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Post by guru on Feb 13, 2014 11:37:21 GMT -5
from Wiki During Lavin’s tenure as UCLA head coach, the Bruins qualified for six consecutive NCAA Tournaments (1997–2002). During this period, Lavin became one of two coaches (along with Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski) to have led his team to five NCAA Sweet 16s in six seasons. when is the last time we made the SWEET 16? Everyone has opinions. Exactly my man - so why get upset when someone disagrees with yours? You are a child.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 13, 2014 11:57:46 GMT -5
After Sunday he can be the greatest coach in college hoops. Just screw up Sunday and I'll be content.
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Post by drquigley on Feb 13, 2014 12:59:56 GMT -5
from Wiki During Lavin’s tenure as UCLA head coach, the Bruins qualified for six consecutive NCAA Tournaments (1997–2002). During this period, Lavin became one of two coaches (along with Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski) to have led his team to five NCAA Sweet 16s in six seasons. when is the last time we made the SWEET 16? Everyone has opinions. We have won the last six meetings against St John's by an average of 17 points. I was at 3 of those games and watched the other 3 on TV. In all those games it looked like the Johnies never viewed any films of us. They were clueless when we went to a 2-3 zone and had no idea how to play D or run a half court offense. Take away their fast breaks and they were lost. And Harrison played totally out of control but was never benched. Can't argue with his accomplishments at UCLA but since joining BE Lavins teams did not look well coached.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Feb 13, 2014 13:08:12 GMT -5
St. John's is a good defensive squad. They don't shoot too well, but they don't turn it over, either.
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Post by cturner on Feb 13, 2014 13:31:07 GMT -5
They looked extremely well coached in the Creighton game.
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Post by flyoverhoya on Feb 13, 2014 14:07:24 GMT -5
Thank you! Had completely forgotten about Thunder Horse (although I was partial to Storm Hero).
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Post by DoctorHoya on Feb 13, 2014 14:08:37 GMT -5
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Feb 13, 2014 15:31:46 GMT -5
Whether Lavin can coach or not doesn't really matter. The fact is well coached or not, St. John's has talent and we need to bring our A game on Sunday. If Lavin wants to manage the game poorly, all the better, but we don't need a poor strategy from Lavin for us to win the game.
Also, I think it's unfair to criticize Lavin for the losses from last year, considering he wasn't even coaching because of his cancer recovery. I know he was surely still involved, but it's not the same. And as I said at the start - it doesn't matter, we need to win by beating Lavin's players, not Lavin.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2014 16:52:49 GMT -5
Going to be tough to get this W on Sun…. St Johns will be treating this like their Super Bowl, they can’t stand us...
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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Feb 13, 2014 17:21:35 GMT -5
Going to be tough to get this W on Sun…. St Johns will be treating this like their Super Bowl, they can’t stand us...
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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Feb 13, 2014 17:24:08 GMT -5
Agree. This is a big, huge, game changer. If we get out of here with the w, it would/should do wonders for our confidence.
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Post by dreamhoya on Feb 13, 2014 18:21:15 GMT -5
agreed. the thing is, can't let the game be very close then the Johnnies will gain confidence and be tough to beat up here.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Feb 13, 2014 18:39:58 GMT -5
Whether Lavin can coach or not doesn't really matter. The fact is well coached or not, St. John's has talent and we need to bring our A game on Sunday. If Lavin wants to manage the game poorly, all the better, but we don't need a poor strategy from Lavin for us to win the game. Also, I think it's unfair to criticize Lavin for the losses from last year, considering he wasn't even coaching because of his cancer recovery. I know he was surely still involved, but it's not the same. And as I said at the start - it doesn't matter, we need to win by beating Lavin's players, not Lavin. That was 2 years ago not last year and it includes the only game when Harrison scored double digits against us.
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Post by tashoya on Feb 13, 2014 21:49:56 GMT -5
That's exactly what I was doing. Thanks for that. I'm currently in 106 for the game. Is 113 better?
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Post by tashoya on Feb 13, 2014 21:52:01 GMT -5
I agree that Lavin has not proven himself to be a good coach in the past, especially offensively. Having said that, he has his guys committed on D right now and that is paying dividends for them. I have to give him his due in that regard (as much as I am loathe to do so).
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Post by hoyarooter on Feb 13, 2014 22:18:56 GMT -5
from Wiki During Lavin’s tenure as UCLA head coach, the Bruins qualified for six consecutive NCAA Tournaments (1997–2002). During this period, Lavin became one of two coaches (along with Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski) to have led his team to five NCAA Sweet 16s in six seasons. when is the last time we made the SWEET 16? Everyone has opinions. Exactly my man - so why get upset when someone disagrees with yours? You are a child. Take a deep breath. Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale. There, I feel better now, and I won't respond to Wiki's post. Oh, the hell with it. Yes, I will. Steve Lavin is to UCLA basketball what Craig Esherick is to GU basketball. He nearly singlehandledly ruined the program. He was thrown into a position for which he was ill-prepared (I don't blame him for that - UCLA's fault, not his), and he got great talent his first few years there, simply because it was UCLA. But players never improved under his tutelage, and he could never get the team up for playing bad teams. Every season was filled with close calls or bad losses against inferior opponents. Sure the team did well in the NCAA tournament, because the kids could motivate themselves for those games. Eventually, though, kids came to realize that Lavin sucked as a coach, and started going elsewhere. He left the cupboard totally bare for Ben Howland.
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Post by hoyas1995 on Feb 13, 2014 23:08:12 GMT -5
St. John's looks very beatable tonight. Tied at 67 against Seton Hall in the final minute
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Post by hoyas1995 on Feb 13, 2014 23:14:32 GMT -5
St John's escapes with the W. Seton Hall finds another way to lose (except when playing us)
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Post by dreamhoya on Feb 13, 2014 23:35:30 GMT -5
big game, both teams 6-6
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Post by DoctorHoya on Feb 14, 2014 9:53:02 GMT -5
That's exactly what I was doing. Thanks for that. I'm currently in 106 for the game. Is 113 better? You have the same seating chart I do haha I just went for what was available and not ridic expensive.
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