RDF
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Post by RDF on Jan 28, 2012 17:57:21 GMT -5
You let 2 Johnny deleteds like Robinson/Patterson shoot 90% you deserve to lose.
Also--can III please instill a group of guys who can play an entire game with the effort we've seen overall from team in 2nd Half? If that means 1, 2, 3 new Starters-fine by me. The "slow" starts are inexcusable this time of year.
This is when you start playing tighter/crisper ball and this looks like November basketball. No communication on simple backpicks and why bigs are going out to defend Zanna/Taylor 20 feet from hoop to give up backdoor layups/dunks I've got no idea, but no matter--TALK on defense.
To lose to this disgustingly awful Pitt team is a very disappointing finish. They suck--but today they sucked FAR less then Hoyas.
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GUJook97
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Post by GUJook97 on Jan 28, 2012 17:57:40 GMT -5
Poor game on JTII. It happens. On to UConn.
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mapei
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Post by mapei on Jan 28, 2012 17:57:57 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd say Nate is in pretty good company today with egreious defense.
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mapei
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Post by mapei on Jan 28, 2012 17:59:29 GMT -5
They're beating us with the Princeton offense!
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mfk24
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Post by mfk24 on Jan 28, 2012 18:00:24 GMT -5
This is going to sound harsh but Nate is killing us time and time again and not just on offense. It's not just on Nate. Everyone is a step slow on D, not fighting over screens, leaving their man open, not communicating well so that cutters end up wide open.
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Post by nnb5 on Jan 28, 2012 18:00:32 GMT -5
I am just tired of the slow offensive starts and lackadaisical defense.
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Post by mannyalexander on Jan 28, 2012 18:00:36 GMT -5
This is going to sound harsh but Nate is killing us time and time again and not just on offense. I agree. He always just seems to be a step slow/off. With that being said, the blame for today's (soon to be) loss rests on the entire team's shoulders and not just Nate.
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bmartin
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Post by bmartin on Jan 28, 2012 18:00:38 GMT -5
Man defense wasn't working. Couldn't guard the back screens.
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AltoSaxa
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Post by AltoSaxa on Jan 28, 2012 18:00:39 GMT -5
Way too much Whittington ... avg. on defense, extremely poor game on offense
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Buckets
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Post by Buckets on Jan 28, 2012 18:01:35 GMT -5
So no zone against Cincinnati and heavy zone against Pitt... do we scout teams or flip a coin at tipoff to determine our primary defense?
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GUJook97
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Post by GUJook97 on Jan 28, 2012 18:02:09 GMT -5
I really dont understand why we spent a week thinking we could play zone against Pitt. Clearly, we should have recognized they would break us down. Without a healthy Hollis Thompson, Georgetown is slow on man defense. If Hollis gets beat all day by Woddall, so be it. But, like RDF said, we let Pitt's awful front line destroy us.
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DFW HOYA
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jan 28, 2012 18:02:20 GMT -5
Starks' basket at the 1:31 mark was only the second FG since 7:46, when Georgetown was down six.
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Post by swhoya on Jan 28, 2012 18:03:31 GMT -5
Way too much Whittington ... avg. on defense, extremely poor game on offense This. We had a really good run going and then two bad O possessions by GW stopped the rally. Henry was owning them--we should have kept going to him. But just disgustingly bad D. And I don't get the Nate bashing on that--everyone's getting beat off those back screens.
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RDF
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Post by RDF on Jan 28, 2012 18:03:54 GMT -5
This game was lost on offensive end of the court and if something doesn't improve soon--they won't beat many teams. You can't give away an entire half of basketball play Elementary school offensive basketball. It's not just shooting poorly-it's not getting enough shots. You've got to play with tempo and this program SUCKS when they play like they did in 1st Half and really how they played after getting it down to 5 pts. Then they walked it up, slowed everything down--get the ball into the frontcourt and MOVE. Move the damn ball, move off the ball but MOVE.
Losing to a deleted team like Pitt is an embarrassment. Woodall or not-they suck this year.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Jan 28, 2012 18:04:06 GMT -5
Games like this are why we shouldn't get too excited about this team.
They were not aggressive on offense almost the entire first half. Sims, Clark and Hollis in particular need to be more selfish.
On defense, Pitt just eviscerated us with the same plays over and over. Worst defensive game of the season so far.
Lastly, anyone calling out Nate in this game needs to seriously consider their thought process. So much blame to go around -- the crew that hates Nate for whatever reason needs to think about what that reason is.
Otto Porter seemed to have a good game. A lot of people had a decent half on offense in the second half.
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Massholya
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Post by Massholya on Jan 28, 2012 18:06:16 GMT -5
I think having to play the first half without Starks hurt our tempo
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GUJook97
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Post by GUJook97 on Jan 28, 2012 18:06:41 GMT -5
I like that Whittington, Porter and Trawick are at least aggressive. They may miss shots, but they play with the urgency that somehow seems to be sucked out of every upperclassmen that plays on our team, like SF said. It's just strange.
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mfk24
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Post by mfk24 on Jan 28, 2012 18:06:55 GMT -5
At this point, please don't play the foul game, it is clearly out of reach. Just take the loss and move on.
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kettlehill
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Post by kettlehill on Jan 28, 2012 18:07:04 GMT -5
Too big a hole early. Cannot let that happen......
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2012 18:07:56 GMT -5
I am just tired of the slow offensive starts and lackadaisical defense. 20 and 22 points at halftime the past two games. Terrible. Just terrible.
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