watsonry
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Post by watsonry on Dec 6, 2004 20:24:57 GMT -5
Not getting too high after a win, but I just like the feeling that surrounds the progam this year, I feel like Thompson is getting the guys to work hard and fight. Example, last year we would have lost this game when it got to 43-39 with 11:45 to play, this year we go on a 9-0 run and put the game away.
Excellent job, now let's try and hang with the Illini. I am 99% sure we won't win, but hanging tough with such a great team will pay dividends come Big East time.......
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Nevada Hoya
Blue & Gray (over 10,000 posts)
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Dec 6, 2004 20:28:43 GMT -5
It seems as if the team is playing with confidence. Let's hope that the Illi game won't affect that. It would be nice if they give them a good game.
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JimmyHoya
Golden Hoya (over 1000 posts)
Hoya fan, est. 1986
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Post by JimmyHoya on Dec 6, 2004 21:07:21 GMT -5
It was nice to see them play well for 25 minutes.
Unfortunately, they essentially gave up on the offense as usual once they get a big lead and were terribley unfocused during the middle 25.
If they played half as well as they did at the beginning and end during that long middle stretch, the game would have never been close.
Sorry, but I'm never going to be satisfied untill they play well on offense for 40 minutes straight. They don't even have to shoot well, just run the offense instead of standing around and shooting a 3 every time.
And on defense, they got lucky a few times. Brandon was going for waaaaaaaay too many steals. PSU's passing was horrendous and I can understand hte over agression but he's gotta watch out.
That being said, when they were playing focused, confident basketball like they can, they are very, very good. When they don't...blow out city.
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Dec 6, 2004 21:42:27 GMT -5
Not sure I agree. I haven't been able to make it out to see a game yet, but it sounds like (and Jack's comments in the "Eyewitness Reports" thread seem to bear this out) when the Hoyas have a decent lead, JTIII takes that as an opportunity to teach the team, or to have them game-test something they've been working on in practice. This time, it seemed to be Roy's post moves.
This phenomenon is something that I never saw under Esh, and I'm glad to see it now. As long as the game is somewhat in hand, especially in the pre-Big East part of the schedule, I would much rather see the time used to improve team play than to just plain try to run up a score.
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