24-25 Hoya Basketball

[SSHoya]

Jun 19, 2024 8:33:44 GMT -5 prhoya said:

Jun 19, 2024 8:32:48 GMT -5 SSHoya said:

Rigged!😀

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Don’t tell me you’ve joined MAGA.

Only if a worm has eaten my brain!

[guru]

Jun 19, 2024 7:12:41 GMT -5 prhoya said:

Jun 19, 2024 2:22:02 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

In general Hoya fans couldn't pick McKenna out of a WNBA lineup.

That video of Sorber arriving at Georgetown drew a lot of eyeballs and commentary. I alone pointed out to one moment in which Sorber walked over to McKenna and McKenna stood up to shake his hand. I commented how JACKED McKenna had gotten but no one responded. I am now of the opinion that the fans here simply forgot about McKenna or never knew of his existence and thereby had no clue what I was going on about.

That’s a lot of “I”s in a single post.

To your point, maybe we know he’s here, hope that he’s a good piece of the puzzle and hope to sign another player or two so that the team hopefully can have a close-to-winning season so that hopefully McKenna and others don’t leave after another non-competitive season due to poor roster construction.

That’s a lot of “hope” in a single post.

LOL. "I ALONE"

[hoyazeke]

Jun 19, 2024 2:22:02 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Jun 18, 2024 19:45:26 GMT -5 zxhoya said:

Drew McKenna....I believe

In general Hoya fans couldn't pick McKenna out of a WNBA lineup.

That video of Sorber arriving at Georgetown drew a lot of eyeballs and commentary. I alone pointed out to one moment in which Sorber walked over to McKenna and McKenna stood up to shake his hand. I commented how JACKED McKenna had gotten but no one responded. I am now of the opinion that the fans here simply forgot about McKenna or never knew of his existence and thereby had no clue what I was going on about.

I only knew that a good year was dependent on the Drews, Jayden and the fresh playing better D....I didn't know much about McKenna but I always thought that the 3-4 pos is what has held this team back since Marko graduated. All really good teams have 6'6"-6'8" kids that cause havoc offensively and defensively. Now hopefully we have 4.

[hoyasaxa2003]

Jun 19, 2024 6:47:05 GMT -5 jackofjoy said:

Jun 19, 2024 2:22:02 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

In general Hoya fans couldn't pick McKenna out of a WNBA lineup.

That video of Sorber arriving at Georgetown drew a lot of eyeballs and commentary. I alone pointed out to one moment in which Sorber walked over to McKenna and McKenna stood up to shake his hand. I commented how JACKED McKenna had gotten but no one responded. I am now of the opinion that the fans here simply forgot about McKenna or never knew of his existence and thereby had no clue what I was going on about.

^ listen to the man

To be fair, Drew McKenna joined the team in January and he did not play because he was redshirting (or whatever other color shirt they call what he was doing). Outside of HoyaTalk's crazies like us, why would anybody know who he is? He did do an interview with one of those student podcasting feeds, and I thought it was interesting. He roomed with Cook last year.

So I was aware he was there, but how many people are going to take time out of their day to listen to a student-made podcast with the guy who joins in January who cannot play for another 10 months? Only weird fans like some of us!

[jwp91]

McKenna is an interesting prospect. I find it hard to project for myself what he really contribute until I get to see him play and until I understand how much 4 Peavy will play. If Peavy is playing 35 minutes at the 3. I don’t think we will see much of McKenna this year.

I did hear a report from someone who watched practice that he was scoring really well in that practice. I have no idea what kind of defense he plays.

[MCIGuy]

Jun 19, 2024 19:58:14 GMT -5 hoyasaxa2003 said:

Jun 19, 2024 6:47:05 GMT -5 jackofjoy said:

^ listen to the man

To be fair, Drew McKenna joined the team in January and he did not play because he was redshirting (or whatever other color shirt they call what he was doing). Outside of HoyaTalk's crazies like us, why would anybody know who he is? He did do an interview with one of those student podcasting feeds, and I thought it was interesting. He roomed with Cook last year.

So I was aware he was there, but how many people are going to take time out of their day to listen to a student-made podcast with the guy who joins in January who cannot play for another 10 months? Only weird fans like some of us!

