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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 21, 2019 19:08:52 GMT -5
I thought Trey's 3-pointer was also big, after Nova had scored on two consecutive trips. Of course then he got a little shot-happy🙄 Trey's biggest problem at this point is that he's shot-happy every time he touches the ball, which is selfish, but at this point it is what it is. Hopefully he can give us decent backup minutes for Govan the rest of the way. When he's open and is set for a jumper, I'm ok with him taking it. Or if he's hitting the offensive glass and is near the rim. When it involves him putting the ball on the floor and beating someone with a post move in traffic, it never ends well. Hoping at some point he understands the difference in being effective, not trying to do more than he's capable and playing to his strengths. His fellow senior Kaleb figured it out two months ago, so it's possible.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 21, 2019 19:04:17 GMT -5
Need all students on deck for this one. A loss here effectively kills our tourney hopes. If you're a senior and you want to finally dance, get your ass to the game.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 21, 2019 16:25:50 GMT -5
Holy crap we beat Ohio State with only 4 guys scoring?! Yup, dominated them despite not getting points from Bowman or Wallace. The game that put Roy on the map.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 21, 2019 13:54:52 GMT -5
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 21, 2019 9:22:45 GMT -5
Agree that Pat still needs to work on this are a bit more, but last night there was a sequence on TV where Mike Stephens got up in his face and was pretty animated. Pat clearly doesn't have the respect of the officials in this league just yet, but hopefully with time he will get there. I can’t say for sure, but I don’t remrmber PE getting a tech yet has he? He may have gotten one last year, but I can't recall one this season.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 21, 2019 9:07:17 GMT -5
I would be remiss if I did not recognize a class move by Jay Wright pregame: he and Ewing were talking and then Pat pointed at the baseline. Jay shook his hand then half ran (as fast as a guy with a slim fit GQ style suit with the jacket buttoned can) to JTJr and spent a couple minutes talking to him. Jay is a truly great guy. He's a neighbor of mine and still very down to earth and charismatic. Only thing that annoys me about him is he walks in the building politicking to the refs. He just never stops with those guys, and as a result it seems like Nova gets an inordinate amount of favorable calls. Pat is getting close to the right balance on this front; still wish he'd whine a little more, but it's just not his nature. Agree that Pat still needs to work on this are a bit more, but last night there was a sequence on TV where Mike Stephens got up in his face and was pretty animated. Pat clearly doesn't have the respect of the officials in this league just yet, but hopefully with time he will get there.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 20, 2019 22:28:44 GMT -5
We've won one game ever at Century Link: the 2015 team that lost a close one to Utah in the 2nd round stomped out Creighton 67-40 that year.
The other 4 games? Losses by an average of 12.7 ppg, with the closest margin being 8. We have our work cut out for us to complete the 2-0 week. As we saw tonight, anything is possible with this team if they play with the effort and focus that they're capable of. As we saw last week, it can also go south in a hurry. It's just like Pat said tonight in his post game presser, it can't just be a one game thing. They need to build on this.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 20, 2019 21:59:24 GMT -5
Butler played a much harder non-conference. Their NCSOS is 49 while ours is 241. That's probably the reason for the difference in NET/RPI (Butler: 49/58, GU 81/82). They also have one less Q3 loss than we do. Those games vs. LMU and SMU will continue to be anchors for us. Fair but I don’t get why SOS matters if you lose all your hard games though. Anyone could play a hard schedule and not win. Not that I want to make the case for Butler, but they also beat an Ole Miss team that has a NET of 35. That's a fairly quality win. To give some context on the difference between their non-con and ours, the NETs of their wins compared to ours: Butler: 33, 35, 100, 138, 146, 150, 202, 217, 259 GU: 54, 78, 83, 189, 210, 215, 230, 288, 306, 353 I also don't feel like calculating the scoring margins for their non-con vs. ours, but they have us beat substantially there as well. Those early games that were closer than they should be are also hurting us.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 20, 2019 21:43:22 GMT -5
If butler loses tonight I really don’t understand how their resume ya better than ours. Us: Wins at SJ, va Nova Them: Neutral win vs Florida (and then killed by them second time) Of course they are up 8 now Butler played a much harder non-conference. Their NCSOS is 49 while ours is 241. That's probably the reason for the difference in NET/RPI (Butler: 49/58, GU 81/82). They also have one less Q3 loss than we do. Those games vs. LMU and SMU will continue to be anchors for us.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 20, 2019 21:38:01 GMT -5
Attention Georgetown: THIS is the home jersey: Totally agree with you, but for context they had a lot of tributes to black history month before and during the game so I’m sure that was part of Ewing’s go with the black uniforms tonight. Anything besides that hideous cursed aqua teal and I'm OK with it, honestly.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 20, 2019 21:11:48 GMT -5
RPI up from 97 to 84. Would imagine NET will be somewhere near 70 in the morning.
