bigskyhoya
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Post by bigskyhoya on Feb 4, 2021 21:30:38 GMT -5
The way Dante rips loose balls & rebounds into his hands is PERFECT. There is a level of “force” in his game that is very old school Hoya & Patrick’s Knicks....love this player. This kid is a freshmen and is playing major minutes. While early comparisons to Iverson were absurd, he is a steady influence and we would be in very bad shape without him.
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blueandgray
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Post by blueandgray on Feb 5, 2021 9:09:53 GMT -5
His speed is really a factor, on both ends. Even the little things like his ability to break free on late-game inbounds is a huge positive. Totally agree. At one point late in the game, Creighton was trying to run and threw a long pass for what would have been an easy layup. Somehow Dante got to the pass at full speed and intercepted it. He was an absolute blur that play.
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bostonfan
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Post by bostonfan on Feb 5, 2021 9:19:22 GMT -5
His speed is really a factor, on both ends. Even the little things like his ability to break free on late-game inbounds is a huge positive. Totally agree. At one point late in the game, Creighton was trying to run and threw a long pass for what would have been an easy layup. Somehow Dante got to the pass at full speed and intercepted it. He was an absolute blur that play. I remember that play and thinking the same thing "how did he get to that ball?" It does take a little while for all freshman to understand how, and when, to best utilize their physical gifts. Just running as fast as you can all the time is not typically efficient or effective. Dante seems to be picking his spots better these last few games and his sped and quickness is showing up more often.
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seaweed
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Post by seaweed on Feb 5, 2021 11:11:14 GMT -5
Said it before, but D Harris, Posh and Myles Tate are all good frosh PGs in the league and it's going to be a lot of fun watching them play each other for the next few years. Posh has the most tenacity of the bunch, but all of them are going to be slugging it out for our entertainment and I for one like the DOG we have in the fight.
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blueandgray
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Post by blueandgray on Feb 5, 2021 11:46:22 GMT -5
Does Dante make the All BE freshman team?
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seaweed
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Post by seaweed on Feb 5, 2021 13:07:57 GMT -5
Does Dante make the All BE freshman team? The Contenders: Dante, Breed (Provy), Garcia (MU), Kalkbrenner (CU), Dwon Odom (XU), Alexander (SJU), Tate (BU), Chuck Harris (BU), The also rans: Dixon at Nova. Justin Lewis at MU Adama Sonogo at Uconn. Coles at BU Addae-Wusu at SJU Sibley Elvis at DePaul
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bostonfan
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Post by bostonfan on Feb 5, 2021 15:44:39 GMT -5
Does Dante make the All BE freshman team? The Contenders: Dante, Breed (Provy), Garcia (MU), Kalkbrenner (CU), Dwon Odom (XU), Alexander (SJU), Tate (BU), Chuck Harris (BU), The also rans: Dixon at Nova. Justin Lewis at MU Adama Sonogo at Uconn. Coles at BU Addae-Wusu at SJU Sibley Elvis at DePaul If they are picking the best freshman PG in the conference this year, then Alexander from St John's will win that. If they are picking the best 5 freshman players, then Dante has a chance to sneak onto that team if he finishes strong the rest of the this season. Garcia will be on that team and may win freshman of the year and at least one of the guards from Butler will be on that team also. The last spot or two is likely up for grabs.
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Bigs"R"Us
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Feb 5, 2021 19:09:04 GMT -5
Does the All-Freshman team look at positions? Are they putting together a rounded team or the top-5? Said another way, can you have 3 PGs for instance?
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blueandgray
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Post by blueandgray on Feb 7, 2021 16:44:09 GMT -5
Thought he played great again. Love his defense and his shot selection. He’s a stud.
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Post by HometownHoya on Feb 7, 2021 16:44:17 GMT -5
Another very solid game from Dante. He did a great job on Gillespie on defense and at this point, I expected Dante to hold him below his averages. Doesn't force it on offense but makes great decisions. I'm glad he will be our PG for the next 4 years.
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Feb 7, 2021 16:58:01 GMT -5
Love Dante’s progress and increasing maturity and confidence.
A great development for the team’s future.
