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Post by hifigator on Dec 10, 2009 12:13:14 GMT -5
Not only is Georgetown's tempo not that slow (we're 196th in the Nation in tempo according to KenPom), IT'S FASTER THAN FLORIDA'S (they're 205th in the nation). I'm not sure what to think of that. I'm guessing that those numbers are skewed a bit by having played several totally outmanned teams. We do press a lot and as long as we can avoid injuries and stay out of foul trouble, we have the bodies to do so. Ironically, the 5 is where we really lack depth. Kenny Kadji just hasn't developed and Erik Murphy is talented, but very green. Behind Macklin, there's not much there. And he does a pretty good job on the back end of the press. He's athletic enough and big/strong enough to handle the occasional "odd man rush" that a press tends to give up. In any case, I think those stats are more a factor of our defense than our offense. I think we have held 6 of our 8 opponents to under 60 points, with Michigan State and Jacksonville being the exceptions. FSU had averaged 83 when we played them, and we held them to 59.
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Post by TBird41 on Dec 10, 2009 16:42:37 GMT -5
Not only is Georgetown's tempo not that slow (we're 196th in the Nation in tempo according to KenPom), IT'S FASTER THAN FLORIDA'S (they're 205th in the nation). I'm not sure what to think of that. I'm guessing that those numbers are skewed a bit by having played several totally outmanned teams. We do press a lot and as long as we can avoid injuries and stay out of foul trouble, we have the bodies to do so. Ironically, the 5 is where we really lack depth. Kenny Kadji just hasn't developed and Erik Murphy is talented, but very green. Behind Macklin, there's not much there. And he does a pretty good job on the back end of the press. He's athletic enough and big/strong enough to handle the occasional "odd man rush" that a press tends to give up. In any case, I think those stats are more a factor of our defense than our offense. I think we have held 6 of our 8 opponents to under 60 points, with Michigan State and Jacksonville being the exceptions. FSU had averaged 83 when we played them, and we held them to 59. And you wonder why people here think you didn't even get a degree from Florida. Seriously, that answer was so wrong that Tebow started crying again. Why don't you look at those statistics again, possibly consider what the unit is associated with the number and try again.
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Post by hifigator on Dec 21, 2009 11:40:14 GMT -5
Vern was one of the few bright spots in Saturday's loss to Richmond. I thought he played aggressively for the most part. His streak of made free throws finally came to an end with a rather brickish looking effort, but overall I think he played well. He had 3 blocks that I remember -- two coming on one trip. He along with 2 other players, missed a shot on our last possession that would have tied the game, but overall, I would give him high marks.
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Post by EasyEd on Dec 21, 2009 13:50:11 GMT -5
Vern was one of the few bright spots in Saturday's loss to Richmond. I thought he played aggressively for the most part. His streak of made free throws finally came to an end with a rather brickish looking effort, but overall I think he played well. He had 3 blocks that I remember -- two coming on one trip. He along with 2 other players, missed a shot on our last possession that would have tied the game, but overall, I would give him high marks. He also poured in four points.
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Post by hifigator on Dec 21, 2009 14:51:13 GMT -5
Vern was one of the few bright spots in Saturday's loss to Richmond. I thought he played aggressively for the most part. His streak of made free throws finally came to an end with a rather brickish looking effort, but overall I think he played well. He had 3 blocks that I remember -- two coming on one trip. He along with 2 other players, missed a shot on our last possession that would have tied the game, but overall, I would give him high marks. He also poured in four points. Our entire team had trouble scoring for whatever reason. We held Richmond to one basket over the last 11 minutes but still lost the game.
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Post by bmartin on Dec 21, 2009 21:04:11 GMT -5
Richmond's Princeton offense got a lot of points in the paint and open threes against Florida:
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Post by hifigator on Dec 22, 2009 12:22:28 GMT -5
Richmond's Princeton offense got a lot of points in the paint and open threes against Florida: Richmond didn't get much of anything offensively, especially down the stretch. I did exaggerate a bit, but they did only get one basket in the last 9 1/2 minutes. Unfortunately for the Gators, they couldn't score either and couldn't capitalize on it.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 23, 2009 12:50:42 GMT -5
Gators looked real good against South Alabama as well. nice to see vern contributing so much that he was on the bench at the end until the other big fouled out. Then he was clueless on d as the winning field goal was scored.
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Post by hifigator on Dec 23, 2009 15:28:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I can't defend the effort last night. It was kind of surprising, given that we had lost 2 straight. I didn't get to see much of the game. My son had a birthday party and it was into the second half when I got home. Then, for some reason, the game wasn't on channelsurfing, even though it listed it earlier in the day. So I went to ESPN360 and had to download some special programs. By the time I got through all that crap, there was only about 4 minutes to go and the feed wasn't very good anyway. In any case, giving up the easy rebound and putback in that situation is unacceptable. You have to surround the basket and make it a loose ball skirmish at the very least. The worst thing that happens then is you get whistled for a foul and make them earn it at the charity stripe, but refs are very unlikely to call fouls on a loose ball in that situation. If the first shot had gone in, then you tip your hat to the guy, but to allow someone to hang out unchecked in the paint is entirely unacceptable.
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Post by tashoya on Dec 25, 2009 1:04:30 GMT -5
Here's a tip.... Vern's not that good. That's why he didn't play that much here. He's got "potential." I don't even think it's an effort question most of the time with V-Mack. He's an athlete that needs to learn how to play good basketball. Why he'd transfer from Georgetown to do exactly that is a question that isn't going to be answered for him in FL.
That's the sad part of his transferring vis a vie Rivers transferring. I never thought JR had the tools to be a complete player. He could lock down on defense but that's all I thought he'd ever really be. At best, a serviceable 6 or 7 in college when one could justify the offensive drop-off to put him on a really talented guard to defend. Vern has the athleticism to be a player. He just doesn't have the skills. Sitting a year certainly didn't help that as the transition itself from school to school and the differences in style of play are enough to assimilate when you're coming from a place of lacking the basic skills necessary to excel in any system. I hope he does well. I just don't see it happening soon.
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Post by SSHoya on Dec 28, 2009 21:48:05 GMT -5
Macklin scores career high 18 in 76-60 victory over American University
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Post by dense on Dec 28, 2009 22:10:21 GMT -5
was it 16 or 18 he had @ St. john's on that game where summers didnt play Hibbert's senior year?
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Dec 28, 2009 23:05:54 GMT -5
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Post by dense on Dec 29, 2009 0:49:32 GMT -5
thought so
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 10, 2010 11:06:00 GMT -5
Macklin's line in loss 95-87 loss to Vanderbilt: 14 minutes, 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 block and FIVE fouls!!
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