SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 16, 2012 18:06:58 GMT -5
Here's where Pomeroy's study of 3PFG defense goes wrong - at least today - you have to be able to make cross-court passes, you have to be able to get the shot off without it being swatted away a la Whittington, you have to be able to pass the ball to the wing. Georgetown's defense defends those things. Belmont ended up at 37% and I still think the team did a fantastic job of defending the three. See this is where stats are meaningless. Belmont shot 37%, basically their season average, and took plenty of attempts (27) but anyone who watched the game knows the three point shot was ineffective for them. Sometimes I really think basketball is over-analyzed. Actually, Belmont shooting their season average is a datapoint in favor of Pomeroy's argument. |
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 16, 2012 18:10:53 GMT -5
The middle of our zone was a mother#@$%^&* BEAR TRAP today. They couldn't do jack inside the arc. Great defense, Hoyas!! Right. We dominated inside. |
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 16, 2012 18:13:35 GMT -5
Anyone who thought that goaltending call was questionable is an idiot.
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Post by kchoya on Mar 16, 2012 18:16:04 GMT -5
Anyone who thought that goaltending call was questionable is an idiot. Clear on tv. Maybe not clear court side. |
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Post by rockcityhoya on Mar 16, 2012 18:18:32 GMT -5
Rick Byrd - ``If Syracuse is better than that, I'm glad we didn't play Syracuse.'' How about, great game Hoyas. What a Edited.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Mar 16, 2012 18:20:10 GMT -5
Wow. Those guys are complete idiots. I hope they were drinking. |
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Post by EasyEd on Mar 16, 2012 18:39:09 GMT -5
It sure is nice to get a win. It's also nice we don't have to hear all of our would-be coaches telling us how we could have won if ......
Great win, guys. Also, I thought Belmont was a pretty good team that wasvery well-coached by someone I would not want as our coach.
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Post by glidehoyas (Inactive) on Mar 16, 2012 18:41:09 GMT -5
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Mar 16, 2012 18:45:57 GMT -5
Three threads? Seriously?
Come on, we're all feelin' good, but that's a bit much.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 16, 2012 19:20:23 GMT -5
Rick Byrd - ``If Syracuse is better than that, I'm glad we didn't play Syracuse.'' How about, great game Hoyas. What a Edited. I had a totally different reaction to this. I thought it was a real strong compliment. |
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Post by MCIGuy on Mar 16, 2012 19:24:22 GMT -5
Rick Byrd - ``If Syracuse is better than that, I'm glad we didn't play Syracuse.'' How about, great game Hoyas. What a Edited. I had a totally different reaction to this. I thought it was a real strong compliment. Because that would have been the common sense reaction to that quote. |
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Post by sleepy on Mar 16, 2012 19:40:32 GMT -5
Yes the blooger is a Duke guy former sports editor of the Duke paper and admits to knowing nothing about college hoops, and we are paying attention... do i need to ask why?
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Post by seaweed on Mar 16, 2012 19:56:12 GMT -5
I had a totally different reaction to this. I thought it was a real strong compliment. Because that would have been the common sense reaction to that quote. I disagree - being compared favorably or otherwise to Syracuse always sucks. Just say that was a great team and don't mention one of the few teams to beat us this year since you couldn't do the same. Lame |
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Post by kettlehill on Mar 16, 2012 20:01:12 GMT -5
This board was all worried about 14 seed Belmont...thank God we weren't 2 seeded and got either Norfolk St. or Lehigh!!
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 16, 2012 20:16:55 GMT -5
I had a totally different reaction to this. I thought it was a real strong compliment. Because that would have been the common sense reaction to that quote. This. It was intended as a compliment, leave it at that. Did Markel really only play six minutes today? |
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Post by gahoya on Mar 16, 2012 20:18:29 GMT -5
Didn't read any of the in-game posts, but someone lit a match under Jason's ass today. From the start, dude was running full speed and didn't slow down. Complete hustle out of him. And his stat line just shows what hustle like that can give to him.
Hopkins also I thought did very, very well. Otto obviously did great.
Nate was also nasty passing the ball throughout the game. Five assists for him AND Henry is crazy. Nate forced a bit too many passes, but I definitely can't complain. Had any of them worked it would have been an easy bucket.
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DudeSlade
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Post by DudeSlade on Mar 16, 2012 20:23:24 GMT -5
Love the game. Love everything about it. Love our team. Love every member. I'm just love today. All love. That's how our awesome Hoyas should look. I agree with the 2007 comparisons to this team. There's just something about the way we are playing that evokes memories. And the way this Tourney seems to set up for us.
There is one thing I noticed regarding Hollis' scoring struggles. First, Hollis is still doing everything else -- the kid is playing strong D, getting rebounds, hustling, getting up and down the court, and moving the ball. Plus he's not killing us by taking and missing too many shots. He's just not as lethal as he was early in the year. It's unfortunate, but he's still putting in good minutes and others are picking up the scoring -- Greg & Otto especially.
Having said that, though, whoever pointed out in the Hollis thread that he was falling back on his free throws and was missing them because of that, I noticed the same thing on basically all his shots this game. He seemed to be falling away, usually shying from contact or the guy coming out on him, instead of elevating and using his height and length to get over the guy or get fouled. There was one shot late in the game he got from the left corner, looked like a 3 but was called a 2, where he was wide open and finally went straight up and he knocked it home. When you look early in the year, for instance on the game winning shot against Alabama, Hollis was very good at elevating straight up and releasing at the height of his jump. I hope someone is pointing this out to him, because it just takes time in the gym practicing to get back to that habit and not being concerned about the guy coming at him or getting blocked. He is taller, longer, and gets more elevation on his shot than almost anyone he'll face in college, he should only worry about a good stroke, not getting blocked. If Hollis can work it out a bit, this team will be very dangerous. I'm hoping that last shot might help straighten him out, give him confidence.
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Post by 757hoyafan on Mar 16, 2012 20:24:46 GMT -5
I knew that we were going to beat them by 15!!!
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Post by gahoya on Mar 16, 2012 20:27:28 GMT -5
Hollis is also falling in love with that running jumper parallel to the base line, when he lands out of bounds afterwards probably like 10-15 feet out. It's cool when he makes it, but c'mon, just a bad shot choice.
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Post by lichoya68 on Mar 16, 2012 22:30:29 GMT -5
AS MARKEL said monkey off our backs NOW the sky is the limit i think this team can play with and beat anyone in the country yup ANYONE we will see but that defense. ps please note in china we played pro tough teams ie bayi rockets and duke played lesser local colleg type teams and WOWOWOWOOWOW looks what happend duke loses to lehigh GO HOYAS BEAT THE OTHER ACC TEAM ON SUNDAY just hope they announce what time the game is before ... monday go hoyas wowoowo great game now if hollis starts hitting some shots WOWOOWWOWOWOO EAT THE BANNANA its february now YES
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