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Post by prhoya on Feb 16, 2010 11:31:28 GMT -5
40+ FT attempts by UConn. What a joke Nova is becoming. They are going to crash and burn in the NCAAs since they are basically playing basketball-by-attrition. It will depend on how good the other team is from the FT line throughout the game, esp. in the end when Nova, winning or losing, makes it a FT shooting contest. It's the patented Villanova Offense.
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Post by gtowndynasty on Feb 16, 2010 11:54:08 GMT -5
40+ FT attempts by UConn. What a joke Nova is becoming. They are going to crash and burn in the NCAAs since they are basically playing basketball-by-attrition. It will depend on how good the other team is from the FT line throughout the game, esp. in the end when Nova, winning or losing, makes it a FT shooting contest. It's the patented Villanova Offense. I think this approach to the game will cause them to lose. It is still a free throw. And when you let guys go to the line 6-7 times, they get used to it. Even the guys that dont get a ton of attempts. For instance, HT had 10 free throws when we played them. He hadnt shot 10 the whole big east season! By the time the end of the game came, he felt very comfortable at the line because he had been there so much. I think they play pickup ball D. They reach as if they are being taught to. I mean I have never seen a collegiate team reach and scramble like they do. I know they have the bodies to be aggressive on D and that is cool, but the ridiculous reaching on the perimeter is going to hurt them. Teams cant win when they put their competition in the bonus with 12 mins left!
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Post by paranoia2 on Feb 16, 2010 14:21:05 GMT -5
Villanova simply FLAILS all game long. That stooge Maurice Sutton full extension diving after a UCONN player on a fast break, King groping every guy in the lane, Fisher initiating contact or swimming with his offhand on every drive in the lane, Geronimo Pena just leaping into players and only getting called for it 75% of the time and even Cheek the freshman running up players backs and sometimes getting away with it. It's junk basketball.
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Post by CAHoya07 on Feb 16, 2010 14:38:24 GMT -5
ESPNU Big East doubleheader tonight - Cincinnati at South Florida at 7pm EST, followed by Rutgers at DePaul at 9pm EST.
Cincy-USF is interesting for bubble implications. Even though they've lost two in a row since beating us (both on the road to ND and Marquette), I'll still put my money on USF at the "raucous" Sun Dome.
Don't know what to think about the first of two matchups between the current bottom of the Big East, but if DePaul beats Rutgers tonight, that will definitely be an added punch to the nuts.
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Post by VelvetElvis on Feb 16, 2010 15:31:18 GMT -5
Someone should probably inform our team that had we beaten USF and Rutgers we would be one game out of first place right now with a very realistic chance to win the conference if we beat Syracuse and then Syracuse beat Nova at home. Just to rub it in a little bit more. This is the most irritating post of the year. Doesn't mean it isn't true!
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Post by Buckets on Feb 16, 2010 16:15:22 GMT -5
I'm relatively sure that if the goaltending call that Aldrich got had been called against the Hoyas, I would have put something through a wall.
Kansas plays phenomenal defense but they're really nothing special at all on offense. Aldrich is a great defender and rebounder but a mediocre scorer. Collins has been leading them in scoring but 44% eFG in conference play isn't anything special, nor are his assist numbers. Henry has played his way into a sophomore season with his conference play. Marcus Morris is good but I'm not sure how much he scores if you keep him off the offensive glass.
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 16, 2010 23:40:03 GMT -5
It's nice to see that lousy refs are not limited to the Big East as Mississippi State gets hosed in OT at home (of course Mike Kitts was involved so it's not surprising). The non goaltending call on Wall was crucial.
I grew up in Lexington, KY and I have to admit this Kentucky team is a singularly unlikeable. That doesn't excuse yahoos throwing bottles on the floor.
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Post by Grandpa on Feb 16, 2010 23:55:13 GMT -5
ESPNU Big East doubleheader tonight - Cincinnati at South Florida at 7pm EST, followed by Rutgers at DePaul at 9pm EST. Cincy-USF is interesting for bubble implications. Even though they've lost two in a row since beating us (both on the road to ND and Marquette), I'll still put my money on USF at the "raucous" Sun Dome. Don't know what to think about the first of two matchups between the current bottom of the Big East, but if DePaul beats Rutgers tonight, that will definitely be an added punch to the nuts. USF defeats Cincy (both now stand at 6-7 in conf) and an unpleasant trauma to CAHoya's nether region was averted with a Rutgers comeback win on the road over DePaul. And, oh yeah, Jonathan Mitchell of Rutgers who went for 24 vs. the Hoyas on Sunday (4-6 on 3ptrs) goes for 4 points on 1-9 shooting (1 of 7 from 3).
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Post by CAHoya07 on Feb 17, 2010 0:06:43 GMT -5
ESPNU Big East doubleheader tonight - Cincinnati at South Florida at 7pm EST, followed by Rutgers at DePaul at 9pm EST. Cincy-USF is interesting for bubble implications. Even though they've lost two in a row since beating us (both on the road to ND and Marquette), I'll still put my money on USF at the "raucous" Sun Dome. Don't know what to think about the first of two matchups between the current bottom of the Big East, but if DePaul beats Rutgers tonight, that will definitely be an added punch to the nuts. USF defeats Cincy (both now stand at 6-7 in conf) and an unpleasant trauma to CAHoya's nether region was averted with a Rutgers comeback win on the road over DePaul. And, oh yeah, Jonathan Mitchell of Rutgers who went for 24 vs. the Hoyas on Sunday (4-6 on 3ptrs) goes for 4 points on 1-9 shooting (1 of 7 from 3). Part of me somewhere outside my nether region was actually kind of pulling for DePaul. I mean, in their last 31 Big East regular season games, they are 1-30. It's bad for the Big East to have a team with that bad of a record. The only team I would wish that on would be a certain institution in upstate New York, who we happen to play on Thursday. Does South Florida and Rutgers winning tonight soften the pain of our losses against them? Meh, not really. The only thing that can do that is beating Syracuse on Thursday.
