24-25 Hoya Basketball

[hoyaguy]

Oct 19, 2024 18:30:34 GMT -5 mapei said:

I too was very impressed today with Fielder and Mack, thought Mack and Jayden played well together. Also Burks on defense, made his guy repeatedly give the ball up. Cooley exclusively coached the Blue team, which to me looked like the starters as of today: Mack, Epps, Sorber, Peavy, Burks.

I was also impressed with the very specific teaching that Cooley was doing during drills pre-scrimmage. A fun day.

With Julius recovering from something, I can definitely see Fielder starting on the bench to be used as needed since we would only be 2 deep at C to start.

[DanMcQ]

[DanMcQ]

[dense]

Oct 19, 2024 18:30:34 GMT -5 mapei said:

I too was very impressed today with Fielder and Mack, thought Mack and Jayden played well together. Also Burks on defense, made his guy repeatedly give the ball up. Cooley exclusively coached the Blue team, which to me looked like the starters as of today: Mack, Epps, Sorber, Peavy, Burks.

I was also impressed with the very specific teaching that Cooley was doing during drills pre-scrimmage. A fun day.

I think those also will be the starters until Julius gets up to speed. The rumors are Julius was a load in practice, looked really really good in the few days he got to work.

[IDenj]

Like hearing how the players are tight. Means they have bought into what the coaching staff is putting together.

[SFHoya99]

Oct 19, 2024 23:23:27 GMT -5 dense said:

I think those also will be the starters until Julius gets up to speed. The rumors are Julius was a load in practice, looked really really good in the few days he got to work.

I think center minutes will be more defined by defense than anything. All three look very competent on offense.

[hoyaguy]

Oct 20, 2024 9:56:33 GMT -5 SFHoya99 said:

Oct 19, 2024 23:23:27 GMT -5 dense said:

I think those also will be the starters until Julius gets up to speed. The rumors are Julius was a load in practice, looked really really good in the few days he got to work.

I think center minutes will be more defined by defense than anything. All three look very competent on offense.

Hearing Fielder’s mobility is better is great to hear. Him getting stronger and more mobile is exactly what’s needed for the roster

[prhoya]

Oct 20, 2024 9:56:33 GMT -5 SFHoya99 said:

Oct 19, 2024 23:23:27 GMT -5 dense said:

I think those also will be the starters until Julius gets up to speed. The rumors are Julius was a load in practice, looked really really good in the few days he got to work.

I think center minutes will be more defined by defense than anything. All three look very competent on offense.

I think it will also have to do with versatility. Can one of them also play 4?

[DanMcQ]

[DanMcQ]

[EtomicB]

Oct 20, 2024 11:00:35 GMT -5 DanMcQ said:

I'm absolutely giddy about the Cu. Williams to Fielder to Ca. Williams 3 from the corner. It's perfect offense.

I can't state enough how much I'd like to see a good chunk of the offense go thru the 5 spot this season.

Not so giddy about the zero pass 3 possession by Epps in the next clip though.

[hoyaguy]

Oct 20, 2024 12:53:39 GMT -5 EtomicB said:

Oct 20, 2024 11:00:35 GMT -5 DanMcQ said:

I'm absolutely giddy about the Cu. Williams to Fielder to Ca. Williams 3 from the corner. It's perfect offense.

I can't state enough how much I'd like to see a good chunk of the offense go thru the 5 spot this season.

Not so giddy about the zero pass 3 possession by Epps in the next clip though.

That was a very nice sequence with fielder passing out when he was gonna be contested. I’m looking forward to looking like a real offense.

[DanMcQ]

[SFHoya99]

Oct 20, 2024 12:53:39 GMT -5 EtomicB said:

Oct 20, 2024 11:00:35 GMT -5 DanMcQ said:

I'm absolutely giddy about the Cu. Williams to Fielder to Ca. Williams 3 from the corner. It's perfect offense.

I can't state enough how much I'd like to see a good chunk of the offense go thru the 5 spot this season.

Not so giddy about the zero pass 3 possession by Epps in the next clip though.

Epps' shot was a good one. If you come around a screen and the defense drops to allow you to set for a corner three, you take it. There's a reason he buried it.

I know these were select possessions, but I'm more worried about a defender going under a lazy screen against a shooter. Nothing in those clips makes me excited to see the defense, I will tell you that.

[EtomicB]

Oct 21, 2024 10:00:15 GMT -5 SFHoya99 said:

Oct 20, 2024 12:53:39 GMT -5 EtomicB said:

I'm absolutely giddy about the Cu. Williams to Fielder to Ca. Williams 3 from the corner. It's perfect offense.

I can't state enough how much I'd like to see a good chunk of the offense go thru the 5 spot this season.

Not so giddy about the zero pass 3 possession by Epps in the next clip though.

Epps' shot was a good one. If you come around a screen and the defense drops to allow you to set for a corner three, you take it. There's a reason he buried it.

I know these were select possessions, but I'm more worried about a defender going under a lazy screen against a shooter. Nothing in those clips makes me excited to see the defense, I will tell you that.

I agree that it was a good shot but it did trigger some not so fond memories of early threes being taken last season.

We agree that the defense shown in the 2nd & 3rd clips were bad but in the clip where Mack hits the step back 3 I thought the D was good. Both Sorber & Cu. Williams were in place to contest Mack at the rim, and Sorber rotated quickly enough to prevent Ca. Williams from getting a shot up.

It'd be great to see much longer clips of 5v5 practice.

[DanMcQ]

[hoyasaxa2003]

Oct 21, 2024 10:00:15 GMT -5 SFHoya99 said:

Epps' shot was a good one. If you come around a screen and the defense drops to allow you to set for a corner three, you take it. There's a reason he buried it.

Yep. While I posted the stats in the past, Epps' percentage on corner threes was significantly higher than all threes, yet if memory serves he only took 21 threes from the corner, and significantly more from everywhere else (at a much lower percentage). Of course, most guards shoot better from the corners because it's closer.

With Mack playing point, hopefully we can set up more corner threes for Epps and the other guys who can shoot. That's one element that I think we did not have last year that we will have this year with Mack. Or, at least, I hope we will have that aspect of offense.

[HoyaFanNY]

Oct 22, 2024 14:36:09 GMT -5 hoyasaxa2003 said:

Oct 21, 2024 10:00:15 GMT -5 SFHoya99 said:

Epps' shot was a good one. If you come around a screen and the defense drops to allow you to set for a corner three, you take it. There's a reason he buried it.

Yep. While I posted the stats in the past, Epps' percentage on corner threes was significantly higher than all threes, yet if memory serves he only took 21 threes from the corner, and significantly more from everywhere else (at a much lower percentage). Of course, most guards shoot better from the corners because it's closer.

With Mack playing point, hopefully we can set up more corner threes for Epps and the other guys who can shoot. That's one element that I think we did not have last year that we will have this year with Mack. Or, at least, I hope we will have that aspect of offense.

Epps efficiency was much higher last year playing off the ball. Unfortunately, Rowan wasn't the answer at PG. Mack seems like a huge upgrade.

[Admin]

[concord]

The Hoyas were actually picked 8th last year. This year, I'm happy to not be 10th. Of course, I think we can challenge for 7th/8th, but that's because I'm deep in the throes of preseason Hoya delusion