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Post by Cambridge on Feb 23, 2010 21:29:24 GMT -5
I officially nickname Austin Freeman "The Jackal" because he's an assassin. He choked the life out of Louisville in a cold, professional manner.
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Post by sleepy on Feb 23, 2010 21:29:58 GMT -5
Worst half ever followed by pretty **** good half. Beggars can't be choosers. I'll gladly accept the win. FAR FAR FAR from the worst half ever. I would give either half against Rutgers, first half against both Uconn and Nova and second half verse Syracuse and USF nods over that one. |
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Post by Z on Feb 23, 2010 21:30:22 GMT -5
Also some improved ball security, especially in the second half. First game I can remember where we didn't have at least one lazy pass to the top of the key that resulted in a fast break the other way.
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SirSaxa
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Post by SirSaxa on Feb 23, 2010 21:32:09 GMT -5
Does anyone think that Maybe, just maybe, JT3 might have said a few things and maybe changed a couple things during half time?
Freeman looked VERY frustrated a couple times in the first half. I wouldn't be surprised if he spoke up too.
Great work by the team in the 2nd half.
UL had just won 5 of 6 conference games, including @ Cuse.
VERY good and Timely win for our guys!
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 23, 2010 21:34:33 GMT -5
If your barometer on Chris Wright is how many points he scores, he had a lousy game.
If your barometer is him doing what needs to be done to WIN, he had a very good game. He was solid breaking the press all night, he moved the ball well on offense, and he hit free throws down the stretch. His defense was much better than some are giving him credit for as he was not primarily guarding Sosa for most of the night - that was Clark.
At least one of his turnovers was when Monroe dumped a bounce pass to him on the baseline when he was in the middle of all 3 Louisville front court defenders and had nowhere to go.
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Post by lichoya68 on Feb 23, 2010 21:34:38 GMT -5
ANALYSIS awful d and shooting adn passing adn every thing in the first half EXCEPT GREG who kept us in it and the second half GOOD STEADY GAME BY CHRIS.. GREAT GREG EATING UP SAMUELS AND WELL AUSTIN WELL HE WAS AWESOME.. NOW IF HED JUST LOSE A LITTLE WEIGHT MAYBE HE WOULDNT BE SO SLOW GIMME A BREAK FOLKS HES QUICK AND DEADLY IN AND OUT QUICK TO THE HOOP AND STRONG AND WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOOWOWOWOWO NO FAT AT ALL FOLKS NO FAT AT ALL A TIGHT END LIKE IVE BEEN SAYING wowoowowow eight freaking points i about a minute or so strong quick woowowowowowwoow go hoyas beat notre dame.. .we woke up and hustled on d and o in the second half and chris not alot of points but steay quick point guard yup very steady and last point can jerrelle take it to the hoop for a big guy 6'8 and great moves to the hoop and to finish good handle for a big man and good d and good rebbies.. yes BEAT ND PLEASE  |
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Post by GUJook97 on Feb 23, 2010 21:36:41 GMT -5
Worst half ever followed by pretty **** good half. Beggars can't be choosers. I'll gladly accept the win. FAR FAR FAR from the worst half ever. I would give either half against Rutgers, first half against both Uconn and Nova and second half verse Syracuse and USF nods over that one. You think so? Water under the bridge at this point, but I said it at the time, and I stand by it. I thought that was one of the worst halfs we've played. id be interested to see if III talks about it to the press and what they talked about at halftime. It's strange to say, but if it wasnt for the plays of Hollis, Vee and Benimom which ended up as 10 points, we would have really been in trouble. |
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Post by DFW HOYA on Feb 23, 2010 21:36:54 GMT -5
How about that bench! As quoted from the Louisville message boards:
"Forget about Monroe and Freeman, it's Benimon, Sanford, and Holliman that are coming out of nowhere. "
Well, we're not sure about Holliman, but maybe he's the next Shomnick...
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Post by Buckets on Feb 23, 2010 21:37:57 GMT -5
Uhh... 0/4 FG, 4 A, 4 TO is struggling. I think he'll turn it around, but saying that he didn't struggle tonight is some heavy, heavy spin. Yes, but I actually watched the game, and the stats far from tell the whole story. He created a lot of baskets that didn't count as assists and he was a one man press break for God's sake. Tonight he didn't struggle, he had a very good game. I watched the game as well. He wasn't terrible, but Wright has been a one-man press break forever. He performed up to par in this aspect, but struggled greatly in others. |
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Post by SirSaxa on Feb 23, 2010 21:38:46 GMT -5
The vaunted Louisville press created, what? ONE Turnover? Hoyas only had 11 for the entire game.
