757hoyafan
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Post by 757hoyafan on Feb 24, 2007 16:04:38 GMT -5
11 in a row!
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pkhoya03
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Post by pkhoya03 on Feb 24, 2007 16:07:53 GMT -5
HOYA FREAKIN SAXA! Great win boys!
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Post by coloradohoya on Feb 24, 2007 16:07:57 GMT -5
Screw 11 in a row. Our Magic Number is 1. Awesome win. Awesome play by the whole team. Now on to win the Big East Regular Season title in the Carrier Dome!
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 24, 2007 16:09:48 GMT -5
Not as pretty a game as the last one, but much prettier final score.
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dikembe
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Post by dikembe on Feb 24, 2007 16:11:33 GMT -5
Not as pretty a game as the last one, but much prettier final score. All wins are frigging Monica Belluci beautiful to me my friend. ;D Hallelujah! we not at the promised land yet, but we can see it baby.
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rhman
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Post by rhman on Feb 24, 2007 16:13:39 GMT -5
Nice way to finish it off with the FT's. That makes up for the 4 bricked FTs we took when we were up 7 early in the 2nd half.
Great Win! Crush the Orange!!!
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Feb 24, 2007 16:18:22 GMT -5
Not as pretty a game as the last one, but much prettier final score. All wins are frigging Monica Belluci beautiful to me my friend. ;D Hallelujah! we not at the promised land yet, but we can see it baby. Who wants to sex Mutumbo!!!!!
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HOYAPLAYA
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IT'S TIME FOR A RUNNNNNNN!!!!!!
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Post by HOYAPLAYA on Feb 24, 2007 16:18:26 GMT -5
I'm not worried about it being ugly, because that is usually how you win a tough game against a really good team. They weren't 11-2 coming into the game by chance. Big onions coming from behind and taking this one. Let's clinch it on Monday. No let down. Every one talked about the trap games leading into this one, well Monday night worries more than anything because now there might be a sense that they've accomplished something. Here's hoping that JTIII tells them that Monday night at 9:30 will be the first time they will have anything to celebrate about.
I LOVE THIS TEAM AND THIS COACH!!!!!!!!
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Post by 1984alloveragain on Feb 24, 2007 16:19:49 GMT -5
AWESOME WIN FELLAS!!!!! WE'LL TAKE IT, but we MUST REALLY ADDRESS THE LACK OF REBOUNDS----they got SOOO MANY OFF. BOARDS and chances. NICE to win, and still have so much to improve on because ....WE'RE JUST GETTIN' STARTED BABY!! Even with their coach flat out lying about Gray, and the refs TRYING to give them SOO many chances (HORRIBLE CALL on Sapp, when Kendall was moving into him on the fastbreak, and THEY get the call---and what the hell was that timeout given to them near the end? THEY DIDN'T even have possession!! and Wallace, our best FT shooter going to the line and Fields REALLY fouled out!!) Even with ALL that adversity, HOYAS WIN!! HOYAS WIN!! HOYAS WIN!!!!!! IT"s SO GOOD BABY!!!
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Big Dog
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Post by Big Dog on Feb 24, 2007 16:21:57 GMT -5
Nice way to finish it off with the FT's. That makes up for the 4 bricked FTs we took when we were up 7 early in the 2nd half. Great Win! Crush the Orange!!! They won this game at the FT line. Considering how horribly we rebounded and all of the hideous turnovers, its a miracle we were able to make up a difference of 25+ field goal attempts.
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HoyaFanNY
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Post by HoyaFanNY on Feb 24, 2007 16:22:52 GMT -5
great win considering i thought we really played poorly. i don't understand how you give up 20 offensive boards and win but we found a way to pull it out.
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Post by vamosalaplaya on Feb 24, 2007 16:23:07 GMT -5
Didn't realize Gray was such a bricklayer from the line. That is big trouble for Pitt down the road.
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jwp91
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Post by jwp91 on Feb 24, 2007 16:25:41 GMT -5
Two consecutive gutty wins vs. tough opponents.....Pitt and Villanova.
