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Post by hoyaguy on Mar 4, 2021 11:55:03 GMT -5
Hopefully it helps in the game against UConn that they beat seton hall so they are locked in at 3rd already, win or lose to us (and hopefully the boys also want to get revenge)
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Post by kbones17 on Mar 4, 2021 12:23:28 GMT -5
We need to win one at the BET and then we can worry about the 2nd round. I recall a barely pre-COVID choke job last year to the Johnnies and Ewing hasn't done well at the BET yet. Yes I’m not sweating all of the different seeding scenarios. We need to game plan and show up ready to play a full 40 minutes whoever we play. Counting the NIT loss to Harvard we are 0-4 in single elimination tournaments in the PE era. We need to find a way to get a win.
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Post by hoyaboya on Mar 4, 2021 12:27:43 GMT -5
Your animus is well known. But he qualified for five straight NCAAs before not qualifying two years ago (and presumably this year). Sure: One NCAA win in those five appearances...but they were only favored to win their first round game once. I mean in the TWENTY previous years, they had a grand total of one NCAA win (in only four appearances). Add in a BET championship in 2014 plus a finals appearance in 2018... 1 NCAA Tournament victory in 10 years as Providence coach, 49-40 his last 3 seasons, making between $3M-$4M/year. That is the Ed Cooley record. Yes, he used to beat JT3 like a drum. But other than that, I can't understand why any Hoyas fan would be impressed by this guy.
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Post by MCIGuy on Mar 4, 2021 13:53:03 GMT -5
We need to win one at the BET and then we can worry about the 2nd round. I recall a barely pre-COVID choke job last year to the Johnnies and Ewing hasn't done well at the BET yet. You mean the game in which we went in with like 6.5 players and then, up by double digits, our point guard went down with an injury? That game? Because at that point not only had we exceeded our final margin of compensation for lack of available players, we had also managed to lose the guy who by that point was our most vital, most clutch and most reliable player. How does anyone view the Hoyas, an already fatigued and undermanned squad, falling apart like that after such a key personnel loss as choking ? Tough crowd I suppose.
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Post by hoyazeke on Mar 4, 2021 14:09:20 GMT -5
We need to win one at the BET and then we can worry about the 2nd round. I recall a barely pre-COVID choke job last year to the Johnnies and Ewing hasn't done well at the BET yet. You mean the game in which we went in with like 6.5 players and then, up by double digits, our point guard went down with an injury? That game? Because at that point not only had we exceeded our final margin of compensation for lack of available players, we had also managed to lose the guy who by that point was our most vital, most clutch and most reliable player. How does anyone view the Hoyas, an already fatigued and undermanned squad, falling apart like that after such a key personnel loss as choking ? Tough crowd I suppose. Yeah once Allen went down we were just bailing water and we definitely couldn't handle StJs pressure....
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Mar 4, 2021 14:19:44 GMT -5
We need to win one at the BET and then we can worry about the 2nd round. I recall a barely pre-COVID choke job last year to the Johnnies and Ewing hasn't done well at the BET yet. You mean the game in which we went in with like 6.5 players and then, up by double digits, our point guard went down with an injury? That game? Because at that point not only had we exceeded our final margin of compensation for lack of available players, we had also managed to lose the guy who by that point was our most vital, most clutch and most reliable player. How does anyone view the Hoyas, an already fatigued and undermanned squad, falling apart like that after such a key personnel loss as choking ? Tough crowd I suppose. That is fair but blowing large second half leads is kind of our thing. This year you could look at Nova, WVU, Butler, Xavier... We have more examples then most of epic collapses. I think a lot of that is a lack of in-game adjustments. The main point is you gotta win a tourney game before worrying about rounds 2-4.
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Post by mdtd on Mar 4, 2021 15:01:57 GMT -5
We need to win one at the BET and then we can worry about the 2nd round. I recall a barely pre-COVID choke job last year to the Johnnies and Ewing hasn't done well at the BET yet. You mean the game in which we went in with like 6.5 players and then, up by double digits, our point guard went down with an injury? That game? Because at that point not only had we exceeded our final margin of compensation for lack of available players, we had also managed to lose the guy who by that point was our most vital, most clutch and most reliable player. How does anyone view the Hoyas, an already fatigued and undermanned squad, falling apart like that after such a key personnel loss as choking ? Tough crowd I suppose. That game was embarrassing. If Wahab played late game we win by double digits. But, we're well past that. Moved on. Let's take a BET game this year and get Coach his first postseason win.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2021 18:00:58 GMT -5
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Post by daveg023 on Mar 4, 2021 18:02:36 GMT -5
Feel bad for the kid. Feel bad for the league too as this means we’ll have to face him again next year.
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 4, 2021 18:33:42 GMT -5
Bad news. Hope he recovers. I tore my ACL and MCL in the 1980s and it took me a full 1.5 years to return to full duty in the Navy.
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Post by EtomicB on Mar 4, 2021 18:35:02 GMT -5
Definitely feel bad for both of these young men...
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Post by jwp91 on Mar 4, 2021 18:36:43 GMT -5
Bad news. Hope he recovers. I tore my ACL and MCL in the 1980s and it took me a full 1.5 years to return to full duty in the Navy. In those pre-historic times, you are lucky to have recovered. I think of all the athletes who had ‘bum knees’ in the 70’s and 80’s. I remember those days well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2021 18:59:18 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2021 19:00:08 GMT -5
Bad news. Hope he recovers. I tore my ACL and MCL in the 1980s and it took me a full 1.5 years to return to full duty in the Navy. In those pre-historic times, you are lucky to have recovered. I think of all the athletes who had ‘bum knees’ in the 70’s and 80’s. I remember those days well. LOL!
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 4, 2021 19:05:38 GMT -5
Feel bad for the kid. Feel bad for the league too as this means we’ll have to face him again next year. I feel like that the best possible news because torn MCL is nowhere as bad as an MCL.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 4, 2021 19:06:10 GMT -5
Bad news. Hope he recovers. I tore my ACL and MCL in the 1980s and it took me a full 1.5 years to return to full duty in the Navy. How did that happen?
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 4, 2021 19:08:06 GMT -5
Definitely feel bad for both of these young men... Might be better for Butler though. They seem to play better with the freshman kid, Harris (?) cause Thompson can' hit 3's.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2021 19:16:27 GMT -5
Feel bad for the kid. Feel bad for the league too as this means we’ll have to face him again next year. I feel like that the best possible news because torn MCL is nowhere as bad as an MCL. Luckily there's only a 10% chance of that.
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 4, 2021 19:18:17 GMT -5
Bad news. Hope he recovers. I tore my ACL and MCL in the 1980s and it took me a full 1.5 years to return to full duty in the Navy. In those pre-historic times, you are lucky to have recovered. I think of all the athletes who had ‘bum knees’ in the 70’s and 80’s. I remember those days well. Same injury as Ralph Dalton. I'm now a 10% disabled veteran and was told I should have appealed that rating. I didn't. 😁
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