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Post by jkhoya12 on Dec 29, 2008 21:53:16 GMT -5
Can I just say. WHAT. A. GAME. BY. JESSIE. SAPP. i was beyond impressed with jessie in this game. such poise, such control, such crucial steals, and clutch shots. that is who we need him to be. loved to see julian get more PT and greg, i mean what more can you say about the big fella.
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Post by FewFAC on Dec 29, 2008 21:54:21 GMT -5
First victory over a #2 ranked team since January 15, 1985, longest such top-10 drought.
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Post by austintex on Dec 29, 2008 21:55:21 GMT -5
TiVo-->Now Playing on TiVo-->"Georgetown at Connecticut"-->Keep until...-->Keep until I delete
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Post by deacon on Dec 29, 2008 21:57:07 GMT -5
I'm posting LIVE from the Trumbull Kitchen, across the street from the XL Center.
Awesome game by the Hoyas. I was in enemy territory in section 102, and besides a few moments here and there, the crowd was taken out of the game early. A lot of grousing about the officiating in the 2nd half, but also about UConn's inability to play against a zone. The 2-3 gave them fits all night.
Also, great game by Greg. He dominated Thabeet. And Price couldn't do anything with Chris. Pure domination.
Sweet victory, Hoya Saxa!!
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lichoya68
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Post by lichoya68 on Dec 29, 2008 21:58:29 GMT -5
wow just wow ... as henry gets some practice and time he will contribute rebbies and blocks and d ... and then well ..who knows ... THE YOUNGINS HAVE COME THEY ARE HERE ... IL ET ARRIVE... IN FRENCH I THINK ... just wow... and my uconn relatives called me at ten to seven to talk but seems theyve lost the phone since the game hmmm go hoyas ... thanks... and pitt will be tough i think theyre a better team thats TEAM than uconn ...go hoyas ...HAPPY NEW YEAR... what a way to finish 2008 .. the best half court defensvie team in the country ....and probably the best half court defensive hoya team.. ever.. and mr. wright and clark and monroes foul shooting vs. mr. rivers and macklin ... best to them... but WHAT WERE THEY THINKING..... go hoyas ..ps did you see calhoun WHINE after he the ref called a foul on our hoya player WHINED shoulda teeed him up go hoyas
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Post by williambraskyiii on Dec 29, 2008 21:59:13 GMT -5
I know Julian had a couple of boneheaded plays (the goaltending call, the 3pter), but I thought he was crucial today. He got beat on the boards a couple of times, but he really came in and gave us big minutes on the defensive end. I know he was protected to an extent in our 2-3 zone, but had he not been up for the task, Greg's 3rd foul could have been a real turning point in the game. Great job by JTIII to use offense/defense so early, but Julian provided some grit. That's what we need out of him. Also, I loved our zone today. It reminds me a little of John Chaney's old 2-3 matchup zone in the sense that if the other team does get past the 2 guards up top, our guards always flow back to try and get a hand on the ball. I was surprised at how much we were able to turn UConn over out of that zone. Agree with this first paragraph completely - Julian provided us with some crucial minutes - to me he looked rejuvenated on defense, but I was also three pitchers deep when I was formulating my analysis. He needs to snare those rebounds and not get stripped but he was mostly in good position and definitely mixed it up inside on D like we will need him to do all year. I echo everyone else's comments re CW, DS and GM of course. Austin has GREAT touch around the basket. and while i usually wouldn't toot my own horn, since daytona is playing holier than thou saint of Georgetown, I said that if GU had less that 15 turnovers, Greg played 25 or more minutes and there was a single-digit rebounding differential, we'd win. Well Greg played 27 minutes, we had -8 rebounds and only 12 turnovers...and VICTORY! Congrats Hoyas...you just made the season a LOT more interesting.
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Post by SirSaxa on Dec 29, 2008 22:01:12 GMT -5
THis team is T-O-U-G-H!!
GU is not merely a finesse team, though they have a ton of that. GU is tough. Never back down to anyone. And always maintain their POISE!
