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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Mar 4, 2020 13:35:43 GMT -5
I played AAU ball with his coach back in the day so there is that.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Mar 2, 2020 9:41:59 GMT -5
LSU sure is getting some great commitments. I wonder how they are doing it?
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 28, 2020 11:26:39 GMT -5
Like everyone else on this Board, and all Hoya fans in general, we have to ask "what if"? Wouldn't the Hoyas have been a better defensive team with Josh, Alexander, and Gardner? Is it fair to judge PE's defensive coaching ability when he's had such a short bench? I don't know the answer but I have to think that with a full roster and especially with Josh and Garner's athleticism we would have been a much better defensive team, especially since it would have allowed us to play more aggressive zone defenses and generally been more aggressive on defense since we wouldn't be worried about players fouling out. Like I keep saying, the defections really ruined any chances of evaluating PE's performance overall and we just have to lengthen the leash a year or two. Maybe but frankly I wouldn't see Ewing playing zone unless things were so desperate with a short bench. My guess is you would only be seeing man to man. Would that be better? I can't see how it wouldn't be and there is the problem. We just don't know until he has a full roster. This year and next year were supposed to be those years but with the departures we are now punting on this year, relying on too many young kids next year (I hope I am wrong), and then looking at a 22/23 "full" roster. That is painful.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 28, 2020 8:58:26 GMT -5
I think we win this one. Hoyas 73, Xavier 66
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 27, 2020 11:11:37 GMT -5
Robinson can definitely provide more minutes. He is solid and isn't playing afraid out there. George seems to get more lost than any of the other bench players when they come in. This is just a really tricky spot to be in. We gotta beat Xavier just because I don't think they are very good and frankly I don't like them.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 26, 2020 11:02:04 GMT -5
Maybe get Robinson in early against Howard too. Gotta keep fresh legs for other guards. Switch Mosely, Pickett & Robinson on him throughout and try to keep guys fresh. I hope Yurt & Wahab can pound it as I think that is our only chance.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 25, 2020 11:40:30 GMT -5
I'm hoping the coaches are recruiting Dug McDaniel from St. Paul and Jordan Hawkins from Dematha based on what I saw last night. Dug is a soph and he has the ability to be electric. He is small but was taking it right into the chest of some of those Dematha players. I think he will be like Chris Lykes.
Hawkins from Dematha just seemed like a glue guy. Could get buckets around the rim, had a nice looking stroke, is a little thin but will probably get bigger with another year or two. Gotta get some of these local kids in the program.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 25, 2020 10:23:03 GMT -5
And Ronnie can do whatever he wants. If he wants to go, he goes. The first rule of Ronny Thompson at Georgetown is...you do not talk about Ronny. Is Ronny still getting that Ball State money? What a racket. Get Kerwin!
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 25, 2020 10:20:59 GMT -5
Basically, the clock has reset for Ewing. Year four is now year one, so we need to be good by year six. Good meaning NCAAs and over .500 in the BE. The clock isn’t reset simply because Ewing recruited and then lost 4 of his better players (including one, who by all indications left because of displeasure despite having starter minutes and free reign on the court). 5 years without an NCAA bid and being under .500 would require change. Aside from DePaul every single Big East team has made the NCAA tournament at least once since 2016 except for us. That’s just unacceptable for another two years. The fact that every Big East program except DePaul is better situated than us is a problem. Ewing definitely gets more time but a complete timeline reset would be ridiculous. I think Depaul might be better situated (just not the coach). They finally have a home court that is the right size. They are getting players they just don't seem to have the coaching. I think we have the coach, we need more players, and our gameday environment still is lacking.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 25, 2020 9:41:27 GMT -5
Agree with this. You also need to hit on one or two high profile, highly ranked kids. We haven't done that. This years class is a prime example. Even if every kid is an overachiever, we are the 4th ranked class in the big east in a year we need a HUGE class due to roster turnover. This year we need a 1 or 2 ranked class period in the big east! Talent wins. Development helps. Roster continuity helps. If we keep pulling kids from the 100 to 200 range, we will be a middling team at best (vs. lower quarter that we have been in Ewing tenure). I thought this year was tournament or bust. Now next year is tournament or massive recruiting class or bust. Not an excuse. it is the reality we hired a head coach who had never been a head coach on any level. So essentially we hired a project. I did not expect to get a fully formed top level division one coach from day one I expected him to struggle with rotations and roster management. I expected him to take longer than one season to figure this out. what my expectation was was that we would see progress on the coaching fronts in some recruiting wins would follow after he showed something on the court. I did not expect Patrick Ewing's name to hold any weight with five-star recruits or even high four-star recruits we are landing about the rating of recruit that I expected youing to be able to land pre-on court success. But I guess by some of the fan bases ready bake logic Ewing was supposed to come in and year three should have been a title run or bust or top of the Big East and by that same logic Malcolm Wilson should already be starting in scoring a double-double because projects should hit the ground running right away. This makes some sense. I'm not looking at title or bust, I am simply looking at a tournament team. Let's be honest, making the tournament is pretty damn easy nowadays and we aren't doing it. To your point, I think Ewing is improving greatly but maybe he needs to revisit his staff. It just seems like he is working his ass off on the recruiting front when a lot of that lead work needs to be done by your assistants. Tony Skinn was at the Dematha/St. Paul game last night, not Kevin Willard. I know Waheed, Orr & Kirby are recruiting kids but maybe we need a guy who is a bit more tied into the AAU circuit and is a younger guy who might be a bit more relatable to these kids
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 25, 2020 9:16:16 GMT -5
Went to the Dematha/St. Paul game. We need to fill our roster with some 2nd & 3rd type guys from those schools. Yes we aren't getting Roach & Timberlake, but kids like Chuck Harris, McDaniel and the kid from Dematha (Hawkins) played a nice game. Get a roster with some of those kids on the back end of the roster and suddenly you can regain some local interest. I saw Tony Skinn there, Jay Wright. Kiels is going to be good but he definitely carries some extra weight. He will be a load though. Dickinson is hot garbage. The kid plays soft and he would make it tough for me to watch the hoyas over the next four years.
