Re: Guess the line for St Louis and Michigan St
Majerus' strategy was to sag off of Appling and make him beat them with jump shots vs. letting him drive to the rim and score or create opportunities for others. Appling, though struggling with his outside shooting this year, knows how to score. He scrored 49 points in the 2010 Michigan Class A State Championship game (breaking a 26 year old record). Nonetheless, his confidence has been shaky for most of this year. Majerus helped him re-gain some of that swagger by chosing not to guard him closely. The result of this strategy was Appling scoring 19 pts on 7-14 shooting (1-3 from long range). Majerus said to Appling, we are going to make you beat us with your jump shot, not with your speed....and that is exactly what he did.