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Post by This Just In on Mar 3, 2018 19:40:17 GMT -5
Do you realize Nova has no seniors except 2 bench jockeys? Do you realize how much better their freshmen and sophomores are than ours? Thank you JT3. Watching them play and then reading our posts is so depressing. I'd trade everyone of our frosh and sophmores (including Jamarko) for DiVincenzo. Unless we have a HUGE recruiting class the next two years we won't sniff a BE title or tourney bid before Trump is re-elected. SAD! Next year the NIT should be within reach.
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Post by This Just In on Mar 3, 2018 19:43:40 GMT -5
Do you realize Nova has no seniors except 2 bench jockeys? Do you realize how much better their freshmen and sophomores are than ours? Thank you JT3. Watching them play and then reading our posts is so depressing. I'd trade everyone of our frosh and sophmores (including Jamarko) for DiVincenzo. Unless we have a HUGE recruiting class the next two years we won't sniff a BE title or tourney bid before Trump is re-elected. SAD! Also shows that despite the excitement that comes from the recruiting board, the talent level from recruiting under JTIII really fell off.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Mar 3, 2018 19:49:53 GMT -5
Just the 2nd Hoya game of the year that I have seen after the cuse game. We looked much better in that game, although Nova has much more fire power. Some how we have to defend the 3 point shot. This killed us due to our inability to make one (especially in the first half) and Nova making everyone of theirs (or so it seemed). Jesse was a man out there, but he didn't get much help. Whenever we scored, Nova would go down and answer us with a basket of their own, mostly a 3. I wonder what would have happened with Doc in there? But it wasn't mainly on the offensive side but failure to make stops.
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saxagael
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Post by saxagael on Mar 3, 2018 19:53:03 GMT -5
Do you realize Nova has no seniors except 2 bench jockeys? Do you realize how much better their freshmen and sophomores are than ours? Thank you JT3. Watching them play and then reading our posts is so depressing. I'd trade everyone of our frosh and sophmores (including Jamarko) for DiVincenzo. Unless we have a HUGE recruiting class the next two years we won't sniff a BE title or tourney bid before Trump is re-elected. SAD! Also shows that despite the excitement that comes from the recruiting board, the talent level from recruiting under JTIII really fell off. Continually thinking what this year would be like with White and Copeland still here. Copeland has had quite a few games in the mid-20s and one with 30 in his average of 13+ per game average. Copepland seems to have his shot back too, which looking ability to shoot has been a trait of JTIII and Eshrick. JTIII had some good players come in, but their games diminished and they left.
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 3, 2018 19:53:04 GMT -5
The rebuild of the Hoyas is a marathon, not a sprint. Give it 2 years, NIT next year, NCAA following year. Give Ewing a chance to recruit to his system. Patience, grasshopper. . .
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Post by EtomicB on Mar 3, 2018 19:57:47 GMT -5
Do you realize Nova has no seniors except 2 bench jockeys? Do you realize how much better their freshmen and sophomores are than ours? Thank you JT3. Watching them play and then reading our posts is so depressing. I'd trade everyone of our frosh and sophmores (including Jamarko) for DiVincenzo. Unless we have a HUGE recruiting class the next two years we won't sniff a BE title or tourney bid before Trump is re-elected. SAD! They don't have "seniors" because Booth & Bridges took red shirt years..
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Post by MCIGuy on Mar 3, 2018 20:04:01 GMT -5
Do you realize Nova has no seniors except 2 bench jockeys? Do you realize how much better their freshmen and sophomores are than ours? Thank you JT3. Watching them play and then reading our posts is so depressing. I'd trade everyone of our frosh and sophmores (including Jamarko) for DiVincenzo. Unless we have a HUGE recruiting class the next two years we won't sniff a BE title or tourney bid before Trump is re-elected. SAD! Goodness. I'll save this one.
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Post by bigskyhoya on Mar 3, 2018 20:21:30 GMT -5
Make threes and guard threes. We don’t do either well and this must be a focus for next year.
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Post by wnyhoya on Mar 3, 2018 20:23:09 GMT -5
Jesse has a lot of room to improve on rebounding and defense. He also needs to work on conditioning and drive. He could be an absolute beast on the boards if he learns where to get set and go after the ball. He should have had a lot more rebounds than 8, particularly when he had 7 at half. His offense is good, but so much more room to go. Last year I thought Jesse needed better footwork. I didnt notice the same thing this year. As good as he has been, I have to think he has another level to reach. Marshall mentioned this on the broadcast about him "having another level" and I agree. It still comes down to effort with Jessie. When he's engaged and on, he's really good. But he still becomes indifferent on the defensive end too often. Perfect example when he didn't even attempt to block Paschal's shot that one possession when he was in great position to do so. Hopeful that Patrick can get that little more out of him this offseason for next year
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Mar 3, 2018 20:45:14 GMT -5
Last year I thought Jesse needed better footwork. I didnt notice the same thing this year. As good as he has been, I have to think he has another level to reach. Marshall mentioned this on the broadcast about him "having another level" and I agree. It still comes down to effort with Jessie. When he's engaged and on, he's really good. But he still becomes indifferent on the defensive end too often. Perfect example when he didn't even attempt to block Paschal's shot that one possession when he was in great position to do so. Hopeful that Patrick can get that little more out of him this offseason for next year I think today he had to back off. Agree that often he doesn't contest enough but today you could tell he had to avoid contact because he absolutely could not get in foul trouble. Big focus for Jessie will also be lower body strength and post moves. Of course, feeling the double team is on everyone's to do this summer. But from a fitness, rebounding, and jump shooting perspective he has come a long way. So optimistic he will improve.
