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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 22, 2024 10:13:29 GMT -5
Gtown 78, Depaul 68.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 21, 2024 11:03:46 GMT -5
Cooley is Gtwn's highest paid employee by a lot and most high profile one. I would expect that Jack spends or certainly should spend some time on it (that doesn't mean micromanaging but it does mean some level of review/scrutiny. If Jack DeGioia spent meaningful--and quality--time on the program, he would have never given Ewing the extension he gave him after the BET win season. Frankly, I think we are best off if DeGioia ignores basketball other than at the highest level, because his decisionmaking is at best questionable. DeGioia's negligence/poor decisionmaking is costing us $4 million a year on Ewing for the next two years, meanwhile Ewing is appearing in ads for Draft Kings and whatever else he's doing to make more money. Good on Patrick for making moves. It's not his fault they gave him an extension. He gave it a shot and didn't sit on his hands the way Mullin did. He just wasn't a fit for a college job and that is on the admin. The money sunk on Patrick is moot relative to the thread, "Current state of our program". The money going to Patrick isn't effecting our ability to win currently. Let's look forward. We all know the problems of the past.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 21, 2024 10:18:52 GMT -5
Must win 2 of these final 6. They are all against mid to low tier big east teams. 3 would be a massive victory. 3 would be 11-21 for the year assuming we lose first round big east game. That is rough.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 20, 2024 13:19:32 GMT -5
I'm not sure we have an answer for Joel inside. We didn't last year and I can't see Cook able to hold him down. That will be the key.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 20, 2024 9:53:19 GMT -5
The top 50 incoming Big east portal guys this past cycle included Ashworth, Bamba, and Dingle. Oduro, Styles, Luis, Epps, and McKnight were all 50-100.
Looking at the prior cycle, it was Hopkins, Curbelo, Diarra, Akok, Locke, Murphy, in the top 50 with Murray, Carter, Bates, Wahab, Davis, and Dawes from 51-100.
What that tells me is fit is likely more important then hype. It also tells me there are some kids who probably transfer for a reason (Curbelo, Wahab, Murray) who you shouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. The GM job in modern college basketball is huge. Butler put together a good transfer class without much money but where the fit mattered. They aren't world beaters but they are competitive. Building from within is still going to matter and we need to get old with the Brumbaugh/Fielder/McKenna/Sorber/Mulready/Williams classes.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 19, 2024 14:47:15 GMT -5
I've been talked into not wanting either. I liked Dug in high school and thought he would be a good college player. I haven't watched enough Michigan to see if he can be the solution. I just hope we aren't looking at the shiniest object as that seemed to be Ewing's downfall with no idea what pieces fit together.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 19, 2024 13:57:07 GMT -5
Hoyas 68 St. Johns 66
Kids are likely already looking for their next free agency post after that Pitino rant.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 14, 2024 11:02:13 GMT -5
Hoyas 73 Nova 71
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 14, 2024 8:42:49 GMT -5
Despite stinking this year, I don't hate this team as much as last year. Maybe it was because we clearly needed to cut the chord. Maybe it was because the lazy & poor body language of Murray just drove me insane. Styles & Cook play hard. Brumbaugh & Fielder are learning. Epps really needs to take a deep look at what he wants to be because his play has been really discouraging.
