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HoyaTalk :: General :: HoyaTalk :: Kenner League Aug 13 (QF Day 1) RECAP Author Topic: Kenner League Aug 13 (QF Day 1) RECAP (Read 1,400 times) FLHoya Diamond Hoya member is offline Proud Member of Generation Burton Joined: Jan 2004 Gender: Male Posts: 3,341 Kenner League Aug 13 (QF Day 1) RECAP « Thread Started on Aug 13, 2009, 9:57pm » Glad to hear you missed me. It's playoff time in the Kenner League, and they really pull out all the stops to make it a special evening. Okay, maybe that's exaggerating things. But they DID put a guy back on the microphone to announce the players' names. Good luck if you went to a multi-syllabic JUCO. And they DID...wait for it...play music at halftime and in between games! Well now we're talking. Okay, no we're not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_h3X0dXERk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJGeqgG7-Wo& Sometimes I think Flo Rida is in reality a clever marketing ploy brought to you by the people who sell you cell phone ringtones and remix songs to make them sound like they're being sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks. On the plus side, the Kenner League gave us some intense, competitive, exciting basketball--probably the highest level of play during the summer, if you discount Jeff Allen's dozen or so missed putbacks and dunks. And from the Hoya fan's perspective, there's a plus side, as one of the remaining GTown-influenced teams will be playing in Saturday's semifinals. CLYDE'S 66 DCX 52 Great energy on the floor throughout the first half, as both teams really hunkered down and played some defense despite a relatively high paced game. DCX scored the first two baskets but Clyde's roared back with an 11-0 run and maintained a comfortable lead for the entire first half...at the half it was 33-24. During halftime (before we were treated to T.I. and Rihanna for some reason), the KL organizers announced all of the seeds for the quarterfinals. This was a 2 vs. 7 game, though I'm not sure which was which--leaning towards Clyde's being the 7 based on the results I jotted down. To be honest, the entire Kenner League was pretty even this summer, and last time I was keeping track only We Are One wasn't hovering around .500. The other QF games: (4) Beyond Belief vs. (5) Tombs; (1) We Are One vs. (8) Bearcats; (3) Aquamarine Hunger Force vs. (6) Premiere Athletics. Clyde's took control right away in the second half, opening on a 14-3 run that gave them a 47-27 lead with 12:35 to go. It never got close after that, although the intensity never cooled down either. Clyde's Chase Adams got a big hand from the crowd for essentially wrecking a guy with a hard foul to prevent a dunk on a 3-on-1 break even though his team was up 17 at the time. Clyde's plays next in the semifinals on Saturday at 1:00pm. Jason Clark: 23 points, 7-11 2pt, 1-3 3pt, 6-7 FT, 7RB (3off), 4A, 3TO, 5STL Crazy amount of energy expended by Clark. He was all over the court in a number of ways. The two that stick out: In the first half, Clark was all over the passing lanes on defense. Clyde's was putting a lot of pressure on the perimeter, and Clark was reading the opportunities for steals quite well. In fact, his first two baskets were off of steals, once from an inbounds pass and once in the frontcourt. His transition from defense to offense was impressive, and he was able to finish on his own and set up teammates. In the second half, Clark was all over the glass. He'd come flying in from all over the place and get his body in amongst the trees, often coming out with tough rebounds the bigger guys couldn't get. Maybe his best play of the night was in the first half, when he twice collected his own offense board off tough reverse layup attempts despite there being at least four other players in the lane, finally earning himself a three-point play attempt. If you're a more cynical type, your favorite play may have been the one later on when he crossed over Mo Creek and left him flat footed as he went in for an acrobatic layup finish. His play was sparked by the energy, but his efficiency rises and falls with the decision making. He had a few nice looks that were too difficult (a little too fine on a fast break when he tried to find a cutting Sims). The review of Clark from last night was a bit harsh, IMO...seemed to get on him too much for what I call "KL turnovers"--i.e. the kind that would get you benched in the regular season and that you'd never try anyway. Remember, we play one of the most structured offenses in the NCAA. Also remember, we've been waiting for a spark plug like this since Patrick Ewing Jr. left. Henry Sims: 11 points, 3-6 2pt, 0-1 3pt, 5-7 FT, 7RB, 3A, 2TO, 1BL, 4F Now, I'd call this one a highly successful outing, though I'm not sure everyone who watches KL games would. Let's get the potential negatives out of the way first: It's still too easy to score on Henry Sims. He doesn't really have the size to intimidate the smaller players or match up with the bruisers on the inside, nor is he quite athletic enough to really handle dribble penetration or a more nimble small forward/point forward type. You see a lot of "tough" layups over Henry Sims in a KL game. He also doesn't rebound