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Post by vamosalaplaya on Jan 13, 2019 15:58:27 GMT -5
I noticed that exchange between Mac and Ewing after the shot with Ewing responding with that grin that was quite cool.
I am not sure anyone has mentioned probably the most un-sung play of the game, which is Josh batting the rebound of Jessie's miss when Georgetown was down 84-80 with about 15 seconds to go, slightly over the back - no foul - of the Providence rebounder keeping the ball in play. The loose ball gets picked up and passed to Akinjo who gets fouled shooting a 3 and makes the ensuing free throws. It's exactly the sort of thing that we all know Josh brings to the team Given the time and the score there is no making up for it if Providence gets that rebound.
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Post by justsaying on Jan 13, 2019 16:00:59 GMT -5
agreed
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Post by joey0403p on Jan 13, 2019 16:30:05 GMT -5
Think there are a lot of positives from yesterday. Best is probably Jessies defense in second half. Would just say though what is lost in the fact that Mac and James hit those big shots is we didn’t play great down the stretch. I guess it’s improvement that we won, but think still plenty of room to grow on execution down the stretch specifically on defense side.
Really like our you core of James, mac, Leblanc. Those three are good. Also liked what I saw from carter on defense. He hit shots which helped. But he showed willingness to fight on D. If we can bring him along - that will be huge
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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Jan 13, 2019 17:08:35 GMT -5
It was long over-due--coming out on the winning side of one of these duels! What depth, we have! What fearless warriors in Mac and Akinjo! I am just wondering where is the ceiling for this team? Just lovin' the ride! The ceiling is going to be defined by the defense, primarily Govan's defense. If he can play D like he did in the second half all the time, the ceiling is pretty promising. But since that was the best half of D he has ever played in a Hoya uniform, I'm not sure we can expect to see that all the time. I hear you. And I respect that about Govan. But Govan will graduate this year; what about this team that, in my opinion, is essentially--or perhaps will be defined--by Akinjo and Mac for the next couple of years, we hope?
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Post by michaelgrahmstylie on Jan 13, 2019 17:15:59 GMT -5
You would almost think there was somebody on the staff to teach them who was an expert at blocking and altering shots🤔 Now that is something ALL posters should be able to agree on. Yup!
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Post by joey0403p on Jan 13, 2019 20:25:55 GMT -5
Just watched the pressers. Cooley comes off very genuine and actually a good / nice guy.
Know there are connections to Thompson jr I believe. And recall seeing him at the Thompson center dedication - just seems like a solid guy.
Great W when you can beat him.
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Post by tashoya on Jan 13, 2019 22:25:38 GMT -5
It is funny how a couple of shots bouncing our way can lift my spirits for the entire weekend!! I have only read 6 or so pages of the thread. Sorry for any redundancy. Here are a few thoughts: 1. The lineup at the end of the first half of Carter, Mosely, Akinjo, Johnson, and Malinowski was crucial. They got us back in the game and showed that some defensive effort could go a long way. My sense was that Ewing was essentially saying that he was going to put some guys out there who would actually defend. 2. Jessie apparently go the message! I thought his first half performance might have been his worst half of the season. Two rebounds for the half, and Watson was torching him (The first half scoring differential was only 12-9 in Watson's favor, but it seemed worse.) Then,in the 2nd half, Jessie probably played his best half and two overtimes. He was intense on the boards and made some great defensive plays. 3. Pickett was great. I loved his defensive effort. He played hard and smart. His four blocks were crucial, but many of his contributions don't show up in the box score. 4. Before McClung hit the three-pointer to send us into OT, I was upset about the defensive effort in the first half and the ill-advised three point attempt by Akinjo on the previous possession, but I thought we had played hard and smart in the second half and missed some shots that we would normally make. 5. Love the play-by-play guy's commentary" "The legend of McClung continues!!" #3, #3, and #3. Jamorko played his ass off. We're not in a position to tie/win without his defense on Diallo. Not even close. And it looks like he has some instincts for shot blocking and boarding that I didn't know he had. His offense will come around. If he can do those things every game? This is a different team than it was 2 weeks ago.
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Post by tashoya on Jan 13, 2019 22:29:25 GMT -5
Just watched the pressers. Cooley comes off very genuine and actually a good / nice guy. Know there are connections to Thompson jr I believe. And recall seeing him at the Thompson center dedication - just seems like a solid guy. Great W when you can beat him. Coach Cooley is all class. I have always gotten the feeling by hearing him talk that he is one of those people that is meant to teach. I would imagine parents feel very comfortable sending their kids to learn from him. I certainly would.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Jan 14, 2019 7:54:23 GMT -5
Huge win! Glad things finally broke our way.