The other players are who we thought they were. Bristol plays hard but is a good MEAC player. Heath doesn't play a smart game and Mutombo must not be bringing it in the off season as two separate coaching staffs have spoken. Massoud is a long ball shooter who needs to be set-up and despite his height, isn't capable of defending inside. That's on the coaches evaluation, not Massoud. Kenner & free agency can't get here soon enough so I can hear about how our marquee transfer is a sure fire pro and how all of our freshman are one and done.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 13, 2024 15:03:05 GMT -5
Yeah this is potentially problematic. Not as bad as the A's in Las Vegas situation, but Teddy two-step might find it will take longer to get the Potomac Yards arena built given the myriad of possible roadblocks, political, environmental, financial, etc. I would assume DC would extend the lease (just to keep the revenue for awhile longer), but if they don't his options for the bball team are UMD's Comcast Center, Patriot Center or the old Baltimore Arena (CFG Bank). Baltimore Arena has also hosted minor league hockey, so I guess the Caps could play there. The lease runs through 2047--the simplest answer is that Leonsis does not initiate the exit clause ($36 million) until he is ready to leave; therefore, the lease continues in the interim. Neither Bowser nor Leonsis are honest brokers in this, so there are a number of things that could also go wrong: 1. DC wants the Mystics to stay at ESA until 2037 or else. Leonsis offered to move them downtown but could simply sell or close the team and they go away altogether. 2. An environmental impact study could drive this to a halt. Anyone wondering how building on an abandoned rail yard might have long term consequences? 3. As columnist Rick Snider pointed out today, if the $1.3 billion deal fails in the General Assembly, Bowser could then negotiate a portion of the RFK land as a fallback to a larger Leonsis project, but Leonsis could still get Ted's Town built in VA with a larger private contribution, either from selling shares in Monumental or a sale of one or both clubs. The "G word" continues to be out of the discussion. You can't throw out the Mystics. The NBA wouldn't allow it. These franchises are tied together. It's like title 9 for pro sports. The Mystics & ESA are a perfect fit. It is a good basketball venue and the right size.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 12, 2024 16:30:57 GMT -5
My wish is this dies a quick death. Ted still uses it as negotiating power to change Cap one so we can get a smaller arena long term.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 12, 2024 16:29:57 GMT -5
A one year big, a 2 year PF and a 1/2 year 1 to 2. So I'll go Mack, Hopkins, Onyenso, Power.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 12, 2024 10:19:58 GMT -5
Creighton 90 Gtown 68
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 9, 2024 14:55:17 GMT -5
A random question occurred to me....who is better Massed or Kaiden Rice? Massoud. Kaiden Rice was not a basketball player. He was a run around the arc and fire guy. Might as well have never stepped on the other side of the halfcourt.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 9, 2024 14:53:08 GMT -5
Predicted attendance: 9,000 with too many UConn fans. We had 10,500 for Marquette. I think they'll be 12,000. That is 9,000 UConn fans though.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 8, 2024 13:10:21 GMT -5
Uconn 89, Hoyas 71
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 8, 2024 13:09:42 GMT -5
I predict pain. I can't see us sticking within 20 now that they have clingan back.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 8, 2024 10:48:58 GMT -5
Every game is the same now. Epps has become Primo Spears reincarnated. Heath is walking accident, poor shots, bad passes and no defense. Yet he gets the minutes every game, especially at the end. Styles kept them close in the first half and then went missing for most of the second half. You have to give it to Cook. Outsized and less talented he fights for everything. He hits his free throws and he has two dozen points. Bristol overall is a better player than Heath has demonstrated. Watching the game, it looked like the varsity playing the junior varsity. Seton players must have outweighed GU players by at least 20 pounds per player. Not fat but muscle. You wonder if the weight room at GU is under rennovation. Why not Rowan or Fiedler is astonishing on this team and only makes it more likely they will be looking for a new place to call home next year. Rown is your only true point guard. If you don't play him then you put Epps in the position where he is both playmaker and shooter. Ish does his best but how often has he lost his man on defense? If Rowan & Fielder are gone next year then I quit. I don't think that happens. I think both guys realize they can be key pieces but at times, we all forget these guys are just freshman. I hope they are bought into the long term vision. I hated Epps shooting last night. I think there were at least four Costanza-esque chucks from 3 early in the clock. This team is tough to watch.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 7, 2024 8:54:14 GMT -5
Does anyone know if Richmond is expected to play for Seton Hall tonight? Has there been any official news on why he missed some games? Seton Hall is a different team without Richmond He played in their last game. I would expect him to be playing.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 6, 2024 14:19:52 GMT -5
The only damning stat there is Lee Reed -- but let's not forget that until last year, President DiGioia basically said he was the decision maker on men's basketball. Last time I checked, Jay Heath was part of a team. Dumping on Jay Heath seems to be in vogue today ... and let's face it, he's not helping himself. However, if he's to blame for his college basketball teams' records, then let's give him sole credit for winning 3 consecutive DCIAA championships. From his bio: Helped Woodrow Wilson High School capture its third consecutive DCIAA Championship in 2019. Agreed. Heath may not play the brand of basketball we want but coach keeps putting him out there. Those numbers are really contingent on the types of teams & situations people find themselves in. I'm not giving Heath/Reid credit/blame for the past few years of hoya basketball.
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