Bay99
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Post by Bay99 on Jan 14, 2009 22:26:11 GMT -5
GREAT WIN HOYAS
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theexorcist
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Post by theexorcist on Jan 14, 2009 22:31:20 GMT -5
Steve Lavin, at the half of Baylor-A&M, emphasized that GU keeps on getting better.
Hee hee hee.
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Hoya50
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Post by Hoya50 on Jan 14, 2009 22:34:15 GMT -5
couple things:
1. hope rautins is ok. looked like his knee was rolled over pretty good and i wouldn't wish a knee injury on my worst enemy.
2. summer's dunk was the PLAY OF THE YEAR and i don't care if he yells in some euro's face and gets a t.
3. i called that i wanted to see clark check flynn and maybe jt should hire me as an assistant because i thought it worked pretty well. flynn got by him a few times, but clark is going to be a top defender in this league.
GO HOYAS! BEAT DUKE!
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harlemhoya
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Post by harlemhoya on Jan 14, 2009 22:34:50 GMT -5
Hoyas 26-6 in Feb and March
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dikembe
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Post by dikembe on Jan 14, 2009 22:36:16 GMT -5
Terrific effort tonight. Glad to see the youngans haven't lost their confidence after the rough start with losses to Pitt and ND. We've bounced back nicely which furthers my confidence that JT III is the best coach in the country.
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PhillyHoya
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Post by PhillyHoya on Jan 14, 2009 22:37:32 GMT -5
Rautins and his mullet limped to the locker room. Looked like it could've been an ankle but wouldn't be surprised if it was that knee again.
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sleepy
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Post by sleepy on Jan 14, 2009 22:39:45 GMT -5
Silly, Silly Syracuse fans. Going into the game most of them kept saying that Princeton offense doesn't work against our zone and blah de blah de blah. The fact is we had a great zone offense against them that disappered during halftime of the 2006 BET game. That offense came back tonight, and is the reason we won. Obviously the three point shooting helped imensly, but we were getting wide open threes because we weren't just passing the ball around the perimeter until there was 5 seconds left in the shot clock like the previous two years. Another thing Cuse fans were very wrong before the game, they were boasting about how even if we did manage to break the zone they would just go to their newfound man to man defense. Hahaha, Gtown being scared of a man defense not employed by Pitt. Anyways this is a different team than just a week ago. We have basically just added a player and a half to our lineup with Sims and Vaughns improvement. We were able to play a three big rotation virtually the whole game, that changes a lot. We have the ability to go to so many different matchups now. I know we may not shoot like that again this season, but we can still play better than the way we played tonight. Silly turnovers inbounding the ball, a bunch of missed layups, etc etc.
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mapei
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Post by mapei on Jan 14, 2009 22:41:47 GMT -5
Can someone point me to some info on Hollis? I was surprised to see a new player dressed for the game. I've certainly seen his name on the board, but I always assumed he was a future recruit. Was he ineligible for some reason?
Even though I shouldn't be, I'm clueless.
I agree with everyone else that it was a great team effort, with terrific production from the bench, every one of them. DaJuan is emerging as a real national-caliber star.
I detest Devo but the guy can shoot - I was nervous every time he touched the ball.
Why was JT3 T'd - I saw it called but was unsure what provoked it - and was that our old friend Teddy Valentine?
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Filo
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Post by Filo on Jan 14, 2009 22:42:14 GMT -5
Also, our offense was terrific but Syracuse shot over 48% from the field (second only to Tennessee). I remember last year holding many teams to under 40% but this year all our Big East opponents have broken 40%. Is this the new MO? Should we expect our defense to improve to where it was a year ago or has the style changed to a more high scoring format? No, the Hoyas don't have the same D as they did last year, especially on the interior because Big Roy isn't patrolling the paint. They are going to force a lot more turnovers, though, and they are doing a good job on the perimeter. Interior D needs improvement. That's not a complaint, since no one should be complaining after completely spanking 'Cuse like we just did. And, yes, the offense is much more potent. Great contributions all around. When this team is firing on all cylinders, there are few teams in the country that can keep up. Rautins is apparently OK - it looks like a bruised knee, rather than a re-injury.
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idhoya
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Post by idhoya on Jan 14, 2009 22:43:19 GMT -5
Summers dunk sent a message and showed the team can get fired up. Sims' dunk was nice too.
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Post by grokamok on Jan 14, 2009 22:53:25 GMT -5
Not that it is anything but the barest of garnishes for the lovely meal tonight, but UMD just tossed a 17 point lead with 12 minutes left in the gutter to lose at Miami by 2.
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sleepy
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Post by sleepy on Jan 14, 2009 22:53:51 GMT -5
Also, our offense was terrific but Syracuse shot over 48% from the field (second only to Tennessee). I remember last year holding many teams to under 40% but this year all our Big East opponents have broken 40%. Is this the new MO? Should we expect our defense to improve to where it was a year ago or has the style changed to a more high scoring format? No, the Hoyas don't have the same D as they did last year, especially on the interior because Big Roy isn't patrolling the paint. They are going to force a lot more turnovers, though, and they are doing a good job on the perimeter. Interior D needs improvement. That's not a complaint, since no one should be complaining after completely spanking 'Cuse like we just did. And, yes, the offense is much more potent. Great contributions all around. When this team is firing on all cylinders, there are few teams in the country that can keep up. Rautins is apparently OK - it looks like a bruised knee, rather than a re-injury. If Sims, Vaughn, Clark, and the rest of the bench continue their improvement, the key to how good we will really be this season will be the improvement of the defense. While we aren't really a bad defensive team right now, we do need to improve that area right now. The additional post depth will certainly help, as our frontcourt can be more aggressive like we were today without being in big trouble. But we need to be able to get key stops which we haven't shown the ability to do this season.