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sweetness
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Post by sweetness on Feb 7, 2021 17:02:19 GMT -5
We are in good hands with Dante.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2021 18:03:50 GMT -5
Dante Harris in his last 4 games: 16 assists 5 turnovers
Dante Harris the 4 games before that: 13 assists 16 turnovers
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jwp91
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Post by jwp91 on Feb 7, 2021 18:31:17 GMT -5
He jumped over Jamorko for a board today.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2021 18:55:08 GMT -5
Great job Dante!! Your assist to turnover ratio this game was 4 to 1! Plus you hit the boards like you always do. Great defense and great at being the floor general this game too. Would love to see you play the passing lane in the next game a few times to try to get an off ball steal or two.
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Post by hoyalove4ever on Feb 8, 2021 7:33:31 GMT -5
He is a DOG on defense. Go Dante and Go Hoyas!!!
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 8, 2021 10:46:24 GMT -5
It's gonna be real hard to rip the PG spot away from Dante the next 3 years. I know we have Beard coming in and are still recruiting PG's beyond that, but this young man is developing into the role game by game.
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Post by hoyalove4ever on Feb 8, 2021 11:25:29 GMT -5
With luck, we finally will have depth at this position. Amazing!
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saxagael
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Post by saxagael on Feb 8, 2021 11:26:00 GMT -5
I am insanely impressed with the huge improvement of Dante shown over the last 3 games. His defense is quite good, but on the offensive side he is becoming the floor general controlling pace and play quite well. His point movement and play are setting up pass to assist, quick cut and kicks to open players that his movement created their opening to shoot or drive or shift to next player as defense shifts to the open player. His patience has grown immensely and not really pushing his own shot when it isn't there or driving into congestion and getting stuck as he was.
I'm really curious what coach or coaches have been working with him as he is picking up skills and closing his gaps to take big steps into a real point guard role at a D1 NCAA level. He had a decent base coming in, but the speed, length, and different type of play showed gaps in his knowledge and skills. A lot of that has been closed (not all), but the progress he has made often takes a year or two. Coaching has done a seriously good job and Dante a great job putting the coaching into his game rather quickly.
Kudos all around.
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smokeyjack
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Post by smokeyjack on Feb 8, 2021 11:39:06 GMT -5
It's gonna be real hard to rip the PG spot away from Dante the next 3 years. I know we have Beard coming in and are still recruiting PG's beyond that, but this young man is developing into the role game by game. Agree. He's been thrust into a position where it's all he can do to hang on to his tail, protect the ball and try to guard opposing PGs. Unquestionably by far the toughest spot to roll into as a true frosh - primary ball-handler and lead guard defender. Once the game slows down enough that he can polish his facilitating and shooting and not just function in survival mode, I think he has a chance to be very solid. Don't really have a recent comparable for him, because he's very small and very quick but not really a natural slasher/finisher (think Iverson/Ponds among tiny guys) nor a natural facilitator (think JFlynn among tiny) nor a natural gunner (Markus Howard). The way he plays defense and shows flashes of everything without really excelling at anything on the offensive end at this point, he reminds me a little of Kyle Lowry. Obviously he's lighter than Lowry, but he has a similar tenacity. Doesn't remind me of any recent GU player - re size, quickness and skillset. But you are correct that he's a bulldog, and you can't help but love that. Beard is going to have a very tough time supplanting him...which is great. Perhaps they will push each other to new heights. I've only seen extended minutes of Beard in that FLA holiday tourney with Hargrave, but he has a very similar game in many ways. Hard-nosed defender. Very solid game manager who isn't a flashy facilitator nor a great shooter. Going to be a very interesting to watch how it shakes out. By the way, Aminu is a combo guard/wing who reminds me an awful lot of Marquette version of DWade - smooth, muscular slasher/finisher athlete with average shooting/ball skills but supreme athleticism. Aminu is a LONG way from an NBA 2 re: his shot, so we could effectively have three PGs next season - none of whom is really a natural distributor and none of whom is really a great shooter (one of the reasons I think you really need to bring back Blair). Now the one thing you will have next season is an exponentially better team re: perimeter defense. Carey is a huge liability there and Blair (though drastically improved from his frosh self) is still slightly below average. Next year, Pat will have four plus perimeter defenders (Jordan is also a very good defender). We are being built to give fits to the Creightons and Villanovas who want to play circus triple small-ball. But we could easily have the worst shooting team in GU history next season.
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