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Post by DudeSlade on Dec 29, 2008 22:02:03 GMT -5
After the game I just switched over to the Missouri-Northwestern football game on ESPN. At halftime, they just showed the Hoya highlights and said "Georgetown absolutely killed Connecticutt." They then asked Lou Holtz what he thought and he made some remark that was obviously prepared for him by some intern saying "they just killed them on the boards, offensive and defensive. They just played really hard, tough-nosed defense. Took them out of their game." I will excuse his inaccuracies regarding our rebounding because its just awesome that during a football bowl game that the only basketball highlights they showed at halftime is from our domination! That said, Lou Holtz has got to go -- just not a good announcer.
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Post by mapei on Dec 29, 2008 22:05:09 GMT -5
Have we ever played that much zone? It was absoutely the right move, but I was really surprised we did it so much and so well. If there was one key to the game (and there wasn't, but if), that was it IMO.
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Post by TX Hoya on Dec 29, 2008 22:08:54 GMT -5
After the game I just switched over to the Missouri-Northwestern football game on ESPN. At halftime, they just showed the Hoya highlights and said "Georgetown absolutely killed Connecticutt." They then asked Lou Holtz what he thought and he made some remark that was obviously prepared for him by some intern saying "they just killed them on the boards, offensive and defensive. They just played really hard, tough-nosed defense. Took them out of their game." I will excuse his inaccuracies regarding our rebounding because its just awesome that during a football bowl game that the only basketball highlights they showed at halftime is from our domination! That said, Lou Holtz has got to go -- just not a good announcer. No joke - Lou Holtz is just terrible...So terrible, I wonder if it discredits us that he was talking about us during the Alamo Bowl.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Dec 29, 2008 22:10:19 GMT -5
I am not sure anything can be done to rain on this parade. Just a tremendous performance that belies the youth and "inexperience" of our team.
1. If there were any doubts as to JT3's "versatility" as a coach, hope you tuned into this one. With this team, he is showing that we can play "differently" and win games doing it. We are playing rigorous basketball on both sides of the floor - take opportunities given on offensive end in full court and half court situations and sticking to our defensive sets despite being rebounding challenged.
2. I am glad Jay Bilas called this game because he gave all fans a primer on how we play, how we win, and positives/negatives at this stage of the season.
3. Greg Monroe was every bit as good tonight as Jeff was in the Duke game. Unbelievable offensive performance against Thabeet. It helps Monroe that he is a lefty. Even still, I am not sure Thabeet blocked one of his shots. Monroe showed his potential too with the three pointers. He has been working on them in warm ups, but I didn't think his perimeter shot was truly game ready. Great thinking by JT3 to go offense/defense, especially with Vaughn playing well enough to stay on the floor with Thabeet/Adrien.
4. I don't recall us playing hungrier than UCONN in our previous 2 wins against them. Perhaps we were hungrier in that first win, but UCONN was young/coming off personnel issues. In this game, UCONN simply did not match the hunger that I thought Wright/Monroe instilled in the entire team. That energy/hunger that I mentioned after the Memphis game in Wright is perhaps even more important than Monroe and what he brings (Compare Summers, Dajuan looking to throw one down on Thabeet to Summers, Dajuan not being able to make a dunk last season). Key moment for us was Wright's cheap hoops at the end of the half to close things out well and have a good lead into the half.
5. Freeman did what Freeman does. I loved how his game started inside today with easy mid-range shots/layups off of Monroe's passes. That's kind of what I had in mind last week in that discussion with Giga and SF.
6. Loved getting to the line over 20 times on the road. Those opportunities are huge with Monroe off the floor - when we're admittedly not as fluid as we've grown accustomed to from our bench play in the JT3 era.
7. Bilas was spot on with the "do no harm" point in the 2nd half with our bench. I thought we had a positive contribution today from Vaughn and Clark. Clark's play of the day was that Robinson own goal. Clark was just there with aggressive play and helped to make it happen, so I give him credit there. Vaughn had the good putback and held his own defensively, so no complaints. We were able to keep the ball in play and clock running with Monroe on the bench, which is important for our strategy, I think.
8. As for UCONN, I was again surprised by how mentally feeble Thabeet is/was. In our last 3 games against UCONN, I have not been impressed by him. He was seemingly intimidated/outsmarted by Hibbert, and I didn't think he made any adjustments on Monroe, who challenged him early. As MCI has pointed out, he has very weak hands, despite having huge hands. No excuse for drops and getting the ball ripped by a guard.
