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Post by tashoya on Jul 21, 2015 21:25:40 GMT -5
I don't think the front-court is thin at all, I would love to see Derrickson, Agua or both help out at the 5 spot if the matchup is right.. I agree. I'm also not as worried about our "bench play" as mentioned in one of those tweets. That might be because I don't really agree with his projected starting five but between Tre and guys like Derrickson and Agau, I'm really excited about our depth. Not to mention Hayes and Johnson. And if Cameron and Mourning can contribute too? Right now, I'm most concerned with how the current guys fit/lineups and defense. I think this will be one of the better offensive squads we've seen in a while.
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Post by gutuna on Jul 21, 2015 22:45:46 GMT -5
I don't think the front-court is thin at all, I would love to see Derrickson, Agua or both help out at the 5 spot if the matchup is right.. I think this will be one of the better offensive squads we've seen in a while. Agreed. The offense runs on reads, spacing, and taking a good shot when it appears. But in too many years, we could not trust the offense because we had players that were not a threat to score when that good shot appeared for them. And that lack of trust in the offense showed both from the players and JTIII's need to constantly tweak things to cover up our offensive holes. Next year we may have a couple different lineups we could play where all five players on the court are threats to score. And, crucially, 1-3 positions can shoot the three ball (and the 4, if Copeland or Derrickson play there) and our center will be able to hit mid-range shot if the defense sags on cutters. Look at the '06 and '07 teams to see what happens when the players compliment the system and start to trust one another and the offense. I do think Govan's ability to stay on the floor is the key. At first I do not even demand stellar defense from him. Rather, he has to not commit fouls and show good conditioning. He will be too important to the offense. See how Okafor needed to play matador defense last year because his team needed him on the floor to make the offense run.
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Post by MCIGuy on Jul 22, 2015 0:16:13 GMT -5
Love Rothstein. Always seem knowledgeable in regards to the Gtown team. His prediction for the starting five is mine as well (or maybe more accurately that is the five that I hope will start). Last year at this time he also picked the starting five and was only off when it came to Copeland who came off the bench for the first half of season. But ultimately Copeland ended up starting too so Rothstein was proven correct.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 8:01:03 GMT -5
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Post by matersammich on Jul 22, 2015 8:06:31 GMT -5
Marcus is going to be a matchup nightmare once he gets used to BE play.
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Post by hoyalove4ever on Jul 22, 2015 8:08:07 GMT -5
Great, great stuff. If most of it is true, the Hoyas are pretty loaded. If all of it is true- WATCH OUT!
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Post by prhoya on Jul 22, 2015 11:58:53 GMT -5
I'm going with DSR, LJ, Ike, White and Hayes as starters for our first game this season. As last season, IMO we will see several starting lineups throughout the season depending on who's hot and who's not, and player development.
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Post by prhoya on Jul 22, 2015 12:01:47 GMT -5
JT3 is licking his chops. After a long wait, he will finally be back to 5-v-5 ball. I think we'll see the best coaching job of his career.
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Post by BubbleVisionBiff on Jul 22, 2015 12:22:45 GMT -5
JT3 is licking his chops. After a long wait, he will finally be back to 5-v-5 ball. I think we'll see the best coaching job of his career. THIS.
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Post by sleepy on Jul 22, 2015 13:23:30 GMT -5
I really hope the optimism here is warrented. I am in total agreement that we have many options and looks potentially from our offense. I get very concerned when leading into the season our best defenders may be Peak and DSR. Agua's potential and,though, limited past experience may get him more minutes than some here think. We may need to put up 75+ pts per game. Im not really trying to be negative, just coming at from a different perspective.
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Post by tashoya on Jul 22, 2015 14:13:47 GMT -5
I really hope the optimism here is warrented. I am in total agreement that we have many options and looks potentially from our offense. I get very concerned when leading into the season our best defenders may be Peak and DSR. Agua's potential and,though, limited past experience may get him more minutes than some here think. We may need to put up 75+ pts per game. Im not really trying to be negative, just coming at from a different perspective. Definitely valid concerns. That said, LJ and Ike both improved dramatically over the course of last season. Hopefully, that progression has continued.
