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Post by HoyaChris on Apr 5, 2021 21:14:45 GMT -5
Jeff with 23 more points tonight including the winning free throws in a two point win against the Knicks. He passes Demarcus Cousins and moves into #248 with 12,257 points only 3 points behind Sleepy Floyd. Cousins was signed today to a 10 day contract with the Clippers.
I am not convinced that Otto's career is close to over as he is moving much better than early in the season.
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Post by HoyaChris on Apr 4, 2021 15:58:43 GMT -5
Jeff with another 21 in a loss to the Bulls. He passes Antonio McDyess and currently sits at #249 for his career with 12,234 points.
#248 is still-active Demarcus Cousins at 12,247, but the most likely next player to be passed is our own Sleepy Floyd at 12,260 points.
Jeff is also on track to pass "Jumping" Johnny Green and former Laker A.C. Green in the next month or so which would give him the lead in career Green scoring.
Jeff Green, renewable energy.
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Post by HoyaChris on Apr 3, 2021 15:11:02 GMT -5
Jeff has quietly entered the list of career NBA scoring leaders, checking in at #250 with 12,213 career points. He would be at about #200 without the lost year for heart surgery.
Next up, Antonio McDyess at 12,227.
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Post by HoyaChris on Mar 26, 2021 9:47:10 GMT -5
Otto looks to have lost 15 pounds or so during his latest rehab and moved well defensively in the Bulls games since returning from injury. In my view, concerns about his defense are overstated.
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Post by HoyaChris on Mar 16, 2021 16:53:19 GMT -5
Those two games were the first Creighton W (13-15) and the BET Marquette win (12-15) so barely squeaked those out too. Only game under 10 TOs was our first game back after COVID against Provy with 7 TOs (they had 5). Creighton had less TOs on Saturday? We had 12 TOs to Creighton's 11.
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Post by HoyaChris on Mar 16, 2021 8:46:43 GMT -5
So what you are saying is that if we win, it could only be because Colorado missed open 3's. That sounds like a familiar refrain 🤔 Considering it’s the biggest flaw in our defense I don’t think I’m really going out of the limb here. I would disagree as there is no statistical evidence that giving up wide open 3s is a particular problem for our defense. While three point shots constitute a slightly larger percentage of shots taken against us than the average NCAA team - about 1.5 shots per game more than would be expected - teams shoot them at a lower rate against us than against the nation as a whole. Moreover, our numbers are skewed because 6 of our 25 games were against Nova or Creighton whose offenses are predicated on taking high numbers of 3s.
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Post by HoyaChris on Mar 14, 2021 15:23:27 GMT -5
Now I'm intrigued. You obviously know me, but who is SmokeyJack? Give me a hint. Spent a month in the rough at the Monster with you in a previous life. I now own a software company teaching SEL skills to elementary schoolers and belong to Aronimink. I owe you a round in Philly at some point. That explains the writing prowess. And yes, you do.
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Post by HoyaChris on Mar 14, 2021 14:35:34 GMT -5
The diversity of the offensive contributions during the BET run was truly amazing. Kenpom has an algorithm that denotes the game MVP and it was awarded to Q, Dante, Morko and Chudi in chronological order. Meanwhile Jahvon led the team in scoring in the tournament and made the All-Tournament team and Don went 6-11 from 3/. That’s a great set of stats Sorts. Really cool. And it felt like that. Just magic everywhere...all week...from all quarters. Never had that much fun watching BET, because it was just totally unexpected. Now I'm intrigued. You obviously know me, but who is SmokeyJack? Give me a hint.
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Post by HoyaChris on Mar 14, 2021 14:20:57 GMT -5
The diversity of the offensive contributions during the BET run was truly amazing. Kenpom has an algorithm that denotes the game MVP and it was awarded to Q, Dante, Morko and Chudi in chronological order. Meanwhile Jahvon led the team in scoring in the tournament and made the All-Tournament team and Don went 6-11 from 3.
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Post by HoyaChris on Mar 13, 2021 19:08:28 GMT -5
Holloway's defense reminds me of Freddie Brown, post knee injury.
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Post by HoyaChris on Mar 11, 2021 0:24:31 GMT -5
Random question. Does anyone know if the game is on Sirius Xm radio? I will be on the road at game time.😕 XM207
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Post by HoyaChris on Feb 9, 2021 23:19:30 GMT -5
Forty-sixth year of Hoya basketball and I've never been more discouraged. My 46th year as well and I completely agree.