as well as he could. Too often he goes for the big block or checking out a shooter that's already marked, and takes himself out of rebounding position. He could also stand to block out better, and his hands aren't exactly from the mold of Mike Sweetney. Now here are the positives: He has a much better offensive game than people give him credit for. Yes, I covered his 30 point game earlier in the summer, and that was mostly off layups and putbacks. But he's more than that. He's moving decent without the ball--got him a fortunate driving dunk early on. He's going for the running hook more, and taking jump shots with limited success, but the point is he's making the effort and working on the skills, which is what you want in KL. The best part...and I'm surprised nobody else is really playing this up...is how good a passer Henry is. He had at least three legitimately great assists tonight from the high post. He manages to do just enough to draw in a double team, and has great vision to hit the weak side player (often this was Ian Hummer--who despite having a really good game probably cost Henry three assists by missing layups). He's even better when you get him on the free throw line, finding the dump down or pass out...although he needs to show he can consistently hit a foul line jumper to keep a defense honest. Really think having he and Jason together on a team this summer will pay dividends in the regular season. They work very well off each other. [AHEAD: The explosion in KL media coverage] Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "they are calling him "beavis" vasquez on their board and have been Editeding and moaning about him all summer. it makes me chuckle. i told them a g-town education should require a more creative nickname than "beavis"." -TerpSportsReport.com Message Board FLHoya Diamond Hoya member is offline Proud Member of Generation Burton Joined: Jan 2004 Gender: Male Posts: 3,341 Re: Kenner League Aug 13 (QF Day 1) RECAP « Reply #1 on Aug 13, 2009, 10:25pm » Just a few years ago, Kenner League was still a pretty well kept secret among Georgetown fans. Sure, many of us know the history of the league--everyone can tell some version of the Allen Iverson story, come up with a nickname for Rodney, or make fun of Byron Mouton. But not THAT many Hoya fans traditionally showed up at McDonough to watch the games, save Tombs-Clydes. JT3's arrival--or perhaps more accurately, the arrival of his RECRUITS--made the Kenner League more of an event. The Tombs-Clydes game in the summer of 2006 is still probably the best one I've witnessed in 5-6 years, it was 110-95 or so and played before basically a packed half-house at McD. People started coming out in droves to see Jeff Green, Roy Hibbert's crazy summer when he averaged like 25 PPG, Patrick Ewing Jr., Jon Wallace, Jessie Sapp...the list goes on. The momentum continued with the newer guys like Wright and Freeman...and the strange thing is, maybe it's a little more intense now than w/ just Austin and Chris because Hoya fans are looking for ANYTHING to get (over)excited about, or (unnececessarily) whine about after a tough 2008-2009. Of course, there's been a proliferation of GU fan sites covering the Kenner League. Used to be it was just Hoyatalk where you could get your GU-centric fix. Then HoyaReport spun off and Ron brought his very much journalistic approach to the Rivals network. Now in the past few months, Casual Hoya and whatever balla calls his thing have spun off Hoyatalk and maintain a presence at McDonough. balla's got a full time recapper with a laptop, and Casual Hoya is tweeting for goodness sake. That one slayed me for some reason. Now, I'm a registered nerd if there ever was one here...I keep stats at these stupid things for goodness sake. But I never thought I'd see the day when we were getting live updates (in 140 characters or less, of course) from McDonough, and pictures to boot (IPhones basically won the battle over the DOPS storm troopers when it comes to photography at KL). It's either the greatest development ever in the world of Hoya fans or the strangest. Maybe both. In any case, I say all this to bring up a question for everyone: I'm involved with a few efforts in Hoya Hoop Club communications--namely the HHC Blog of course. But I'm also currently on the hook to help out with another re-thinking of the HHC's communications strategy, to include possibly re-doing (again) the HHC website. Hoyas Unlimited already got a new one, and after a false start 1-2 years ago, it looks like the Hoop Club probably will too. We're meeting over the weekend to discuss a few things... ...so first question obviously, any ideas for what you'd like to see? You can feel free to PM those if you'd like. That includes any ideas for content you'd like to see on the HHC Blog next year. I brought up Twitter above b/c I'm likely going to advocate the Hoop Club getting a Twitter account. It's TBD how a Twitter account might be set up--would it be the Hoyas Unlimited staff posting event schedules? Live updates from Verizon/away games? Random observations? Would they let someone not in the HU office post to it? Failing that, it's not out of the question that I'd consider getting my own Twitter account--give me something to do when I'm hanging