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Post by bmartin on Mar 23, 2017 19:05:57 GMT -5
Is Obama looking for a new challenge? Nobody would out recruit him.
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Post by bmartin on Jan 18, 2017 21:16:16 GMT -5
Roy with a season high 16 on 7/8 2/2, and this:
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Post by bmartin on Oct 26, 2016 22:15:36 GMT -5
Roy with 15 points, 9 rebounds, 5 blocks, 3 assists, +11 in Hornets win over Bucks. Monroe 14 & 10.
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Post by bmartin on Oct 13, 2016 15:25:52 GMT -5
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Post by bmartin on May 12, 2016 12:55:34 GMT -5
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Post by bmartin on Apr 5, 2016 21:12:53 GMT -5
I know that Roy Williams is going to be in the hall of fame as a coach at some point but how does he leave 'nova's best shooter wide open on that last play. I get that you need to make Arch stop with the ball and hopefully give it up, but you just can't forget about the other teams best shooter. If he makes that shot against tight defense then you tip your hat and congratulate him, but that was not a good defensive scheme on that last play. What is Brice Johnson doing standing all by himself in the middle of the lane when there is not a 'Novas player within 15 feet of him? You had to know they were going to run something similar to what they did!!! I'd kill to have Roy "Two championships, eight Final Fours" Williams coach my team. Not sure how that's getting out-coached. BTW, what Hall of Fame are you talking about? Two championships & eight Final Fours, yes, but in 28 years at Kansas and North Carolina, where you are practically guaranteed of having one of the best rosters in the country every year. He coaches an up and down style of play that wins when he has the best players and loses when he doesn't. That works at Carolina.
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Post by bmartin on Apr 5, 2016 12:25:00 GMT -5
The box score is amazing. Nova had only 6 assists on 28 made FG, and was out rebounded by 13. Both teams made threes, but Nova made 20 of 34 twos while UNC made 16 of 46. They were able to consistently get good looks on individual moves and their switching and defensive rotation harassed Carolina into taking a lot of difficult contested twos.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 30, 2016 19:04:24 GMT -5
Really, Nova is the only team that is in the Final Four because of an advantage in point guard play. Teams led by Tyler Ulis, Melo Tremble, Kris Dunn, and other guards who are better penetrators than those in the Final Four were defended and beaten. I totally disagree with this point. Villanova is winning not just because of their guard play but also because they play as a team, because none of their players goes out and gives up on possessions and because they move the ball extremely well without turning the ball over. Moreover when they pass to someone wide open for 3 that person hits it more than 30% of the time. Some of those players are forwards and their center can be counted on to score a high percentage of the time when guarded one on one in the paint and if double teamed usually finds the open man. Also their first 3 off the bench play almost as well as the starting 5. Moreover, when needed they can guard and cut off drives instead of just allowing dribble penetration for scores of free throws. Okay. I was making the point that point guard play was not the determining factor and that the best point guards all lost. I was being generous and giving guards credit for Nova mostly because they outplayed Kansas (9 turnovers to 16 was the main difference in the game). I don't disagree that Nova played well as a team.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 30, 2016 18:58:49 GMT -5
Buddy Hield is a passable guard. Paige is an OK guard. (Notice that I said "guard" not point guard). You didn't say point guard but all the discussion was about guard penetration, not about jump shooting. Hield has carried Oklahoma but not with the type of guard play described in this thread. Paige is not why UNC won. He didn't outplay Indiana's or Notre Dame's guards. My point stands that the teams that relied on penetrating guards all lost.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 30, 2016 10:18:00 GMT -5
A lot of well thought out and well reasoned posts. However, I would like to go back to the question I posed. Looking at the guard play we have seen in the NCAA tourney, how much has our guard play (or lack thereof) contributed to our poor season?? A really talented guard can penetrate and then, depending on the situation, either pass off or finish. I am not sure we have a player on our roster who has those skills. LJ, almost never passes the once he penetrates. Fortunately, he is so talented, that he frequently can finish in spite of dribbling into a crowd. I would be interested in your view points on this. Really, Nova is the only team that is in the Final Four because of an advantage in point guard play. Teams led by Tyler Ulis, Melo Tremble, Kris Dunn, and other guards who are better penetrators than those in the Final Four were defended and beaten.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 21, 2016 17:06:03 GMT -5
I think this season showed the importance of having good role players who know that they are role players. Hopkins and Trawick sure appear to have been a lot more valuable now than anyone gave them credit for at the time.
