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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2009 12:07:30 GMT -5
Someone should tell Jonny Flynn not to talk so much trash when they're down by double-digits. I loved when he hit a three that cut the lead from 13 to 10 and he got in someone's face like he had just won the game at the buzzer. It was like Chad Johnson doing an end zone dance with the Bengals down by a couple of TDs.
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VelvetElvis
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Post by VelvetElvis on Jan 15, 2009 12:35:17 GMT -5
btw, when was the last time GU saw 50 in 1st half??
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Post by BubbleVisionBiff on Jan 15, 2009 12:58:19 GMT -5
I was expecting either a Greg Oden-Jeff Green blocking foul or the more correct charge... Fun for all. Anyone care to give an update from the SUcks boards? Yes. they are the SUckiest bunch of SUckers that ever SUcked.
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Post by HealyHoya on Jan 15, 2009 13:17:04 GMT -5
Great win.
Will be interesting to see if this team's youth yields inconsistency throughout the year. Phenomenal performance at UCon, lay an egg against Pitt. Phenomenal performance against the 'Cuse, how do we perform against Dook?
Hopefully experience smooths out the inconsistency. Either way, great win.
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Post by tashoya on Jan 15, 2009 14:29:20 GMT -5
Well ladies and gents, we officially have a TEAM. Bye bye depth issues. Hello smackdowns of overly arrogant opponents.
Personal thoughts... I love watching Jason Clark play. I've been asking for a coupla weeks when his increase (and, sadly, Sapp's decrease) in minutes was coming. I guess I found out. I love his confidence and his ALWAYS crisp passing. He's making better and better decisions and I love his midrange game (we've needed that for a while).
DaJuan is ridiculous. And he's getting better. Loved the midrange from him too (specifically in the 1st when he got a pass down low and just a little space and short-stroked it for 2 all net). I could go either way on the techical but I'm actually surprised DaJuan didn't punch that dude. It looked even worse on the replay. DS essentially landed on his back. I guess the orange player did attempt to go for the ball but that was a vicious landing. Not saying that punching anyone on the court is a good idea or that it should be condoned. More saying that in the moment, if it were me in a competitive game like that, I'm not sure that hitting the guy wouldn't just happen even knowing better than to do so. And that dunk was huge. I tivo'd it back probably ten times and screamed then laughed each time. That might teach Paul Harris not to Dikembe finger swing at DS but I'm not holding out hope for him.
Jessie is pressing and it's not helping. Loved the follow of the missed jumper and hated the ensuing charge. That's not a Jessie decision. We're gonna need him to be the "heady" player that Jon was as we've got a lot of fire in this team and Jessie's gonna have to mellow them out at times.
Sims looked light years better as did JV. Someone's gotta teach Henry to get a little bass in his voice when he screams on a dunk though.
Greg Monroe is Greg Monroe. He's now an adjective and I guess Monroe-ly could make a nice adverb cuz I can't think of other words to describe the kid's game and the term "special" is really getting annoying and is used to apply to some players that can't hold Greg's jock. I love that Greg did all of the things that he does. And he was so Monroe-ly about it. He saw that his team was scoring and did all in his power to facilitate that. That's more than unselfish. That's great team play and great recognition of the flow of the game.
JT3 is a flippin' genius as if we didn't already know. It's like someone else mentioned earlier - it's like JT3's been sandbagging the whole time and then just open the whole can of whup ass on the orange. I can't think of a rival more deserving.
Note to SUcks fans.... your players' relentless showboating looks even more ridiculous on replays and it's fun to fast forward from the showboating in the first to the long faces late in the 2nd half. I'm gonna make a DVD of it I think. Call it Happy, Sad. Happy, Sad.
HOYA SAXA! On to Cameron......
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 15, 2009 14:47:12 GMT -5
Bless the boys, they have made my life in upstate NY much easier - even if the Orangeboys somehow pull one out next month, this whipping will carry weight the rest of the year. Great game from all 10 players, with contributions across the board - hard to stop us if we can keep improving.
