Georgetown - Fairfield 11/9/2024 Discussion

[MCIGuy]

Nov 9, 2024 18:45:52 GMT -5 harlemhoya said:

Nov 9, 2024 18:39:42 GMT -5 jwp91 said:

Interestingly, Mulready had 11 minutes compared to Curtis' 6.

The seeds have been planted for a three guard rotation. Mulready is going to play a ton of minutes with Mack or Epps. You don’t need to play 9 /10 guys in a 40 minute basketball game.

Oh here we go again with HoyaTalk participants advocating for a limited bench. Cooley can't accomplish his task of having his roster return next year without at least going nine guys. Pitino understands this. We don't need three or four guys averaging 32 plus minutes a game. Also the playing time/minutes should be situational. If a guy who is typically getting less than eight minutes in a game gets hot and is playing well, there should be no issue with him ending up with twenty or so minutes in that contest.

[MCIGuy]

On the boxscore at HoyaSaxa, why are Fort and Seal listed as DNP? I thought it was established they were to be redshirting this season? Did the team not make this official?

[blueandgray]

There is a lot more to like about this team than there was last year. There were two things that concerned me today however. (1) Turnovers. We looked outright sloppy at times. Hopefully, in time we build more chemistry and players will be able to read one another better. (2) Finisging on the break. We had so many run outs and rarely were able to finish. I have yet to see improvement over last year at least in this area.

[zxhoya]

Nov 10, 2024 2:19:06 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Nov 9, 2024 18:45:52 GMT -5 harlemhoya said:

The seeds have been planted for a three guard rotation. Mulready is going to play a ton of minutes with Mack or Epps. You don’t need to play 9 /10 guys in a 40 minute basketball game.

Oh here we go again with HoyaTalk participants advocating for a limited bench. Cooley can't accomplish his task of having his roster return next year without at least going nine guys. Pitino understands this. We don't need three or four guys averaging 32 plus minutes a game. Also the playing time/minutes should be situational. If a guy who is typically getting less than eight minutes in a game gets hot and is playing well, there should be no issue with him ending up with twenty or so minutes in that contest.

This 1000 percent!

[DFW HOYA]

Nov 10, 2024 2:35:57 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

On the boxscore at HoyaSaxa, why are Fort and Seal listed as DNP? I thought it was established they were to be redshirting this season? Did the team not make this official?

Nothing has been announced--their player bios do not list a redshirt. As long as a player is suiting up every game and are on the active roster, they could conceivably be called to play. If they were on the bench in street clothes, it's a little more clear cut.

Georgetown doesn't have a history of non-medical redshirting, so it's TBD until they do.

[professorhoya]

Nov 9, 2024 22:55:49 GMT -5 concord said:

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With Sorber, Peavy, Epps and Mack, I think we have 4 legit BE starters who can battle it out this year and maybe be in the mix for a lot more the year after. Who is the 5th starter? I love our lineup 1-10, but not really sure of that 5th spot.

Jordan Burke.
He doesn’t need the ball to have a huge impact.
He’s one of the the players I’ve been most impressed with.
His 7-2 length, lateral quickness and athleticism make him a plus defender at this level.

Him and Peavy help alleviate the defensive deficiencies of Epps.
He’s able to switch 1-5 which means there’s a constant rim protection and defensive presence down low.
He offers rim protection and hits the board hard.
9.8 reb per 40 and 1.6 blks per 40.

On offense we have alot of scorers in Mack, Epps, sorber, peavy.
Burke provides an offensive rebounding presence and a 7-2 athletic safety valve when players are trapped.

Fielder needs to shoot to be effective but we have too many scorers on the first unit so Burks is a much better fit.

[jackofjoy]

Nov 10, 2024 7:57:17 GMT -5 professorhoya said:

Nov 9, 2024 22:55:49 GMT -5 concord said:

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With Sorber, Peavy, Epps and Mack, I think we have 4 legit BE starters who can battle it out this year and maybe be in the mix for a lot more the year after. Who is the 5th starter? I love our lineup 1-10, but not really sure of that 5th spot.

Jordan Burke.
He doesn’t need the ball to have a huge impact.
He’s one of the the players I’ve been most impressed with.
His 7-2 length, lateral quickness and athleticism make him a plus defender at this level.

Him and Peavy help alleviate the defensive deficiencies of Epps.
He’s able to switch 1-5 which means there’s a constant rim protection and defensive presence down low.
He offers rim protection and hits the board hard.
9.8 reb per 40 and 1.6 blks per 40.

On offense we have alot of scorers in Mack, Epps, sorber, peavy.
Burke provides an offensive rebounding presence and a 7-2 athletic safety valve when players are trapped.

Fielder needs to shoot to be effective but we have too many scorers on the first unit so Burks is a much better fit.

