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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 16, 2024 20:52:13 GMT -5
Another night of low- to mid-major basketball from our team. Another night to realize that a well-coached team gets better as the season goes on. We may actually have gotten worse, at the very least are no better than Day 1.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 28, 2024 19:58:39 GMT -5
Ma'am, this is a Wendy's - this is the Marquette thread. 2017 called. It wants its joke back. When it is spot on, age does not matter😎
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 28, 2024 14:42:53 GMT -5
Keep fighting. Fewer sloppy turnovers If we can't play defense effectively, at least play it with intensity . Play a little better each game.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 26, 2024 13:17:19 GMT -5
Will he get a standing "O" upon introduction. More likely to involve a "U"
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 24, 2024 18:36:05 GMT -5
Meh, he was sending a message to his team. And his assistants will watch the tape and meet with him. That was just coachspeak.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 20, 2024 17:47:33 GMT -5
Even with years of work on and off the court, to me Ryan has never lost that "baby giraffe" look - tall, gangly, but just not quite moving smoothly. Yes he can run the court, but mostly because of his long legs. His moves at both ends still seem awkward and just deliberate enough to keep him from being consistently effective. He has a moment here and there, but then gets blown by on defense, outmuscled on a rebound, loses the ball on offense. After all these years it is not just a matter of needing more playing time to be comfortable. And I love Ryan, his enthusiasm, support for his teammates - not to mention that he will do great, great things down the road that have nothing to do with basketball.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 20, 2024 7:55:47 GMT -5
Yes but Cooley is teaching them correctly. He said 2 feet in the paint and they collapse look to the wing for the kick out. Swain was late but at that point Styles was in his vision as he turned the corner. I don't mind the shot but Swain is such an athlete, it's going to be a tough look. I'm fine with the shot but you can go all hero ball when you've been cooking playing one way all game. Gotta kick it to Styles there. A good team makes that pass and gets a warm up jumper to win. That’s not in Heaths game. He’s not a point and he doesn’t kick on dribble penetration. The times I’ve seen him kick he passes it right to the defender or a horrible pass over the intended receivers head. If he had tried to pass off the penetration it likely is a horrible turnover and we don’t even get a shot attempt off. I’ve seen enough of him to know what he can and can’t do. Given that his successful passing out of dribble penetration is a low percentage on top of the three also being a lower percentage, the drive for the 2 (for the win) or to the foul line is a much better choice for this particular player. If it was Epps, then the kickout for the three is also an option. Except that an off-balance shot falling away from the basket , even 3-4 feet away, is not his game either. As we saw.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 7, 2024 1:00:38 GMT -5
She wasn’t pretty, but she was all that was left standing around late at the party. So I said, “Ah, what the heck!” Not realizing that she was doing the same thing😎
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 3, 2024 10:36:07 GMT -5
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 30, 2023 1:26:34 GMT -5
Tough enough to follow a legend, doubly so when it is your father.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 22, 2023 20:24:40 GMT -5
Where have I seen this show before??
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 22, 2023 14:56:35 GMT -5
If I was a betting man I'd take the Marquette -17.5. Last game of a fairly long road trip. BE opener of a top 10 team who came off an ugly loss. A team that likes to pressure the ball handlers no less which is a huge weakness of our Hoyas as has been pointed out many times. I don't recall who said we matchup well with Marquette- it likely was traversb or boya - because it's so far from reality. Hopefully we put together our best 40 minutes of the year- but I'm preparing myself for a beat down. It’s the best matchup of the Top 4 BE teams for us. Of course it’s not a great matchup which is why we are 18.5 point underdogs. I was trying to provide a small bit of hope and yet still called too negative. The everything is great crowd is the most annoying on here because e they don’t provide anything other than next year it will all be fine with one new player and all the same main guys and I trust Cooley. As for why it’s the best matchup of the bunch they don’t have the inside presence/rebounding to kill us. I’d zone them up play Ryan more even next to Cook and tell them to crash the boards. If they hit 3 so be it. If we try to play them straight up Kolek is going to creat a layup like and alley oops all game. On the offense end I’d just do pick and pop. Shoot 40+ 3s and pray for the best. Hope to catch lighting in a bottle. I am planning on opening a bottle of lightning about 10 minutes before game time, hopefully it will help numb the hurt.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 22, 2023 12:30:35 GMT -5
We get to play the other annoying defensive PG right after Posh. How many picks will Sean Jones have on Epps and Brumbaugh for lay-ups tonight. Marquette is 18.5 favorites. We were 9 point favorites over American. Just shows how much closer we are to low majors than the top of the big East right now. Hopefully our guards take something away from their matchup with Kolek. Other than Kolek they aren’t the worst matchup for us. They don’t rebound well and they can’t shoot. hoyatalk like a ray of sunshine We have been forced to live in a dark cave for the last few years, TC. Sudden direct exposure to sunlight could well blind us all.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 15, 2023 23:27:35 GMT -5
Fantastic news 'vadi, congratulations Harry! The young man will be a credit to the Georgetown family
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 9, 2023 13:25:35 GMT -5