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Post by BubbleVisionBiff on Jan 15, 2009 14:51:09 GMT -5
Jessie is pressing and it's not helping. Loved the follow of the missed jumper and hated the ensuing charge. That's not a Jessie decision. We're gonna need him to be the "heady" player that Jon was as we've got a lot of fire in this team and Jessie's gonna have to mellow them out at times. Yeah, he really needed to reset both times he grabbed his own miss. Or at least, if heis going to drive it, go in looking to dish to a baseline cutter. The forcing really ruined what could have been some nice momentum for him.
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Post by cusefaninvt on Jan 15, 2009 15:01:13 GMT -5
I only skimmed the previous seven pages of posts, so I may have missed it... ... but no mention of Flynn trying that facial dunk he pulled against Rutgers only to get his shot partially blocked and have him fall harmlessly to the floor?!? Just happened to watch that one again. Still can't believe they didn't call a blocking foul on that one. The Gtown defender had his arms extended straight out in front of him and hit Jonny's arm prior to knocking the ball away.
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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 15, 2009 15:04:08 GMT -5
cusefaninvt: last night's ref crew was far from the A team. They blew countless calls both ways. If Thompson actually gets a technical, it's either Curtis Shaw (who exists solely to call Ts on Thompsons) or the refs are really horrible. Come to think of it, both apply to Curtis Shaw.
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HoyaFanNY
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Post by HoyaFanNY on Jan 15, 2009 15:23:07 GMT -5
that is what su(ucks) fans do when they lose....blame the refs.
that and they call dajuan a punk when they have guys like flynn, devendork, and harris on their team. the WORST sports fans on the planet.
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Post by hifigator on Jan 15, 2009 15:29:41 GMT -5
It was a great, great win and far more entertaining than the Duke-Ga. Tech game on the "mothership."
I thought the funniest scene from the game was seeing pops and his lady sitting in an empty arena. I guess you could call that the calm before the storm.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2009 15:54:54 GMT -5
I only skimmed the previous seven pages of posts, so I may have missed it... ... but no mention of Flynn trying that facial dunk he pulled against Rutgers only to get his shot partially blocked and have him fall harmlessly to the floor?!? Just happened to watch that one again. Still can't believe they didn't call a blocking foul on that one. The Gtown defender had his arms extended straight out in front of him and hit Jonny's arm prior to knocking the ball away. I still can't believe that the first five fouls of the game were called against the Hoyas, when it was physical at both ends from the outset. I still can't believe that Devendorf traveled every time he caught the ball and never got called for it. I still can't believe that Jonny Flynn didn't travel in the second half at the top of the key. I still can't believe that Greg Monroe didn't get smacked on the top of the head in the second half (if JTIII gets a technical, you KNOW it's a bad call). We could go on all day. There were crap calls both ways. The officiating can be a factor in a close game. This one was over in the first 14 minutes, and all those loud, obnoxious people in orange shirts that I saw around the concourse before the game turned into quiet, reserved types with their coats zipped up after the game. I guess I would've been ashamed to show my colors after that performance too. Good riddance to all of you who showed up last night, and thanks for the ticket revenue. Now go back to your filthy, cold, miserable town and sulk for a while. You've earned it.
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Post by FOTP on Jan 15, 2009 16:00:59 GMT -5
We are lightyears ahead of where I thought we would be this year. Remember in every year we have peaked towards the end of the season. Things are only going to get better. Watchign Greg just makes me smile. Anything he does makes me smile.
I just love that fact that our ceiling is honestly National Champion ceiling. Not saying we will get there, but games against UCONN and Cuse show where our ceiling can be. We can beat anyone.
Fun to be a Hoya fan. I watched the game last night at a bar and a bunch of Cuse fans were talking smack at the beginning not knowing I was a fan...let's just say by halftime the smile only got wider.