This, I think. Not sure if you keep a Drew Fielder after this year if he’s a 6th/7th man but gotta focus a year at a time. Haven’t seen enough of McKenna, Mulready and Ca and Cu Williams to know if they’re plus defenders but a second unit of McKenna, Mulready, Fielder, Halifanoua and a ball handler could be interesting. 

[jwp91]

In a simple world, where Fielder fits may not be clear, but the world is not simple. Just today we had a player sick and had to adjust. Having 3 good options to work with will be a good. Hopefully we can keep them all happy.

There is a lot to be happy about.
* Sorber had a strong start to his career.
* There is a lot of depth beyond what we have seen recently.
* Offensive rebounding is strong.
* Rim protection has returned with a Top 20 block rate spread across many on the team.

Here are some things that concern me (even though the sample is small)
*. Opponents are shooting 40% from 3. That ranks #313 in the country.
* Hoyas are shooting 26.2% from 3 which ranks #302.
*. Turnovers are too high - 294th. Our starting guards are +2 assists to turnovers. Julius also needs to clean it up.

[sportsastroguy]

This team has the seeds to be a good team every single player that they have that plays bring a certain level of skill to the team my favorite is McKenna he's so talented but no one sees it yet and of course as I've said since last year Sorber is ready now keep an eye on Mulready Williams and McKenna those guys will have their day there's a reason why coach went 10 deep yesterday and all of them contributed something and Drew Fielder should feast a little bit with Sorber and Burks is JYD incarnate you cannot tell me this isn't a tournament team

[dense]

Nov 10, 2024 2:35:57 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

On the boxscore at HoyaSaxa, why are Fort and Seal listed as DNP? I thought it was established they were to be redshirting this season? Did the team not make this official?

Because it's not official yet.

[hoyaatheart55]

Couldn’t watch the game yesterday but encouraged by what I’ve heard. Hope we can step it up against ND next weekend. I’ll be there!

[MCIGuy]

Nov 10, 2024 8:39:18 GMT -5 jackofjoy said:

Nov 10, 2024 7:57:17 GMT -5 professorhoya said:

Jordan Burke.
He doesn’t need the ball to have a huge impact.
He’s one of the the players I’ve been most impressed with.
His 7-2 length, lateral quickness and athleticism make him a plus defender at this level.

Him and Peavy help alleviate the defensive deficiencies of Epps.
He’s able to switch 1-5 which means there’s a constant rim protection and defensive presence down low.
He offers rim protection and hits the board hard.
9.8 reb per 40 and 1.6 blks per 40.

On offense we have alot of scorers in Mack, Epps, sorber, peavy.
Burke provides an offensive rebounding presence and a 7-2 athletic safety valve when players are trapped.

Fielder needs to shoot to be effective but we have too many scorers on the first unit so Burks is a much better fit.

This, I think. Not sure if you keep a Drew Fielder after this year if he’s a 6th/7th man but gotta focus a year at a time. Haven’t seen enough of McKenna, Mulready and Ca and Cu Williams to know if they’re plus defenders but a second unit of McKenna, Mulready, Fielder, Halifanoua and a ball handler could be interesting. 

So, we're doing to Fielder in this game what we were doing to McKenna in the first game? Can we stop that?

[MCIGuy]

Nov 10, 2024 7:57:17 GMT -5 professorhoya said:

Nov 9, 2024 22:55:49 GMT -5 concord said:

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With Sorber, Peavy, Epps and Mack, I think we have 4 legit BE starters who can battle it out this year and maybe be in the mix for a lot more the year after. Who is the 5th starter? I love our lineup 1-10, but not really sure of that 5th spot.

Jordan Burke.
He doesn’t need the ball to have a huge impact.
He’s one of the the players I’ve been most impressed with.
His 7-2 length, lateral quickness and athleticism make him a plus defender at this level.

Him and Peavy help alleviate the defensive deficiencies of Epps.
He’s able to switch 1-5 which means there’s a constant rim protection and defensive presence down low.
He offers rim protection and hits the board hard.
9.8 reb per 40 and 1.6 blks per 40.

On offense we have alot of scorers in Mack, Epps, sorber, peavy.
Burke provides an offensive rebounding presence and a 7-2 athletic safety valve when players are trapped.

Fielder needs to shoot to be effective but we have too many scorers on the first unit so Burks is a much better fit.

We may have a lot of scorers in the first unit but do we have a lot of legit shooters? With all this talk about how the three-point shooting has been a problem so far, why sit a guy like Fielder who can actually spread the court? Don't trust Peavy's outside shot enough at this point to want Burke in that staring five as well. Not yet.

