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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 21, 2015 11:08:56 GMT -5
Please do not take the following comment to in any way excuse the interior defense that we have been playing this year which seems to be the worst interior defense that I can remember since I began following Georgetown in 1974, but...
I watched the replay of UNC-Asheville - quite painfully - two times, and took notes.
With about 3 minutes left in the game both we and Asheville had taken 19 3 point shots. Going into the game, we had made 36% of our 3 point shots and they had made roughly 30% of theirs. As a group, our three point shots were closer to the basket, more open, more in rhythm and taken by shooters who generally were better shooters than were Ashville's, yet they made 9 and we made 4.
If.....
....we both make the expected number of shots (7 for us and 6 for them), we win by about 14 points.
....we make 9 and they make 4, we win by about 26.
In each of the four games that we have played well - Duke (44%), Maryland (38%), Wisconsin (50%) and Syracuse (38%) - we have shot well from three. In the three bad losses we have shot 32%, 24% and 18%.
There is a correlation.
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 17, 2015 10:54:35 GMT -5
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 15, 2015 18:02:44 GMT -5
Another key for us would be to hit our free throws. Despite some late game misses, we are currently 28th in the nation in free throw percentage and Monmouth is 21st in the nation in free throw percentage defense. In their three big wins - USC, UCLA and Notre Dame - their opponents missed a total of 16 more free throws than they would have been expected to miss if they had made their normal percentage of free throws. FT defense is essentially a total luck category, since there's virtually nothing a team can do to affect whether free throws are made. I suppose they can make a difference at the margins (whether you tend to foul good free throw shooters versus bad ones), but it's largely a random stat. It doesn't away your point, though, which is that we need to make our own free throws. I'm aware that it is a luck category. My implicit point is that if UCLA and ND had made a standard amount of free throws this game would appear less terrifying. |
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 15, 2015 17:05:23 GMT -5
Another key for us would be to hit our free throws. Despite some late game misses, we are currently 28th in the nation in free throw percentage and Monmouth is 21st in the nation in free throw percentage defense. In their three big wins - USC, UCLA and Notre Dame - their opponents missed a total of 16 more free throws than they would have been expected to miss if they had made their normal percentage of free throws.
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 12, 2015 23:10:43 GMT -5
At the end of the 3rd quarter, Otto Porter has a career high 26 points at Dallas. In the third quarter, Otto was 7-8 including 3-4 from 3. In addition he played a great floor game throughout and played great defense on Dirk's attempt to tie at the buzzer. |
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 12, 2015 23:07:16 GMT -5
Greg was strongly responsible for the Warriors first loss. Bucks' offense went through Greg in the 4th quarter. He either drove and scored on Bogut, Ezeli, or Green or dished from the high post. I think he had 11 in the final quarter. |
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 12, 2015 15:20:43 GMT -5
NC-W doesn't like pressure. Incisive comment  |
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 12, 2015 11:21:57 GMT -5
The article has a significant - and repeated - factual inaccuracy, in that it states that the winner of the BET would get an automatic bid to the NCAAs. In fact, the bid was not automatic. Syracuse beat us in the semis and Nova in the final, but we got the bid. Best NCAA selection show ever. |
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 8, 2015 17:43:11 GMT -5
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 5, 2015 19:05:40 GMT -5
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 1, 2015 19:55:23 GMT -5
At halftime of UMES, DSR has made five three pointers to pass both Austin Freeman and Kevin Braswell and move into second place all time with 192. He has a way to go to reach Jonathon Wallace's 240.
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Post by HoyaChris on Dec 1, 2015 19:06:12 GMT -5
Radio link not correct. Does anybody have a radio or streaming link?
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Post by HoyaChris on Nov 30, 2015 23:35:48 GMT -5
I think it is possible to overthink much of why we are 2-3 as opposed to, say, 4-1. The most important factor is that DSR has not played well by his standards. For the past two seasons DSR has been a 39% 3 point shooting guard with an offensive rating of 121 which is outstanding for a high usage guard. Currently, he has an offensive rating of 106 despite having significantly increased his assist rate and marginally reduced an already outstanding turnover rate. The culprit here is 3 point shooting where he is 10-35 (27%) as opposed to an expected 14-35. If you randomly sprinkle 4 more makes across his misses across a large number of instances that is probably worth an additional win or two.
Visually, the defense seems to me to have significantly improved from the mess that was Radford. With the new rules, we will play a lot of zone and the success of the zone should improve with coaching given the youth of our team. Isaac's defense in particular seems to be way better than last year.
I despair for our rebounding. Period.
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Post by HoyaChris on Jul 13, 2015 13:12:18 GMT -5
Curt Smith had the skills to be a multi-millionaire. Sometimes life gets in the way.
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Post by HoyaChris on Jun 9, 2015 3:14:59 GMT -5
My understanding is that the Syracuse game will be Saturday, December 5. RIP What does this mean? |
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Post by HoyaChris on Jun 8, 2015 10:23:49 GMT -5
Wingate was on the 81-82 Dunbar team and at Georgetown from 82-83 to 85-86. |
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Post by HoyaChris on Jun 7, 2015 23:34:04 GMT -5
Back to the schedule discussion. Know I realize its a little early but, does anyone have any thoughts when the Syracuse game might be played pre Big East or during the Big East season. Just looking to develop a travel schedule. Since the game with UConn is on a Saturday in January, I would think there aren't any other dates in an 18 game schedule to accommodate another non-conference game at that point in the schedule. Given that Georgetown hosts the game this season and Verizon Center is always a tough booking, I'll take a complete guess and suggest Wednesday, Dec. 9. My understanding is that the Syracuse game will be Saturday, December 5. |
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Post by HoyaChris on Apr 3, 2015 8:57:00 GMT -5
The difference between the first half and the second half on the boards was foul trouble. For Wings this year the basic equation was no Govan on the floor equals loss. Once Jesse picked up his third foul he was markedly less aggressive in all facets of the game.
He really does need to hit the weight room, though.
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Post by HoyaChris on Mar 31, 2015 9:47:51 GMT -5
If we get in a recruiting battle with St Johns, can we hire David Wingate to elbow Mullin out of the way?
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Post by HoyaChris on Mar 23, 2015 11:49:27 GMT -5
After Utah.
DSR finishes his Junior season with 1386 points, passing Big Sky Shelton for 18th on the all time scoring list. with a similar season next year to his Junior year, he would finish with over 1900 points, 5th all time.
He has 177 career three pointers and stands an excellent chance of passing John Wallace's 240 for the all time Hoya lead.
He has 353 free throw makes and should easily finish in the top 5 in this category as well.
Mikael Hopkins finishes his career with 148 blocks, 10 on the Hoya all time list. He also finished with 482 rebounds, 38th all time.
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