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Post by bicentennial on Mar 5, 2011 22:43:45 GMT -5
Not to say this thread is wrong but Awesome Austin is a great scorer but he is a much better scorer than point guard. Chris Wright embraced his role as point guard fully this year, I believe the summer camp made him see that he didn't need to score to affect a game and he has made his teammates better this year. Clark has had 2 shooting slumps this year and he was only out of the slump 2 games and right back into his current one. That being said moving from scoring guard to point guard is a difficult transition, and while Austin has tried to do so for the good of the team, it has affected his quality of shots and the quality of shots everyone else on the team gets. Often times a good or great team is better than the sum of its parts and that is what we have seen in the wins and losses this year. That is also what we see looking at Pitt and Notre Dame. Can anyone seriously argue that the guards on Notre Dame or Pitt are better than Kemba Walker and Marshon Brooks? Of course not. What can be said is that the guards on Pitt and Notre Dame together are better than the guards together on Conneticutt and Providence. Ultimately getting quality minutes out of Markel and Vee and even Moses will make this team better if and when Chris can come back. If Chris cannot come back then we will never know how good this team could have been. The Big East Regular Season is done, the Big East Tournament is starting but more than likely we'll be done by Thursday without Chris Wright. On the other hand, I'm not sure that we may not do well in the NCAA's with even more practice, more rest and Chris Wright back with Vee, Markel and even Moses having played more than they ever would have. Ultimately CW and his friend and teammate AF have been our MVP together all season and to think otherwise sells this team short. Kudos to AF for his technical. I personally think JTIII should have gotten himself ejected to make a point after that one. If not then, certainly on the multiple holds and shifting screens Gates pulled in the second half. Everyone in the league knows neither AF not JTIII ever get upset by the little indignities...
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Post by bicentennial on Mar 5, 2011 10:42:45 GMT -5
On SNY on ATT cable in Chicago as well and of course ESPN full court etc.
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Post by bicentennial on Feb 27, 2011 14:50:47 GMT -5
I think the positive from the Syracuse game is we played Sims with Vaughn for the first time this year and Sims scored 6 points and Vaughn got double teamed every time he got the ball under the hoop. Playing someone like Gates with both Sims and Vaughn in the game at Cinci should significantly change the inside game. The difficulty with the press also would be solved by having Sims and Vaughn in the game together as Sims at half court has the height and speed to get balls thrown to him and both Hollis and Vaughn near the basket can score layups. Pressing the presser and punishing the press are good ways to win basketball games and we should be able to do both at Cincinatti. Finally, no one on this board seems to get why our team's 8-0 run started after a week off. Despite JTIII making the assertion that they're young kids and shouldn't get tired, our team has played one of the toughest schedules in the country and also a tough schedule in the big east. Looking at Pomeroy, RPI and Sagarin, no one has played as many top 50 teams as we have. A week off to practice defense, practice 3 point shots with only teammates blocking you, not having opponents who don't mind if they land on your ankle or knee when they come down does make a difference. When we play Cinci, we will have 7 days of rest and they will be playing their third game in 6 days. Finally if we do lose in the Big East tournament early, the additional rest may be very motivating for the NCAA tournament as well. I don't think this team is done, and I am sure many of the teams ranked above us both in the BE tournament and eventually in the NCAA will not want to play us. Having Markel step up and hit 3's against Syracuse was very positive, teams when he subs in will have to guard him out to 3 now. While a loss is not a win, Syracuse has made me look forward to our rematch at Cinci!
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Post by bicentennial on Jan 16, 2011 21:20:34 GMT -5
I had opportunity to meet him, lived near me in village A. I was class of 1989, he transferred I believe after his sophmore year. Should probably be around 42 or 43. He was as tall as Sims but thinner and less muscular.
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Post by bicentennial on Dec 4, 2010 0:48:12 GMT -5
I was looking at their coaches stats and get the feeling this is going to be an emotional high for his team and so a huge trap game. This is the four hundreth game he has coached and if he wins he will be 300 wins and only 100 losses or 75 percent which is unbelievably good.
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Post by bicentennial on Nov 10, 2010 19:43:55 GMT -5
FYI the new KEN POM basketball site has a new feature called FanMatch which purports to predicted the funnest basketball games to watch on any given day. Perhaps the folks at hoya prospectus can tell us how he does it but regardless on the first real day of college basket ball, he predicts Georgetown ODU as the best game to watch!
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Post by bicentennial on Nov 8, 2010 18:12:45 GMT -5
Thank You for mentioning that it iw on CSN in Chicago, saved me some time this week. Greatly appreciated!
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Post by bicentennial on Jun 29, 2010 21:55:34 GMT -5
Is it just me or does anyone else think its really cool Wright was invited to both point guard camps and Freeman was invited to the shooting guard camp. Each camp has only about 10 college players.
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Post by bicentennial on Mar 7, 2010 10:32:28 GMT -5
If anyone is close to the team, Austin should probably discuss the pro's/con's of participating in a anti-anti-GAD trial with his diabetologist. I believe the one trial ongoing which has an open treatment arm is called TTEDD with trial number NCT 00451321. The data suggests that while it does not cure type 1 diabetes it may make it milder and easier to treat by keeping more of the pancreatic insulin producing cells alive if started during the honeymoon phase of type 1 diabetes which is usually the first few months after diagnosis.... Again something to relay to Austin/Team physician to discuss while it might be considered. I have no personal interest of any kind in this trial....
