Hibbert Can Play More

[Dhall]

I'm not saying he's a dominant player or necessarily should have seen more time last night given Illinois' quickness, but I really believe he will be good and should see 20-25 minutes a game against most other opponents this year.

While Roy missed a few bunnies against Illinois, it was clear that he could establish position against their big men (who are decent) and he didn't turn it over once in his ten minutes. I'll again say I think he is better now than Dikembe was when Dikembe arrived at Georgetown. Opposing players are intimidated by a guy who's over 7 feet tall wearing a Georgetown uniform - whether they should be or not in this case.

Coach needs to find a way to have him and Green on the floor at the same time barring foul trouble for either of them.

[Hordac]

I agree 100 %.

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

I think it really depends on the type of game that we want to play. Obviously if JTIII thinks that we can run or that we need to stop a team in transition Roy is still too slow to play adequate transition defense. I do agree that he does need more game time as a teaching tool for some mistakes during the game (he needs to just dunk some of his put backs to establish toughness and intensity and get a foul; and also there were times when both he and Green forgot to watchout for someone cutting in from the weakside on defense). However, I do think that if we have a lead at the end of the game most of our offense should go through Roy - he shoots free throws amazingly well and everyone will want to put the big man on the line.

[1803]

Roy looked a little rushed out there, especially when he got the offensive board and spun around throwing it widly off the glass. Of course he should have just thrown it down, but unfortunately he was not sitting on my couch next to me, and able to see that there was no one behind him.

Really big guys like him are called projects for a reason. He didn't play all that much, but in my scorecard he gets props for his jumper from the baseline, and the flush he had. He also blocked one shot, and scared their big guy into an ugly miss. His presence was positive, and the coaching staff will indoubtedly work with him to turn him into the force we all know that he can be.