Hard to imagine that a win on Saturday won't get us up to at least first 4 out. Tonight was simply huge.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 20, 2019 20:53:46 GMT -5
Team. Effort. Signature. Win.
We knew it was going to take a total team effort to win tonight, and the guys showed some serious mental strength for about 38 minutes. The listless pathetic effort we saw last week was nowhere to be found; our guys played hard and for the most part smart. For the first time under this regime, you got the feeling that this team knew it was capable of more and was angry it didn't accomplish it. We played with some fight tonight for the first time in awhile and it showed on the court.
Thought the pivotal moment of the game was when Nova tried to throw a punch to get back into the game early in the 2nd half. The much-maligned Jessie Govan, who most importantly was a man on the boards tonight, put together two back-to-back and-1's to not only slow down Nova's momentum but maintain the lead when the freshman guard were making some mistakes early in the half. Tonight is what I want to see every night from Govan in terms of hitting the glass.
Paschall made up his mind all night that he was going to be aggressive in taking it to the rim and overpowering anyone who wanted to get in his way. The one guy I thought matched his physical intensity and kept him from doing what he wanted to do on the offensive end was Kaleb. A big, big shoutout to Kaleb and the defensive effort he put forth tonight. He gave up a lot of size and strength but battled his ass off all night. A true senior effort.
Two other guys who really made great contributions tonight with not only a couple of spot plays but most importantly their decision making: Jiggy and Juggy. Didn't really see either force anything or make some glaring errors: rather, they were a steadying presence on the floor tonight which was huge. Mosely in particular was solid with the ball and creating for others.
The freshman guards were productive on the offensive end and there was far more good than bad, but we've got to be concerned about the decision-making against the press in the final 2:30. We can't let a team like Nova extend the game like that. The execution at the end of the first half was extremely poor; should have gone into the half no worse than +12 and hopefully +14. I'm relieved that giving up the 2 late buckets to allow Nova to cut it to 10 didn't hurt as much as it could have.
A big thumbs up to Ewing for getting his guys ready to play tonight. Whatever the reason was for laying an egg at SHU last week, he pushed the right buttons to get his team properly motivated with the belief that a strong and sustained effort would get it done.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 19, 2019 9:21:12 GMT -5
I don't disagree that we're probably going to get an angrier, more focused Nova team due to their loss over the weekend, but shouldn't Nova be getting an angrier, more focused Georgetown team that will have been stewing for a week (10 days if you include Butler) over their worst effort of the season?