Basically we need some low profile local guys so we can build the pipeline to these schools so when we can show some on-court success, we are positioned for the next Timberlake. That kids is tough.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 24, 2020 15:49:31 GMT -5
Out of the 4 players who left, only 1 player is assumed left because of his role (Akinjo). I believe that the other substitution and rotation patterns would have worked themselves out. We have a coach that is seeing these situations as the head decider for the first time. Even after UNCG, I had confidence that Pat would figure out substitution patterns and lineups that worked and someone would have been on the bench unhappy. And maybe that player leaves. Or two players leave. But that should be because other guys outperformed them on the court. Not because we were scared of creating a competitive environment. Which Pat seems intent on doing. We are almost at three full seasons where he is the "head decider." That excuse is pretty much done, at this point. People have been saying this for three years. How much longer does he need? This season says nothing (positive or negative) about Ewing and roster management, since the 4 player departure robbed him of the ability to make choices. Agree with this. You also need to hit on one or two high profile, highly ranked kids. We haven't done that. This years class is a prime example. Even if every kid is an overachiever, we are the 4th ranked class in the big east in a year we need a HUGE class due to roster turnover. This year we need a 1 or 2 ranked class period in the big east! Talent wins. Development helps. Roster continuity helps. If we keep pulling kids from the 100 to 200 range, we will be a middling team at best (vs. lower quarter that we have been in Ewing tenure). I thought this year was tournament or bust. Now next year is tournament or massive recruiting class or bust.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 24, 2020 9:44:06 GMT -5
Good point and I am not sure. Therein lies the problem. I am still on board but need to see some significant improvement. This was supposed to be that year.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 21, 2020 15:54:29 GMT -5
Silver Hoya. Let's see. Stillwater vs. D.C., Stillwater vs. D.C, Stillwater vs. D.C. What could I possibly be thinking. Stillwater obviously is the cultural and intellectual center of the United States. But that wouldn't be an important consideration for an intelligent young man. Would it? Intelligent young men can choose to live in a small town in the Midwest. These things aren't mutually exclusive. Oklahoma ain't the midwest!
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 20, 2020 13:49:55 GMT -5
At the end of the day I get that rankings don't matter but they do indicate some things. In this class we have 3 under the radar type kids in Harris, Beard & Clark. Sibley is the only consensus top 100 kid. Maybe all three of those kids end up being really good and are good four year players but they probably aren't all world. Wahab will be good but there was a reason he wasn't top 100. I think in a big class you can also lose kids due to egos, playing time and a lack of a perceived pathway to minutes. I have no idea if the MAM kid will be any good but if we keep missing out on kids in the top 100, we can't really expect to be at the top of the league.
Player development will be critical but if you can develop higher level talent the way Nova has, now you have something. It is really unfortunate because unless Mac & Yurt recover, I can't see us pulling enough miracles to get a bid. With the roster turnover we will be young again in key positions. A lot can change between now and the end of the '20 cycle but right now we are just getting to the level of basic roster construction versus really pushing things forward.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 20, 2020 9:25:37 GMT -5
Honestly PC defends a lot like the Hoyas used to. It leads to a very long and tiring 40 minutes. That is a compliment btw. It leads to a lot of fouls too. They wore our guys down and nothing was coming easy. If I was PC, I would have put Watson back in as he was feasting on us inside early in the 2nd half. I think we win that game with two more bodies. Timmy played OK but the kid needs some development and he has been thrown into the furnace. Playing guys forty minutes just isn't sustainable.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 20, 2020 9:23:16 GMT -5
Hard to speculate here as no one on here is Ewing, the player or the trainer. We just needed bodies last night which would have been sufficient to get the W. Mac tried and frankly looked bad. He needs his bounce before coming back and even then there will be some rust. Same with Yurt. It is frustrating but with 7 minutes left I could tell that game was over. I kept looking at the bench and realized we had nobody over there.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 19, 2020 12:47:30 GMT -5
DC, South Orange or Stillwater - Advantage Hoyas Academic profile - Advantage Hoyas Arena - I'ld give that to OSU Position Need - Advantage Hoyas Connections to program - Evenly split among the 3 Recent Success - Advantage Seton Hall
Based on these limited factors I would assume Hoyas. A basketball centric conference also has to resonate and hoops is clearly sport 2 in the Big 12 part of the country.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 19, 2020 12:42:37 GMT -5
Hoyas 70, Provy 66
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 19, 2020 8:47:45 GMT -5
How can Omer go from dressed & sitting against Butler to out? Unless he tweaked it I gotta assume he is ready to play 15 minutes. No idea on Mac.
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