Want to add to the chorus praising Pickett's D and Jessie's late game D.
Very proud of the guys. Was an electric experience in person.
Tried to watch the replay on Foxsportsgo to relive it again, but the replay cuts out with 1 minute to go in the first OT. Guys Fox forgot to set their DVR properly. SMH.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Jan 14, 2019 9:30:18 GMT -5
For what it's worth, KenPom has "game attribute rankings," and for his category of "Excitement," our game against Providence ranks #1 of all Division 1 games played thus far. I am unsure exactly how it's calculated, but it seems clear that big swings between probability to win is a major factor, so it makes sense this game would score high in that category.
It's also #5 in the "Tension" category.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jan 14, 2019 10:32:37 GMT -5
Two last second 3's to tie the game probably help the ranking as well!
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Post by drquigley on Jan 14, 2019 10:42:43 GMT -5
Sadly, for those of us with weak hearts, this will probably be the norm this year. We don't have the talent to blow our fellow BE teams away but are good enough to compete down to the wire with all of them (let's see what happens with Marquette tomorrow and Nova later on). But at least for those of us with low pain thresholds these games will be a lot more fun than the last few years under JT3.
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Post by EtomicB on Jan 14, 2019 11:32:19 GMT -5
Good read, I still think Cooley messed up by covering the inbounder especially when you consider how small White is...
He should have made Gtown play 4 vs. 5...
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Post by RockawayHoya on Jan 14, 2019 11:42:03 GMT -5
First and likely only home game of the year I'll be able to attend from out-of-town, but man was it worth it.
The unsung lineup of Mosely/Akinjo/Malinowski/Kaleb/Carter was also on the floor for a few minutes midway in the 2nd half and admirably held the fort then too. I remember seeing that lineup at the 4 minute mark in the first half and thinking we'd be lucky to get into the locker room within 15. Those guys sparked the defensive effort that definitely carried forward to the starters in the second half, so all the kudos they've gotten has been more than deserved.
I thought Pickett's defense was actually mediocre in the first half; he got sealed by a smaller guy in the post which resulted in a foul to prevent a layup and gave up the Watson alley-oop when he lost him completely. But the Jamorko Pickett we saw in the 2nd half on the defensive end and on the boards is what I want to see all the time. He may not have had a better game in a Hoya uniform crashing the glass (especially on the offensive end) and making an impact with his defense. And the way he attacked the rim on that give-and-go is the way he should've finished strong in the SJU game. Hopefully this is the start of some more continued but controlled aggression from him (I say controlled because he's still got to avoid those silly turnovers on dribble penetration, it's just not a strength right now and needs to be worked on in the offseason).
The minutes on the bench due to poor/non-existent defense definitely fired up Jessie. His defense wasn't great in the second half and OT, but it was a marked improvement from the first half and at a level we're going to need at all times to compete with the upper half of the conference.
While we generally did a decent job with clock and score situations (held for one at the end of the first half, etc.), Akinjo wasting time at the end of regulation and ignoring the play Pat called is something that just can't happen. Yes we have to live with certain freshman mistakes, but needlessly burning 15 seconds down 1 there at the end of regulation should have killed us and that can't be allowed to happen. We literally needed a miracle to make up for it, and thankfully we got one.
From behind the opposing basket, Mac's shot looked good from the split-second he let it go. Several people near me remarked it simultaneously as it went up in the air. I was there for the Keldon halfcourt 3 at SHU-UK and the crowd near me had the same reaction as the shot went up. Kind of eerie.
Re: coaching. I thought Pat did a great job in a few key areas. One was obviously sending the starters a message that playing 0 defense would not be tolerated. It really set the tone for the remainder of the game; while we weren't perfect, the effort level definitely picked up. Second, the instruction to get the ball past the midcourt line at the end of the 1st OT to settle down the guys and draw up a play with >10 seconds left was smart. Don't think that play ends up being nearly as successful if they had to bring it up the length of the court.
