NCHoya
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Post by NCHoya on Feb 21, 2015 22:18:42 GMT -5
Never seen a bad conference win. Would have been an excruciating week off if we had let this one slip away. Got close out on the shooters, much of that was on Copeland, but he really does everything else so well. Good to see Josh show up tonight in a game we desperately needed him. Ugly win, but counts all the same.
3 in a row, roll Hoyas!! Keep it going!
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canissaxa
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Post by canissaxa on Feb 21, 2015 22:19:00 GMT -5
I am not listening to anything this board says about winning easily. Every game is a challenge, so don't make it a foregone conclusion. I know! And I so trusted the irrational optimism after a couple of wins!
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hoyajinx
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Post by hoyajinx on Feb 21, 2015 22:19:32 GMT -5
That was almost a replay of the two PC games. Thankfully DePaul is short one Kris Dunn.
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Feb 21, 2015 22:19:50 GMT -5
III sounds Editeded. he's right though. same unforced errors most games. The post-game conference will be spectacular.
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GIGAFAN99
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Feb 21, 2015 22:20:39 GMT -5
Perfect win. Good enough to count and bad enough for JTIII to have something to motivate the team for Saturday.
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Post by wrestlemania on Feb 21, 2015 22:21:13 GMT -5
They were fortunate that Billy Garrett had the worst game of his collegiate career. The turnovers are not encouraging -- they should be stronger with the basketball at this point in the season.
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NCHoya
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Post by NCHoya on Feb 21, 2015 22:21:42 GMT -5
III was Editeded, and he should be with the terrible unforced errors. Need to clean those careless turnovers. That alone made this game closer than needed
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 21, 2015 22:22:16 GMT -5
III sounds Editeded. he's right though. same unforced errors most games. The post-game conference will be spectacular. No chance. Don't you know Georgetown is impenetrable to the media?
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Post by wisconsinhoya on Feb 21, 2015 22:23:03 GMT -5
III sounds Editeded. he's right though. same unforced errors most games. JT III should be irritated. DePaul has no business beating us. Until this team learns that winning basketball is about eliminating mistakes, eliminating turnovers, eliminating bad shots, eliminating defensive breakdowns, this team will never maximize their potential.
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Feb 21, 2015 22:23:07 GMT -5
Happy to just put this behind us and move on. I don't get CBS Sports Network, so I just followed the game on the computer, so I can't say how good/bad we really looked. Props to Josh for a double double.
Here's a weird statistic. We didn't have a turnover in the last nine minutes. We also went through a ten minute stretch in the first half where we had only one turnover. So in the remaining 21 minutes of the game, we had 13 turnovers. So basically, for half the game we took great care of the ball, and for the other half we acted like it was a hot potato.
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njhoya78
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Post by njhoya78 on Feb 21, 2015 22:23:57 GMT -5
Wasn't pretty. However, DePaul was never in a position with the ball to take the lead. They got within two, but the Hoyas answered. Jabril with a couple of big reverse layups in the closing minutes.
Have to clean up the turnover situation. Still too many unforced mistakes.
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hoyajinx
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Post by hoyajinx on Feb 21, 2015 22:24:22 GMT -5
Seth Davis just said what I've heard a thousand times over the past few years about Georgetown: "You get the feeling that Georgetown could beat any team or lose to any team."
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mfk24
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Post by mfk24 on Feb 21, 2015 22:24:39 GMT -5
JT3 is mad. Guys are gonna be mad that they have a week in between games because it looks like coach is going to whoop their assets in practice. I'm hoping he does. Seems like the young guys especially were not focused on defense and were very careless with the ball. A better team would have beat us and he needs to drill it into them that each game requires the same effort and intensity no matter what the opponent's record is, and that effort needs to be sustained for a full 40 minutes not until the lead is double digits and you feel like the other team should roll over and let you win.
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Dhall
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Post by Dhall on Feb 21, 2015 22:24:30 GMT -5
Loved the continued effort throughout the game despite giving up bigger leads. Still concerned that teams consistently get good looks against our defense, or get fouled. Against better offensive teams, we are going to be in trouble.
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This Just In
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Post by This Just In on Feb 21, 2015 22:26:35 GMT -5
Final Thoughts
1. The Hoya's wrap up a 1st rd bye in BET
2. Copeland, Smith and DSR helped fuel the 2nd half scoring
3. 14 Assists vs 14 Turnovers...not good
4. The Hoyas controlled the board, good job 41 to 29 rebs edge
5. This game was closer than it should be vs a shaky DePaul team
6. In the 2nd half the Hoyas really struggled to shut down DePaul's 3pt shot (Forest Robinson)
Final Grade: C
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gutuna
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Post by gutuna on Feb 21, 2015 22:29:41 GMT -5
III sounds Editeded. he's right though. same unforced errors most games. JT III should be irritated. DePaul has no business beating us. Until this team learns that winning basketball is about eliminating mistakes, eliminating turnovers, eliminating bad shots, eliminating defensive breakdowns, this team will never maximize their potential. Agreed. For the level of talent, this team beats themselves again and again. They don't deliver even halves or even games. Against a team like Depaul or St. John's at home, it's really good enough to not turn the ball over unforced and let the balance of shots fall our way. Unfortunately they could only manage that one out of the past four halves of basketball.
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Highsmith
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Post by Highsmith on Feb 21, 2015 22:29:46 GMT -5
DePaul was fired up, fought hard and got hot from 3 for awhile (at least Robinson did). We were sloppy.....very sloppy. Still, lots of good things happened and we continued to come up with an answer when we needed it. Type of game I've seen us lose in the past and we pulled it out. Time to clean up the sloppiness once and for all and get this team really firing on all cylinders.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2015 22:30:12 GMT -5
Missed lay up and now a bad foil from the leader of the team. This is why the team struggles often. Let's not get silly, DSR carried this team for long stretches of the game Team relied on DSR and Copeland for much of the last ten minutes although Trawick's layup was huge too. Don't know why we went away from posting up Josh in the clutch-- he was pretty much unstoppable or made plays for others when he got touches (Although Smith was getting doubled almost every play)
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hoyainspirit
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Post by hoyainspirit on Feb 21, 2015 22:30:17 GMT -5
Trawick had a bad first half, but played really well in the second. The Sr stepped up.
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Post by wisconsinhoya on Feb 21, 2015 22:32:30 GMT -5
Seth Davis just said what I've heard a thousand times over the past few years about Georgetown: "You get the feeling that Georgetown could beat any team or lose to any team." I just said that exact thing to a friend of mine last night. That is why no Georgetown fans should go nuts if this team loses to another double digit seed in the NCAA tournament. This team is capable of playing with or beating anyone and allowing anyone to play with us and losing to anybody.
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