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Post by Grandpa on Feb 17, 2010 9:46:36 GMT -5
I know I shouldn't take too much solace in this fact, but after Rutgers win over DePaul on the road last night, their RPI is up to 102 (as of Wednesday morning). I know as Georgetown fans this does nothing to change the fact that we feel it was a game the Hoyas should not have lost; however, from a strict numbers perspective, the loss could end up falling in the category of a loss to a near top-100 team if Rutgers pulls off an upset or two against one or two of the 50-range teams left on their schedule. Then again, WarrenNolan.com predicts them at a 140 RPI and that appears to factor in a 2-3 record over its last five games (which would mean at least one upset over the likes of either Seton Hall and/or UConn). warrennolan.com/basketball/2010/schedule/Rutgers
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Post by GUJook97 on Feb 17, 2010 10:03:17 GMT -5
Rutgers is playing well. Give them a credit. I think a lot of the reason many, myself included, thought Rutgers was the perfect home and home team was because they basically quit in our game earlier in the season. And, they looked like that in a lot of others games I saw them play. But, to their credit, they turned their season around and our very much playing like an average Big East team.
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Post by hoyarooter on Feb 17, 2010 20:34:03 GMT -5
Just noticed on line that Harangody isn't playing today against Louisville. Anybody know why?
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Post by GUJook97 on Feb 17, 2010 21:04:19 GMT -5
Harangody got hurt a couple of games ago - bone bruise on the knee. He missed SJU, as well. L'ville looks pretty awful. I think every team in the league has the "we only play well against good teams" disease.
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Post by CTHoya08 on Feb 17, 2010 21:53:51 GMT -5
And Louisville is tied with us for fifth in the Big East, for a day.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Feb 17, 2010 22:38:36 GMT -5
Seton Hall has a little chance at magic here. 6-7 with two Rutgers and a Providence left plus a WVU team they should have beaten and Marquette at home. One of these 6-7 teams (at least) is going to play their way into a position where it's 40 good minutes at MSG from making the field.
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Feb 18, 2010 9:08:15 GMT -5
Yeah, seems like Cincy, USF, and Seton Hall each have one or two solid wins, and strong enough computer numbers that if they can make it to 10 wins (including one in the BET) at least one of them is in the NCAAs. Right now, they're all hovering around 50 in the RPI, so four more wins would give them a chance to wind up on the right side of the bubble.
As for ND (schedule) and UConn (not enough wins), it might require running the table and grabbing at least a pair in the Garden.
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Post by GUJook97 on Feb 18, 2010 9:19:35 GMT -5
The crazy thing is that after the Lville win, you can probably fairly say that the top 7 are who they are going to be. With that in mind, we would have played all 6 on the road + 2 games additional against the top 2. That's brutal...and probably has never happened in an unbalanced schedule. As much as i think the 4 seed in still in our grasp, you can definitely see why we are 8-5 and ranked #10, and Lville and Marq are 8-5 and might not even make the tourney. Yet, you can also see why we might be playing on BET Wednesday.
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Post by CAHoya07 on Feb 18, 2010 10:35:54 GMT -5
Man, if you're Notre Dame, and down two with the ball in the second OT with time trickling down, how can you not: 1) find a wide open man right underneath the basket for the easiest two you will ever get, and 2) not even get a shot off? I mean, wow, a gritty, noble effort by Irish until that point, but that was an Esherickian final possession. Brey called timeout with 11 seconds left for THAT?
A crappy ending to an otherwise incredibly entertaining game.
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Post by lichoya68 on Feb 18, 2010 11:05:18 GMT -5
ND VILLE WAS A WAR ....WHAT A FREAKING LEGAUE THATS ALL THE ANNOUNCERS COULD TALK ABOUT.... WHAT A LEAGUE.. AND PEOPLE WONT WANNA PLAY ANY OF THESE TEAMS IN THE BIG DANCE ...... ps i dont like notre dame but WHAT GUTSY PLAY BY THEIR LITTLE USED RESERVES... WITHOUT GODY ....AND BEING IN FOUL TROUBLE.... gotta hand it too em.... alot of guts.... now GO HOYAS BEAT CUSE .....WITH HUSTLE FORTY MINUTES... NO MORE NO OT.... HERE....... PLEASE BEAT CUSE ....THIS COUNTS NOW.... AND IS WELL kinda sorta importatant like REAL IMPORTANT .... YES.... ITS FEBRUARY... EAT THE BANNANA.... SQEEZE THE ORANGE ....JUST BEAT EM UP ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by NCHoya on Feb 18, 2010 11:20:44 GMT -5
I thought it was a shame ND lost that game last night. 4 players fouled out for ND, Harangody did not even play, so down 5 guys, all front-court players and they are one shot from winning at Freedom Hall?
This makes it even more imperative in my mind that Hoyas get their acts together on the road and beat UL. No excuse. That team is not a NCAA team in my mind. ND's players could take them off the dribble any time they wanted, and in reality, did not play one of their better games but still shoudl have won if they do not go 0-4 from FT line to end regulation.
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