lichoya68
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OK YOUNGINS ARE HERE AND ARE VERY VERY GOOD cant wait GO HOYAS
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Post by lichoya68 on Jan 24, 2006 22:31:13 GMT -5
SAW GAME ON ESPNU AT A FRIENDS ... JEFF MISSED A FEW INSIDE BUNNJIES WHICH REALLY WERE IN AND SPUN OUT.... AND I THINK A SHOT ABOUT TEN FEET IN THE LANE... AND I THINK A COUPLE OF THREES... IN THE FIRST HALF I THINK.. .SOOOOO IF WE HIT HALF OF THEM AGAIN LIKE WEST VA. . INSTEAD OF SIX POINT LEAD AT HALF I THINK WOULDA BEEN LIKE15 OR SO ....BUT WE FREAKING WON..... AND JEFF WAS PART OF THAT ...... ;D GO HOYAS SKIN THE BEARCATS...... ;D ;D
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Jan 24, 2006 22:31:29 GMT -5
Welcome back, HeartAttack...
We play to our opponent's ability, plain and simple.
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YB
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Post by YB on Jan 24, 2006 22:35:50 GMT -5
Heart Attack Hoyas- just like 94-95.
I was not surprised this game was close- ND always has our # and always plays us tough. Always. And this ND team is a tough team, good team that plays in the toughest conf in America.
BTW, give BB a pass- his boards and clutch FTs gave us the lead and kept it for us at end of reg. He played well overall and should not be penalized for Falls' acting job.
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Post by williambraskyiii on Jan 24, 2006 22:37:35 GMT -5
i have to say - BB's tip at the end of regulation was RIDICULOUS - the young man is an athlete, just wish he would use his brain. also, interesting to see him get called for a travel on one of his patented lead-with-the-other-hand-drives, if anyone knows what i am talking about.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Jan 24, 2006 23:11:12 GMT -5
I think we need to follow our advice about the duke game in this case. Forget about it and move on to the next one. Sure it was a tough game and the past three games are probably goign to kill at least one of the elderly hoya fans but We need to move on and focus on the next game rather than dwelling on our less than stellar performance today.
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Jan 24, 2006 23:16:03 GMT -5
How do you go to Double OT and never trail? Bizarre.
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 24, 2006 23:30:12 GMT -5
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Post by SoCal Hoya85 on Jan 25, 2006 0:35:10 GMT -5
The reason we have forked over big leads in many games in my opinion is because of JTIII's strategy. When we are up by a large enough amount JTIII has his players really get as much mileage out of the shot clock and the Princeton offense as possible. This isnt a new strategy but III runs it as early as 8 minutes left in the second half.
To me his strategy seems to be contain three point shooters, make the other team really work to get twos which take more time off the clock, and take as much time off the shot clock as possible before shooting a high quality two.
Now people are going to be thinking- hey wait a minute a remember a lot of fast breaks against Duke. Thats true but if you rewatch some of the game tape almost all of those fast breaks are incredibly wide open with the exception of the BB DJ two on one. Also Jeff, DJ and JWall repeatedly pull the ball back with numbers in their favor and III calls a time out when we start jacking threes and afterwords we work the clock to the bone.
I think it is a great strategy because bottom line we win, while it has been closer than it should be in both games it is a result of poor free throw shooting and turnovers that shouldn't happen.
So thats why i think we have an inclination to blow leads because we are in protection mode far earlier and playing a game of attrition.
What do you all think?
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njcoach
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Post by njcoach on Jan 25, 2006 9:26:12 GMT -5
The reason we have forked over big leads in many games in my opinion is because of JTIII's strategy. When we are up by a large enough amount JTIII has his players really get as much mileage out of the shot clock and the Princeton offense as possible. This isnt a new strategy but III runs it as early as 8 minutes left in the second half. To me his strategy seems to be contain three point shooters, make the other team really work to get twos which take more time off the clock, and take as much time off the shot clock as possible before shooting a high quality two. Now people are going to be thinking- hey wait a minute a remember a lot of fast breaks against Duke. Thats true but if you rewatch some of the game tape almost all of those fast breaks are incredibly wide open with the exception of the BB DJ two on one. Also Jeff, DJ and JWall repeatedly pull the ball back with numbers in their favor and III calls a time out when we start jacking threes and afterwords we work the clock to the bone. I think it is a great strategy because bottom line we win, while it has been closer than it should be in both games it is a result of poor free throw shooting and turnovers that shouldn't happen. So thats why i think we have an inclination to blow leads because we are in protection mode far earlier and playing a game of attrition. What do you all think? Now that you mention it, I did get the feeling about midway through the 2nd half against Duke that Georgetown was not attacking like earlier in the game. Nothing I could put my finger on. I chalked it up to a combination Duke's tremendous defensive pressure and the Hoyas trying to be very careful with every possession. I don't necessarily think that, in itself, allowed Duke to cut the lead. Just a great team hitting back hard.
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Post by HeartAttackHoya on Jan 25, 2006 9:55:40 GMT -5
I just thought I would throw in a post due to the relevance of my screen name...don't really have anything to add..
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Bando
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Post by Bando on Jan 25, 2006 10:18:02 GMT -5
Time killing isn't a bad strategy (although it works better in football). All I remember thinking with 12:00 left in the Duke game was "Let's go game clock (clap, clap, clap clap clap)." I think it's smart, with smart ballhandling, it minimizes the amout of possessions an opponent gets to catch up. As long JTIII allows them to take those wide open opportunities that SoCal alluded to, I have no problem with this strategy.
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