Seth Davis: Sapp Underappreciated

[Locker]

A short Sapp shout-out in today's Hoop Thoughts:

"Sophomore guard Jessie Sapp isn't getting a whole lot of credit for Georgetown's late-season surge, but he should."

sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/seth_davis/02/22/hoop.thoughts/1.html

Given how badly (and ignorantly) Davis dogged Sapp and JWall earlier in the year, I thought this passive "Hey, why doesn't Jessie get more respect from the media?" stance he's adopted was amusing. We're on to you, Seth.

[dajuan]

"The emergent" Jessie Sapp, is doing just that in the national media. This nickname is gaining some traction.

[KHoyaNYC]

dajuan you should be getting more press too.

[bubbrubbhoya]

dajuan said:

"The emergent" Jessie Sapp, is doing just that in the national media. This nickname is gaining some traction.

Much like "Senior Swingman" D.J. Owens last year. Was there one article that didn't call him that?

P.S. I hate Seth Davis. Just wanted to throw that one out there.

[ExcitableBoy]

bubbrubbhoya said:

dajuan said:

"The emergent" Jessie Sapp, is doing just that in the national media. This nickname is gaining some traction.

Much like "Senior Swingman" D.J. Owens last year. Was there one article that didn't call him that?

P.S. I hate Seth Davis. Just wanted to throw that one out there.

True, Seth Davis is no Luke Winn.

[harlemhoya]

whats up with the holes in Sapp's head

[kchoya]

harlemhoya said:

whats up with the holes in Sapp's head

Probably some medical condition. They seem to be increasing - maybe one for every win in the win streak?

[harlemhoya]

Zo had some stress problems once that caused his hair to fall out

[RaleighHoya]

Lawrence Moton too. My girlfriend (who cares nothing about Hoya Hoops) simply calls him "Patches"

[KRUKSTER]

oh please .. its a message board .. get over it .. if it makes you feel any better .. .... I support Jessie just as much as anyone else on this board and been happy since day one when he signed with us .. I've followed his career since he was a Soph in H.S ... anyway ...... no hard feelings

JESSIE IS STILL THAT DUDE !!! The kid has heart and is getting better and better .. its about time he gets his PROPS! .. keep doing em dirty J. Sapp .. I love what you bring to the table ... BEAT PITT .. !!

[ilovescruggs]

Wow... you just said our starting point guard has ring worms... I don't even know whether to laugh, cry or take a shower.

[HoyaInsomniac]

This has been brought up before... unless you're Jessie Sapp and you wish to publicly share, keep the speculation out. If it is medical, I'm sure he's keeping it to himself for a reason. If not, it could be anything. Maybe he's just letting JT3's kids give him his haircuts. We don't know. Rumors of ring worm? Come on now. That's not what they need to hear coming down the stretch.

[Big Dog]

Davis is a loser. But he's right. Sapp looks like a different player out there now. He was so confident last night with the basketball it was awesome to watch.

[lichoya68]

have always thougth jesse was a good passser and the best penetrator on the team but jesses the threes whether regular or 70 feet wowowowwow what an improvement id cringe last year when you took a three and noww wowowowwowowo go hoyas go jesse yes and roy BE MAD SAT BE MAD BEAT PITT

[williambraskyiii]

dude he probably has alopecia - it makes you lose your hair - any other speculation in ridiculous and actually condemnable. have some tact people.

[Z]

not the time to look ahead, but sapp's emergence is going to be one of the key elements of our success next year. he is a much more confident player this year and that is only going to grow with time and success. we will be able to throw 5 very talented guards at the opposition next year.

[mdhoya97]

williambraskyiii said:

dude he probably has alopecia - it makes you lose your hair - any other speculation in ridiculous and actually condemnable. have some tact people.

most likely alopecia erratia... stress induced condition to cause hair to fall out in patches. Nothing really can be done except time and possible steroid cream. It sucks but nothing serious...

[GIGAFAN99]

I think we're making Davis' point here. Jessie is our best passing guard, the only guy who can get in passing lanes for steals and still recover, our best rebounding guard, and a 40% shooter from three since conference play began. He just went for 30-11-7 against just 4 turnovers in two games when we needed to counter athletic guards on the road. Plus he has the added crowd-pleasing "skip to my lou" dribble when he blows by a defender.

And we're talking about his hair.

[Coast2CoastHoya]

Jessie's development this season has been a joy to watch. He is, as the A Team likes to say, a rebounding machine. His ability to dribble drive, dish, pull up and shoot, and clog the lanes on D have really improved, and there's no doubt he's been a major part of our "last season surge."

It's a credit to both Jessie and the coaching staff that he's been doing what he's doing. The best part: it's all part of III's system and philosophy.

[FOTP]

I love this stuff. He's only underappreciated by fools like Seth Davis who pay no attention.

Jessie is very appreciated by the team, the fans and I bet Scottie Reynolds appreciates his defense in teh 2nd half of the Nova game.

Seth is an idiot. The only analyst out there who I think pays attention and does a consistently good job is freaking Jay Bilas. I hate to give a Dookie credit for anything, but he's pretty good.