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Post by seaweed on Jan 15, 2009 17:06:35 GMT -5
'cuse should just be glad they changed it to the 11 second rule instead of three seconds...there bigs got boards, points and drew fouls while camped out in tents in the paint. At one point (it ends with a foul on Monroe, I think about 8 mins left in the game) my buddy counted 8 seconds in there for Onuaku. Granted at that point the refs were trying to keep it interested and contemplating whether or not to accept 5% of whatever upstate NY car dealership Magoo & Friends offered them if they totally threw the game back to him (or maybe they tried their best, I don't know, something's even a whistle can't accomplish) but it was right about the time III got T'd up, so I am guessing I am not the only one who thought it was getting a little ridiculous.
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Post by professorhoya on Jan 15, 2009 17:12:55 GMT -5
Great win. Will be interesting to see if this team's youth yields inconsistency throughout the year. Phenomenal performance at UCon, lay an egg against Pitt. Phenomenal performance against the 'Cuse, how do we perform against Dook? Hopefully experience smooths out the inconsistency. Either way, great win. The Pitt game actually wasn't that bad. They were neck and neck till halfway through the second half. That was the same thing with Tenessee. Really the games they have lost have all been really close and then the other team went on a run at the end and inexprience wasn't able to counter it.
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Post by FLHoya on Jan 15, 2009 17:25:17 GMT -5
cusefaninvt: last night's ref crew was far from the A team. They blew countless calls both ways. If Thompson actually gets a technical, it's either Curtis Shaw (who exists solely to call Ts on Thompsons) or the refs are really horrible. Come to think of it, both apply to Curtis Shaw. From what I read of the boards on Officiating.com last year, there's a general sentiment that the NCAA should spread the wealth around in Final Four officiating assignments--namely, stop giving so darn many to Ed "Photoshop Thread" Hightower. I mean...technically it's an "A" crew if you go by those assignments--Hightower and Hess both worked at the Final Four last year (Hightower was the lead official for the Nat'l title game--and can you believe such a thing, but a semifinal crew featured Hess AND Curtis Shaw ). But it'd be nice if the "A" crew actually showed up and did their jobs...I'm looking in your direction Brian "J. Peterman" O'Connell. And I say this even though I'm apparently BFF with Hightower, something I'll write about later tonight. Among the many questionable calls, the one thing they handled appropriately was the Summers/Ongenaet play.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Jan 15, 2009 17:34:11 GMT -5
I can't believe nobody has mentioned the greatest moment of this game. Syracuse is shooting a one and one in the second half. The player bricks the first shot and Monroe jumps into the lane to grab the rebound he comes down with it and looks around and sees no one has moved. Apparently know one on syracuse realized it was a 1-1. Monroe looks around confused then paces the ball out to a guard and off they go on a break away. at that point cuse realizes somethings wrong and begins to run back but it's too late. priceless.
Ok Cusevt How could you possibly think that was a block on sims that was a blatant charge as was the one against rutgers.
Flynn is a horrible human being on the basketball court. I've never seen anyone talk so much in my life. And I've never seen anyone talk when they're getting killed. What a moron. He was laughing and smiling the entire time while they were losing. He didn't care at all about whether they won or lost.
Even worse was his talking back to Jimmy B. At one point flynn is dribbling up court as fast as he can and jimmy calls time out. Flynn whips around and starts bitching out boehiem for calling a time out. He literately said, "what are you doing!" I've never seen such disrespect in my life.
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Post by Filo on Jan 15, 2009 17:49:29 GMT -5
Looks like none of those clowns have respect for Boeheim. It's teams like that that lead a coach to voluntarily retire...
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Jan 15, 2009 18:05:19 GMT -5
I'm rewatching the game on ESPN 360 and they put up an awesome stat. both JTIII and JTII have better win percentages in big east play than jim boehiem. LOL.
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Post by lichoya68 on Jan 15, 2009 21:13:57 GMT -5
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