[jackofjoy]

Nov 10, 2024 12:53:01 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Nov 10, 2024 8:39:18 GMT -5 jackofjoy said:

This, I think. Not sure if you keep a Drew Fielder after this year if he’s a 6th/7th man but gotta focus a year at a time. Haven’t seen enough of McKenna, Mulready and Ca and Cu Williams to know if they’re plus defenders but a second unit of McKenna, Mulready, Fielder, Halifanoua and a ball handler could be interesting. 

So, we're doing to Fielder in this game what we were doing to McKenna in the first game? Can we stop that?

Maybe. Respect your opinions but not sure about Fielder. Happy to be proven wrong. Injuries and illnesses might be more concerning, without injecting loads of 2024 reactionary drama into it.

[drquigley]

Guys we needed 3 point shooters! If we don't improve our 3 point percentage then teams, especially our BE opponents will collapse on Sorber and the guy we've seen the last 2 games will disappear.

[FrazierFanatic]

Nov 10, 2024 12:56:58 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Nov 10, 2024 7:57:17 GMT -5 professorhoya said:

Jordan Burke.
He doesn’t need the ball to have a huge impact.
He’s one of the the players I’ve been most impressed with.
His 7-2 length, lateral quickness and athleticism make him a plus defender at this level.

Him and Peavy help alleviate the defensive deficiencies of Epps.
He’s able to switch 1-5 which means there’s a constant rim protection and defensive presence down low.
He offers rim protection and hits the board hard.
9.8 reb per 40 and 1.6 blks per 40.

On offense we have alot of scorers in Mack, Epps, sorber, peavy.
Burke provides an offensive rebounding presence and a 7-2 athletic safety valve when players are trapped.

Fielder needs to shoot to be effective but we have too many scorers on the first unit so Burks is a much better fit.

We may have a lot of scorers in the first unit but do we have a lot of legit shooters? With all this talk about how the three-point shooting has been a problem so far, why sit a guy like Fielder who can actually spread the court? Don't trust Peavy's outside shot enough at this point to want Burke in that staring five as well. Not yet.

Fielder was out sick yesterday.

[michaelgrahmstylie]

First two games have been impressive! Hopefully, this team gels and gets better!

[saxagael]

Nov 10, 2024 12:11:26 GMT -5 dense said:

Nov 10, 2024 2:35:57 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

On the boxscore at HoyaSaxa, why are Fort and Seal listed as DNP? I thought it was established they were to be redshirting this season? Did the team not make this official?

Because it's not official yet.

It is official at the end of a season. During the season it is intent to red shirt and it is rare that a school declares it these days.

[zxhoya]

Nov 10, 2024 12:56:58 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

Nov 10, 2024 7:57:17 GMT -5 professorhoya said:

Jordan Burke.
He doesn’t need the ball to have a huge impact.
He’s one of the the players I’ve been most impressed with.
His 7-2 length, lateral quickness and athleticism make him a plus defender at this level.

Him and Peavy help alleviate the defensive deficiencies of Epps.
He’s able to switch 1-5 which means there’s a constant rim protection and defensive presence down low.
He offers rim protection and hits the board hard.
9.8 reb per 40 and 1.6 blks per 40.

On offense we have alot of scorers in Mack, Epps, sorber, peavy.
Burke provides an offensive rebounding presence and a 7-2 athletic safety valve when players are trapped.

Fielder needs to shoot to be effective but we have too many scorers on the first unit so Burks is a much better fit.

We may have a lot of scorers in the first unit but do we have a lot of legit shooters? With all this talk about how the three-point shooting has been a problem so far, why sit a guy like Fielder who can actually spread the court? Don't trust Peavy's outside shot enough at this point to want Burke in that staring five as well. Not yet.

Burks is so intriguing, 6'9", long and really...really athletic for someone this size, he provides versatility that no other big on the team can. His ability to defend on the perimeter both on ball and press situations and our limited zone D attempts offsets his lack of perimeter shooting on offense. Now I'm not saying that I have seen Peavy level D but his length and energy alone is very effective. He also is the only player that plays at and above the rim, especially rebounding. He's a sophomore that saw very little action last season similar to Fielder.

I believe this is a good problem to have for Coach Cooley and is game and situation dependent, Fielder if healthy, will be an asset for the Hoyas.

[MCIGuy]

Nov 10, 2024 14:21:56 GMT -5 FrazierFanatic said:

Nov 10, 2024 12:56:58 GMT -5 MCIGuy said:

We may have a lot of scorers in the first unit but do we have a lot of legit shooters? With all this talk about how the three-point shooting has been a problem so far, why sit a guy like Fielder who can actually spread the court? Don't trust Peavy's outside shot enough at this point to want Burke in that staring five as well. Not yet.

Fielder was out sick yesterday.

I'm aware. I think all of us are. But because Drew was out that leads some to think he may not be necessary while other are salivating at the thought of Burke's defense.