Gtown play ugly over-aggressive defense?

[homjm]

according to this blog they do. I've never noticed but he claims we handcheck more than most teams...

"Speaking of Roy Hibbert, I watched G-town play Villanova, and it was a perfect reflection of the type of basketball that ruined the Big East back in the early 90s. As Jim Carrey might've said "I guess they were playing prison rules." When they get bounced in the first weekend of the tournament and whine about how the officials called them too tight on some nickel-dime fouls, remember that they should know better by now. The only Big East team who looks like they'll do well come March are the Louisville Cardinals, just when I was ready to write off little Ricky he goes and pulls something like this, and completely redeems himself. I'll never be a Pitino fan, he's as much a reason as anyone that the Celtics are still so awful, but he's a good college coach, hard to dispute that."

www.chrisbender.blogspot.com/

[RockawayHoya]

Coming from a BC fan, that's not surprising. Although, I'm surprised he's whining about the calls/no-calls in our game/conference instead of his own. Guess he's already realized it's a lost cause on that end.

[vcjack]

Glad to know that little girls have basketball blogs

[2ndRyan]

Boston guy- seems to like BC a lot.

L'ville is playing better but I'd like to revisist him March 19 when we see who's still alive.

[TrueHoyaBlue]

Sounds like he's talking about Big East-style ball as a whole (probably implicating nova more than us), but like everyone else, I'm glad the Eagles took their game to a league where they look like the tough guys of the conference, and leave the Big East to those who can handle it.

[Elvado]

I've noticed no appreciable uptick in clutch/grab ball this season and the Big East teams fared pretty well last year in the tournament.

Of course, this guy roots for a team that just got waxed back to back at home, so his head may still be spinning.

[guru]

How on earth did you find that usless blog?

[jacko]

He watched Georgetown play Villanova and had this to say. Maybe he should have seen the first meeting between the two. Nova used handchecks and clotheslines to get us out of our offense, and the refs let it go. We stood up for ourselves this game. I don't blame this guy for what he's saying, but maybe he should watch more than one game to judge us.

He should also read the Pitino quotes from after the GU/Louisville game if he wants to know how GU and Louisville stack up against each other talent-wise and execution-wise.

[JimmyHoya]

First of all, the opening 10 minutes Villanova was so brutal I started slapping imaginary checks off my own body as I sat at home. Secondly, picking this, of all games, knowing the first meeting, the importance of this game, and the teams involved is about the worst way to judge our team and conference. I thought our defense was very tough and physical, but not over the line. Can't say the same for the wildcats always.

[VictorSkyPage]

duxnews said:

lots of people have blogs, all you have to do is sign up. why is this guy worthy of a thread?

exactly... this truly is nonsense..

and said blogger found a way to throw two Jim Carrey movie references (Pitino "totally redeeming himself")