Is this a joke? Suddenly Hoyas' fans can't recognize the face of one of their recruits? You realize how silly that sounds? This is something every other fan base can do even before a recruit plays a single second for their respective college team. But that is too much for Georgetown supporters to handle? My goodness. The low bar of expectations.

[MCIGuy]

Jun 19, 2024 20:53:05 GMT -5 jwp91 said:

McKenna is an interesting prospect. I find it hard to project for myself what he really contribute until I get to see him play and until I understand how much 4 Peavy will play. If Peavy is playing 35 minutes at the 3. I don’t think we will see much of McKenna this year.

I did hear a report from someone who watched practice that he was scoring really well in that practice. I have no idea what kind of defense he plays.

Even if McKenna had played high school ball his senior season and was coming in as a true frosh this Fall along with Sorber and the rest, I would be disappointed if we didn't see much of him this upcoming year. However the very fact that he has been with the team since January and has been practicing with the players and getting instruction from the coaches for months would make me downright distraught if he barely got off the bench.

I'm really beginning to understand how little people here are unaware of McKenna. Hey, I'll admit that around March of 2023 I knew very little of him too. Then I heard that Cooley was recruiting him and that led me to doing something crazy: I started looking him up. Wasn't too hard, just allowed Google to be my friend. I read from a knowledgeable Hoya fan on the recruiting scene that McKenna was a big time scorer and I decided one day to spend an hour or two researching. Granted there wasn't a whole lot to go by. I ended up having to use Twitter to point me in the direction of articles and blogs and while doing so I stumbled across a lot of helpful video footage (boy, hope there are not too many "I"s in this paragraph so far). I shared links to much of this in the thread dedicated to McKenna. What I saw was a "bucket getter", who knew how to put up a bunch of points. I saw his face plenty of times too...maybe that's why I can recognize him.

Can't speak on his defense. Not much was written about him on that front, nor were there a lot of video footage of him on that side of the ball. But based on what I saw in one KL game last summer I feel his rep on offense is legit. If so he is too good to keep off the court.

[conshyhoya]

Jun 20, 2024 3:11:34 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Jun 19, 2024 19:58:14 GMT -5 hoyasaxa2003 said:

To be fair, Drew McKenna joined the team in January and he did not play because he was redshirting (or whatever other color shirt they call what he was doing). Outside of HoyaTalk's crazies like us, why would anybody know who he is? He did do an interview with one of those student podcasting feeds, and I thought it was interesting. He roomed with Cook last year.

So I was aware he was there, but how many people are going to take time out of their day to listen to a student-made podcast with the guy who joins in January who cannot play for another 10 months? Only weird fans like some of us!

Is this a joke? Suddenly Hoyas' fans can't recognize the face of one of their recruits? You realize how silly that sounds? This is something every other fan base can do even before a recruit plays a single second for their respective college team. But that is too much for Georgetown supporters to handle? My goodness. The low bar of expectations.

How far from reality are you. Give us some evidence on how that is true. Sure die hard fans will know all their new players, follow socials etc. but the majority of fans aren't die hard and probably don't even look at anything until games start and don't catch every game. 

[hoyaboya]

Jun 20, 2024 8:28:17 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Jun 19, 2024 20:53:05 GMT -5 jwp91 said:

McKenna is an interesting prospect. I find it hard to project for myself what he really contribute until I get to see him play and until I understand how much 4 Peavy will play. If Peavy is playing 35 minutes at the 3. I don’t think we will see much of McKenna this year.

I did hear a report from someone who watched practice that he was scoring really well in that practice. I have no idea what kind of defense he plays.

Even if McKenna had played high school ball his senior season and was coming in as a true frosh this Fall along with Sorber and the rest, I would be disappointed if we didn't see much of him this upcoming year. However the very fact that he has been with the team since January and has been practicing with the players and getting instruction from the coaches for months would make me downright distraught if he barely got off the bench.

