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Post by JohnnyJones on Nov 26, 2014 23:35:54 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but the failure to do a 2 for 1 there is coaching malpractice of the worst kind. Just awful.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Nov 26, 2014 22:40:09 GMT -5
31-27 at the half without the Big Guy... And with a very limited DSR
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Post by JohnnyJones on Nov 23, 2014 18:11:21 GMT -5
Texas A&M-CC beat St. Louis today.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Apr 2, 2014 13:44:02 GMT -5
Somewhere out there, a Johnny Jones, a Cheikh Dia or an Omari Faulkner remembers receiving the Raymond (Pebbles) Medley Award and the pride of their parents and friends in attendance, as would a Moses Ayegba, Aaron Bowen, or John Caprio this year. That's what awards are for--recognition and reflection that follows for many years later. I am still filled with pride over the Pebbles. Yet all some people seem to remember is my missed dunk at the end of the '89 BET finals.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 27, 2014 22:14:19 GMT -5
that game was tough; i think GU lost that game mentally. Up 11 in the 2nd half, they were being too "sytematic"; Davidson started having fun and confidence and as most JTIII teams do in big games in the post season, GU wilted a bit. I think we were up 15 or so in the second actually. And, quite a few of those turnovers were really suspect. In any case, Curry scored 20+ in the second and most of them were contested shots. I think we were up 17 at the half and 19 very early in the 2nd half.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 27, 2014 21:29:52 GMT -5
Looks like the passing that Sanford learned at Georgetown is being put to good use. The entire Dayton team passes the ball exceptionally well.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 24, 2014 20:25:15 GMT -5
How did the announcer think down 12 we could come back with one minute left? Is Reggie miller on the court? Watch the tape of the @ WVU game from '95 or '96. Pretty sure we were down 10 with just over a minute to go and won. Granted that team had a lot of talent, but I always think back to that one to give me hope in desperate late game situations.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 22, 2014 20:45:14 GMT -5
Many of Dayton's offensive sets / execution in the 2nd half were a thing of beauty and a model of how to attack the zone. Impressive to watch.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 21, 2014 22:25:00 GMT -5
I can't believe Steve Kerr even asked why Providence didn't go for a two for one. This is not something college teams do because they are not as well coached as NBA teams. EDIT: For the posters who feel compelled to mention that Cooley is a great coach every time his name is mentioned, tying basket with 1:10 left and you have two timeouts -- you either make sure your team is well schooled enough to go two for one, or you call a timeout to make sure. No excuse. Agree 100%. 60 seconds to go in a tie game. Could not have set up better for a (non-rushed) 2 for 1. Just awful. But you are also correct that it almost never happens in college games. Drives me crazy.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 19, 2014 23:21:22 GMT -5
The higher seed in 13 of the 16 first round NIT games won. And two of the "upsets" were 5s (Belmont and LSU) over 4s. The other upset was of course #1 seed SJU.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 19, 2014 21:10:23 GMT -5
Damn. No more home games for 2014. Both Iona and Vermont collapsed big time late.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 19, 2014 20:33:43 GMT -5
Also we should be rooting very hard for Vermont to beat Georgia and Iona to beat Louisiana Tech so that if we get past FSU we can host again. All our hopes are on Vermont now. Iona lost by a point (after it seemed leading much of the last 10 minutes). Vermont on a 27-9 run to start the 2nd half.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 19, 2014 20:29:20 GMT -5
Including the last seconds of the Syracuse game where your namesake hit the underside of the rim with a slam attempt... You have an incredible memory. We have joked for 25 years how that failure to put such a finishing touch on that game killed our momentum in the days that followed.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 19, 2014 14:34:19 GMT -5
