NCAA Tournament - Who will prevail between NC State’s DJ Burns & Purdue’s Zach Edey?
Jason Fitz, Krysten Peek and Danny Green discuss Saturday's Final Four showdown between NC State and Purdue, highlighting the clash between big men and the significance of guard play.
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JASON FITZ: The Final Four is here. And that means we have two epic matchups to preview, not the least of which is Purdue, taking on NC State. Krysten Peek, Danny Green, I'm Jason Fitz with Yahoo Sports. Danny, give me the match-up you're the most excited for.
DANNY GREEN: I can't wait to see these bigs match up this weekend. I'm looking at DJ Burns, Zach Edey in the first game. DJ Burns, lefty, very crafty, some people call him "Baby Jokic." A lot of people call him Zach Randolph. And Zach Edey, these guys have been the players of their brackets in the tournament so far. So I'm wondering how they're going to uplift their groups and get them to victory this weekend.
JASON FITZ: What about you, KP?
KRYSTEN PEEK: I mean, we talked to Zach Edey's teammates and we asked them, you know, how do you stop him? And they said, you don't. You don't stop him. So everyone's going to be watching him in the post.
But it all starts with the pass. And Braden Smith has been absolutely unbelievable. He had 15 assists in that Gonzaga game. And on the other side DJ Horne is playing some of the best he's played in the postseason. He had 20 points against Duke. So I think the guard match-up is also fun to watch. But, yes, it is the battle of the bigs this weekend.
JASON FITZ: It'll also be interesting to watch officiating. Anytime you got the battle of the bigs with Burns and Edey, who both can cause foul trouble for their opposition, let's see how the officials play into the way this game plays out.