I'm really beginning to understand how little people here are unaware of McKenna. Hey, I'll admit that around March of 2023 I knew very little of him too. Then I heard that Cooley was recruiting him and that led me to doing something crazy: I started looking him up. Wasn't too hard, just allowed Google to be my friend. I read from a knowledgeable Hoya fan on the recruiting scene that McKenna was a big time scorer and I decided one day to spend an hour or two researching. Granted there wasn't a whole lot to go by. I ended up having to use Twitter to point me in the direction of articles and blogs and while doing so I stumbled across a lot of helpful video footage (boy, hope there are not too many "I"s in this paragraph so far). I shared links to much of this in the thread dedicated to McKenna. What I saw was a "bucket getter", who knew how to put up a bunch of points. I saw his face plenty of times too...maybe that's why I can recognize him.

Can't speak on his defense. Not much was written about him on that front, nor were there a lot of video footage of him on that side of the ball. But based on what I saw in one KL game last summer I feel his rep on offense is legit. If so he is too good to keep off the court.

There are 2 scholarship players currently on the roster that were on the 2-18 "team" McKenna practiced with starting in January. The rest of the roster is brand new. Do you really think "practicing with the players" like Brumbaugh, Massoud, Heath, Cook, Styles, Bristol, Mutombo, etc. is going to lead to some sort of cohesion for McKenna playing with almost an entirely new roster?

[practice]

Jun 20, 2024 8:38:46 GMT -5 hoyaboya said:

Jun 20, 2024 8:28:17 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Even if McKenna had played high school ball his senior season and was coming in as a true frosh this Fall along with Sorber and the rest, I would be disappointed if we didn't see much of him this upcoming year. However the very fact that he has been with the team since January and has been practicing with the players and getting instruction from the coaches for months would make me downright distraught if he barely got off the bench.

I'm really beginning to understand how little people here are unaware of McKenna. Hey, I'll admit that around March of 2023 I knew very little of him too. Then I heard that Cooley was recruiting him and that led me to doing something crazy: I started looking him up. Wasn't too hard, just allowed Google to be my friend. I read from a knowledgeable Hoya fan on the recruiting scene that McKenna was a big time scorer and I decided one day to spend an hour or two researching. Granted there wasn't a whole lot to go by. I ended up having to use Twitter to point me in the direction of articles and blogs and while doing so I stumbled across a lot of helpful video footage (boy, hope there are not too many "I"s in this paragraph so far). I shared links to much of this in the thread dedicated to McKenna. What I saw was a "bucket getter", who knew how to put up a bunch of points. I saw his face plenty of times too...maybe that's why I can recognize him.

Can't speak on his defense. Not much was written about him on that front, nor were there a lot of video footage of him on that side of the ball. But based on what I saw in one KL game last summer I feel his rep on offense is legit. If so he is too good to keep off the court.

There are 2 scholarship players currently on the roster that were on the 2-18 "team" McKenna practiced with starting in January. The rest of the roster is brand new. Do you really think "practicing with the players" like Brumbaugh, Massoud, Heath, Cook, Styles, Bristol, Mutombo, etc. is going to lead to some sort of cohesion for McKenna playing with almost an entirely new roster?

Yes ... practicing with the Georgetown Men's Basketball team under the direction of the coaching staff will definitely ensure that McKenna has some chemistry with likely starters Epps and Fielder and provides more cohesion for the team.   Are you a Twerps fan or a Friars fan?  Why are you here?

[hoyasaxa2003]

Jun 20, 2024 3:11:34 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Is this a joke? Suddenly Hoyas' fans can't recognize the face of one of their recruits? You realize how silly that sounds? This is something every other fan base can do even before a recruit plays a single second for their respective college team. But that is too much for Georgetown supporters to handle? My goodness. The low bar of expectations.

No, it's not a joke, it's reality. Let's think about this for a moment. First, how many Hoyas fans follow recruiting? Even on HoyaTalk itself there are a lot of people who do not. You do, I do, but basically it's super fans and that's it.

Second, Drew McKenna hasn't exactly been the most visible recruit. Drew McKenna was recruited originally as a class of 2024 recruit. He reclassified but then didn't qualify, so he joined the team in January 2024. So, McKenna did not play his last year of high school basketball or the AAU games that came with it. So that's a whole lot of basketball that guys like Sorber or Mulready had that McKenna never had.