I was there with Jack and his mother and grandparents feeling personally responsible to all of them for putting them through this torture. My heart races just rereading the account and watching the block by Mourning (it was defintely a block). The week before I had watched us roll through the Big East Tournament with more domination than we displayed in any of our other seven tourney wins (I have been fortunate to have seen them all). We had discovered what Dikembe could do with Alonzo and Bobby Winston had supplied some needed glue. After Princeton, our win over Laphonso Ellis's ND team was shaky and Charles Smith spiked a high fever the next weekend when we squeeked by Chris Corchiani's excellent NC State team on Good Friday. I couldn't wait for midnight to have the drink I had refrained from for the sake of superstition and ritual more than faith. By the time Easter Sunday rolled around against Duke, doubt had replaced domination and the world changed as the competitive fire went out in JT's belly and the great decade of the 80's ended for Georgetown basketball. Curse that Princeton offense. I watched that game as a freshman on the big screen they had set up in McDonough - something I thought about last night while watching the game from Section 115 with my 9 year old son. For anyone who wants to watch really, really good Georgetown basketball - pull up the tapes of all 3 '89 BET games as GPHoya notes. And don't let the final score of the finals against SU fool you - we dominated them just like we had dominated BC (and Dana Barros) and Pitt the two days before. One of the most memorable weekends (if not the most memorable) of my Georgetown years.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 16, 2014 1:03:08 GMT -5
I was very happy that PC / an original BE member won tonight, but was also reminded that since my obsession with GU basketball began in August of 1988, Providence College has now won the same number of BE tournament titles as Georgetown University. Amazing.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 14, 2014 15:06:41 GMT -5
I think the main problem was having Wright, Freeman, and Clark ahead of him on the bench (to be fair, he knew that coming in). Had he stayed, I do think he would have gotten more time as a junior and senior, but I don't think his decision to leave was unreasonable. Of all the people we have had transfer, I definitely think Vee Sanford was probably the strongest and the one that seemed the most talented (I don't include Macklin there because I think other things were at work with him). I agree and don't blame Vee for leaving one bit. He is 4-5 (1-3 from 3) with 3 rebounds and 1 turnover today - but has 4 fouls. Dayton is down 5 to St. Joe's with 7:30 to play.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 14, 2014 13:38:42 GMT -5
My brother is a 1990 UD grad and has been so appreciative of our making Vee available to them. I am completely supportive of III, but the Vee Sanford situation was always a real head scratcher to me. It always seemed to me that whenever he was on the court he was a net positive. We obviously could use some additional scorers. I think we all share this sentiment. Vee's last season would have been last year though so he wouldn't have helped this year's team at all. I know that. In fact, I considered including a parenthetical noting that I understand that Vee would have graduated last year, but I didn't bother - notwithstanding the fact that I was 100% certain someone would immediately reply saying Vee would have graduated last year. My last post before this one - I did add the parenthetical - when I said I was really pleased that we got DePaul rather than Butler Wednesday night "(although I understand we could lose to anyone)". Funny how that worked out.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 14, 2014 9:41:49 GMT -5
My brother is a 1990 UD grad and has been so appreciative of our making Vee available to them. I am completely supportive of III, but the Vee Sanford situation was always a real head scratcher to me. It always seemed to me that whenever he was on the court he was a net positive. We obviously could use some additional scorers.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 11, 2014 8:08:15 GMT -5
I am a season ticket holder and probably watch every single game during the season, but I wouldnt even bother watching the NIT. I dont even know when they play? It just seems utterly pointless unless, as others said, we are a young team under a new coach/regime (i.e., 2005). So you're all gung-ho about watching us play Lipscomb in November but a March matchup against MD or Cal doesn't interest you enough to even watch the game? I am assuming that was hyperbole borne out of frustration with our current predicament, which is understandable. But he cant possibly mean it when he says he won't watch. I understand it is the losers tournament, but it is a tournament nonetheless, where there is a champion at the end (and a bracket these days!) If my team is participating, then I want to win the tournament.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 8, 2014 20:45:24 GMT -5
If we beat DePaul on Wednesday, you know we will all be back here on Thursday night for our serving of delusion and torture.... Based on how Creighton is playing tonight (up 40-18 with 4 to play in 1st half- shooting about 70%) - torture is probably the right word for it. Although I will hold on to the fact that we have a recent history of defending Creighton well.
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