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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 19, 2013 14:07:34 GMT -5
While there has been chatter amongst the M7 about holding off on inviting teams until these dominoes fall, most of the Presidents feel that Football schools should not be invited...Point blank period. A few however think offering 2-4 schools to be all sports except football is the way to go since they will NEVER be offered into the Big 4 football conferences. Duke, Cuse, ND, and BC being the most often mentioned. This IMHO (inviting schools for all sports besides football) is the best case scenario for all. That bball league and all sport league would be amazing. It would be common sense when all the dominoes fall. Football gets a home in other leagues and guess what they end up making more money with this split than in a non big 4 football conference. Of course they will all cling to hope until then as we did, but when everything sorts itself out...it may well be their best option. Especiall for schools who wake up and realize that basketball is their premier sport not football (cough cough Duke, Cuse). Waiting on the invites makes the most sense
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 18, 2013 23:15:40 GMT -5
Being on a kid the longest has got to pay off sometime. C'mon cope!!
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 17, 2013 12:23:47 GMT -5
There’s no "kill the clock strategy” This isn’t The Burn offense. No part of our offense is designed to run the 35 second clock all the way down hoping the other team wilts away and allows us to score more easily. What are you guys talking about?? There’s a difference between players being tentative and looking for an offense to create a shot rather than looking to be aggressive and create one on their own. It’s not unusual for a team so young to not understand where to pick their spots to attack early in the season. As the season has progressed the guys are doing a better job of this and obviously our offensive numbers have improved. Greg’s Soph season was the best Ive ever seen this offense look. That team averaged 10points more per game than this one. They shot 50% from the floor and 38% from 3 but we could not stop a wheelchair basketball squad. Offense looks great when there’s no resistance on either side of the ball, but when guys dig in and compete the game is going to slow down and there are going to be less possessions. It is what it is Let me preface this by saying I'm. Huge supporter of the offense. Consistently have said it. Constantly defend it. However my complaint isn't system related but strategy related. We play quicker ie looking to get out on the break, score sooner into the clock from the jump; out offense is poetry and effective. However every single time we build a lead, III has everyone slow up. That's a fact. We aren't as aggressive in getting down the court to start running our stuff. This is a way of shortening the game. I understand he wants to preserve the lead and take as much clock, but our offense definitely grinds/struggles more when we do this. We've been lucky we have markel and jabril who can create a bit more when were under 10 on the shot clock. Again. Not a system problem it's a strategy problem after we've built a lead. It lets teams back in games and I'm no sure why we do it!
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 16, 2013 23:49:58 GMT -5
I don't understand why everyone thinks the system is that brutal to watch. Do you guys not watch other college teams? I don't think it's bad at all. We played another good defensive team last night. Of course it was going to be a grinder of a game. My only complaint is that when we get a lead instead of keeping attacking, III then holds everything up to milk the clock. That's when our system looks brutal. I never will understand it. It allows teams back into games.
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 16, 2013 23:31:36 GMT -5
This was a really really weird article. The premise that the league wants to be all catholic and that they would consider "making an exception" for butler is just asinine. That none of the other presidents are interested in the process so it fell to Degoia. Siena? Detroit? Lmao classic BUM. Great sources
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 16, 2013 21:54:00 GMT -5
Very impressive. Anyone want to argue we're not an elite team?
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 16, 2013 21:47:36 GMT -5
I actually see DC which was reported an option as a location that makes way more sense location wise to host the ACC tourney. Doubt they do NYC
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 16, 2013 16:26:22 GMT -5
Sounds like full staff watching Copeland right now. Get it done III!
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 16, 2013 10:34:24 GMT -5
That is awesome to hear Omaha! Hope you have a great time and it coincides with a big gtown W. Verizon is next to a bunch of bars and restaurants any of which are good places to go. I'm sure there will be more info on actual meeting places for events etc closer to the time.
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 16, 2013 8:49:01 GMT -5
TRAP!!! My prediction is that there will be more people in section 118 then in the student section. We need to make the final four to have a real home court advantage. [Insert rolling eyes emoticon] Lol
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 15, 2013 18:22:40 GMT -5
whoops you're right. Somehow missed his name. Sheesh. talk about getting a carolina bump.
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 15, 2013 13:25:54 GMT -5
Meeks was left off the list...
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 14, 2013 23:35:20 GMT -5
Don the coaches vote on this not the media?
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 13, 2013 12:36:05 GMT -5
My point is that post season success shouldn't really have anything to do with students showing up to games during the year. period. end of story
The transportation issue I completely agree with. Making the games a more party environment I completely agree with.
The team doing anything in the post season is a flimsy argument/rationalization for a few reasons. As you say these are "casual" fans why would they care if they went to the sweet 16 the year before? We're consistently ranked in the top 25....we have a chance to be one of very few teams to be ranked in the top 10 for what 7? 8? consecutive seasons. We're a national power. As a casual fan, you see a top 20 matchup on ESPN and you can't come out? As I stated earlier I don't expect miracles (ie a weeknight depaul or seton hall game) to attract fans. A top 20 matchup that any casual observer can see and say "huh this is a big game"; and they don't show up. THAT'S A PROBLEM!
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 13, 2013 12:14:22 GMT -5
MY GOD we are spoiled as a fan group.....A Sweet 16 every year should be the benchmark to expect students to show up to games??? excuse me for a second....
WHAT THE BLEEPING BLEEPING BLEEP ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?!?!
Soooo basically the fact that because we're such a good program consistently now, we have to have post season success to draw fans. Yeah ok...just checking. Wanted to make sure that was as ridiculous as it sounded
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 12, 2013 10:58:06 GMT -5
Yeah Dan all chants on the band side are started by 118/The Stonewalls. I sit, rather stand in 118, am not an organizer of the stonewalls, but really appreciate all they've done and am proud to cheer my head off. The organizers of the Stonewalls have done a fantastic job this year. It's painfully obvious to us at least how terrible the student situation is. Also, just because its a "young alumni" section I would venture to say the majority have graduated around 5 years ago so it's not like they're fresh out of school. Many have chosen to maintain those seats even after their "young alum" status for tickets has expired
I don't know what people were watching if you were there and didn't see the student sections were half full. We all know we expect this and worse for a weeknight depaul or providence etc game, but this was a top 20 matchup on big monday for ESPN. I am concerned that THIS type of game has not brought out a crowd from the students. People can try and rationalize it all they want the bottom line is it's unacceptable
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 12, 2013 0:02:45 GMT -5
Is Josh Smith allowed to practice with the team? Yes
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 11, 2013 23:22:33 GMT -5
Student sections half full tonight. Guess a top 25 matchup isn't exciting enough for these students. Unbelievable
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 11, 2013 22:44:24 GMT -5
They've won four in a row against us. Not sure when our last win was, but probably before any of these guys were Hoyas. And Cincy hosts Villanova tomorrow night. Oh good. The less time they have to prepare the better. Although their game plan is just to get physical with us and bump all our cuts. Thankfully this year we have the ability/toughness to counteract this. Let's Goooooo!
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Post by HoyasAreHungry on Feb 11, 2013 22:36:08 GMT -5
Do they play before then? (Too lazy to look it up). Would be nice if they didn't have a whole week to prepare for us
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