After the analysis of the past games of Greece, the conclusion was that there defense, especially OD, was very strong. So i tried to surprise them with a low-post tactic, even though our inside men aren’t that great. And because some of there players weren’t in good shape, i hoped we had a chance. But we didn’t, too bad.

Our starting-5: Schwarz - Hu - Kempf - Lachmayer - Natschläger

As mentioned, we played LP - crunch time and Focus Inside (also a wrong guess)

Q1 we could keep up with Greece until 15-17, but in the final 2 minute they scored some nice points, 15-22
Q2 it looked like there were only 3 of us on the court; 10-26 in the Q, resulting in a 25-48 at half time
Q3 it went a bit better with 16-21 in the Q
Q4 Greece knew they had the game in the pocket and took it easy, 22-10; final score 63-79

Looking at the scores, we had 6 players who scored (Kempf 21 Lachmayer 18), Greece 10 players with points on the sheet.
We had the upper hand in rebound (62-52) but had a lot of TO (12)
But the big problem was the FG%, only 26% (Greece 39%)

It’s a pitty we don’t go through to the next round, 1 big men would make a lot of difference. But Greece was, without any exceptionel player, just too strong.

For now, special thanx to Joey Ka for his advice in the Greece Match and creating a player like Kempf, and thanx to El_Hektore for creating Hu and keeping him into shape!

I will arrange a few scrimmages the upcoming weeks, and than its election time!

If anyone in Austria is interested in this fun-‘job’, i will step aside.

** U21 UPDATE **

We've played two friendlies so far, a nice win against Belarus (117-86) and a loss against Switzerland (136-128).

This Monday we will play Norway, the week after that Austria NT.

This will be my last two matches for the U21. The job comes available in my home-country, i will try to get that position.

Thanx for your coöperation, confidence and patience.

Hope we will meet again, some day.

Rovali.