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Post by bicentennial on Mar 7, 2010 10:21:22 GMT -5
While I agree with everyone above that most of the time it is preferable to play team you know you can beat, I believe this season we can beat any team in the nation based on skilled players and our system/players who understand how the system creates opportunities. Unfortunately until the past 2 weeks, all our losses came against teams who we didn't take seriously enough (except Villanova and Syracuse.) I am sure we will take USF seriously, the greater risk might be DePaul if they can beat USF and we don't take them seriously....
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Post by bicentennial on Jan 23, 2010 15:56:43 GMT -5
Go Julian Vaughn and Chris Wright 2 more top 25 stats in reach at Syracuse, beat the orange and make the top 25!
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Post by bicentennial on Dec 6, 2009 0:47:43 GMT -5
Respectfully, we lose a close game it may mean little, but we lose with poor defense it suggests our defense was over-rated and we look better than we are after playing cupcake games. We lose with poor offense and defense, it suggests we have alot of work to do. Alternatively we win with good defense and keep them with low scoring, few rebounds and control our turnovers it suggests our defense is back. If we score with guard layups and big man layups and few but wide open three pointers it suggests we are back on our way to having fun as fans watching our team having fun playing the game the way Red Auerbach knew it could be played. Fun in winter and spring would be great after thinking fun was coming followed by a spring of depression last year. So while this is not a final game, it is and must be a stepping stone and all the fans on the board will be happy.
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Post by bicentennial on Dec 5, 2009 23:31:12 GMT -5
Today was a bad day for our competition in the big east. On an interesting note the high scorer for Charlotte in Louisville's loss was our old recruit Chris Braswell with 21 points and 14 rebounds. Anyone who has ever questioned JTIII's skills recruiting should recognize their error and apologize for their comments. Hopefully, all his awesome recruits in the future can get their academic house in order so they can attend GU. If they can, we will continue to do well. Also, Duke beat St. John's but it was a closer game than anyone predicted even in Cameron. Can you say 10 teams in the tournament!
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Post by bicentennial on Nov 24, 2009 13:42:34 GMT -5
SNY is carried by AT&T Cable outlets across much of the country including the US and they often pick ups MASN games that we would otherwise not get to see in parts of the country outside DC/Baltimore where MASN games are broadcast. Unfortunately more than half our games on SNY are on tape delay. Still delayed pleasure is better than no pleasure at all.
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Post by bicentennial on Sept 20, 2009 20:30:24 GMT -5
I agree it is very quiet. Speaking of Loyola here in Chicago, I wonder now that the University is reaching out to the West Coast alum with games there, maybe we could renew an old jesuit rivalry in chicago and play Loyola in Chicago the years the Depaul Games are in DC. Even if it was just every 6 or 8 years, if it fell on a year there wasn't a DePaul game there would be pretty good GU attendance. The past few years a sizable number of the fans at the GU Depaul game had the blue and gray!
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Post by bicentennial on Jul 22, 2009 21:30:58 GMT -5
I think JTII(Pops) was a great motivator who put together great teams. I feel he became distracted from the game on the court when he started being an advocate for student athletes a role he continues on his talk shoe. Some time during the late 80's or early 90's perhaps around the time Father Healy died he became more of a spokesman on college basketball than the great coach he had been in the early 80's. At this point in his career JTIII seems very comfortable being Coach and allowing his father to have the national opinions. When we talk about how great many of our former players have become in their philanthropic efforts, I believe we should be thankful for our coaches who clearly know their job is about instilling values and expecting their players to get an education while at Georgetown.
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Post by bicentennial on Jun 16, 2009 16:14:20 GMT -5
I do not believe the standard set for locking up threads about students transferring would necessarily be the same for an adult and long time employee of the University. I am sure that we would all like to wish Burke well in whatever endeavor he is joining. I am also sure we all look with regret on the loss of the last assistant from the final four team and hope that the new assistant when named will represent the school as well as the previous assistants including Burke have. Hopefully, his leaving will be greeted with a happy anouncement, perhaps Pat Jr. or Dikembe have decided to join the coaching ranks... at least this time of summer we can all dream or even hallucinate some happy news!
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Post by bicentennial on Jun 2, 2009 10:03:31 GMT -5
I agree with SFHoya99 that the staff plays a role. The most important question for III is did any of his assistant coaches contribute to the chemistry problems? The 3 point shooting seemed less consistent than years past. It is nice to lay this entirely on Wallace and his ice water blood but no one on the team was able last year to make clutch 3 point shots when most needed. Was this the work of one assistant coach or are all coaches responsible for working on shooting dynamics? There have been hints that one or more of the assistant coaches may be leaving and that may be a clue. Remember the assistant coaches that left after the final four have both had relatively significant success thus far and I see no indication that the new assistants have the same skill sets as the previous assistants. Part of coaching is motivating players to be at their best when most needed when games are close. Obviously with his cool demeanor III is not a stir up the player during the game coach. Still, the appropriate words from an assistant encouraging the best shooters to make the shot can sometimes help focus the appropriate shooters to take the shot instead of the wrong players...
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Post by bicentennial on May 24, 2009 21:28:13 GMT -5
I just read a great and somewhat concerning article on CBSSPORTS it is about a recruit to Wisconsin but he withdrew his commitment from Wisconsin after reading the fans questioning his commitment with his grades falling short and became very uncomfortable with 40 year olds criticizing him, a 16 year old. Sounds like something some of the posters on our board should keep in mind when they post including about Latavious...http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/11776517
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Post by bicentennial on May 19, 2009 10:23:48 GMT -5
I don't get why there is a question of when Latavious will declare. The spring signing period ends May 20th? Can he sign after May 20th or does the signing period mean nothing like many of the other non-inforced NCAA rules? If he does not sign by May 20th does it mean his grades are so tenuous that he may not qualify academically? Are we back on the Braswell rollercoaster?
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