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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Nov 26, 2018 6:01:17 GMT -5
Golden had 24 against us last year, including four 3s. We will have to guard him well, but he's not a big threat from three despite last year (he went 4-8 against us from three). So far this year, Golden is 2-14 on threes, and last year he went 22-80 (27.5%). It's interesting that 10% of his entire three attempts for last season came against us. Agreed. For all the talk on Golden's versatility he is definitely a Brooks Sales Award winner for Hoya-specific three-point shooting. There is nothing in the scouting report that would have Golden mistaken for a three-point threat except for that game.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Nov 16, 2018 20:48:53 GMT -5
Get this lineup off the court. It has no idea how to attack a zone! Or leave them on for exactly that reason. Have to figure it out.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Nov 16, 2018 20:44:20 GMT -5
Pickett to noone. As good as we looked at Illinois is as bad as we look tonight.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Nov 16, 2018 20:20:32 GMT -5
Just everything bad in this game right now except Bateman. I do like Ewing sitting the starters.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Nov 16, 2018 20:15:49 GMT -5
Wow we need someone to make a play.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Nov 15, 2018 23:11:31 GMT -5
Guys, guys, sarcasm. There's no qualitative nor quantitative way to make that argument. Jeebus I made a Motorboat Jones reference. Thought that gave it away.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Nov 15, 2018 22:02:33 GMT -5
Yes it was by far his best game so far but it wasn't a great game by any means. It could be argued Jagan had a better game and he was absolutely killed while Mac was lauded. I am also not saying Mac doesn't deserve to be in the rotation. I am just saying maybe he shouldn't have the 3rd most minutes and highest usage on the team. It is still early let's see how it all plays out. How could it be argued Jagan had a better game? Watch: Mac got torched on defense. I was talking to Motorboat Jones and a friend of his who is a high level coach and he said the same thing. The Hoyas were much better on defense with Jagan out there. Also, Mac had three turnovers but he should have had more than that if Illinois were more disciplined. Again, I'm not saying Mac is bad just that he should be playing less and Jagan or Malinowski should take those minutes. The good news is we won. But lets hope the hype doesn't cost us a game later in the season. We will wait and see.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Nov 15, 2018 15:29:06 GMT -5
The leap (no pun intended) between his first two games and Illinois on both offense and defense shows why he's playing. He's had three games and his third...against the toughest competition so far...on the road was by far his best. Given that, it's probably a bit early to pre-emptively question his spot in the rotation for future games or assign his playing time to "hype".
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Nov 14, 2018 17:56:48 GMT -5
I deeply agree with clogging the middle with Govan and Mourning, but that is going to be much of the Big East games. I'd rather have Akinjo in ISO than Mac, for Mac I'd rather work the ball away from him and when his defender drifts skip pass to him to attack. What I really liked about Mac was simply watching him recognize when the lane opened up behind his defender and then attacking. Like Akinjo and his quick move to the floater, this is a very fast adjustment for the freshman. At least twice he waited and lulled his defender while his teammate cleared the lane by moving from the baseline to outside, dragging his defender around, and then you got the lull and drive past into open space. Perhaps this isn't so much adjustment as simply playing versus man, but it's a level of basketball iq that we've been missing for a long time. And now we have two guards that just seem to feel the opportunity well and actually make some really good decisions in the moment (and some bad ones still). That said, people are going to really not like the next game where our opponent plays all zone. Illinois is was playing some aggressive, but not great man to man. A good zone is a completely different animal. I'm holding out some hope that we won't hate the zone (or hate it less as the season progresses) mainly because 1) We seem wired to beat it down the floor 2) We are versatile enough to attack it different ways. Added bonus: if you cant find a body on the boards, you can turn around and watch Josh LeBlanc tip in missed shots all night. We might not love zone but for the first time in awhile, we actually might have some pieces to attack it effectively.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Nov 14, 2018 11:18:13 GMT -5
Not only excited to see the threes fall eventually but how about a foul call? Hes leading the team in 2-point FGAs (shooting 52% on those) but still has not drawn a shooting foul.