We are on a roll.... to a #1 seed.
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nodak89
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Roy Roy Royyyyy!!!
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Post by nodak89 on Feb 24, 2007 16:25:50 GMT -5
I've been working all day. 53 kids in the walk-in clinic since 9 (central), and I sit down (finally) to find this glorious news!!!!
HOYA SAXA!!!
WE ARE............GEORGETOWN!!!
Can't wait to watch the game tonight!
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njcoach
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Post by njcoach on Feb 24, 2007 16:25:51 GMT -5
I'm not worried about it being ugly, because that is usually how you win a tough game against a really good team. They weren't 11-2 coming into the game by chance. Big onions coming from behind and taking this one. Exactly. Beating the 8th ranked team in the counrty isn't supposed to be easy. Pitt did a nice job defending the cuts while still playing the Hoyas tough on the perimeter. They rebound the ball as well as anybody. Be happy with the win.
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Post by 1984alloveragain on Feb 24, 2007 16:27:27 GMT -5
As much as playing cinncinnati hurt our rpi (we dropped a few spots just playing them), this WIN over a top 5 rpi team is gonna shoot us near the top 10 in that number, and INTO the top 10 in the polls... GET USED TO THE HOYAS USA!!!!!!!!
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DonkDonk
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Post by DonkDonk on Feb 24, 2007 16:47:15 GMT -5
Sloppy, but I feel that JTIII keeps us on an even keel. the only slight panic I saw was JWall's long 3 that was way off the mark when we were down 8. Just seems like JTIII has the right mix of guys at the right time. when we're diving on the floors for loose balls and playing in a frenetic atmosphere, it's great to see guys calm down and continue to play within themselves on O. he's a very good coach.
even though we weren't quite as efficient, I felt like we had a plan every time on offense - the patience that these guys have exhibited in terms of passing and waiting for the right moment over the last dozen games cannot be overstated. Poor rebounding...the offball guys have got to do a better job of recognizing when a shot is going to be put up and get positioning. looks to me like Roy is not moving his feet to get position in the post as well as he was a month ago - not presenting himself as he should (of course, it also has a lot to do with more teams paying closer attention to him).
great win, love the emotion from all the guys.
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GUJook97
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Post by GUJook97 on Feb 24, 2007 16:49:35 GMT -5
Keep in mind, though, that foul trouble has been our toughest opponent of late. Part of the sloppyiness is attributed to that - It seems like every game Jeff and Roy pick up 2 in the first half and end of having to sit for long stretches. I cant imagine how much better we would be if they could both be on the floor more in the first half.
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Highsmith
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Post by Highsmith on Feb 24, 2007 16:50:46 GMT -5
All alone for now in first place.....a great feeling and a great place to be!! This game was a very up and down one, but I am VERY happy it ended on an up and other than a very short stretch, I felt pretty confident we were going to win this one as tough as it was.
