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Post by BubbleVisionBiff on Jan 26, 2016 22:24:43 GMT -5
Of all the awful calls, the worst for me was the anticipated, demonstrative, showboat call on the Mourning screen. Beyond terrible. It was unprofessional. Teddy Valentine lives!
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Post by This Just In on Jan 26, 2016 22:26:02 GMT -5
Well, I had to watch the last ten minutes again. Then I wanted to check out the comments on the board for the last ten minutes of the game. Let me tell y'all, you folks are some negative, faithless, dare-to-call-yourselves Georgetown fans. Did I doubt for one second that we would lose the game. Ahhm-Ahhm (as I plead the fifth). I cannot believe we pulled that off. The most awesome thing about this win is that it felt like a team win. Not to mention, that Creighton team is a top 25 team, maybe even top 10. I don't know about, according to their board, they feel as if they are NIT bound: Imagine what could be if we just close out games and don't blow leads. Can you imagine our resume if we had won this one, Providence, and not having the stinkers against Loyola and ASU? We'd have zero bad losses and a solid resume. Now we are NIT bound unless we can steal one from Xavier, Nova, or PC to make up for this nonsense. by Trifecta » Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:57 pm
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 26, 2016 22:26:37 GMT -5
Well, I wasn't able to watch any of the game live tonight, so I'll start by saying that my usual observations will be even weaker. My wife surprised me at Christmas with tickets to a symphony performance, so I was there when the game ended. After a dinner of feverishly checking my phone, I turned my phone off outside the concert with us down 11, thoroughly expecting another loss. Little did I know that as I was soothed by the Russian masters, Georgetown was staging an epic comeback. I've browsed the comments, and to be honest I couldn't be happier with the finish. Playing from behind like that against a good Creighton team shows mental toughness and that the guys clearly haven't given up on the year. I was already starting to think tonight that it was time to really just watch the young players and try to find points for optimism about next year. This team proved to me that they still have a lot of things to get done this year. Now, I don't know that they will get there, but the execution was clearly improved from the UCONN loss. We executed at the end of the game, came from behind, and won. Ultimately, we got a win that we had to have in the worst way. Now we have to get ready for a good Providence team. I'm excited, though, to know that the guys are still fighting out there. From where we were in December to where we are now, it is quite a journey. This team is improving and, for now, I'm enjoying celebrating the improvement for the rest of the week. bama - you need to turn your phone off more often!
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Post by hoyarooter on Jan 26, 2016 22:28:40 GMT -5
Finish at Wake was probably even more unlikely. Wake up 7 on UVA with the ball with 24 seconds left to play. UVA pulled it out with a ridiculous bank three at the end. Yes, that is definitely more unlikely. Sounds like a complete collapse by Wake. How many free throws did they miss, and how many times did they turn the ball over?
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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 26, 2016 22:29:44 GMT -5
Of all the awful calls, the worst for me was the anticipated, demonstrative, showboat call on the Mourning screen. Beyond terrible. It was unprofessional. Teddy Valentine lives! Son of Jody Sylvester!
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Post by beenaround on Jan 26, 2016 22:29:42 GMT -5
Thank you HOYAS!!! From Misery to Complete Joy in 5 minutes.
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Post by rambis on Jan 26, 2016 22:31:46 GMT -5
Officiating has been uneven at best in the league this year but tonight was horrific. John Cahill, are you even paying attention? Why would that matter? Cahill wasn't paying attention when he whistled Monroe for his fourth foul at Cameron. Monroe was on the bench and Cahill wasn't even looking at him. Show me where that's ever happened before or since. It's no mystery why Big East officiating is terrible. We put that clown in charge!!
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Post by bamahoya11 on Jan 26, 2016 22:34:24 GMT -5
Well, I wasn't able to watch any of the game live tonight, so I'll start by saying that my usual observations will be even weaker. My wife surprised me at Christmas with tickets to a symphony performance, so I was there when the game ended. After a dinner of feverishly checking my phone, I turned my phone off outside the concert with us down 11, thoroughly expecting another loss. Little did I know that as I was soothed by the Russian masters, Georgetown was staging an epic comeback. I've browsed the comments, and to be honest I couldn't be happier with the finish. Playing from behind like that against a good Creighton team shows mental toughness and that the guys clearly haven't given up on the year. I was already starting to think tonight that it was time to really just watch the young players and try to find points for optimism about next year. This team proved to me that they still have a lot of things to get done this year. Now, I don't know that they will get there, but the execution was clearly improved from the UCONN loss. We executed at the end of the game, came from behind, and won. Ultimately, we got a win that we had to have in the worst way. Now we have to get ready for a good Providence team. I'm excited, though, to know that the guys are still fighting out there. From where we were in December to where we are now, it is quite a journey. This team is improving and, for now, I'm enjoying celebrating the improvement for the rest of the week. bama - you need to turn your phone off more often! Apparently so. Perhaps if I just skip all the rest of the games, turn my phone off, and listen to classical music, we shall not lose again. But then my life would be far, far too calm .
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Post by centercourt400s on Jan 26, 2016 22:37:48 GMT -5
Despite all the inconsistency, the frustrating losses, the problems with execution, the missed opportunities, the injuries and the growing pains, this team finds itself at the end of January with a 6 - 2 conference record, in 2nd place and with a prime time matchup with a top 10 team on Saturday.
Hoya freaking saxa.
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Post by SaxaCD on Jan 26, 2016 22:38:30 GMT -5
The press conference was pretty incredible. You can hear JT2 cursing about the refs and he says " F that.. last two games were terrible calls, you can tell the effing commissioner and everybody else in the big East that I said that". JT3 then answers the question politely and JT2 tells him to "shut up" Definitely worth a watch. That was one of the funniest "bad cop/good cop" segments I've ever seen/heard at a postgame presscon.
