the_way
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Post by the_way on Nov 26, 2021 21:57:00 GMT -5
We do not have enough reliable 3 point shooters. Again. It is not just the 3 pt. shot. It is shooting in general. This team reminds of some of the less heralded POP's teams who couldn't shoot for *bleep* on offense from the outside. Just about every opposing team we've played has better shooters than we do. Our misses are just ugly bricks.
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kbones17
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Post by kbones17 on Nov 26, 2021 21:57:10 GMT -5
Cannot defend the perimeter and the offense is completely stagnant with very little ball movement and an awful lot of individual play. Seldom get open threes. You really have to watch this team to see how bad they are right now. We make everyone we play look better than they are. Really wish they would press after every made basket. We really have no other choice but to keep pressing and muck it up and hope for the best. We have no half court offense and our regular half court defense sucks.
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hoyainla
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Post by hoyainla on Nov 26, 2021 21:58:24 GMT -5
Not even helping, just wandering off. That is bad, but the guys doing it the most have been getting earfuls from Patrick and are on the bench. 17 of their 24 shots have been 3s. That’s just playing with fire. We can’t afford to give up that many looks at 3. It has to be so fun to play us for any guy that can shoot a 3. The game plan against us is so simple and ends with a wide open 3 more often than not. The coach can’t even be mad if it doesn’t go in because they are so open.
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hoya59er
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Post by hoya59er on Nov 26, 2021 21:58:28 GMT -5
We are flat out a bad team. Look horrible. Defense is a joke. Ewing is a joke!
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Post by HometownHoya on Nov 26, 2021 21:58:57 GMT -5
Maybe we're in LA filming for Space Jam 3 when the team loses all their talent?
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kbones17
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Post by kbones17 on Nov 26, 2021 21:58:59 GMT -5
15 of the first 21 shots SJU has taken are 3s. Unreal. 16 of 22! When they are wide open might as well take them!
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hoyazeke
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Post by hoyazeke on Nov 26, 2021 21:59:09 GMT -5
That may be our worst half of the season but at this point I’ve lost track. We were unlucky to lose by 17 last night but we are lucky to only be down 10 tonight. Ewing is clueless on defense. There is no two ways about it. Anyone defending him on that end at this point would probably take a bullet for him. I have to agree. This staff can't coach D. Too many open 3s and too many different offenders.
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daveg023
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Post by daveg023 on Nov 26, 2021 21:59:48 GMT -5
The fact we are on our way to a 2-3 start against a schedule that only has one team likely to be in the Top 200 is sad state of affairs.
We knew expectations were low, but the floor for this program should be higher than this year is shaking out.
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hoyainla
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Post by hoyainla on Nov 26, 2021 22:00:04 GMT -5
Cant leave Funk alone at all I mentioned pregame I had no idea what we would do with him other than hope he misses. He hasn’t. Fortunately he was the only one that could hit an open 3.
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hoya59er
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Post by hoya59er on Nov 26, 2021 22:00:31 GMT -5
4 assists. Pathetic!!
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Nov 26, 2021 22:01:18 GMT -5
With Rice on the floor defense has to help on his man. Defenders need to own their man and play aggressively with out help. Hoyas have been trying to trap, but not rotating and not communicating. Other than Rice they can play really good man defense and cause a lto of problems. Don’t make it about the players. The problem is we’re overhelping and chasing the ball around the half court until the opponent finds the open 3-pt shooter. If that is not what our players are taught/told to do on defense and that is what we’re doing, then our players are not following Pat’s instructions and need to be sent to the bench to send a message. On the other hand, if that is what Pat is asking them to do, then it is just him being stubborn. Our defense should be called The Hope Defense, like hope the opponent’s 3-pt shooters miss.
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This Just In
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Post by This Just In on Nov 26, 2021 22:01:24 GMT -5
St. Joe's is a really bad team. They will finish near the bottom of the A10. We cannot lose to them. What does this say about Georgetown to be down 10pts at the half?
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iverwig
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Post by iverwig on Nov 26, 2021 22:01:39 GMT -5
We are flat out a bad team. Look horrible. Defense is a joke. Ewing is a joke! It’s truly embarrassing the coaching job this staff has done.
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the_way
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Post by the_way on Nov 26, 2021 22:01:43 GMT -5
Dante is tenacious on defense. Like what I see from Billingsley too.
We need a defensive coordinator. It is like you can anticipate when an opposing player (or 2 or 3) will spring wide open for a 3-pt. shot only to see a Hoya running too late to the party to defend.
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hoya9797
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Post by hoya9797 on Nov 26, 2021 22:01:44 GMT -5
The fact we are on our way to a 2-3 start against a schedule that only has one team likely to be in the Top 200 is sad state of affairs. We knew expectations were low, but the floor for this program should be higher than this year is shaking out. The worst Big East team in the KenPom era was St. John’s in 2016 (#211). I wonder if we can give that record a run?
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hoyainla
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Post by hoyainla on Nov 26, 2021 22:02:07 GMT -5
We're making St. Joe's look like Dartmouth... Post of the thread. Tip of the cap.
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 26, 2021 22:02:15 GMT -5
The definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. That's our defense.
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saxagael
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Post by saxagael on Nov 26, 2021 22:02:44 GMT -5
With Rice on the floor defense has to help on his man. Defenders need to own their man and play aggressively with out help. Hoyas have been trying to trap, but not rotating and not communicating. Other than Rice they can play really good man defense and cause a lto of problems. Don’t make it about the players. The problem is we’re overhelping and chasing the ball around the half court until the opponent finds the open 3-pt shooter. If that is not what our players are taught/told to do on defense and that is what we’re doing, then our players are not following Pat’s instructions and need to be sent to the bench to send a message. On the other hand, if that is what Pat is asking them to do, then it is just him being stubborn. Our defense should be called The Hope Defense, like hope the opponent’s 3-pt shooters miss. You can hear Patrick barking at them to stop chasing!
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Nov 26, 2021 22:04:18 GMT -5
The fact we are on our way to a 2-3 start against a schedule that only has one team likely to be in the Top 200 is sad state of affairs. We knew expectations were low, but the floor for this program should be higher than this year is shaking out. “Work in progress”
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Post by aleutianhoya on Nov 26, 2021 22:05:14 GMT -5
The definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. That's our defense. It is kind of unbelievable. The PNR D is just so awful. And you almost want our on-ball defenders to sag way off.on the theory that a walk-up three is better than a catch and shoot three. The only thing worse than our D is our team O. Which is embarrassing.
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