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Post by bmartin on Mar 3, 2012 23:32:53 GMT -5
Everybody's offense works when you have an unguardable point guard. We could definietly use better ballhandlers, but it isn't the offense's fault that we don't. How many guys like that are there? Every team has guards that commit bad turnovers at times.
The Georgetown/Princeton offense adapts to the strengths of the players. If you get guys who can beat defenders off the dribble without being completely out of control and are able to pass when the defense collapses on them, the offense is perfect for them. That is the basic play of the Princeton offense. If you have a versatile big man like Jeff Green who is unguardable and makes good decisions with the ball, you run the offense through him and the guards spot up or cut off the ball.
We don't need Villanova's "give it to the point guard and let him dribble off screens offense."
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Post by bmartin on Mar 3, 2012 22:35:28 GMT -5
Despite the turnovers and the missed free throws, the foul trouble for Henry and Hollis killed our chances to keep it close and to come back.
The score was 44-43 when Henry was in the game. Hollis had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists in 27 minutes. When those two were out of the game, Otto was the only player Marquette could not handle.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 3, 2012 18:28:14 GMT -5
Some nice assists from Hollis today also.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 2, 2012 23:21:11 GMT -5
Personally, I appreciate that when Hollis is not getting a lot of points he still has the patience and discipline to stay with the offense and keep the ball movement and the spacing and "trust our stuff" as JTIII says. It has to be tempting when the offense is struggling for players to take it on themselves to make a play, but we really don't have the personnel to beat good teams with isolations and one-on-one plays. Hollis understands that he will get better shots when the ball goes inside and then back out or when under-control penetration forces the defense to double or collapse on the ball, so he doesn't force plays. In one of the games earlier this year, it was Hollis who noticed that the cutters were being bumped but then were getting open late so he suggested that Henry look to make the pass later in the cuts. His patience in the offense has been a very good influence on Porter and Whittington.
One of the amazing things about the Green-Hibbert-Wallace team was their patience to keep running the offense without panicking and chucking shots or making out of control drives. Think about the UNC game. 98% of college basketball teams would have started to play scramble ball when they were down 10 in the second half but those guys just kept running the offense until the shots started falling and then it was UNC that panicked and started shooting early threes.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 2, 2012 13:24:09 GMT -5
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Post by bmartin on Mar 2, 2012 11:43:03 GMT -5
Did you factor in going to a Catholic school that would hold to Catholic doctrine? I don't get the arguments, other than, "I want what I want, regardless of the reasoning behind it." You can't read very well, can you? Georgetown offers contraception coverage to its employees, so there obviously is no religious doctrinal objection. It is only the student insurance option that does not cover contraception.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 2, 2012 11:39:52 GMT -5
Let's all be grateful that each of Rush's four wives apparently used contraception.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 2, 2012 11:18:25 GMT -5
9-2 OOC 12-6 BE 2-1 BET 3-1 NCAA 26-10
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Post by bmartin on Mar 1, 2012 20:32:11 GMT -5
Whatever this is, it isn't carpet bagging. That term has historical meaning that has nothing to do with someone returning to his home state where he previously had a distinguished career.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 1, 2012 16:38:22 GMT -5
DaJuan freelanced less than Wright, Freeman, or Monroe that year. DaJuan was dependent on other players getting him the ball in scoring position. He did shoot a lot of threes because the perimeter was about the only place he got the ball.
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Post by bmartin on Feb 29, 2012 19:58:31 GMT -5
I'm going with Clark too. I've enjoyed his progress as a player and person. A few NCAA wins would cap it off. BTW, I could care less how many points Hollis had in 2 NCAA losses. The way Hollis plays, it's no indication of how he'll do this year. I prefer Hollis with 5 pts, 6 rbs, 0 TO's and a W. Hey, I'm not one of the dozens of posters who rate everything on NCAA performance, but for those who do it should be relevant who played well and who did not. Monroe played very well against Ohio. Freeman didn't. Clark didn't. Wright did on offense but not on defense. Hollis scored 16 points and wasn't the problem. Last year Hollis was the only player who had a good game vs. VCU. Freeman, Wright, Clark, Vaughn, Sims all had poor games. I know some people don't want to give Hollis any praise but he was the best Hoya on the court by far against VCU.
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Post by bmartin on Feb 29, 2012 17:37:37 GMT -5
Freeman and Wright had outstanding careers except for the NCAA tournament. Freeman had a few good Big East tournament games, but he never had a good NCAA game for whatever reason. Wright scored a bunch against Ohio but the defense by all the guards was terrible. He should get a pass for the VCU performance because he was one-handed.
Clark has not had a good NCAA tournament game in two tries. Hollis was 4 for 6 from three vs. VCU, while Freeman, Wright, Clark were a combined 0 for 16. In fact, Hollis has scored more points in two NCAA games than Freeman scored in four.
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Post by bmartin on Feb 29, 2012 16:10:57 GMT -5
Private interests disguised as party bosses did pick nominees for much of U.S. history. Primary elections are a rather recent radical experiment.
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Post by bmartin on Feb 29, 2012 15:21:50 GMT -5
In Michigan, the GOP primary is winner-take-all in each congressional district (the new 2012 districts with Michigan losing a seat from 15 to 14.) There are two delegates per district and it looks like they may have each won 7 districts, though one or two are close enough that the result could change if more votes magically appear from somewhere. There also are two at-large delegates that are proportional, so each will get one of those. So it looks like 15-15 on Michigan delegates. Michigan results by congressional district: www.migopprimary.com/map.aspArizona, however is winner take all on the statewide vote, so Romney got all 29 delegates. The Republicans have quitre a few winner-take-all primaries primarily so they won't have a drawn out process. They want to crush any minority factions within the party. The Democratic Party process awards delegates proportionally in every congressional district and statewide, so the 2nd place candidate can always get some delegates without winning the state.
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Post by bmartin on Feb 26, 2012 22:06:28 GMT -5
I suspect being a basketball coach is a lot easier if you do not have to concern yourself with any academic standards for admission or whether your players go to class or are on a path to graduate.
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Post by bmartin on Feb 23, 2012 22:46:05 GMT -5
I'm not talking about him shooting more off-balance contested layups/push shots/fade aways. I am talkiing about getting good low-post position and using the moves that Roy taught him - the short hooks, drop steps, and quick post moves he used so well against Memphis and Alabama.
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Post by bmartin on Feb 23, 2012 15:28:31 GMT -5
Henry just needs to work to get better position and score some low post baskets.
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Post by bmartin on Feb 21, 2012 14:10:30 GMT -5
As primary turnouts drop, GOP enthusiasm is questioned articles.philly.com/2012-02-20/news/31079881_1_turnout-voter-surge-gop-enthusiasmThis is the big difference from the drawn out Democratic nomination four years ago. Obama and Hillary were breaking turnout records throughout the primaries and turning out many more young voters, minority voters, and women who are usually disengaged from the process. Those voters provided the margin in several swing states in the general election. The question for Obama is whether all those new voters from 2008 are disillusioned and may not vote this November. The Republican contests so far have actively discouraged any new voters who are not already 100% true believers from participating in the process.
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Post by bmartin on Feb 20, 2012 20:04:09 GMT -5
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Post by bmartin on Feb 20, 2012 17:57:40 GMT -5
It may work in Hollis' favor that he doesn't force shots and put his head down and drive into turnovers. He has an offensive personality of a taller Jon Wallace. He shoots such a high percentage because he doesn't take bad shots. He runs the offense rather than forcing something.
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