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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 22:31:51 GMT -5
Can't wait to see us down six running "our stuff" for 22 seconds.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 22:14:19 GMT -5
What's the record for most rebounds missed despite getting both hands on the ball? Moses is killing it tonight. Give Hayes some run. It cannot be worse offensively. In practice, Hayes once put a wig on the ball and started combing its hair saying "such a pretty baby." Or at least I'd imagine that's the only thing that could actually preclude him from being in this frontcourt rotation.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 22:03:07 GMT -5
I like posting DSR. Or Trawick. Totally with you. They're our strongest post scorers.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 21:54:08 GMT -5
This 5 is not the best five we can put out there. Can JT3 really believe it is? Lubick has to get his minutes. 100 starts. The second fewest points of a 100-game starter at Georgetown is... wait for it...Dwayne Bryant. Yes that's the gap between Lubick and his fellow 4-year starters in Hoya history.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 21:49:13 GMT -5
Hop is getting destroyed. Please please please no more.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 21:31:40 GMT -5
Tallest player to score for the Hoyas; 6'6
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 21:27:05 GMT -5
Seriously, Mikael? Palming while dribbling uncontested 20 feet from the hoop? Seriously? Don't be so critical. He could beat you in one-on-one and the coaches trust him. What more is there?
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 21:14:34 GMT -5
Not good enough in practice. Sorry.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 21:07:53 GMT -5
Lubick from 19 feet passes to Ayegba at 22 feet with two seconds on the shot clock. Ladies and gentlemen, our frontcourt.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 20:55:25 GMT -5
DSR set Moses up nicely...... Agree, but we need to keep teams honest and get the ball down low. Otherwise, it's jump shots all night. Invert the post.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 20:38:51 GMT -5
Well so far our frontcourt is being themselves and so is our backcourt.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 17:54:56 GMT -5
I don't think anyone is counting on a win. We did split with them by almost identical scores so everyone is expecting a dogfight. We just have to win it to make the tourney so that's what the speculation of needing two or three wins is about.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 17:07:22 GMT -5
A Stanford loss helps us twice. One because it kills Stanford but secondly it probably eliminates Pitt's only top 50 win. So definitely go Wazzu.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 12, 2014 10:26:22 GMT -5
Does anyone else think without Stainbrook, Xavier is going home Thursday and falling right off the bubble?
Kind of an odd situation setting up here. Providence and Xavier are probably on the right side of the bubble if the season ended today but in worse position than us and St. Johns in some ways. Providence has a road game and Xavier is down its big man against a big Marquette team. Interesting 48 hours coming up.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 11, 2014 10:16:33 GMT -5
Yeah, but as FL said, boy are we bad at defense. It's been clear since Oregon that this team doesn't talk on the court as much as the last one did, and as a result, our rotations are terrible (just think of how many times against Nova Nate rotated to the guy above the break in transition, leaving a guy at the corner entirely undefended). We are also lazy defensively, at least on the interior, so no one does their work early, gets into a bad position, and then decides that they can solve it all by taking a blind swipe at the ball. Okay, but do you actually think that the Hoyas communicated less, moved their feet worse, were less capable of staying in front of opponents and all-around less intelligent than players on all the other teams in D1? Because that's essentially where we are headed in terms of an explanation. Keep in mind we played a top 5 schedule. So there's no hiding our defensive deficiencies. And it's not only that we're bad it's how we're bad. We foul Lipscomb on a good day with an advantage physically. A schedule of nothing but average to great offenses and there you go.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 11, 2014 10:01:51 GMT -5
It's almost as if we fundamentally think a lightly contested 15 footer is a worse option than a head fake blow by or two free throws. The number of long twos we bite on is just head scratching. Really, the 6'10 Frankenstein guy, you lunged at his jumper, allowed him to get the offensive board follow and an and-1 because of it? The corner 18 footer, you left your feet for?
We can talk about the refs all we want but FHills had a post where he set an over under for threes and would wildly contest against Creighton because that's what we do. The Hoyas were under that game. Same goes for Michigan State.
More of this fouling is under our control than we think. And if the Hoyas shake the "Epic Flail" defensive rep, the referee bias takes care of itself I'd imagine.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 10, 2014 11:16:29 GMT -5
Two wins and in. Apologies to Don Ho but this is a tiny bubble and it makes me happy. Lunardi literally had to just throw in a next four out team to make it to four (LA Tech has zero shot at a 70 RPI and one top 50 win).
Every Big East scenario helps us because Providence-St. Johns is an elimination game and a Xavier loss drops one of our top 50 wins but also drops them behind us in RPI. A Xavier win and our win versus them gets stronger. Can't lose.
Beat Creighton and the Hoyas would be top 36 at-large teams in RPI, top 20 amongst all teams in top 50 wins, and have done this against a top 10 SOS. No way we're out with that resume.
Edit: I think people are married to this "safe" idea for borderline teams. Pitt, Stanford, Iowa... none of these teams can afford to lose. If all the last four out teams or next four out teams improve their resume, the committee doesn't care where teams are today. They'll judge Sunday.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 9, 2014 16:50:13 GMT -5
I think there can be something to be said for it for a young team. I think we forget sometimes this isn't a young team. Everyone one of these guys except Reggie has played an NCAA tourney game. So, no, there's nothing these guys can gain from an NIT run to build on.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 9, 2014 16:37:47 GMT -5
This team has a lot of issues but I don't get that we could "lose to anyone." Sure that's true as much as it always is but the story of this team is it can't win on the road. I almost like our chances to win two or three at the Garden more than having to replay the Butler game at Butler for example.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 9, 2014 16:32:03 GMT -5
Both of these guys deserve everything they get. For Markel, it's probably off to Europe for a long career. DSR could be PoY next year. Two great Hoyas.
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