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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Mar 3, 2018 20:47:12 GMT -5
Hope Jesse plays like this on Wednesday.
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Post by williambraskyiii on Mar 3, 2018 20:49:24 GMT -5
Kris Jenkins talking a lot of stuff about Gtown on twitter. Calling the program “trash”. Can’t wait for us to be good again. Legggo Big Pat.
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Post by sleepy on Mar 3, 2018 20:50:58 GMT -5
Jesse had 7 rebounds at half and 8 now with less than two minutes. Needs more than one rebound in a half of play. Yes and it would be nice if he made an effort to play defense. how can he get away with playing 36 mins and get only 2 fouls.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 3, 2018 20:59:18 GMT -5
The rebuild of the Hoyas is a marathon, not a sprint. Give it 2 years, NIT next year, NCAA following year. Give Ewing a chance to recruit to his system. Patience, grasshopper. . . Georgetown isn't paying Ewing millions of dollars (and paying JT III millions as a result) for an NIT bid.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 3, 2018 21:08:08 GMT -5
The rebuild of the Hoyas is a marathon, not a sprint. Give it 2 years, NIT next year, NCAA following year. Give Ewing a chance to recruit to his system. Patience, grasshopper. . . Georgetown isn't paying Ewing millions of dollars (and paying JT III millions as a result) for an NIT bid. They are paying him millions to rebuild a crumbling program. They also know it will take more than 18 months.
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Post by saxagael on Mar 3, 2018 21:13:33 GMT -5
Jesse had 7 rebounds at half and 8 now with less than two minutes. Needs more than one rebound in a half of play. Yes and it would be nice if he made an effort to play defense. how can he get away with playing 36 mins and get only 2 fouls. He had fouls to burn, but as the only big available tonight staying out of foul trouble wasn't a bad thing. But, most games he gets into foul trouble by reaching and not moving his feet. But, in the middle nobody is afraid to drive the lane when he is there. His lack of defense has bugged me since he was a freshman, while he has improved on defense a fair amount this year, he has a ton to improve on. I liked that Walker had 3 fouls in his minutes, but he to is often out of position on defense and fouls too easily.
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KHoyaNYC
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Post by KHoyaNYC on Mar 3, 2018 21:18:20 GMT -5
Georgetown isn't paying Ewing millions of dollars (and paying JT III millions as a result) for an NIT bid. They are paying him millions to rebuild a crumbling program. They also know it will take more than 18 months. Exactly
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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 3, 2018 21:29:36 GMT -5
Georgetown isn't paying Ewing millions of dollars (and paying JT III millions as a result) for an NIT bid. They are paying him millions to rebuild a crumbling program. They also know it will take more than 18 months. This is not a crumbling program, it is an underachieving program manifest by years of inattention to detail and Georgetown's historical reluctance to move anywhere beyond the past. Let's not revisit the circumstances by which Ewing got the job, only to say that if you think he has years of runway to be a 1st round NCAA team by 2020 or 2021, he does not.
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Post by This Just In on Mar 3, 2018 21:50:59 GMT -5
They are paying him millions to rebuild a crumbling program. They also know it will take more than 18 months. This is not a crumbling program, it is an underachieving program manifest by years of inattention to detail and Georgetown's historical reluctance to move anywhere beyond the past. Let's not revisit the circumstances by which Ewing got the job, only to say that if you think he has years of runway to be a 1st round NCAA team by 2020 or 2021, he does not. I think everyone can agree that this is a 3 year rebuilding plan. Year 1-above .500 Year 2-NIT Year 3-NCCAT If there is not an NCAAT by year 3 and at most by year 4, then the consensus should be that this is not working. No one should be arguing for a coach to get 4 plus years to make 1 NCAAT
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Post by KHoyaNYC on Mar 3, 2018 21:59:30 GMT -5
They are paying him millions to rebuild a crumbling program. They also know it will take more than 18 months. This is not a crumbling program, it is an underachieving program manifest by years of inattention to detail and Georgetown's historical reluctance to move anywhere beyond the past. Let's not revisit the circumstances by which Ewing got the job, only to say that if you think he has years of runway to be a 1st round NCAA team by 2020 or 2021, he does not. Do you honestly think the team has underachieved this year given what Ewing was handed? And if this is a program, as you describe it, saddled by “years of inattention to detail” how does that square with your belief that Ewing has no runway to turn this around? You are asking for mission impossible if you really expected this team in the NCAAs in year one of Ewing’s tenure. Give the man a chance.
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