Hoyas - St Johns BET 3/8/17 Discussion

[DanMcQ]

Commitment to defense and rebounding is the best place to start.

[FrazierFanatic]

Mar 6, 2017 11:17:04 GMT -5 DanMcQ said:

Commitment to defense and rebounding is the best place to start.

I don't know, 31 games in - why start now??😉

[hoyasaxa2003]

It may sound ridiculous, but we can absolutely win this game. It's about a 50/50 matchup, and I think that the betting line will probably reflect it. I would love to send St. John's back home to Queens and take a third shot at Villanova. While it's a cliche to say that it's hard to beat the same team three times in a season, it's grounded in some truth. I don't think it would happen, but you never know. Let's get a shot, at least, by defeating St. Johns.

[bamahoya11]

Mar 6, 2017 11:36:16 GMT -5 hoyasaxa2003 said:

It may sound ridiculous, but we can absolutely win this game. It's about a 50/50 matchup, and I think that the betting line will probably reflect it. I would love to send St. John's back home to Queens and take a third shot at Villanova. While it's a cliche to say that it's hard to beat the same team three times in a season, it's grounded in some truth. I don't think it would happen, but you never know. Let's get a shot, at least, by defeating St. Johns.

To my recollection, we have not won consecutive games in post season play (BET, NCAA, or NIT) since 2010. It's unlikely this year, but beating St. John's would give us am opportunity to do so against Villanova. I suspect the team will be ready to go, and my best guess is that we win this game and set up a chance to pull one of the great upsets of the season against Villanova. We had a similar scenario a year ago and kept it somewhat close. Until they're out, I'll be pulling for them.

[hoyapac]

Gotta win 4. Let's go Hoyas!

[guru]

Mar 6, 2017 11:36:16 GMT -5 hoyasaxa2003 said:

It may sound ridiculous, but we can absolutely win this game. It's about a 50/50 matchup, and I think that the betting line will probably reflect it. I would love to send St. John's back home to Queens and take a third shot at Villanova. While it's a cliche to say that it's hard to beat the same team three times in a season, it's grounded in some truth. I don't think it would happen, but you never know. Let's get a shot, at least, by defeating St. Johns.

It's not ridiculous. We beat them by 30 already! I'm resigned to the idea that JT3 will be back next season so a win in NYC and a shot at the top dog would give him a chance to regain at least a tiny bit of momentum after this cataclysmic stretch. I do think another game against Villanova would probably be ugly. But at this point who cares?

[FrazierFanatic]

We played incredibly ugly and still had a chance.
Play an actual basketball game without sloppy, lazy turnovers. Don't force shots. Box out a little.

Play on Thursday.

[HoyaFanNY]

turnovers and rebounding. be at least decent in those 2 areas and i think hoyas win rather easily.

is that asking too much?

[McBricks]

Of course I'll be rooting for the Hoyas to win. But there's a little something inside of me that wants this all to be over. I hate feeling this way.

[grandmahoya]

Will be at the game, and I think we have about a 40% chance of winning. Its been a tough season,
but I must support this team...warts and all. Go Hoyas!

[FrazierFanatic]

Mar 6, 2017 13:51:43 GMT -5 grandmahoya said:

Will be at the game, and I think we have about a 40% chance of winning. Its been a tough season,
but I must support this team...warts and all. Go Hoyas!

We follow to the bitter end!

[miracles87]

The fellas need to let loose and have some fun. As bad as I need a win, I am sure the team needs one a thousand times more....

New season!! Go get 'em Hoyas!!!

[prhoya]

One of the crazy stats of the season:

Marcus only had 7 games in which he scored in double figures. Our record in those games? 2 W's and 5 L's.

[bamahoya11]

I feel oddly positive about this game and this tournament.  On one hand, it has been an absolutely awful week.  All of the infighting in the fan base, in the press, and in the post-game accounts from Saturday has finally gotten to me.  After all the stress and consternation, I just wish that something good could finally happen for this team.  But, even if it doesn't, there is literally nowhere for us to go but up.  