Anyone who thinks this collection of players can win 5 Big East games is delusional. MAYBE 3 if things break just right.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 9, 2023 12:01:45 GMT -5
Rowan, Drew and Supreme are pretty much MIA on offense now.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 9, 2023 6:29:33 GMT -5
Is suspended Ben Williams playing tomorrow? Is a GU game curing that ill? He was already back He is "back", but he has had two disciplinary issues already, did not play against Cornell due to a coach's decision, and it is not clear whether he will be on the bench today.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 6, 2023 0:11:43 GMT -5
While the money grab desertion by Suckacuse has diminished the importance and fever-pitch intensity of the rivalry, let us never forget. Manley Field House is officially closed. The 1981 BET held at Syracuse; Syracuse students stealing the banner of the DC radio station airing the Hoya games and parading it through the streets - only to have it rescued by BC fans(?!) "Ewing Can't Read" signs and a banana thrown against the back of the backboard while he was at the line. Michael Jackson dropping 31 as a freshman to win at the Dome. Pearl Washington hitting a go ahead jumper with 8 seconds left, only to have little Charles Smith dribble through all 5 Orangeboys to hit the buzzer teardrop over Rony Seikaly. The Michael Graham slap/punch after Andrew Hawkins barely missed Graham's face with a wild swinging elbow wrestling for a rebound in 1984 BET; Froggy Paparo initially ejects Graham, then reduces it to a technical, causing Boeheim to later throw a chair and storm out of post game presser. Ewing banging Pearl for rebound position in 1985 BET, Pearl then punches Patrick in the ribs and Patrick retaliation punch misses the mark. Pearl last second jumper beating Hoyas at the Dome in '85. Pops gets a technical from each of the 3 refs back-to-back- to-back during first half in 1990, waves arms to booing crowd as he leaves the court. Otto Porter drops 33 at the Dome in 2013 to spoil Derrick Coleman jersey raising celebration. Never Forget. Crush the Orange. Not to quibble but Smith hit a scoop not teardrop after Sperman Douglas’ jumper… Right you are. The cobwebs get thicker with each passing year!
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 4, 2023 15:03:23 GMT -5
He just hasn't played at a level that's forced his coaches to put him in for extended minutes. Remember - that frontcourt was really rough (Big Tim > Malcolm > Ryan), and Ryan got that 8p/6r (it wasn't 12/8) with Tim on the sidelines for a few weeks. The very next game (Tim still out) against Marquette, Ryan had a DNP-CD. Short of an injury, nothing about Ryan's first 2.5 seasons suggests he's gonna play a very big role He played 12 minutes and got 8 points: www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401371995No one is suggesting a big role for Ryan. But, if a freshman Ryan can get 12 minutes, why can’t junior Ryan help now with 10-12 mins. to keep the starters fresh, aggressive and out of trouble? How about putting him in the middle of the lane when the opposing center sucks from the perimeter? Sometimes our defense looks like the embarrassing open-lane-highway defense. How many TCU drives had no Hoya close to the kente? Cut some of those bunnies and we win that game. I don't have a particular problem seeing Ryan get a few minutes in the right match-ups. But Ryan defending the 3 is not what concerns me - it is him getting overpowered down low by any strong inside presence. When I watch him I still get that "baby giraffe" impression - gangly, not quite on balance, easily pushed around.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Dec 4, 2023 12:37:47 GMT -5
Watch the presser. Cooley was asking the players if they needed a rest and they kept sayiing no. The players were really insync, which you don't want to disrupt and coach called that out. If players show they are tired or ask to come out, if not go with what works. The official time outs and TCU timouts were called in perfect spots to not need to have the five come out. It let the five rest and get ready to dig in and keep going. I don't know how many times you can do that. Cooley went with this quite a bit at Providence and it would work rather well. I've talked with Providence players about that and they liked it, but they also know there was good depth that when they came out the level of play would be relatively consistent and when they would reenter the game they would pick-up where they were. Cooley's focus on team and doing what is good for the team, like the extra pass and pass to setup the assist (Rowan is insanely good at this but isn't a normal publicly tracked stat (Hoyas now track it)). There are eight players who are solid contributors on the Hoyas and hopefully one or two more will prove valued. But, this is the team, the eight. Cook, Massoud, Styles, and Epps are the likely starters and the fifth spot may rotate, but wiith the starting four behind them is youth that will grow and mature. A solid eight that functions as a solid team, is an insanely great thing to see. If there are five that gel insanely well in a game and have the stamina and rest to keep going that is awesome. Likely it will be a different five or four throughout the season in games. What do you think the players are going to say? No, I’m tired and I want to get some rest? Is that what a competitor would do? Short rotations in the OCC against most opponents (because the team cannot put other teams away) is a recipe for disaster for late February and March, esp. in a league like the BE. If you say, who cares about March, then the team’s focus should be in developing all scholarship players for next year, not just five (with two of them not eligible next year). We need all 9 scholarship players as seasoned and fresh as possible for BE play. Against TCU, Cooley tightened the rotation. Five players had more than 30 mins, and Bristol, Fielder, Rowan and Ryan saw their minutes decrease or disappear. Is this what Cooley will do when we play TCU-level teams or better? Other than alleged cupcake Coppin St, that’s what the team will face the rest of the season. Good intentions and all, the main 5 will not survive the BE grind at that pace. I generally agree that we can't overwork the horses. Keep in mind that Rowan was coming off an extended illness, and often looked it. And this was not a game for Ryan's limited potential contributions.
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