9. Adrien is a punk despite the good game he had today. I thought he walked on the two makes he had in the 2nd half on consecutive possessions with Freeman defending. Adrien, I thought, didn't challenge us much on the glass when he has done so in the past.
10. I was surprised not to see a token press, maybe a zone press, from UCONN, especially when you know how short our bench is. The subbing that Calhoun did in the first half suggested that he would try to "wear us down" but he pretty much abandoned that, I thought, as the game went on, perhaps to UCONN's detriment.
11. I didn't think our team would play at this level in 2008 or 2009, with the turn over and losing Hibbert, Wallace, and Ewing. I am glad that I am wong and even happier to enjoy the level of basketball that we saw tonight, which, at times, ranked among the best seen in the JT3 era.
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Post by hoyasexy on Dec 29, 2008 22:11:01 GMT -5
THis team is T-O-U-G-H!! GU is not merely a finesse team, though they have a ton of that. GU is tough. Never back down to anyone. And always maintain their POISE! I was interested by the comments that the pbp guy (was it Schulman?) made about us having the reputation of being more of a finesse team, but not so tough. If that is the reputation, it is certainly ill-deserved. Over the last few years (JTIII era), this team may not have always excelled in rebounding, but our defense has always been robust at worst, excellent at best. We also have a ridiculous record in close games. If that isn't proof-positive of toughness (physical and mental), I don't know what is.
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Post by TX Hoya on Dec 29, 2008 22:11:52 GMT -5
At about the 9 minute mark, I turn to my buddy (Hoya alum and fan) and say, "Spencer, if this was Esherick's team, we'd be looking for a way to lose this game right now. But this is a new era - JT3's era - and I feel confident." This university has to do everything to have him retire as a Hoya. When he leaves, the court needs to bear his name. What he has done for the program (and the university, for that matter) in the short time there is incredible. Long live JT3.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Dec 29, 2008 22:12:35 GMT -5
Can I just say. WHAT. A. GAME. BY. JESSIE. SAPP. i was beyond impressed with jessie in this game. such poise, such control, such crucial steals, and clutch shots. that is who we need him to be. loved to see julian get more PT and greg, i mean what more can you say about the big fella. Good point there on Sapp. I love how he has adjusted this season and, in a game like this, intangibles are huge. The 3 pointer was a big shot off a broken play and having him with steals/defensive boards is a huge help.
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Post by TX Hoya on Dec 29, 2008 22:15:46 GMT -5
Also, with 31 NBA scouts there, and the game Monroe had, anyone on this board is deranged if they think he'll be around next year. Let's just get the most out of him that we can this year, which I think is more than anyone thought might be possible at the beginning of the season.
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Post by wildhoya on Dec 29, 2008 22:15:58 GMT -5
I just delighted in the sadsack ESPN announcer whining about the excessive amount of time it was taking for Greg Monroe to place his contact lens in his eye. Nice strategy, Greg!
Hoya Saxa!
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Post by FromTheBeginning on Dec 29, 2008 22:19:18 GMT -5
Let's enjoy watching the wonderful Mr. Monroe while we can - it's becoming painfully obvious he's not going to be around too long - what a talent!!!
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Dec 29, 2008 22:22:14 GMT -5
Great game and effort by the Hoyas!!!! Anybody have a DVD of the game??? Nominees for POW in the BE: Greg, Dajuan, Austin, Chris. It was good to see Greg channeling Roy with the 3-pt shots (did Roy one better). And for this night's quiz: 1. Who is in first place in the BE? 2. Who is in last place in the BE?
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Post by daytonahoya31 on Dec 29, 2008 22:26:42 GMT -5
Braski,
Not playing holier than thou at all. Fact is, a number of us, myself included, have taken a lot of flak over the last few months for having the nerve to suggest that this is anything but a rebuilding season. Now that we've had some great wins, everyone's seeing the potential. So sorry if that offended you.
I'm going to go back to being happy with this win. You should too. We're all on the same team.
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Post by njcoach on Dec 29, 2008 22:28:51 GMT -5
Monroe's running hook shot high off the glass, leaving Thabeet in his dust - magnificent. At that moment I thought: enjoy him while you can.
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