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Post by JohnnyJones on Dec 8, 2009 15:05:38 GMT -5
We should win tonight in this 'neutral court' game. I mean, outside of Verizon, this is the next best venue for us (or any BE team) to play a neutral game on. Agree with you, although I won't be drawing on my memories of last years two games there to get me through tonight.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Nov 28, 2009 23:50:54 GMT -5
Reading the box score, i noticed something rather remarkable. Hollis, Julian, Vee, Nikita and Stephen Stepka took a combined 15 shots in the game -- and made every one! Including 7 Threes! That is astounding. This, of course, excludes Julian's free throws!
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Post by JohnnyJones on Nov 24, 2009 23:04:55 GMT -5
For those not satifisfied with a mere link, here is Casual's List: 5. January 12, 2008, 72-69 win over UConn at the Verizon Center 4. March 23, 2007, 66-65 win over Vanderbilt in Sweet 16 at the Meadowlands 3. February 24, 2007, 61-53 win over Pittsburgh at the Verizon Center 2. January 21, 2006, 87-84 win over Duke at the Verizon Center 1. March 25, 2007, 96-84 OT win over UNC in Elite 8 at the Meadowlands This is a great list. In addition to one or more of the games in the '07 BET run, I would also want to include the '06 2nd Round NCAA win over Ohio State. If you expanded the list to 10, you could probably get a list most could agree with. Last year's 12/29 UCONN win might even make that list. I hate to do it, but this got me thinking about the most painful losses of the JT III Era. In my mind, 4 stand out - not surprising - 3 of them ended our season. My personal order: 4. '06 BET Semis [Cuse] 3. '07 NCAA Semis [O. State] 2. '06 NCAA Sweet 16 [Florida] 1. '08 NCAA 2nd Round [Davidson] ** ** THis one is far and away #1 on my list - my all-sport, all-time list - not just Hoyas/CBB.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 11, 2009 22:41:22 GMT -5
A few possible NIT opponents: George Mason, ODU, Davidson, Va Tech, Maryland, Penn St, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Temple, URI, Dayton, Niagara. I've lost interest in the bubble since our demise, but isn't Dayton looking good for an NCAA bid at this point?
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 8, 2009 19:04:40 GMT -5
I think we are going to win Tuesday, but I didn't think what was written was so awful or off base. There are many, many people who follow college basketball (without a bias with respect to this matchup) who would probably think the analysis was spot on.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 7, 2009 21:35:32 GMT -5
Frankly I think this is a great draw for us. Agreed...couldn't ask for a better draw. There is something counter-intuitive with the pairings. With 2 wins the #9 seed is left having to play the #1 seed, where as with 2 wins the #12 seed only has to play the #4 seed. Doesn't make sense! The pairings make perfect sense, but you always have to assume that the higher seeded team will win. So the # 1 gets the #8 and the #4 gets the #5 in the quarters.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 7, 2009 1:16:46 GMT -5
Rich IS Hoya basketball. And the last that I know of who still does the entire game by himself, keeps the info flowing and the excitement. As for those who criticize the occasional mistake, just try doing a PlayByPlay of 5 MINUTES of a game all by yourself. As was mentioned, he put Hoya Basketball on the air all by himself at his own cost back in the Day. He is a Hoya institution and one who will be SORELY missed when that time finally comes. THANKS RICH! I ran into Rich in the lobby of the Affinia Hotel a few hours after the St. Johns game the other night. As you would expect, he was pretty worked up about what we had just seen and we had a good vent session for about 5 minutes. A great Hoya fan and a great guy. As we parted ways, I blurted out that Hoya fans "adored" him. After a dozen or so Bud Lights it was the best I could come up with, but upon further reflection it was probably just about right.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 5, 2009 23:11:58 GMT -5
If Seton Hall beats UC on sat I think out path would be St. Johns, Cuse, Villanova, It would be SJU, Marquette (not Cuse), and Nova
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 5, 2009 18:11:27 GMT -5
If he never did anything else, his stare-down of Dudley Editedbag makes him a favorite of mine. Luckily, he did a lot more. Thanks Jessie. That was great. The half court shot just before the half in Philly two years ago also was a highlight.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Mar 5, 2009 1:10:58 GMT -5
i really wish i could read what myself and others had posted man those were some "fun" times Those were really great - some good laughs looking back on it. Is it possible to pull up the pages from the 24 hours following the Big Monday home UCONN game when Esh opted not to foul? Now that was ugly.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Feb 28, 2009 15:28:06 GMT -5
I think the_way had a point that the guys played this game, not as a must win game, but as a game that they could win and have some fun. I don't know if they had fun, but they won. Just build on this for either this year (hopefully) or next year (definitely). I hope someone had fun, because the last 10 minutes of the game was torture for me (and I'm sure most of us). Feels pretty good now though.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Feb 11, 2009 17:58:34 GMT -5
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In terms of this year. I don't see the team as struggling. They are where i thought they would be given their roster and level of competition they have played. The goal, at the outset would be to make the NCAA's. If they did that, it would be a great coaching job on JTIII's part. we lost too many players to graduation and transfers, and we simply don't have enough ingredients back to be what some think we should be.
if you can only site 2 league games every time of when a team played great after how many games they have played in-conference, then that isn't a great or good team. UCONN is a good team. Pitt is a good team. louisville is a good team. Heck, Syracuse is struggling, yet have won 6 Big East games. What have we done?
the Syracuse and UCONN game's are fool's gold.
