Hoyas @ SJU Post-Game Discussion

[DanMcQ]

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Wash Post - Camille Powell: Hoyas Rout Red Storm With 11-Minute Burst

"We woke up," said junior guard Jonathan Wallace, who had 13 points and four rebounds. "We kind of muddled around in the first half and let them dictate the tempo, but we regrouped at the half, and we knew that we had to kick it into overdrive if we wanted to be in the game. So that kind of carried us over."

Did it ever. During an 11-minute span that included the final four minutes of the first half and the first seven minutes of the second half, the Hoyas outscored the Red Storm by a 30-4 margin and turned a 10-point deficit into a rout.

That's a frightening thought. In the second half, Georgetown's defense harassed St. John's into missing 17 of 25 shots. The Hoyas shot 73.9 percent after halftime and got every kind of shot they wanted, from layups to open three-pointers, and outscored St. John's by a 45-20 margin. Thompson was asked after the game if the way the Hoyas moved the ball in the second half was "as good as it can get."

"I don't know if I'm ever going to be ready to say yes to that," Thompson said with a smile. "But it was pretty good. It started at the other end, it started with our defensive intensity, it started with us running down loose balls and getting rebounds. And that just carried over into an easy flow and hardness we had at the offensive end."

Wash Times - Denis Gorman: Georgetown thrashes St. John's



NY Post - Lenn Robbins: Hoyas stay dry in silent Storm

We are now a month before March Madness, and St. John's all but threw its jockey.

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NY Daily News - Roger Rubin: Hoyas rip Johnnies

[hchoya]

SJU has some good wins but some bad losses, I guess it all depends on which team for them shows up.

[GIGAFAN99]

hchoya said:

SJU has some good wins but some bad losses, I guess it all depends on which team for them shows up.

Or not. Let's win this one easily no matter which Johnnies team shows and let everyone know we're closer to Pitt than Syracuse.

[PopeJohn2]

they have some good wins at home recently. they gave us fits last year. if it wasnt for owens on fire last year we would have lost. not one we should take for granted!!!!!

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

The key to this game is taking the crowd at the Garden out of it early. We need to play like we did for the first 6 minutes against Notre Dame.

[SirSaxa]

hchoya said:

SJU has some good wins but some bad losses, I guess it all depends on which team for them shows up.

You are probably right, but it seems like no matter what else is going on in their season, their "good team" ALWAYS shows up for the Hoyas as MSG!

If our "good team" shows up too, no problem.

[theexorcist]

The MSG crowd won't matter - SJU doesn't sell out, it's a Wednesday game, and last year half the people there were Hoya fans.

[williambraskyiii]

i'll be there with a handful of '01 and '02 alums - tearing up my company's suite

[HealyHoya]

Mrs. Healy and I will be there cheering on the Hoyas. I don't want to overstate the Johnnies competence but this series in the past few years has been nearly a toss-out-the-records deal...St. John's just seems to play very well against us.

That said, if we control tempo, defend and rebound as we have done for the past month then this ought to be a W. We have too much size and talent.

Hoya Saxa.

[KHoyaNYC]

The crowd out at the Garden? What crowd at the Garden? SJU's home court advantage is near zero.

[bubbrubbhoya]

stpetersburghoya said:

The key to this game is taking the crowd at the Garden out of it early. We need to play like we did for the first 6 minutes against Notre Dame.

I disagree. I say we stock the garden with Hoyas faithful and keep said crowd in the game the whole time.

[PopeJohn2]

stpetersburghoya said:

The key to this game is taking the crowd at the Garden out of it early. We need to play like we did for the first 6 minutes against Notre Dame.

you can usually hear a pin drop at sju games.

[williambraskyiii]

georgetown always has a good showing at the Garden b/c so many alums in NYC - thurs should not be any different

[SirSaxa]

theexorcist said:

The MSG crowd won't matter - SJU doesn't sell out, it's a Wednesday game, and last year half the people there were Hoya fans.

Actually, it is a Thursday game. Feb 1.

[lichoya68]

frist its february.. second st. johns could send there bad team and beat us remember when they had two scholarship players or something like that a few years ago AND FREAKING BEAT US take no prisioners all games are tough need this to stay in the top four and not play on wed.. THAT NOT PLAY ON WED IN THE BIG EAST TOURNEY GO HOYAS FLUSH THE JONNIES.. TOO BAD MARQUETTE JUST BEAT USF BY TWO THATS TWO WOULDA BEEN HELPFUL REMEMBER ANYBODY CAN BEAT ANY BODY US AND USF LAST YEAR.. COME OUT AGGRESSVIE ESPECAILLY JEFF AND ROY ROY ROY GO HOYAS ITS FEBRUARY

[hchoya]

CROWD at the Garden...one word...hilarious. There is never a crowd there its pretty much the MCI center during the Esherick era, a home away from home for all opponents. GO HOYAS!!

[FrazierFanatic]

Defend the 3, hit the boards, and we win by double digits.

[YB]

This is a scary game- SJU always plays us tough regardless. I like that we have 5 days rest, but we'll have to bring our A game. SJU is schitzo as a team, but they do play well at home. Ask ND.

We also play well on the road this year. We should be favord, by maybe 5 pts. And I'd take that kind of win.

BTW, what happened to Darryl "Showtime" Hill?

[HoyaSinceBirth]

We're going to win this game no problem. I saw Tyler and the alabama rainmaker at mass tonight. God will be on our side.

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

Tyler and the Rainmaker are Catholic?