In-game coaching is a lot more effective when you actually have a defense and rebounding lineup you can put in when you need stops; a small ball lineup that can actually handle the ball and defend opposing small ball lineups; and backups who can fill in capably when a player is injured or has foul trouble.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 21, 2016 10:01:10 GMT -5
The ACC is 11-1 in the tournament so far (with Pitt being the only loss). And this is with Louisville's self imposed ban this year or they would be in the tournament as well. That is true, but they definitely had some luck with upsets giving them Duke vs. Yale, Syracuse vs. MTSU, Notre Dame vs. SFA instead of facing Baylor, Michigan State, and WVU in the 2nd round.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 21, 2016 9:23:55 GMT -5
10 years ago, ACC had 4 teams in the tournament - Duke 1, UNC 3, BC 4, NC State 10. 5 years ago, they had four: Duke 1, UNC 2, FSU 10, Clemson 12. This year, they have seven: UNC 1, UVA 1, Miami 3, Duke 4, Notre Dame 6, Syracuse 10, Pitt 10.
The ACC is riding a high right now because UVA is up, Miami is up, and they poached Louisville, Notre Dame, Syracuse, and Pitt, but the new teams have pushed Wake, FSU, Ga Tech, NC State, Clemson, and VA Tech to more or less dreaming of being the 7th or 8th best ACC team and making it in on the bubble.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 20, 2016 19:04:47 GMT -5
Not in front of my computer but if he played on tge "army select" team they usually play exhibition games against some D1 and D2 teams... definitely should be some stats from that and Possibly current video.. Also should be some former D1 guys on that team.. Or at least there usually is His Fort Hood backcourt mate Clinkscales played at SMU.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 20, 2016 16:13:49 GMT -5
From February: www.forthoodsentinel.com/sports/post-basketball-competes-in-capital-classic/article_ac277202-d5b4-11e5-84fd-f3277a6b0a2c.htmlOver the weekend, the Fort Hood post varsity men’s basketball team traveled to Washington, D.C., to compete in the annual Capital Classic basketball tournament, hosted by Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. The tournament ran Friday-Monday with 13 teams competing from four of the U.S. military branches: Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force. Meyers noted players Denzell Hosch and Rodney Clinkscales who had outstanding games during the tournament. He said Hosch scored around 40 points off the bench during one of the games against Fort Belvoir. When Meyers and the team arrived in Washington, they were given access to the practice facility at Georgetown University to prepare for tournament play. Meyers said the hospitality the team was shown at Georgetown was “unexpected.” “The coaching staff and John Thompson heard that we were coming and they prepared the clock for us, had water for us, set out the chairs and were actually waiting there for us when we arrived,” he said. Meyers got to meet John Thompson, III, the current head coach at Georgetown, as well as his father, former Georgetown coach and NBA legend, John Thompson, Jr.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 18, 2016 16:12:42 GMT -5
Kermit Davis was in the big time once at Texas A&M and was fired after caught recruiting the Syracuse way with Syracuse connections: www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/1990/12/syracuse_basketball_under_fire_for_possible_violations_of_ncaa_rules.htmlFormer Syracuse University basketball player Tony Scott said he transferred to Texas A&M University this year in a deal brokered by a New York City talent scout who has helped steer players to Syracuse for more than 10 years. First-year Texas A&M head coach Kermit Davis Jr. promised — and in some cases delivered — extra benefits to Scott, his family and the talent scout, Rob Johnson of Queens, Scott said. Johnson told Scott he received $2,400 to work two weeks this summer at Davis' basketball camp at Texas A&M, a state university in College Station, about 90 miles northwest of Houston. Johnson said he planned to work there again next summer. "I thought he was a friend of mine, " Scott said. "It turns out that he sold me to this program." The use of a talent scout to recruit players is strictly forbidden by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which polices athletics at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, including Texas A&M and Syracuse. Major violations of NCAA rules can result in players being declared ineligible and the suspension of entire teams from intercollegiate competition.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 18, 2016 15:15:18 GMT -5
So Stephen Domingo has now been on the court at the end of NCAA tournament losses to a 15-seed and a 13-seed.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 18, 2016 15:05:58 GMT -5
Sparty trying to fight their way back but MTSU is hanging tough. I think Valentine is a PG, no? Go Empty Sue!
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Post by bmartin on Mar 18, 2016 10:13:57 GMT -5
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Post by bmartin on Mar 17, 2016 23:06:03 GMT -5
Where is the guy who can't understand why JTIII never plays man to man when opponents in-bound under their own basket? Providence - USC
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