Things I loved - The energy and enthusiasm PEJr brought to this game. He got some huge minutes and played his a$$ off every minute. For the most part he stayed under control and was a huge factor on defense in keeping us in this when Jeff and Roy both had foul trouble especially. - Jonathan Wallace and his 5' floaters.......they are a thing of beauty and they were key in getting that lead in the 1st half. - Macklin's move and put-back against Gray in the 1st half......that is one of the only real offensive moves I've seen Vernon make and while it didn't drop, he showed a lot by following it back up. - JEFF GREEN........the numbers in this one won't be as pretty as they have been recently, but there was an aura around him in that second half that he was not going to allow his team to lose. The drives he made, the forced 3 with the follow, the incredible pass to Jessie on the back-door and the steal with the half court pass.......all those things were signs that Jeff was NOT going to let us lose as long as he was on the floor. - Jeremiah's work on the perimeter.....no 3's today, but JR was working as hard as anyone out there defending the perimeter. Ramon got free a few times in the 1st half, but he got little to nothing in the second and that was a big difference - Roy's rebounding in the last 1-2 minutes......he talked about how important his rebounding would be in this game and for the most part I wasn't too pleased with it (see below), but he REALLY came up big at the end, especially with that one last board when he let out that scream. - The crowd......GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!!! On TV, the sound was great and although the Pitt fans came through a few times, there was clearly a great environment there today......you made all of us long distance fans proud!!! - The Comeback........a 13-0 run is not something that is easy to overcome, no matter the team you are playing against and no matter where the game is. The guys showed a ton of heart in coming back from that run and the nice part was I had the confidence that they could do it (other than maybe a few fleeting seconds of despair!!) - Our level-headedness and patience on offense......other than a few lapses here and there, this is something I have REALLY enjoyed seeing from the team for many games now. So many teams force things so often, especially when they get down more than 5 or when the other team is on a run. We do this once in awhile too, but for the most part this team is great at keeping its collective head in the game, sticking to the game plan and just turning up the intensity........I am just picturing PEJr sitting on the floor going crazy after he got that charge on a Pitt guy. We were down and we turned up the level of intensity on the defensive end, but we never forced things too much on offense (for the most part). - Finally, and I didn't think I would be saying this, but FT shooting was by far THE reason we won this game. There was that stretch of 4 in a row missed by Jeff/DaJuan, but other than that, the guys were super from the line. At the time of the 4 in a row, I thought that may be the big key to us losing this one......then we turned FT into the key to winning down the stretch. Great job!
Things I didn't love - REBOUNDING.......this was a very poor rebounding effort. I lost track of how many balls we seemingly had in our hands that we lost or had knocked away and Pitt always came up with them. It was weird, because I really thought we were hustling all over the court today, but with rebounding it just seemed like they wanted it more. I think Roy finished with 4 boards and 2-3 of them were in the last 2 minutes. Missing Roy and Jeff for a big part of the game hurt, but there were other reasons for the lack of boards. - Foul trouble.......I knew this would be a physical game and had the potential for a lot of fouls. However, too many of them were early and silly. Having Jeff, Roy and Patrick all with 2 fouls fairly early in the first half was a scary moment. I am sure there were nerves/over-excitement involved, but for the sake of my health, we can't get in that situation again any time soon. - 3 point shooting.......this was not all that pretty today. Some of it was the Pitt defense......I think much of the problems each team had on offense is a tribute to each team's defense. However, there were some just plain ugly shots. - "Silly plays"......I'm having trouble with specifics right now, but there were stretches in the game where some really silly/confusing plays were made that drove me crazy. Many of them were early on and again, can be traced to nervousness, etc. However, there were times it seemed like some players just didn't have their heads in the game like they should have. This also seemed to contribute to the 13-0 run Pitt had.
OK, enough of the likes and dislikes- I'm sure many people have others. I wrote of the things that bothered me, not to be negative in a win, but to point out some problems in an otherwise tremendous victory. It seemed as though we had opportunities to really put this game away and we, more than Pitt, hurt those chances. At this point in the season, we are good enough to still win these games, but it would have been nice to really bury these guys.
Overall, a great win......however, it means a LOT less if we can't take care of business at the Dome on Monday night. I absolutely HATE SU and this is the game I wait for all year. This has been a milestone year for the Hoyas and the next step needs to be destroying the Orange on their home floor. HOYA SAXA!!!! FIRST PLACE!!!!! LET'S KEEP OURSELVES THERE FOR TWO MORE GAMES!!!
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Post by guhoyasfan36 on Feb 24, 2007 16:57:21 GMT -5
GIT-R-DONE...beautifully ugly win baby. Things weren't looking good, then they were, then they weren't, then enter JEFF. Great plays and passes. Wallace stepped up big with penetration and that huge steal.
Concerns: 1. Rebounding-we gave up twenty offensive boards, played great D, then we had to play great D again.
2. Free throw box out- see point 1.
That's about it for concerns, played pretty well besides our usual sloppiness with the ball. But every team has kryptonite, ours is turnovers and doesn't seem to bother us much cause we keep winning. Might wanna figure it out down the road though. Loved the intensity. Really got after the ball. I LOVE THIS TEAM
GO HOYAS......squeeeeeze the Orange
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