Thurd, McKenna joined the roster in January. Per typical Georgetown practice, nobody made a big deal about it, and then he couldn't play because he was waiting to keep eligibility. So he was on our bench, but he never played. You know who also sits on the bench and never plays? Walk ons, managers, etc. So I don't see how people who do not follow things super closely would have any idea McKenna was even there.

If your problem is the fan base itself, then so be it. Is our fan base smaller than a lot of others? Yes, especially because of how bad we have been for so long. It's not a low bar of expectations, it's reality. Until we win and get better, there aren't going to be new superfans. And expecting more average fans to follow recruiting and know the face of a guy who hasn't played organized basketball in over a year is just unrealistic.

[guru]

Jun 20, 2024 9:27:34 GMT -5 hoyasaxa2003 said:

Jun 20, 2024 3:11:34 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Is this a joke? Suddenly Hoyas' fans can't recognize the face of one of their recruits? You realize how silly that sounds? This is something every other fan base can do even before a recruit plays a single second for their respective college team. But that is too much for Georgetown supporters to handle? My goodness. The low bar of expectations.

No, it's not a joke, it's reality. Let's think about this for a moment. First, how many Hoyas fans follow recruiting? Even on HoyaTalk itself there are a lot of people who do not. You do, I do, but basically it's super fans and that's it.

Second, Drew McKenna hasn't exactly been the most visible recruit. Drew McKenna was recruited originally as a class of 2024 recruit. He reclassified but then didn't qualify, so he joined the team in January 2024. So, McKenna did not play his last year of high school basketball or the AAU games that came with it. So that's a whole lot of basketball that guys like Sorber or Mulready had that McKenna never had.

Thurd, McKenna joined the roster in January. Per typical Georgetown practice, nobody made a big deal about it, and then he couldn't play because he was waiting to keep eligibility. So he was on our bench, but he never played. You know who also sits on the bench and never plays? Walk ons, managers, etc. So I don't see how people who do not follow things super closely would have any idea McKenna was even there.

If your problem is the fan base itself, then so be it. Is our fan base smaller than a lot of others? Yes, especially because of how bad we have been for so long. It's not a low bar of expectations, it's reality. Until we win and get better, there aren't going to be new superfans. And expecting more average fans to follow recruiting and know the face of a guy who hasn't played organized basketball in over a year is just unrealistic.

Are you guys actually debating what percentage of the population can recognized Drew McKenna? Egads.

[hoyasaxa2003]

Jun 20, 2024 9:30:04 GMT -5 guru said:

Jun 20, 2024 9:27:34 GMT -5 hoyasaxa2003 said:

No, it's not a joke, it's reality. Let's think about this for a moment. First, how many Hoyas fans follow recruiting? Even on HoyaTalk itself there are a lot of people who do not. You do, I do, but basically it's super fans and that's it.

Second, Drew McKenna hasn't exactly been the most visible recruit. Drew McKenna was recruited originally as a class of 2024 recruit. He reclassified but then didn't qualify, so he joined the team in January 2024. So, McKenna did not play his last year of high school basketball or the AAU games that came with it. So that's a whole lot of basketball that guys like Sorber or Mulready had that McKenna never had.

Thurd, McKenna joined the roster in January. Per typical Georgetown practice, nobody made a big deal about it, and then he couldn't play because he was waiting to keep eligibility. So he was on our bench, but he never played. You know who also sits on the bench and never plays? Walk ons, managers, etc. So I don't see how people who do not follow things super closely would have any idea McKenna was even there.

If your problem is the fan base itself, then so be it. Is our fan base smaller than a lot of others? Yes, especially because of how bad we have been for so long. It's not a low bar of expectations, it's reality. Until we win and get better, there aren't going to be new superfans. And expecting more average fans to follow recruiting and know the face of a guy who hasn't played organized basketball in over a year is just unrealistic.

Are you guys actually debating what percentage of the population can recognized Drew McKenna? Egads.

I am not sure why it is surprising to some that a guy who has never played a game in a Hoyas uniform and who skipped his last year of high school would go unrecognized. But to each his own.