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the_way: To follow up on guru's point about your recent posting history (and assuming his facts are correct) -- if you have known this all along, why didn't you come by sometime prior to the aftermath of the WVU game to enlighten us all? In particular, why didn't you come by after the wins you cite above - or even Maryland, or Memphis, or Providence? How could you read ProfessorHoya posts in the days following the Syracuse win and not post to set the record straight?
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Post by JohnnyJones on Feb 10, 2009 17:52:09 GMT -5
Could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure this is the same jc who has been around forever - dates all the way back to the old board. Guess he doesn't post as much as he used to - but he's not a johnny come lately. Just goes to show drivel can come from anywhere... It is the same jc, and I think that is in part why I enjoy his posts so much (as infrequent as they are these days) - it takes me back to the old days of the Board. Now if only Omega and Van would start posting again ...
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Post by JohnnyJones on Feb 9, 2009 15:29:41 GMT -5
A father of a friend of mine is a big time Hoya fan and analyzes tapes of the games. By his un-official count 32 missed layups in the past 4 games. Lack of focus? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ?? I need to go back hiding under my desk waiting for next year... ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) I think Daymond Jackson once did that in a single game. He'll be here all week, folks. Try the veal...--Admin
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Post by JohnnyJones on Feb 9, 2009 15:24:10 GMT -5
I hate the fact that we're going into Syracuse really NEEDING a win, but yes, if we do come out victorious almost all is forgiven... Every game from here on out is the biggest game of the season for us. Forget everything that's happened, and let's do this. 1. If we beat Syracuse on the road Saturday, I will be beside myself with happiness. However, unless that win is one of the wins that gets us to 9-9 and an NCAA T'ment berth, it will be meaningless. The fact that we swept Syracuse will mean zero to me in retrospect if we are playing in the NIT (or, God forbid, no playing beyond the BET at all). 2. As for the "[f]orget everything that's happened, and let's do this" - that was my attitude as well after WVU, SHU, Cincy #1 and Mquette. Saturday killed that spirit in me. If there was ever must wins in early February, they were RU and Cincy #2 and we just didn't get it done.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Feb 9, 2009 13:06:08 GMT -5
I'm going to take the exorcist's post even further. I don't really care all that much what offense we run, as long as we run an offense. There's spacing, sharing of the ball, an understanding between the players of what each is doing, something to fall back on when things get frazzled, etc. I don't think there's an offense out there that is necessarily better or worse as designed; I just think you do need to have a halfcourt offense of some kind. Anything that's designed with the above principles in mind is fine by me. Basically, the team has to work as a team -- no offense designed on isolation plays or "give the ball to X and let him work." The players who make those offenses work are few and far between and don't stay in college long. Whether or not an offense -- or a defense -- works is all about execution. Yes, you can have an offense that doesn't suit the players, but I don't think that's the problem here. It's not like we're losing every game because of the offense. And we're not losing every game for the same reason. And when your players have too many limitations, there's not much an offense can do. Another offense won't solve DaJuan's turnover problems, make Greg more effective down low or improve out three point shooting. Our players are actually very well suited to the offense as designed, anyway. We don't have great ballhandlers -- so it is actually good that we find ways to get to the hoop other than the dribble drive. We thought they'd be good shooters -- and I still don't know what happened to Jessie and Austin. And the offense fits Monroe much better than most, which would be forcing him down low where he's simply less effective. The idea that we "have the horse, let the thoroughbreds run" makes me question whether that poster has seen the Hoyas on a fast break. We're atrocious on the fast break. We've lost games in so many ways, I'm coming around to Florida's point of view. We're really young, and we've seen young Cuse and UConn teams basically fall apart no matter the talent. A young Florida team may be on its way to its second NIT in a row. There's no doubt this year has not been a great coaching job or playing job. But when you are losing in so many ways, it is hard not to see it simply as a team that can't put it together. When you are a successful person, you don't scrap everything you do at the first sign of trouble. And as long as this feels, it's really a small period of time. Great post.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Feb 4, 2009 19:03:18 GMT -5
SPeaking of "Byes"... ok, not a bye but after Cincy we don't play again for a week. We NEED to win this game. The team has to feel the urgency. DEFENSE is the key. It always has been. GO HOYAS! IF we beat Cincy, that's great. Can take a week to really work on some things, and it'll be a lot better with two straight wins. Agree. And on top of that, our opponent the following Saturday has a mid-week matchup in Storrs.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Feb 3, 2009 21:48:24 GMT -5
Count me in now too. I was skeptical until tonight but it's time for more Nikita and Sims and less Vaughn and Wattad until further notice. Agree 100%
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Post by JohnnyJones on Jan 31, 2009 1:27:02 GMT -5
It's amazing how the stuff they on the court that we take for granted looks different up close. Agree with this 100% - in all sports. The best example for me is when you have really good seats near home plate for a Major League Baseball game.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Jan 28, 2009 10:31:41 GMT -5
And, as is contractually required for all graduates from the 1999-2003 era, you have no idea how good it is right now despite the current slump. Might we remind you of what really dark times with uncertain futures are like. West Virginia, Seton Hall...ha, that is just a blip in the road compared to the absolute misery of my four years on the hilltop. Let me assure you that you did not have to actually be in school during that stretch to remember how painful it was for the most part and to appreciate the turnaround these past few years.
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