THAT is what my expectation is as a fan: not necessarily a win, but putting forth an effort that at least tells me that the guys haven't given up on the postseason and that these games still are important enough to put in the preparation and concentration required to be competitive. To me, this is a pride game. I'm hoping our guys show that they still have it and get off the mat.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 18, 2019 15:57:11 GMT -5
With the storm rolling in Wednesday I hope that they reschedule the game. Typically, if a team can fly in (day before) and the refs can make it - then they play the game. With 5 to 8 inches expected Wednesday that would make for a nearly empty arena im guessing. Reschedule? Why? Villanova most likely takes the train our buses into DC from Philly. Plus, I want a reprise of one of the more memorable games of the JTIII era - in nearly 2 feet of snow. It was a great game, with great atmosphere and well attended with more than 10,000 attending. I planned ahead and got a hotel room the night before and was stuck in DC for 2 more days after the game! Give the students a snow day and send 'em to Cap One Arena! Good times!! www.casualhoya.com/2010/2/6/1298569/blizzard-game-georgetown-bombardsThe game also said a lot about Georgetown’s home-court advantage. With Washington practically buried under snow, the Verizon Center was not filled with roughly 20,000 fans, as it had been the previous Saturday when a crowd that included President Obama watched the Hoyas throttle Duke. But Thompson and his players said the more than 10,000 fans who did brave the snow gave the team quite a lift. www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/sports/ncaabasketball/07hoyas.htmlThat was an amazing game to be at. Virtually no Nova fans in the house because they were unable to travel for the game. I remember walking a couple of miles to get to the game, but it was still more than worth it. Plus with how the officiating has gone the last 3-4 games, I don't really care if they're able to show up.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 15, 2019 11:55:14 GMT -5
So many in the know. That's encouraging ..I'm not; but whatever it takes. Quiet, stealth has worked best for us. I sent a message yesterday via Twitter to his coach....let's be clear I'm only a fan... to his coach asking, what does Myron want? We've heard/know he has offers. But what is he looking for? We need someone like him. Does he like what we offer? So a note indicating that we're competing is good. We(I) need some good news! Not sure this is actually helping the staff recruit. Let's not go rogue and spook them, please.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 15, 2019 11:40:08 GMT -5
Not sure there was a reaction to watching that defensive effort on Wed. that could have justifiably had 0 profanity.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 13, 2019 23:51:23 GMT -5
Guess I would have rather played the walk ons when they were gassed. And Jessie was the first one back if I recall. Should have been the last back. Would have liked the message he sent if the backcourt and Jessie never returned...as I think about it other than that inexplicable turnover on that offensive board Pickett was at the back of the deli line as to why we lost. Agreed, the immediate non-contest on the McKnight layup just to save himself from fouling out... I have harsh words for that but I'm not going there tonight.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 13, 2019 23:43:20 GMT -5
On way back to Penn from the game. Looking forward to moving on from Jessie. Hope he has a great BET, and perhaps an NIT bid if we dont win. Our guards D will improve with a backline that is a bit different from our current one. Grayson did not distinguish himself stepping up w Trey out. I was hoping that Pat just ran w the second team once it went from 11 to 17 early in second half until they dropped. I wouldn't have been upset if Muresan saw run in 2nd half. Even if we lost by 30. Not sure I'll read this entire thread, but this game has nothing to do w Pat (even though I'm still struggling w in game adjustments). Pat did run with the second team until they dropped. They fought admirably and cut the lead to 11 around the 7 min mark but just ran out of gas when he kept them in longer. I get that he was in a tough position though; the starters basically couldn't string together consecutive stops the entire night and he knew the second unit, although far better defensively, would eventually hit an offensive drought that they couldn't afford given time and score.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 13, 2019 23:20:25 GMT -5
Ahh, over the top negativity is back, feels like Hoyatalk again. Bunch of quitters you people are. Win the next two and then we'll see what song you people are singing. There's a big difference between being competitive for most of the game and losing contact late (Nova) and being in position to win and blowing it late (take your pick, too many to count) vs. essentially being down double digits for 35+ minutes and showing no life.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 13, 2019 23:12:55 GMT -5
Time to sit Akinjo for Villanova and send a message. He is 2 for 23 in his last three games. Might be time to give McClung's ankle a rest as well. Ewing will need it down the stretch. Sit Akinjo?! He's taking good shots just missing. You don't bench a player, especially a freshman, for that. No one has played well the last two games, so a weird player to single out. I don't think you can necessarily sit James given how little a guy like Blair gave us tonight (amazing how the 2nd unit was able to tread water despite him), but I'd also disagree that the shots he's taking are good. From an efficiency standpoint the 18 foot 2 is the worst shot in basketball, yet he continues to take them with regularity. Stay outside the arc or look to distribute.
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