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Post by BubbleVisionBiff on Jan 14, 2009 22:58:07 GMT -5
Can someone point me to some info on Hollis? I was surprised to see a new player dressed for the game. I've certainly seen his name on the board, but I always assumed he was a future recruit. Was he ineligible for some reason? Even though I shouldn't be, I'm clueless. I agree with everyone else that it was a great team effort, with terrific production from the bench, every one of them. DaJuan is emerging as a real national-caliber star. I detest Devo but the guy can shoot - I was nervous every time he touched the ball. Why was JT3 T'd - I saw it called but was unsure what provoked it - and was that our old friend Teddy Valentine? check the recruiting thread. Hollis qualified early after acing the SAT and graduating early. He will not, barring a freakish series of events, play this year, but he gets an extra semester on the practice court, the weight room, and most important, in the classroom. He will be ready to go next year. To see him dressed, OTOH, was surprising. It was not Teddy V., who almost always does ACC games now. It was Ed Hightower. O'Connell was abysmal. So many missed walks, and so much no contact on our end. The T on III was after a complete gag of a non call on a hack on Greg under the rim. Total joke. Agree with Sleepy (or idhoya? sorry), we take better care of the ball, we win by 25.
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Post by BubbleVisionBiff on Jan 14, 2009 22:59:28 GMT -5
Not that it is anything but the barest of garnishes for the lovely meal tonight, but UMD just tossed a 17 point lead with 12 minutes left in the gutter to lose at Miami by 2. Oh, that is a a very lovely cherry on top.
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Post by guhoyasfan36 on Jan 14, 2009 23:01:10 GMT -5
Some observation for me tonight: Awesome, awesome game for the bench. Everyone contributed and made huge plays. That was the ? coming in, now we have the answer. I don't think we will shoot that well all the time but our potential is National Champions. We still need to get a little tougher inside, gave up a few easy buckets but overall played solid D. Would like to see us work the high-low game against the zone more, opens up everything. I think we also need to get Greg the ball more while he can go to his strong hand. Seems to be going to his weak side a lot and not converting as much as he could. Great win...keep it going...Beat DOOk
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Post by guhoyasfan36 on Jan 14, 2009 23:04:33 GMT -5
I also thought devo was walking everytime he caught the ball. Oh well, guess can't have everything.
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Bando
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Post by Bando on Jan 14, 2009 23:04:58 GMT -5
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
That is all I have to add.
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mapei
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Post by mapei on Jan 14, 2009 23:09:21 GMT -5
check the recruiting thread. Hollis qualified early after acing the SAT and graduating early. He will not, barring a freakish series of events, play this year, but he gets an extra semester on the practice court, the weight room, and most important, in the classroom. He will be ready to go next year. To see him dressed, OTOH, was surprising. It was not Teddy V., who almost always does ACC games now. It was Ed Hightower. O'Connell was abysmal. So many missed walks, and so much no contact on our end. The T on III was after a complete gag of a non call on a hack on Greg under the rim. Total joke. Thanks. That's very cool about Hollis.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Jan 14, 2009 23:10:55 GMT -5
Obviously by far the best game of the year for the bench, but things I did not expect: Julian making STRONG moves in the post and contributing on BOTH ends of the court, and of course Nikita's shooting and his HUSTLE play diving on the floor to get a loose ball... those 3 plays alone by NM broke this game open.
Against better teams, our success will be dictated by how well we shoot from 3 and how competitive we are on the boards. A+ in BOTH departments tonight. That is the competitive fire I want to see from us on the glass in EVERY game. You could see every guy 1 through 10 played with a sense of URGENCY which had been lacking the last few games. As someone said earlier, it was VERY encouraging to see Austin regain his stroke.
The team should feel extremely proud of itself tonight. That was maybe the most COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT I have seen from a Georgetown team in years. Everyone contributed. We are going to need a similar effort if we are going to leave Cameron on Saturday with a win. But for us fans, we can definitely savor this one tonight!
Off-topic tidbits: Jonny Flynn yelling at us in the tunnel that he has more money than us... I'm sure you do, Jonny. You don't have to expose the SU boosters for us to know. The SUcks fan who got tossed for throwing a t-shirt back onto the court and his 350 pound GF, classless. And KUDOS to the students for coming up with an inventive manner of heckling Devendorf with a revised version of "Hey Baby." THAT was awesome.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Jan 14, 2009 23:13:05 GMT -5
Also, I'd like to point out that the Georgetown crowd brought it today - I've never been to Georgetown-Cuse match up where I never heard the Cuse fans. The scoreboard may have had something to do with that. The new version of the Hey song was very funny.
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