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Post by dogfromduckhunt on Jan 26, 2016 22:40:19 GMT -5
I read the Creighton fans' thread. Don't think I've ever seen another fanbase so willingly admit that the opposing team is getting consistently hosed by the refs. Very level-headed group over there.
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Post by tashoya on Jan 26, 2016 22:41:17 GMT -5
Refs were a bag of dog crap as they have been for most of the year. I've never seen a player, Hop and Joshua included, that fouled more than that Groselle schmuck. Dude could have been called for, conservatively, 10 fouls in the first half alone. He's atrocious. It's amazing what a lack of calling a guy for fouls will do for his "improvement" as a player. He even got free throws out of it at one point when he yanked LJ out of position for a rebound. Somehow, I really like McDermott as a coach but hate his freaking players. They feel like the Duke players of the BE in the two games we've played. That notwithstanding, Watson is a fun player to watch and he's getting better. I could have sworn that we would lose this game a number of times while it was being played but the Hoyas nutted up. It was fun (read coronary-inducing) to watch.
There are a few positives to this one that were great to see but none greater than 1) Copeland realizing that he can help without being a jumpshooter. He worked on the boards and on D and had a couple of drives. He need to drive to his right more because he gets in trouble going to his left. Go strong, Isaac. Good things will happen. He looks to be palming his shot and not squaring up the way he was last year but it's tough to tell on TV. 2) Being forced to play Trey. He's easily the most mobile big and works his ass off to get position. He can also stretch the D. I cringed when he took that three early in the shot clock but take that 15-18 footer all day when it's given. The form is good and I like the confidence. 3) I was happy to see Riyan included in the D lineup. He should be in there. He's the most agile player on the team. I'd like to see him get more run with the lineups that stress offense. Put him on the quickest guard. There's not a player on the squad that could compete with Riyan in his ability to beat his man laterally from what I've seen. He also looks like the second fastest guy on the team in a straight line (behind Tre). This team badly needs what he can provide.
There should be corollary, purely academic scholarships available for any incoming freshman that is looking to go pro as heart surgeons. It should have happened years ago. But, whatever money some may see as feasible to put into football should go into a cardiothoracic med development program for promising Georgetown recruits.
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Post by tashoya on Jan 26, 2016 22:44:12 GMT -5
The press conference was pretty incredible. You can hear JT2 cursing about the refs and he says " F that.. last two games were terrible calls, you can tell the effing commissioner and everybody else in the big East that I said that". JT3 then answers the question politely and JT2 tells him to "shut up" Definitely worth a watch. That was one of the funniest "bad cop/good cop" segments I've ever seen/heard at a postgame presscon. No matter how old you get, sometimes it's better to listen to your father.
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Post by hoyas315 on Jan 26, 2016 22:51:52 GMT -5
LJ must be reading this thread
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 26, 2016 22:57:23 GMT -5
I read the Creighton fans' thread. Don't think I've ever seen another fanbase so willingly admit that the opposing team is getting consistently hosed by the refs. Very level-headed group over there. Those darn Midwesterners! Hard to get a heated rivalry going if their fans won't give us ammunition!!
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 26, 2016 22:58:28 GMT -5
LJ must be reading this thread Of course to be honest, the same could be said about pretty much any fan message board on the world.
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Post by tashoya on Jan 26, 2016 23:07:16 GMT -5
LJ must be reading this thread They should be cheering for LJ and it's not close. There's not a guy working harder on D than he is. He hasn't been as successful as you'd like a lot of the time but the effort isn't a question. We saw on one play tonight on the sick pass from Reggie to LJ what an elite passing guard could do for LJ's game. He knows where to be and pushes too hard because he's the only one that can take his man off of the dribble. When you don't force him to do that, his game opens up. If he gets in position and gets fed, he two-handed dunks on a couple of dudes. He's leaner, he's faster, and he's focused better on D. The offense will follow when he puts it all together and gets his decision-making on par with his physical game. There was one glaring possession when he should have pulled up for a short range jumper (which he's getting better at too) but did the head down thing. He can make circus shots. He just doesn't have to.
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Post by RusskyHoya on Jan 26, 2016 23:09:23 GMT -5
Not at all--you can't go six minutes every game with these second half scoring lulls. Not every opponent is going to cough up a hairball like Creighton did, and certainly not Providence, who is rolling right now. (And if Watson doesn't commit that fifth foul, he's taking the last shot and a whole lot better than Milliken did.) Yes, a must-win. But pretty soon they all are. Providence is 3-3 in their last 6 games. What is your definition of "rolling"?
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Post by GUJook97 on Jan 26, 2016 23:11:48 GMT -5
The game is on replay at 4am for those, like me, that want to get it on DVR but missed the first go around...
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Post by tashoya on Jan 26, 2016 23:12:41 GMT -5
I read the Creighton fans' thread. Don't think I've ever seen another fanbase so willingly admit that the opposing team is getting consistently hosed by the refs. Very level-headed group over there. Those darn Midwesterners! Hard to get a heated rivalry going if their fans won't give us ammunition!! F 'em anyway. They are to fake push-offs what Duke is to fake charges. They're well coached for sure. Refs don't have rewind but I do wish fewer of them would be doing ball watching. There's not a better explanation for a bunch of calls tonight. More in favor of Creighton but on our side too. That Groselle guy fouled on nearly every possession away from the ball. I don't mean that as hyperbole in the least. He fouled more when the outcome was good for his team.
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