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Post by HoyaChris on Feb 9, 2021 21:58:09 GMT -5
We must have had 8 turnovers where Creighton attacked Bile's, Tim's or Q's hands down low.
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Post by HoyaChris on Feb 9, 2021 21:55:59 GMT -5
How in the world are we only down 12?
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Post by HoyaChris on Jan 6, 2021 19:53:35 GMT -5
For the past 5 or 6 years I have only had two feelings watching Hoya games - doom or impending doom.
I am currently locked into impending doom.
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 13, 2020 22:14:32 GMT -5
Jalen Harris = Wally Pipp
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Post by HoyaChris on Oct 21, 2020 10:23:29 GMT -5
I am so, so sorry for your loss. May her memory continue to comfort you always.
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Post by HoyaChris on Apr 19, 2020 17:28:27 GMT -5
I was there for the heartbreak...two top point guards in John(Bay Bay)Duren vs Ronnie "The Molester" Lester...Had just beaten Maryland (Buck Williams, Albert King) in the sweet 16 in a huge game...led by 10 at the half when a friend stopped over to our seats and said, "we got this game in the bag."...to this day we still refer to it as the (his last name) jinx...I believe they stole an inbounds pass on the side when our potential receiver slipped, passed it forward to a cutting 6'10 Steve Waite who dunked it for the win when Craig "The Big Sky" Shelton's hand got caught in the net trying to block it...that picture was in the Washington Post the next day...Hoya trivia for you youngsters...we could have easily won it all that year... Your memory is close. Actually the game was tied with 15 seconds left and Iowa inbounding the ball in their frontcourt. The Hoyas overplayed the inbounds pass and the defender slipped giving Iowa an odd man advantage which turned into the Waite dunk. I have to emphasize how important this TV footage is for the fan interested in Hoya history. This is relatively high quality footage that provides full game color video of both John Duren and Big Sky Shelton, two of the top ten Hoyas of all time. And while people can get a good sense of Sleepy Floyd's game from video of the 1982 Final Four games and his subsequent pro career, this might have been his best college game.
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Post by HoyaChris on Apr 19, 2020 7:39:12 GMT -5
I’m far to young to have remembered this, but obviously know it’s history. For the older fans where does this rank in terms of tournament disappointment compared to other Elite 8 losses (PC in 87, Duke in 89, Umass in 96)? I always got the sense this was the most painful given the lead we held? That being said losing to a high seed conference rival in PC going away isn’t ideal either. I always find it kinda arbitrary that number of Final 4s is a well reported statistic for a program, and feel like certainly 2-3 more were there for the taking for this program. I've always loved that one aspect of college basketball is that things short of championships are rightly celebrated. Number of FFs, or S16s or even bids. Anyway, when you get to that point, you can't really expect to win many more than half of them. We are a bit over 50%. In hindsight, the loss to Duke was the most painful to me. It ended a decade in which we were the most dominant program in the country and passed the torch directly to the program that would be the same for the next three decades. And we didn't make it back to even the S16 until AI. I think that the critical thing about your comment is "in hindsight." I was at all four of the Elite Eight losses and Iowa felt the worst walking out of the arena. The reason is that it was before we were Georgetown the dominant basketball power. It seemed like it might be our only chance to advance to the Final Four. In hindsight, it would have hurt a lot less if you had told me that we were a year away from getting a commitment from Patrick Ewing. Similarly, it was not at all apparent that the loss to Duke was as significant as it turned out to be. Duke would win its first championship two years later, but we had beat them earlier in the season.
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Post by HoyaChris on Apr 18, 2020 17:47:48 GMT -5
I was at the game and have been waiting to see a replay for 40 years.
For many of us, this is the most disappointing loss in Hoya history. Georgetown's best team pre-Ewing, with three future NBA players (Floyd, Duren and Shelton), gives up a 14 point second half lead to an Iowa team that couldn't miss.
With about five minutes left there is a critical over and back called on John Duren. If someone who knows the exact rule could look at the call and confirm or deny, that would be helpful. As happened too often in the 1980s, we were done in by slowing down the game.
The video quality is pretty good. The game starts about 20 minutes in after a bunch of interviews with Iowa players.
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