[bluechi]

Jun 20, 2024 9:27:34 GMT -5 hoyasaxa2003 said:

Jun 20, 2024 3:11:34 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Is this a joke? Suddenly Hoyas' fans can't recognize the face of one of their recruits? You realize how silly that sounds? This is something every other fan base can do even before a recruit plays a single second for their respective college team. But that is too much for Georgetown supporters to handle? My goodness. The low bar of expectations.

No, it's not a joke, it's reality. Let's think about this for a moment. First, how many Hoyas fans follow recruiting? Even on HoyaTalk itself there are a lot of people who do not. You do, I do, but basically it's super fans and that's it.

Second, Drew McKenna hasn't exactly been the most visible recruit. Drew McKenna was recruited originally as a class of 2024 recruit. He reclassified but then didn't qualify, so he joined the team in January 2024. So, McKenna did not play his last year of high school basketball or the AAU games that came with it. So that's a whole lot of basketball that guys like Sorber or Mulready had that McKenna never had.

Thurd, McKenna joined the roster in January. Per typical Georgetown practice, nobody made a big deal about it, and then he couldn't play because he was waiting to keep eligibility. So he was on our bench, but he never played. You know who also sits on the bench and never plays? Walk ons, managers, etc. So I don't see how people who do not follow things super closely would have any idea McKenna was even there.

If your problem is the fan base itself, then so be it. Is our fan base smaller than a lot of others? Yes, especially because of how bad we have been for so long. It's not a low bar of expectations, it's reality. Until we win and get better, there aren't going to be new superfans. And expecting more average fans to follow recruiting and know the face of a guy who hasn't played organized basketball in over a year is just unrealistic.

we have to be careful with the wording we use, we should strive to be accurate

[MCIGuy]

Jun 20, 2024 8:32:06 GMT -5 conshyhoya said:

Jun 20, 2024 3:11:34 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Is this a joke? Suddenly Hoyas' fans can't recognize the face of one of their recruits? You realize how silly that sounds? This is something every other fan base can do even before a recruit plays a single second for their respective college team. But that is too much for Georgetown supporters to handle? My goodness. The low bar of expectations.

How far from reality are you. Give us some evidence on how that is true. Sure die hard fans will know all their new players, follow socials etc. but the majority of fans aren't die hard and probably don't even look at anything until games start and don't catch every game. 

Anyone who has an account on an actual message board has gone above and beyond the typical, more casual fan. Unless they are too old and increasingly disengaged from the sports scene, I have always found these type of people to be invested in the basketball team enough to distinguish the faces of incoming recruits and/or players already in the fold. But you want “proof” of that? Do I need to go through years of posts from dozens of fan sites? Was that a serious request? The Hoyas have like ten players on schollie? It’s not that hard to know who is who either by remembering them all or by the process of elimination based on the guys one is aware of. It’s not as if we are talking about a football team with 80 guys on the roster. Again, it’s not as if there is an expectation of fans knowing the strengths of their individual games. But the faces at least? Come on.

[MCIGuy]

Jun 20, 2024 8:38:46 GMT -5 hoyaboya said:

Jun 20, 2024 8:28:17 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Even if McKenna had played high school ball his senior season and was coming in as a true frosh this Fall along with Sorber and the rest, I would be disappointed if we didn't see much of him this upcoming year. However the very fact that he has been with the team since January and has been practicing with the players and getting instruction from the coaches for months would make me downright distraught if he barely got off the bench.

I'm really beginning to understand how little people here are unaware of McKenna. Hey, I'll admit that around March of 2023 I knew very little of him too. Then I heard that Cooley was recruiting him and that led me to doing something crazy: I started looking him up. Wasn't too hard, just allowed Google to be my friend. I read from a knowledgeable Hoya fan on the recruiting scene that McKenna was a big time scorer and I decided one day to spend an hour or two researching. Granted there wasn't a whole lot to go by. I ended up having to use Twitter to point me in the direction of articles and blogs and while doing so I stumbled across a lot of helpful video footage (boy, hope there are not too many "I"s in this paragraph so far). I shared links to much of this in the thread dedicated to McKenna. What I saw was a "bucket getter", who knew how to put up a bunch of points. I saw his face plenty of times too...maybe that's why I can recognize him.