Lots of upside to his scoring the rest of the year.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Jul 24, 2018 19:42:36 GMT -5
I'm not one to say that JT3's scheduling was directly responsible for his team's lack of tournament success (post 2007), but it is true that playing hard non-conference schedules did not produce the payoff that fans had hoped for. Given that, if Ewing wants to take a somewhat different approach then more power to him. Hopefully he will find the right balance required to help insure the success of the teams he puts on the court. Yes, and no. The two years Georgetown had the most success under JT3 (2006 and 2007), Georgetown had really high strength of schedule. Given that success, it's not surprising that JT3 continued to schedule that way. In any case, this is a clear example of causation and correlation being different. Just because Georgetown struggled in the NCAA tournament in 2010, 2011, 2013, etc. doesn't mean that it was because of the schedule. In fact, it's not logical to say (a) we would have a tough schedule, (b) we would beat almost all the teams on that tough schedule, and (c) that caused us to lose in March. The other issue is seeding. Sure, if we go 16-2, we are making the NCAA tournament (and not because RPI doesn't matter, but rather going 16-2 in the Big East will make up for RPI hits of playing bad teams), but if you had a scenario where we had the 2017-2018 OOC schedule, and we went 16-2, there would be lots of arguments against our having a 1 seed. And they'd be justified. The only thing that will make this part of the thread complete is guru chiming in and telling me I'm a broken record. Have at it buddy. Really high? Kenpom non-con SOS 2007 - 174 2006 - 208
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Jul 18, 2018 17:16:55 GMT -5
Juggy - 11/37 Akinjo - 7/26 Grayson - 5/23 Mac - 6/20 Pickett - 5/17 Walker - 3/16 Greg - 9/15 Kaleb - 5/12 Jessie - 6/10 Mourning - 3/8 Jagan - 3/5 LeBlanc - 1/4 If my math is right, that's about 33.1% for the team (last season we shot 36.6% as a team from three). If we end up with that level of three point shooting it's going to be a really long year, regardless of how good Akinjo and McClung perform. That said, I think there are mitigating factors: - Generally, Kenner is more run and gun/less structured than real games, so that's going to equal more bad shots and a lower percentage. Granted, defense is also different (as has been discussed already here - I am not trying to reignite that debate), too. There's probably also a tendency for players to be trigger heavy in Kenner given that it's everybody's chance to try to prove themselves. - Grayson Carter will be lucky to get enough playing time for 23 attempts all season, in all likelihood. So guys like him taking and missing a lot of shots doesn't worry me at all. - Given that Pickett struggled for 2/3 of the season, and then got better, you'd like to see him hitting better numbers to continue that late-season improvement. (This is a small sample size, obviously, so take all these comments with a grain of salt). I also look for improvement from Blair. - Good to see that Malinowski has done pretty well. That's his ticket to playing time. Overall, the stats are meaningless right now and it's impossible to say what will happen by November. Hopefully, guys like Pickett, Blair, and Malinowski can give us some good stats from three. It's a crucial part of the modern game. We have a winner! The stats are meaningless because they're not playing organized team basketball with their teammates. People are excited about what they see in the one-on-one abilities of the new guys. Its literally an observation and people can agree or disagree. But to look at a Kenner stat sheet and try to predict anything is silly. It's nowhere close to how the Hoyas will be playing during the season.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Jul 9, 2018 20:34:55 GMT -5
Just a quick question: are the same percentage of threes taken in an unstructured summer league catch and shoot as in organized play? Asking for a friend.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Jul 9, 2018 5:55:36 GMT -5
I guess I'm going to be the one to poo poo on this Keener League parade where defense and ball movement goes to die. Remember LJ Peak dominated Keener his freshman year. While he had a good freshman year (All BIG EAST Freshman Team), he didn't dominate by any means. While I'm enjoying the Keener League exploits of the freshman backcourt, I'm not ordering my MSG tix for the 2nd Saturday night in March just yet... I immediately thought of LJ but had the completely opposite reaction. LJ was all-freshman immediately but also became our best player subsequently, certainly of that class. I would take two LJ trajectories in a second. Sure it would be great if Mackinjo "dominated" but I don't think we should expect that this year. But there does seem to be mounting evidence they will make an impact at Georgetown and that's enough to be excited about.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Jun 19, 2018 18:19:51 GMT -5
Interesting. Still shopping for one more big name perhaps?
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Jun 11, 2018 16:58:06 GMT -5
He needs to be a college equivalent of 3-and-D. If he focuses on those two things, he'll be vital to the team's success.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Jun 2, 2018 9:35:26 GMT -5
Our first game last year was on Nov. 12th. Our game vs. Illinois is on Nov. 13th. According to wiki: The 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season will begin on November 6, 2018. The first tournament will be the 2K Sports Classic and the season will end with the Final Four in Minneapolis on April 8, 2019. Practices officially will begin in September 2018. Will there be an earlier first game this year or is Illinois it? A cupcake sounds good to get the rust out before Illinois. I wouldn't be surprised if the game at Illinois will be the 3rd game of the season with 2 home cupcakes scheduled before heading to Champaign. I don't know, that would be six games before an early Thanksgiving. Lots of space to fill between then and conference play. One warm up game at the most I would think.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on Jun 1, 2018 12:50:24 GMT -5
I'm telling you, this young man will be a starter day one. It's as if he was destined to play for Coach Ewing and Georgetown and I can't wait to watch him and his classmates return the Hoyas to our rightful place atop the BE and college basketball....... OK, I'm calming down. In the final RSCI top 100, no Georgetown players made the list. 24. Jahvon Quinerly, Villanova 36. Cole Swider, Villanova 44. David Duke, Providence 45. A.J. Reeves, Providence 50. Brandon Slater, Villanova 55. Joey Hauser, Marquette Just under the wire: Marcus Zegarowski, Creighton It's no guarantee that three top 50 players at Villanova are going to be more impactful than what is at Georgetown, but Ewing's second class is much more on potential than rankings. What and where a mid-range player fits in Ewing's offense is much more important, especially given the run of inconsistent forwards over the past five years. What I am really looking for is an on-court leader, the player that is visibly leading the team, getting them focused at the foul line or helping set up defenses. Markel Starks was the last floor general like that and no one has taken that role for a while now. Akinjo is 88 I believe unless I missed something.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on May 30, 2018 8:15:14 GMT -5
Duke students drop out after one year to get a job? That would be perfectly aligned.
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Post by GIGAFAN99 on May 29, 2018 16:45:15 GMT -5
Govan also had the worst possible situation on both offense and defense for a big man. No backup to allow him to be aggressive on defense and the worst high major point guard situation on offense. Excited to see what he can do this year.
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