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Post by dchoya72 on Mar 6, 2021 15:15:31 GMT -5
He's not assertive,but he looks like he belongs. I've not seen him seek his shot this year, yet he looks capable.
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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Mar 6, 2021 15:16:54 GMT -5
Outscored them 57-48 in second half. Hey this UCONN team, with Gillespie out, is a lock for BET title and is probably a final four team. Don't let this blowout sour us on our team. We lost to a very good team. With a little luck we are capable of winning 2 BET games and maybe getting an NIT bid. An 11-13 team (even 12-13 if we made the final) is not getting a NIT bid when their field is only 16 teams this year I agree. I was wondering myself if we just played poorly or is this UConn team that good. They really are impressive.
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Post by dchoya72 on Mar 6, 2021 15:17:45 GMT -5
I hope not. But we will see next season when Beard is our floor general Beard will be a good guard but Dante is the better PG. No matter how much Boya hates him, he has the IQ of a HM PG. Sure he's not a NBA level athlete but you dont need that from a PG in college. I would expect Dante to be our Point guard. Anyone else would have to earn it. I don't believe it will not be given away or taken away by coaches.
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Post by EtomicB on Mar 6, 2021 15:18:45 GMT -5
If you think Galen or Bile has NBA athleticism and/or Carey has an elite skill, then I’m not sure you are watching enough non Hoya games. More so than what III was brining in (sub par Big East level athletes like Reggie Cameron) So you skip over LJ Peak or Pryor or Copeland or Bowen etc.. to get to Cameron? Be a little fair Professor
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Post by dchoya72 on Mar 6, 2021 15:22:55 GMT -5
We score 82 points and still get blown out! Damn!! The key for this team to win is playing good defense. When they don’t it really doesn’t matter what they do on the offensive end. Strangely, I don't they played terrible defense. They seemed right there with a hand in the face for many shots, but always short and UCONN was operating on all cylinders from the jump. Game seem to demonstrate a higher level of talent for UCONN. Losing so many, I don't know who will lead next year, except for Dante.
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Post by dchoya72 on Mar 6, 2021 15:29:01 GMT -5
Reason to be encouraged: Ewing's strong post-game recognition of the lack of effort, ball movement, rebounding and defense. Reasons to be discouraged: The continued lack of consistency by his teams and the apparent inability to stay disciplined and run the offense and play defense. Poor shooting happens. Lack of effort should not. I can no longer think of any adjectives to use in describing the careless, stupid, mind-numbing TOs that plague this team even on the best of days. In the best of worlds Yurtseven would have been back and Wahab would have spent another year growing and learning as a backup. I think that his departure is so much more damaging than losing McClung or Akinjo. Yurtseven would not have helped!!
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Post by dchoya72 on Mar 6, 2021 15:30:57 GMT -5
We need a Jeff Green or Otto Porter type, soon.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 6, 2021 16:12:54 GMT -5
The key for this team to win is playing good defense. When they don’t it really doesn’t matter what they do on the offensive end. Strangely, I don't they played terrible defense. They seemed right there with a hand in the face for many shots, but always short and UCONN was operating on all cylinders from the jump. Game seem to demonstrate a higher level of talent for UCONN. Losing so many, I don't know who will lead next year, except for Dante. Aminu will lead next year.
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Post by OldHoyafan on Mar 6, 2021 16:28:24 GMT -5
Beard is our starting PG next season. Harris is a role player. I think some people are going to be very disappointed by Beard's PG ability. I have watched a couple of Beard's games and was surprised to see that he plays very little real pg. Number ! on that team plays the majority of minutes at pg. That's not saying he can not play it but I had thought originally that he was THE pg for that team.
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Post by hoyaboya on Mar 6, 2021 16:43:27 GMT -5
I think some people are going to be very disappointed by Beard's PG ability. I have watched a couple of Beard's games and was surprised to see that he plays very little real pg. Number ! on that team plays the majority of minutes at pg. That's not saying he can not play it but I had thought originally that he was THE pg for that team. Beard is better than Harris but I’d like to see most of next year’s PG minutes go to a grad transfer.