And there were several times when we broke the press and ATTACKED the basket for easy buckets.
With Chris, Jason and Austin, the Hoyas handle pressing very well.
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Post by arsenalhoya on Feb 23, 2010 21:39:04 GMT -5
I was playing intramurals during this game but I'm going to start watching the replay now. I can be a lot calmer knowing the result lol...
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Post by sleepy on Feb 23, 2010 21:43:09 GMT -5
Yes, but I actually watched the game, and the stats far from tell the whole story. He created a lot of baskets that didn't count as assists and he was a one man press break for God's sake. Tonight he didn't struggle, he had a very good game. I watched the game as well. He wasn't terrible, but Wright has been a one-man press break forever. He performed up to par in this aspect, but struggled greatly in others. You seem to be one of the few people who think Chris struggled this game, so maybe you watched a different game then the rest of us, or don't understand how important and difficult it was that he handled the press with near perfection. |
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Post by mapei on Feb 23, 2010 21:43:12 GMT -5
I think Lville reverted to form in the first part of the second half. Our D wasn't all that different from the first half, but Lville was missing shots and making bad passes. Meanwhile, our offense came alive in dramatic fashion, thanks almost entirely to an amazing performance by #15. Nice rebounding from Greg, too.
Agree that CW broke the press well. He was sweating so much at the FT line that I wondered if he might be sick, which could account for a down scoring night.
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Post by paranoia2 on Feb 23, 2010 21:44:01 GMT -5
Speaking of presses I nominate Vee to come in and be a 1 man press harassing the opponent's guards as they bring the ball up. Like Charles Smith early in his G'Town career. Just come in with 7 minutes to go in the 1st half and attack the ball in the backcourt for 3 or 4 minutes. Change it up, get the other team out of sinc and give someone a rest. Vee's a battler that seems to know what the hell he is doing.
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Post by williambraskyiii on Feb 23, 2010 21:50:14 GMT -5
I officially nickname Austin Freeman "The Jackal" because he's an assassin. He choked the life out of Louisville in a cold, professional manner. Austin is Bruce Willis in the Jackal (though much, much more badass) and the rest of the Big East is Jack Black right before he gets his arm blown off. |
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Post by daytonahoya31 on Feb 23, 2010 21:53:43 GMT -5
I've seen Sosa, Jerry Smith and Preston Knowles have opposing guards literally scared to come get the ball. And Chris dominated them all night. All of them. None of them could put pressure on him. They couldn't deny him the ball, they couldn't stop him from getting anywhere on court he wanted.
Chris, IMO, had every bit the great game Austin had. It's just that Austin's game will show up in the box score
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Post by whatmaroon on Feb 23, 2010 22:00:34 GMT -5
You know what that squad looked like tonight? A top 10-type team that went on the road against a decent but not that great opponent and worked through some early struggles to beat without too much agony the kind of team they should beat without too much agony. It's nice to get a win like that, and I hope the guys enjoy it.
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Post by cdnhoya on Feb 23, 2010 22:01:06 GMT -5
Also some improved ball security, especially in the second half. First game I can remember where we didn't have at least one lazy pass to the top of the key that resulted in a fast break the other way. excellent point about no lazy passes. a couple of dangerous moves by clark with the ball but a great job in the 2nd. |
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Post by NCHoya on Feb 23, 2010 22:03:00 GMT -5
I think the fellas knew their roles tonight. Chris's role, probably per JT3, was to handle the press and get the team into the offense without turnovers, while Austin was to do what he does best, score and Greg was just supposed to make it work and win his match-up with Smardo. It sure seemed like that was the gameplan anyway.
Nice win Hoyas! Let's keep it going.
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Post by cdnhoya on Feb 23, 2010 22:04:19 GMT -5
You know what that squad looked like tonight? A top 10-type team that went on the road against a decent but not that great opponent and worked through some early struggles to beat without too much agony the kind of team they should beat without too much agony. It's nice to get a win like that, and I hope the guys enjoy it. and if they beat the irish (possibly w/o harangody?) they will be a top 10 team on everyone's ballot. other than feinstein. |
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