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Post by EtomicB on Jul 22, 2015 14:35:07 GMT -5
I really hope the optimism here is warrented. I am in total agreement that we have many options and looks potentially from our offense. I get very concerned when leading into the season our best defenders may be Peak and DSR. Agua's potential and,though, limited past experience may get him more minutes than some here think. We may need to put up 75+ pts per game. Im not really trying to be negative, just coming at from a different perspective. The team scored 70.9 overall and 68.5 in conference last year.. With a year of experience for the sophs, the new talent plus the 30 second shot clock rule 75+ should be easy for G'town.. I've watched enough okay defensive, horrible offensive G'town teams over the past few years.. I will Welcome a team that tries to out score its opponent with open arms..
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Post by nychoya3 on Jul 22, 2015 14:53:15 GMT -5
I mean, we were a better offensive team than defensive team last year. We were a horrible defensive team the year before.
I think removing Josh from the equation should make us a better defensive team immediately. I also think we'll be less predictable on offense with a more skilled front court.
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Post by prhoya on Jul 22, 2015 16:04:42 GMT -5
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Post by tashoya on Jul 22, 2015 19:47:57 GMT -5
I really hope the optimism here is warrented. I am in total agreement that we have many options and looks potentially from our offense. I get very concerned when leading into the season our best defenders may be Peak and DSR. Agua's potential and,though, limited past experience may get him more minutes than some here think. We may need to put up 75+ pts per game. Im not really trying to be negative, just coming at from a different perspective. The team scored 70.9 overall and 68.5 in conference last year.. With a year of experience for the sophs, the new talent plus the 30 second shot clock rule 75+ should be easy for G'town.. I've watched enough okay defensive, horrible offensive G'town teams over the past few years.. I will Welcome a team that tries to out score its opponent with open arms.. I like this perspective. As for JT3's best year of coaching (mentioned above somewhere), I think the coaching has been quite good considering the team has been (mostly) really competitive even with teams with large, glaring holes like playing 3 on 5 on offense. With added options and, hopefully, versatility, it will be likely more difficult to figure out rotations that work together well. But, from a coaching side of things, Coach has to be really excited to get to work with the guys that he has knowing that his margin for error, on paper at least, is not nearly as small as it has been in a number of the preceding years especially on the offensive side of things. Defense is often an issue with younger teams and I'm sure we'll see a good amount of that but that's not a new hurdle for us. I wouldn't be surprised to see a good amount of zone early on but I'm hoping that we have enough guys with quickness to eventually play some really solid, pressuring man as well. That would probably heavily depend on lineups but I'm hoping it could happen with a small lineup like Tre, LJ, Ike, Paul, Agau. Granted, that's not a lineup that will likely see much time together or against all that many teams but it seems to me that there isn't that much size in the BE this year anyway. I wouldn't be shocked to see some odd rotations even without foul trouble.
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Post by Cambridge on Jul 23, 2015 9:15:49 GMT -5
I really hope the optimism here is warrented. I am in total agreement that we have many options and looks potentially from our offense. I get very concerned when leading into the season our best defenders may be Peak and DSR. Agua's potential and,though, limited past experience may get him more minutes than some here think. We may need to put up 75+ pts per game. Im not really trying to be negative, just coming at from a different perspective. Definitely valid concerns. That said, LJ and Ike both improved dramatically over the course of last season. Hopefully, that progression has continued. I agree about Peak. He is a very good one on one defenders in that he is very good at staying in front of his man moving laterally, keeping his hands up and not fouling, and is great on recovery if he is beaten. That being said, he often got lost in the zone - as freshmen are wont to do. As the season progressed, though, that happened with much less frequency. In fact, I would wager that it was his defense that was the primary reason he made the USA team this past summer. I would be surprised if he didn't end up being one of our better defenders this year.
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Post by bigelephant on Jul 23, 2015 9:25:14 GMT -5
How can the Hoyas be a top 15 when they are going to be a top 10?
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Post by gutuna on Jul 23, 2015 9:27:29 GMT -5
How can the Hoyas be a top 15 when they are going to be a top 10? I would lecture on overlapping sets, but my degree is from SFS.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jul 23, 2015 10:31:38 GMT -5
How can the Hoyas be a top 15 when they are going to be a top 10? One step at a time big fella.
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Post by FromTheBeginning on Jul 23, 2015 12:47:19 GMT -5
Sounds like something from a Othmar Winkler class
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