As I noted earlier, Georgetown hasn't won back-to-back postseason tournament games since 2010.  I also don't think Georgetown has upset a higher-seeded team since the 2010 Big East Tournament, though it's possible that I could be missing something in there.  I think we get past St. John's.  The Johnnies are a streaky team, not particularly good, and we usually respond to a poor performance on the court with a relatively strong performance.  Saturday was a low point, and I think we dig in and get a win to open up league play.  Then, the question just becomes whether we can hang with Villanova for a full 40 minutes.  That'll be a tough task.  If we can make it to Friday, I may try to come up to MSG.  

[practice]

Mar 6, 2017 18:52:11 GMT -5 bamahoya11 said:

I feel oddly positive about this game and this tournament.  On one hand, it has been an absolutely awful week.  All of the infighting in the fan base, in the press, and in the post-game accounts from Saturday has finally gotten to me.  After all the stress and consternation, I just wish that something good could finally happen for this team.  But, even if it doesn't, there is literally nowhere for us to go but up.  

As I noted earlier, Georgetown hasn't won back-to-back postseason tournament games since 2010.  I also don't think Georgetown has upset a higher-seeded team since the 2010 Big East Tournament, though it's possible that I could be missing something in there.  I think we get past St. John's.  The Johnnies are a streaky team, not particularly good, and we usually respond to a poor performance on the court with a relatively strong performance.  Saturday was a low point, and I think we dig in and get a win to open up league play.  Then, the question just becomes whether we can hang with Villanova for a full 40 minutes.  That'll be a tough task.  If we can make it to Friday, I may try to come up to MSG.  

I really feel like the program needs to make a change and an early exit might just tip the scales ... HOWEVER ... how great would it be for this team to make a run ... in order to make a run they'd have to upset Nova in on Thursday ... I hope JT3 let's the kids just play ball.  There is absolutely nothing to lose at this point.   Hopefully the players understand that the pressure is off.  If the unbelievable happens ... great ... but they really shouldn't be looking past St. John's.   Let these kids loose ... let's see them drop 90 like USC Upstate, Lasalle or Coppin State ... on any given day that St. John's team is ripe for a severe beating.   Blow'em out!  

[guru]

Mar 6, 2017 19:42:21 GMT -5 practice said:

Mar 6, 2017 18:52:11 GMT -5 bamahoya11 said:

I feel oddly positive about this game and this tournament.  On one hand, it has been an absolutely awful week.  All of the infighting in the fan base, in the press, and in the post-game accounts from Saturday has finally gotten to me.  After all the stress and consternation, I just wish that something good could finally happen for this team.  But, even if it doesn't, there is literally nowhere for us to go but up.  

As I noted earlier, Georgetown hasn't won back-to-back postseason tournament games since 2010.  I also don't think Georgetown has upset a higher-seeded team since the 2010 Big East Tournament, though it's possible that I could be missing something in there.  I think we get past St. John's.  The Johnnies are a streaky team, not particularly good, and we usually respond to a poor performance on the court with a relatively strong performance.  Saturday was a low point, and I think we dig in and get a win to open up league play.  Then, the question just becomes whether we can hang with Villanova for a full 40 minutes.  That'll be a tough task.  If we can make it to Friday, I may try to come up to MSG.  

I really feel like the program needs to make a change and an early exit might just tip the scales ... HOWEVER ... how great would it be for this team to make a run ... in order to make a run they'd have to upset Nova in on Thursday ... I hope JT3 let's the kids just play ball.  There is absolutely nothing to lose at this point.   Hopefully the players understand that the pressure is off.  If the unbelievable happens ... great ... but they really shouldn't be looking past St. John's.   Let these kids loose ... let's see them drop 90 like USC Upstate, Lasalle or Coppin State ... on any given day that St. John's team is ripe for a severe beating.   Blow'em out!  

Yes! Let them play! The less coaching they get in NYC, the better. Literally nothing to lose. Turn them loose.

[kghoya]

A close loss would be fine.

I'm not sure anyone needs to watch Josh Hart kill Georgetown one more time.

[hoyainla]

Mar 6, 2017 20:52:26 GMT -5 kghoya said:

A close loss would be fine.

I'm not sure anyone needs to watch Josh Hart kill Georgetown one more time.

A close loss would be the perfect end to the season and hopefully JT3's Georgetown coaching career.

[eagle54]

We won't beat St. John's in MSG. This team has no fight in it if that wasn't clearly seen in our senior day debacle.

[EasyEd]

Only ten more wins till the National Championship.