Can't speak on his defense. Not much was written about him on that front, nor were there a lot of video footage of him on that side of the ball. But based on what I saw in one KL game last summer I feel his rep on offense is legit. If so he is too good to keep off the court.

There are 2 scholarship players currently on the roster that were on the 2-18 "team" McKenna practiced with starting in January. The rest of the roster is brand new. Do you really think "practicing with the players" like Brumbaugh, Massoud, Heath, Cook, Styles, Bristol, Mutombo, etc. is going to lead to some sort of cohesion for McKenna playing with almost an entirely new roster?

No,it is to suggest that has been able to get used to participating in drills with college athletes and have grown accustomed to competing against college vets. That gives him an advantage over all the newbies who just rolled in.

[MCIGuy]

Jun 20, 2024 9:27:34 GMT -5 hoyasaxa2003 said:

Jun 20, 2024 3:11:34 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Is this a joke? Suddenly Hoyas' fans can't recognize the face of one of their recruits? You realize how silly that sounds? This is something every other fan base can do even before a recruit plays a single second for their respective college team. But that is too much for Georgetown supporters to handle? My goodness. The low bar of expectations.

No, it's not a joke, it's reality. Let's think about this for a moment. First, how many Hoyas fans follow recruiting? Even on HoyaTalk itself there are a lot of people who do not. You do, I do, but basically it's super fans and that's it.

Second, Drew McKenna hasn't exactly been the most visible recruit. Drew McKenna was recruited originally as a class of 2024 recruit. He reclassified but then didn't qualify, so he joined the team in January 2024. So, McKenna did not play his last year of high school basketball or the AAU games that came with it. So that's a whole lot of basketball that guys like Sorber or Mulready had that McKenna never had.

Thurd, McKenna joined the roster in January. Per typical Georgetown practice, nobody made a big deal about it, and then he couldn't play because he was waiting to keep eligibility. So he was on our bench, but he never played. You know who also sits on the bench and never plays? Walk ons, managers, etc. So I don't see how people who do not follow things super closely would have any idea McKenna was even there.

If your problem is the fan base itself, then so be it. Is our fan base smaller than a lot of others? Yes, especially because of how bad we have been for so long. It's not a low bar of expectations, it's reality. Until we win and get better, there aren't going to be new superfans. And expecting more average fans to follow recruiting and know the face of a guy who hasn't played organized basketball in over a year is just unrealistic.

Even I avoid the recruiting threads by and large these days to be honest. Nonetheless when a recruit does commit I will try to find a few video highlights of him and perhaps an interview or two. I never felt that was going out of my way but perhaps it’s a new day. Anyway the whole point of being part of a message board and participating is usually because we have more of a craving for information than the average, casual followers.

[jwp91]

Jun 20, 2024 8:28:17 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Jun 19, 2024 20:53:05 GMT -5 jwp91 said:

McKenna is an interesting prospect. I find it hard to project for myself what he really contribute until I get to see him play and until I understand how much 4 Peavy will play. If Peavy is playing 35 minutes at the 3. I don’t think we will see much of McKenna this year.

I did hear a report from someone who watched practice that he was scoring really well in that practice. I have no idea what kind of defense he plays.

Even if McKenna had played high school ball his senior season and was coming in as a true frosh this Fall along with Sorber and the rest, I would be disappointed if we didn't see much of him this upcoming year. However the very fact that he has been with the team since January and has been practicing with the players and getting instruction from the coaches for months would make me downright distraught if he barely got off the bench.

I'm really beginning to understand how little people here are unaware of McKenna. Hey, I'll admit that around March of 2023 I knew very little of him too. Then I heard that Cooley was recruiting him and that led me to doing something crazy: I started looking him up. Wasn't too hard, just allowed Google to be my friend. I read from a knowledgeable Hoya fan on the recruiting scene that McKenna was a big time scorer and I decided one day to spend an hour or two researching. Granted there wasn't a whole lot to go by. I ended up having to use Twitter to point me in the direction of articles and blogs and while doing so I stumbled across a lot of helpful video footage (boy, hope there are not too many "I"s in this paragraph so far). I shared links to much of this in the thread dedicated to McKenna. What I saw was a "bucket getter", who knew how to put up a bunch of points. I saw his face plenty of times too...maybe that's why I can recognize him.