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Post by hoyaboya on Mar 6, 2021 16:52:46 GMT -5
Beard will be a good guard but Dante is the better PG. No matter how much Boya hates him, he has the IQ of a HM PG. Sure he's not a NBA level athlete but you dont need that from a PG in college. I would expect Dante to be our Point guard. Anyone else would have to earn it. I don't believe it will not be given away or taken away by coaches. The only reason Dante is the PG playing so many minutes is because Beard decided to take a post-grad year and Jalen Harris played his way off the team. In next year’s must-win season for Ewing, I trust he’s smart enough to look for an upgrade at that position.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 6, 2021 17:04:23 GMT -5
Some thoughts: Is this bad coaching? I suppose in a macro-level, Ewing's more pro-style system leads to us getting killed when we get this much out-talented. Running pro-style pick and rolls and a mostly straight up man is not how you run a team with inferior talent. So on a larger level ... yes, this is a coaching loss in that sense. But it's a strategic one. People were excited to see a coach who built a system for better athletes and players. Well, this is what happens when you don't have those players. It was a choice I think a lot of those complaining signed off on. Where I get tripped up is, Ewing came into Georgetown knowing he did not have the types of athletes and players you would typically use in a pro-style system. And, in the college game, when a program is at the stature Georgetown is at now (or in 2017, when Ewing got hired), I think it is unreasonable to expect a roster full of those athletes. I realize Aminu and some of our incoming freshman may be better athletes, which is great, but why you would use a system for 4 years that simply doesn't fit your roster, in the hope that someday you'll have players to implement it? And, I assume this is mostly referring to offense. There has been no discernible defensive system other than playing man-to-man coverage (and things like the hard hedge last year). As I noted in a recent post in the program thread, the defensive side still worries me the most. I think it relates to both offense and defense. We certainly haven't been effective with a packed in zone or anything. People were EXCITED to see us run a pro-style offense when Ewing came in, despite not having the horses. That's because people were obsessed with the recruiting implications of what JTIII ran -- the idea here was that by running an open, pro-style offense, you'd be able to recruit the talent to play it despite not being very good for a year or two. And to some extent, the plan might have actually worked? If we were rolling out Akinjo, Mac, Pickett, LeBlanc and Wahab this year, where is this team? In the alternate reality where that team has even normal chemistry, I think that team is tournament bound and has a chance to make some noise. Oh, there's no big time recruit in there, but there's solid talent and a bunch of juniors and seniors who have played together. Instead, we are rebuilding the talent level again. I'm not here to litigate whether that's on Ewing. I'm merely noting that everyone seemed pretty content with the plan as it was -- play to recruit, live with the consequences. I am not as generally enamored with that strategy overall, but it was a pretty strong consensus for years. This is the downside of it.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 6, 2021 17:12:10 GMT -5
I have watched a couple of Beard's games and was surprised to see that he plays very little real pg. Number ! on that team plays the majority of minutes at pg. That's not saying he can not play it but I had thought originally that he was THE pg for that team. Beard is better than Harris but I’d like to see most of next year’s PG minutes go to a grad transfer. We don't have a spot for a grad transfer unless one of the underclassmen leaves.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 6, 2021 17:16:55 GMT -5
I have watched a couple of Beard's games and was surprised to see that he plays very little real pg. Number ! on that team plays the majority of minutes at pg. That's not saying he can not play it but I had thought originally that he was THE pg for that team. Beard is better than Harris but I’d like to see most of next year’s PG minutes go to a grad transfer. Never hurts to have three pg/combo guard (unless Akinjo is one of them) to account for injury/foul trouble.
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Post by dchoya72 on Mar 6, 2021 17:24:23 GMT -5
I think some people are going to be very disappointed by Beard's PG ability. I have watched a couple of Beard's games and was surprised to see that he plays very little real pg. Number ! on that team plays the majority of minutes at pg. That's not saying he can not play it but I had thought originally that he was THE pg for that team. #0?
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Post by OldHoyafan on Mar 6, 2021 17:24:28 GMT -5
There's not too much to say. In a game in which everyone was bad, Carey was a special kind of bad. The game was too fast for him. That's bad enough...but he didnt seem to know it. Too many passes to no one and drives with no chance of success. And...his defense is always subpar. Our lack of athleticism really showed, especially our bigs. Q's strength is being mechanically sound. He still can't improvise. At all. UConn shot the lights out, sure. But we get screened off the ball way too easily. And if you can't keep guys in front....you force help...which leads to offensive boards. There are some great game analysis on the board today. Someone mentioned the first UConn game that they reminded him of old Georgetown teams and this game exemplified that. Georgetown's teams of the 70-80's had athletes at every position. not all could shoot, not all could handle the ball to create their own shots, but all could hustle, play defense and rebound. This UConn team is similar. They have one super star in Bouknight but the rest are just athletes plus at least three gourds who can handle the ball to get where ever they want to be. the Hoyas are lacking this big time.The Hoyas' two centers are very mechanical in their moves around the basket. Their guards, outside of Dante, can not penetrate and score or set up other teammates. this is not to criticize these young men. They are members of a team of which I am a fan and will always appreciate their decision to play for the Hoyas, however it is what it is. The real transition begins next year with the four incoming freshman, who are all athletes and non are mechanical, even Mutombo whose father was very mechanical on offense. UConn And Providence, because of their athleticism and depth provide the most difficult matchup for the Hoyas in the BET. hopefully they won't face either early.
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Post by hsaxon on Mar 6, 2021 17:25:14 GMT -5
He's not assertive,but he looks like he belongs. I've not seen him seek his shot this year, yet he looks capable.
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Post by dchoya72 on Mar 6, 2021 17:25:25 GMT -5
I have watched a couple of Beard's games and was surprised to see that he plays very little real pg. Number ! on that team plays the majority of minutes at pg. That's not saying he can not play it but I had thought originally that he was THE pg for that team. Beard is better than Harris but I’d like to see most of next year’s PG minutes go to a grad transfer. Not surprised.
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Post by hsaxon on Mar 6, 2021 17:26:29 GMT -5
Beard is better than Harris but I’d like to see most of next year’s PG minutes go to a grad transfer. Never hurts to have three pg/combo guard (unless Akinjo is one of them) to account for injury/foul trouble. We need some really good players. A #3 point guard is "not going to get it.
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Post by hsaxon on Mar 6, 2021 17:27:50 GMT -5
For a while I’ve been wondering if our defense actually has improved or if it’s largely good fortune of other teams shooting badly. Obviously, this is only one game but our defense, which tends to give other teams wide open theee point shots, really collapses when the other team makes those shots. Recently, we’ve played a bunch of teams that struggled to shoot. But, today Connecticut really exploited our defense. So we basically exit the 2021 regular season with the same major problem we had last year - no quality defense. I don’t know why Ewing is stubborn and won’t hire an assistant who could help out on that end. Good point. I think some will be perplexed if there are not some staff changes. What does the AD say?
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