On the other side, Cooley is really going to regret not fouling either at the end of regulation or 1st OT. I know in the pressers he says he wanted a foul, but it sure didn't look like his team was ever trying or just late in doing so. Certainly goes down in the books as a game where I think Pat made a clear difference in earning us a win from the bench; hard to come up with other previous examples but he absolutely deserves some praise here.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 11:42:43 GMT -5
Good read, I still think Cooley messed up by covering the inbounder especially when you consider how small White is... He should have made Gtown play 4 vs. 5... Was watching this last night. The jab step towards the baseline by McClung on the catch totally shook MAL off him and let him get back to the center of the court. MAL's biggest mistake was overcommitting on that play. He should have shaded towards the sideline and used that as an extra defender. Even if he doesn't foul it's a much more difficult shot. He didn't, so Mac gets to the center of the court and gets a good look at it. You can nitpick these plays to death but it goes to show how over the top our discussions about coaching are. McClung misses, great job by Cooley to go into Gtown and come away with the victory. He makes it, why didn't they do this or that.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Jan 14, 2019 12:32:49 GMT -5
Mac made a great play. The defender expects a righty to go right, which means Mac up the end line. Instead, he faked and went to the middle of the floor. You can’t teach what he did.
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Post by EtomicB on Jan 14, 2019 12:45:36 GMT -5
Good read, I still think Cooley messed up by covering the inbounder especially when you consider how small White is... He should have made Gtown play 4 vs. 5... Was watching this last night. The jab step towards the baseline by McClung on the catch totally shook MAL off him and let him get back to the center of the court. MAL's biggest mistake was overcommitting on that play. He should have shaded towards the sideline and used that as an extra defender. Even if he doesn't foul it's a much more difficult shot. He didn't, so Mac gets to the center of the court and gets a good look at it. You can nitpick these plays to death but it goes to show how over the top our discussions about coaching are. McClung misses, great job by Cooley to go into Gtown and come away with the victory. He makes it, why didn't they do this or that. It's bad job by Cooley and his staff because Mac got the shot off... If the intent was to foul then they didn't put their team in the best position to do that... Even if Mac misses, it's still a bad play...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 12:50:32 GMT -5
Was watching this last night. The jab step towards the baseline by McClung on the catch totally shook MAL off him and let him get back to the center of the court. MAL's biggest mistake was overcommitting on that play. He should have shaded towards the sideline and used that as an extra defender. Even if he doesn't foul it's a much more difficult shot. He didn't, so Mac gets to the center of the court and gets a good look at it. You can nitpick these plays to death but it goes to show how over the top our discussions about coaching are. McClung misses, great job by Cooley to go into Gtown and come away with the victory. He makes it, why didn't they do this or that. It's bad job by Cooley and his staff because Mac got the shot off... If the intent was to foul then they didn't put their team in the best position to do that... Even if Mac misses, it's still a bad play... Eh.. The kid was supposed to foul but took a bad angle and got shook.. It's more of a great play by Mac than a terrible play by them. Why is it always on the coach?
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jan 14, 2019 13:10:54 GMT -5
Was watching this last night. The jab step towards the baseline by McClung on the catch totally shook MAL off him and let him get back to the center of the court. MAL's biggest mistake was overcommitting on that play. He should have shaded towards the sideline and used that as an extra defender. Even if he doesn't foul it's a much more difficult shot. He didn't, so Mac gets to the center of the court and gets a good look at it. You can nitpick these plays to death but it goes to show how over the top our discussions about coaching are. McClung misses, great job by Cooley to go into Gtown and come away with the victory. He makes it, why didn't they do this or that. An interesting read for another reason. Bob Walsh is a veteran coach who was 208-63 as a coach in Rhode Island College with eight NCAA appearances. But at Maine, he is looked upon with scorn. In four years at Orono, he was 24-100. Many times, fans don't understand that to be a college coach, you understand the strategy inside and out, but it's about what you've got and how it's executed. Ed Cooley isn't a "good" or "bad" coach on that play, he's a very good coach whose team's execution didn't meet his strategy. If Kyron Cartwright was still there to guard McClung, perhaps a different outcome. Instead, it was Makai Ashton-Langford. If Bob Walsh was hired at Maryland instead of Maine (where recruiting is as brutal as the winters) maybe things would have gone differently. If Jeff Bezos had taken a job as the CEO of Sears instead of starting an online bookstore, where might he be today?
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Post by bearsandbulls on Jan 14, 2019 13:40:33 GMT -5
It's bad job by Cooley and his staff because Mac got the shot off... If the intent was to foul then they didn't put their team in the best position to do that... Even if Mac misses, it's still a bad play... Eh.. The kid was supposed to foul but took a bad angle and got shook.. It's more of a great play by Mac than a terrible play by them. Why is it always on the coach? So often it is on the coach, but when I read your comment, you are absolutely right from what I have heard and read. Cooley wanted the foul and it was not delivered. This one was on the player.
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