Can't speak on his defense. Not much was written about him on that front, nor were there a lot of video footage of him on that side of the ball. But based on what I saw in one KL game last summer I feel his rep on offense is legit. If so he is too good to keep off the court.

You are replying to me and so I will respond. Yes, I have used Google and Youtube in the past to learn more about Drew McKenna. The level of basketball I saw made it difficult for me to project his contribution to the Big East as a freshman. He showed some interesting offensive skills. I couldn't really assess his defense. His ability to play BE defense probably will be a signficant determinant on his playing time this year. The footage was also of mediocre quality. And if the team walked past me I would have to use my powers of deduction to figure out what he looks like. Who is the 6'8" guy who isn't Peavy or Burks, or Caleb Willamson?

[conshyhoya]

Jun 20, 2024 10:39:59 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Jun 20, 2024 8:32:06 GMT -5 conshyhoya said:

How far from reality are you. Give us some evidence on how that is true. Sure die hard fans will know all their new players, follow socials etc. but the majority of fans aren't die hard and probably don't even look at anything until games start and don't catch every game. 

Anyone who has an account on an actual message board has gone above and beyond the typical, more casual fan. Unless they are too old and increasingly disengaged from the sports scene, I have always found these type of people to be invested in the basketball team enough to distinguish the faces of incoming recruits and/or players already in the fold. But you want “proof” of that? Do I need to go through years of posts from dozens of fan sites? Was that a serious request? The Hoyas have like ten players on schollie? It’s not that hard to know who is who either by remembering them all or by the process of elimination based on the guys one is aware of. It’s not as if we are talking about a football team with 80 guys on the roster. Again, it’s not as if there is an expectation of fans knowing the strengths of their individual games. But the faces at least? Come on.

I know who he is and learn about players who commit to us because I am a die hard fan. You stated our fans and every other fan base in general. Even if you use message boards as a criteria some people are casual and only check in when the season starts and some are on here weekly if not daily. Either way it is silly to say that all fan bases would be able to recognize a player who hasn't played a game yet. I do agree though he looked good in the stuff I had seen and the time he has with the coaching staff and Epps/Fielder helps him. And like you I think he will see the floor. Not sure yet where since his ideal spot is the same as Peavy. I can see Peavy playing some 4 since we are thin and maybe Drew playing some G but that is Cooley's job to figure that out.

[prhoya]

Jun 20, 2024 8:28:17 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Even if McKenna had played high school ball his senior season and was coming in as a true frosh this Fall along with Sorber and the rest, I would be disappointed if we didn't see much of him this upcoming year. However the very fact that he has been with the team since January and has been practicing with the players and getting instruction from the coaches for months would make me downright distraught if he barely got off the bench.

I'm really beginning to understand how little people here are unaware of McKenna. Hey, I'll admit that around March of 2023 I knew very little of him too. Then I heard that Cooley was recruiting him and that led me to doing something crazy: I started looking him up. Wasn't too hard, just allowed Google to be my friend. I read from a knowledgeable Hoya fan on the recruiting scene that McKenna was a big time scorer and I decided one day to spend an hour or two researching. Granted there wasn't a whole lot to go by. I ended up having to use Twitter to point me in the direction of articles and blogs and while doing so I stumbled across a lot of helpful video footage (boy, hope there are not too many "I"s in this paragraph so far). I shared links to much of this in the thread dedicated to McKenna. What I saw was a "bucket getter", who knew how to put up a bunch of points. I saw his face plenty of times too...maybe that's why I can recognize him.

Can't speak on his defense. Not much was written about him on that front, nor were there a lot of video footage of him on that side of the ball. But based on what I saw in one KL game last summer I feel his rep on offense is legit. If so he is too good to keep off the court.

Reminds me of your “I alone…” 🤣

No, MCI, you’re not more of a fan than the sickos who still post/come around here. There’s no need to differentiate between the few fans left.