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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 9, 2010 9:40:10 GMT -5
Wow, balla over at his "board' (it's really more like a blog) is a total joke. He guaranteed Roscoe would come, and deleted posts and banned posters who disagreed with him. Then, when people legitimately call him out on it, he nukes the thread and makes no comment. What a clown.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 6, 2010 23:33:59 GMT -5
Whose numbers are those? I have Hollis for 24 minutes 2 points, 2 fouls, 2 rebounds 1 turnover(which was one of those crazy off the ball fouls) and 1 for 2 shooting and a steal. Those numbers are pretty solid. And considering he made far less mistakes than what some of the starters did, it makes up for his lack of point production, atleast imo. that's the whole bench. add Sims and Benimon to Thompson's tally. There's not much to add. Yea, sorry, I missed the steal. That's the one stat that approached average.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 6, 2010 23:30:01 GMT -5
I love Austin and he is having a great season, but it isn't because of his midrange game at all. He takes very few two point jumpers, and is making about 40% of them (per Hoya Prospectus). His productivity is coming from increased aggressiveness going to the basket, a return to form on his 3s, and amazing FT shooting.
Coming out of HS I thought Austin was an assassin from midrange, but for whatever reason, despite people continuously referencing it, it hasn't been a big part of his game in college.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 6, 2010 23:25:08 GMT -5
30 minutes, 1/3 shooting, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 TOs, 4 fouls. That's terrible. Clearly worse than what the starters produced (which would be OK if it wasn't so much worse).
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 6, 2010 22:15:33 GMT -5
MU was 46% (12-26) from three. If that is how we lose games, I'll take it. I guarantee it will never happen again. Of course, you could also ask how often a team will go 9/28 from two.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 6, 2010 22:07:09 GMT -5
Rebounding was poor tonight, and the turnovers were too high, as always. Still probably win this game most of the time - even the 2s that Marquette made were generally 20 footers.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 3, 2010 13:24:54 GMT -5
I think people tend to overrate "all-around" players even when they are less efficient and used less than the guy who dominates at one aspect of the game. But I have no real interest in trying to down Jeff, so whatever. But, clearly, to say that Jeff was without a doubt a much better player is ridiculous.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 2, 2010 19:51:25 GMT -5
Sweetney was a lot better than Harongody - much more efficient from the field, and averaged 3 blocks a game as a junior.
I guess I just don't get how Jeff was clearly better than a guy who put up 23 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 2 assists per game while shooting 56% from the field and going to the line 10 times a game despite being the entire focus of the defense.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 2, 2010 11:22:15 GMT -5
The only reason people say Sweetney wasn't as good as Jeff (and nowhere near as good is just absurd) is because he was on garbage teams. If Jeff was on those Esh teams, I don't think he is in the discussion for player of the year. Sweetney would be a beast on any team.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 1, 2010 18:28:40 GMT -5
Sleepy, sorry, but the bench needs to do more. Would it be OK if we didn't get much scoring from our bench if they were great rebounders, defenders, passers, etc.? Well, even then it wouldn't be great, but it would be acceptable. Unfortunately, as it stands now the bench doesn't score and doesn't do anything else well either.
We can be a top 25 team with no contribution from the bench, but if we are going to challenge for the BE title or make a deep run in the NCAAs, we are going to need much more than we are getting - and, shocking as it may be - they'll need to score occasionally. Our starters are good, but they aren't good enough for us to beat top teams consistently when we are getting 25-35 minutes of almost no production from the bench.
With Henry, I think the goal is to get to the stage where he doesn't hurt us. Not ideal, but need to be realistic. With Hollis I'm still hopeful than he can at least put up 5-6 points a game with some consistency - he's at a high major program because of his scoring ability. It probably wouldn't hurt to let Vee get a few minutes a game either. I'm worried about the guards wearing down.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 1, 2010 12:23:16 GMT -5
No, we don't miss Nikita. He stunk and wasn't ever going to be good. Hollis and Henry aren't doing anything right now either, but I at least have hope that someday they will.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Dec 20, 2009 10:25:29 GMT -5
Clark was getting killed on the perimiter all game. ODU's guards were penetrating almost at will, and Clark couldn't even slow them down. On the other end, our guards either wouldn't or couldn't penetrate - Clark didn't even try (he hasn't all year, really), and Wright only tried once or twice with limited success. Freeman is our best at getting to the basket, but he usually only tries 2-3 times a game as well. I don't think we are nearly strong enough at passing, shooting, post play, etc. to completely ignore penetration.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Dec 8, 2009 23:09:25 GMT -5
Other than Monroe I'm not sure any of our players are above average passers at their position. We can still be really good despite that as long as the decision making and focus improves.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Dec 8, 2009 17:00:14 GMT -5
Jeff actually hasn't had a great year, especially considering his start. He can't shoot this poorly from three and still be the type of player we think he can.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Dec 1, 2009 20:50:27 GMT -5
Many of the summer posters thought Julian would be Greg's backup and Henry would start. Julian got the starts so far, only 23-25 minutes, however, a game. Hollis took Henry's minutes. go figure, all us of the board experts, JTIII knows what he has. I think everyone who was at Kenner thought Julian looked much better than Sims.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Nov 30, 2009 22:47:06 GMT -5
You are right about Greg - he is just a mediocre athlete. He'll need to develop a better midrange game to make up for that.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Nov 17, 2009 22:49:21 GMT -5
Not going for obvious 2 for 1s is a big pet peeve of mine, and we seemingly went out of our way to blow one at the end of the game today.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Nov 15, 2009 15:10:38 GMT -5
But to respond to your point, players improve far more in practice than in games. Now, obviously games help get over nerves, etc., but whether Benimon plays 5 minutes a game this year or not won't have much impact on how good he is as a junior. Yeah, but if you think Benimon or Sanford might be needed in Big East play due to foul trouble or injuries, would you rather them have had, say, ten minutes a game against the Tulanes of the world or just have him get his feet wet against Villanova? Considering that we were up 15-20 for the last ten minutes of the game, I personally would have liked to see Sanford or Benimon for a little longer than they were in. If not at the ten-minute mark, then maybe a good portion of the final five minutes. This is a different question - I don't much care who plays in garbage time, though I could see arguments either way. A 10-man rotation implies something very different. The underlying problem in all this is that our 9th-13th men usually aren't very good, but that is a whole different issue.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Nov 15, 2009 14:45:01 GMT -5
MCI's point is that we should be playing people even if you don't think they're worthy of minutes. Because that's the only way they'll get better. How can you not see that? It's an easy argument. You don't have to agree with it, but you seem to be missing the point entirely. I was responding to his initial post, where he stated that people on this board are hypocrites, as we all apparently want 13 five star players, but then only want to play 7 of them. But to respond to your point, players improve far more in practice than in games. Now, obviously games help get over nerves, etc., but whether Benimon plays 5 minutes a game this year or not won't have much impact on how good he is as a junior.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Nov 15, 2009 12:54:00 GMT -5
Your posts are still complete strawmen. We've never had great depth and not used it, and we've never recruited top guys and then had fans wanting them benched when they aren't immediate studs. I don't remember seeing any posts who want a rotation of 7 max, and even if they have happened, I'm sure it was because they thought guys like Wattad/Crawford/Spann simply weren't that good and had no upside.
You are arguing against your own invention.
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