out around Verizon before games when the best non-game observations happen. Probably won't ever do it at Kenner League though--that still blows my mind. Beyond Belief 77 TOMBS 67 In 140 characters or less: swann ftw, he's on fire!!! austin looks dead, tombs out of gas, jeff allen missing dunks...stepka lives but not tombs Austin Freeman: 18 points, 5-9 2pt, 2-3 3pt, 2-3 FT, 1RB, 3A, 3TO, 6STL Austin was really the fourth ball handling option for Tombs tonight, given that he shared the starting lineup with Bobby Maze, John Vaughn, and Isaiah Tate. As a result, at times he seemed a bit bored with the proceedings, and despite the scoring line he was pretty darn quiet on the court for most of the game. He made his mark early on with some great work in transition, both himself and by giving up the rock. Like Clark, Austin had a nose for the ball tonight and always found himself in the passing lane or scrambling for loose balls. His most impressive play of the night was when he rotated back on a 3 on 1 and actually stuffed an attempted alley oop pass destined for Jeff Allen--who, if you watched the game tonight, almost certainly would have missed it anyway. At the end of day, I'd say Austin had a very successful summer. He's looking in much better shape, definitely more athletic on the court, and he worked on precisely the thing he needed to--getting to the basket with his ball handling and speed rather than his frame, and working in a variety of options off the dribble. He did very well from the free throw line--which was good since he got fouled more than just about anybody. Didn't light the world on fire from three, but honestly people make too big a deal of that in Kenner League. Aside from Isaiah Swann tonight and Mo Creek a time or two, nobody's shooting performance left me with that awesome an impression. But it's the end of the line for Lumpy and the rest of the Tombs. TOMORROW: Games I won't be attending. So we'll check back in at 1:00pm from McDonough. Song of the moment I wrote this sentence: Echo and the Bunnymen: Lips Like Sugar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZuij9G8PA Or as Flo Rida calls it, source material. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "they are calling him "beavis" vasquez on their board and have been Editeding and moaning about him all summer. it makes me chuckle. i told them a g-town education should require a more creative nickname than "beavis"." -TerpSportsReport.com Message Board lichoya68 Blue & Gray member is offline BEWARE IF THE FOUR HEADED CENTER COMES OUT TO PLAY WOWOWOWOW Joined: Nov 2004 Gender: Male Posts: 10,235 Re: Kenner League Aug 13 (QF Day 1) RECAP « Reply #2 on Aug 14, 2009, 1:21am » welcome back flhoya and GREAT POINT ABOUT HENRYS PASSING GREAT POINT he is a very skilled big man passer who i cant wait to see in there with greg more. its nice to have a recap person we can read and understand vs. that lichoya fella but ill tell you the other posters who did last wed nites game were quite good too very good but still think youre the man GO HOYAS ps i think hollis will be there fri as his mom now lives in the area but we will see go hoyas Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged go hoyas eat up and feast on the big east HoyaSinceBirth Platinum Hoya member is offline Joined: Oct 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 6,879 Location: Bethesda, MD Re: Kenner League Aug 13 (QF Day 1) RECAP « Reply #3 on Aug 14, 2009, 6:48am » Did chirs not play for DCX? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged lichoya68 Blue & Gray member is offline BEWARE IF THE FOUR HEADED CENTER COMES OUT TO PLAY WOWOWOWOW Joined: Nov 2004 Gender: Male Posts: 10,235 Re: Kenner League Aug 13 (QF Day 1) RECAP « Reply #4 on Aug 14, 2009, 6:57am » chris did not play i think long time ago memory short go hoyas Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged go hoyas eat up and feast on the big east skyhoya Century member is offline Joined: Dec 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 238 Re: Kenner League Aug 13 (QF Day 1) RECAP « Reply #5 on Aug 14, 2009, 7:48am » Lic, no James? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged HoyaNyr320 Silver Hoya member is offline Joined: Aug 2004 Gender: Male Posts: 637 Re: Kenner League Aug 13 (QF Day 1) RECAP « Reply #6 on Aug 14, 2009, 12:10pm » Any word on when the games start tonight (August 14)? Is it 7:30 PM like last night? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged lichoya68 Blue & Gray member is offline BEWARE IF THE FOUR HEADED CENTER COMES OUT TO PLAY WOWOWOWOW Joined: Nov 2004 Gender: Male Posts: 10,235 Re: Kenner League Aug 13 (QF Day 1) RECAP « Reply #7 on Aug 14, 2009, 8:50pm » no lebron james as rumored on fri quaterfinal disappointing probably watching the redfins get killed by the ravens oh well Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged go hoyas eat up and feast on the big east skyhoya Century member is offline Joined: Dec 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 238 Re: Kenner League Aug 13 (QF Day 1) RECAP « Reply #8 on Aug 15, 2009, 7:12am » Ravens? the no offense team appeared to have an offense against the defensive genius of the Skins. 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