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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 11, 2008 12:46:18 GMT -5
Nova is 324/341 at defending the 3, so hopefully we can get well tonight.
Guys, RDF has already stopped saying that Fisher will be the "best guard on the court by far" and switched to most talented, and he hasn't mentioned Stokes shooting at all in his last few points. That's the best you are going to get, as he certainly won't admit he was wrong. Might as well stop forcing him to write 300 word+ responses.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 10, 2008 18:00:30 GMT -5
RDF,
You said Fisher was going to be the BEST guard on the floor tomorrow by far, not just the most talented. Based on his performance on the court (rather than in your imagination), that clearly isn't the case. He's only shot 50% or better 4 times all year, and once in the last 10. His assist/TO ratio is also very poor, and Nova's defense is terrible. He's a very talented player, but right now he isn't anything special.
As for Stokes, who you claim is their best shooter . . . well, he's been horrible. Really, really horrible - shooting 27% from the field.
I respect your basketball knowledge, but since you obviously often let your emotions and bias get the best of you, it might be useful if you checked the stats every once in a while to see what was actually going on.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 10, 2008 1:43:10 GMT -5
People freak out a bit after losses for 2 reasons, I think:
1 - high expectations 2 - no big wins
If we had beaten Memphis, people might shrug off a poor performance like this or at Pitt. But when expectations are a Final Four or better and the team hasn't yet shown itself to be capable of that level of play, losses like this are harder to take.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 8, 2008 9:38:12 GMT -5
Adding to the humor of all this was that the guy who ended up going to the line actually very clearly fouled Blair, not the other way around. The refs must have felt like idiots watching the replay.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 6, 2008 13:04:02 GMT -5
I think that looking at the Big East may tell us more about expected performance going forward.
Jon
27.8 min, 8.1 points, 1.9 rebounds, 20/14 A/TO, 9 stls, 45.2% FG, 35% 3pts.
There are two real problems, I think - struggling from 3 (fine from 2), and the fact that he is taking about 2 fewer shots per game than the other starters before even factoring in FTSs. Basically, he isn't getting many opportunities to shoot and hasn't been hitting the threes he has gotten. The latter I am fairly confident will change, the former I'm not so sure.
Jessie
32.5 min, 11.1 points, 4.3 boards, 37/27 A/TO, 17 steals, 40.2 FG%, 39.6% 3pt.
The FG% is not so hot, but he has been very good from 3 (where well over half his shots have come from) and the line (81%). The TO rate is too high considering he doesn't penetrate that much.
Austin
31.1 min, 9.9 pts, 4 boards, 20/14 A/TO, 12 steals, 45.3% FG, 27% 3pt.
His 2 point shooting has still been very good overall despite poor recent games, but his 3 pt. shot has been way off, especially lately. On the plus side, he has rebounded fairly well, improved his D, and has a solid A/To ratio.
Jeremiah
19.6 minutes, 2.2 points, 2.5 boards, 7/12 A/TO, 4 steals, 29% FG, 10% 3 pt.
Well, those numbers are horrendous on all counts outside of rebounding. His shooting has been terrible, and the A/TO ratio is not at all acceptable for a guy who does so little on offense. He is even getting fewer steals than the other guards.
Is his man defense enough to make up for all that? I tend to doubt it, and would like to see at least 5 of his minutes switch to other guards - even more when the other team doesn't have a great penetrator.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 6, 2008 1:32:18 GMT -5
For those who saw game, What kind of defense did USF play, pressing D, straight man-to-man, or zone? I was initially very confused when I saw the smiley face in such close proximity to a capital letter.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 1, 2008 22:48:15 GMT -5
GET AN HD CHANNEL. Seriously, my digital camera has better video quality than MASN.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 1, 2008 18:03:15 GMT -5
They didn't build casinos in the middle of the desert of the money of smart bettors The line has far, far more to do with how the linesmakers see the game playing out than how they think the public does. I wish it was more the latter, because then sports betting would be far easier.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 1, 2008 0:14:08 GMT -5
Honestly, this "event" is completely retarded. There needs to be more games.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 30, 2008 15:00:28 GMT -5
I've seen rumors on this board, but no "facts." I also agree with turbo that it is a bit difficult to believe that language is the main problem.
I still have no idea why Nikita went to the scorer's table in his first game, but then got called back.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 30, 2008 14:57:33 GMT -5
What is the source for Wright still practicing?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 28, 2008 16:31:56 GMT -5
Some teams in the BE don't even really have 1 post player, let alone 2 - so that will make it hard to have Roy and Macklin out there at the same time, depending on the matchup. That's why we went with Ewing at the 5 for a bit against WVU.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 25, 2008 1:34:08 GMT -5
Is his foot broken again?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 22, 2008 12:57:08 GMT -5
Yea, if they are good they should show each rival reel, and not just the ones made by people linked to the program (ie, ones that have the mascot in them).
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 19, 2008 17:59:25 GMT -5
Are you up for breaking down the numbers through, say, when the lead hit 20?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 18, 2008 10:55:16 GMT -5
I'm just of the mind that should they really step up their games, it will open up the offense more than Wright or the guards ever could for Roy, or that Roy ever could for the guards. Could you elaborate on why you think this is the case? Obviously I'm all for everybody on the team playing better, but I'm not sure that the above statement is true.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 18, 2008 10:33:15 GMT -5
I'm not totally following your post - are you saying that this offense will always need a 6'10" guy that has the same skillset as Green, or just that our forwards need to play better?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 16, 2008 14:56:45 GMT -5
Rivers has become useless on offense lately, and he probably accumulates fewer stats per minute than anybody who gets major run in the Big East (every game is 18 minutes, 2 points, 1 board, 1 assist). But he's good on defense, and we literally don't have any other options for a backup PG - so he's gotta play.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 16, 2008 13:32:41 GMT -5
Interesting to note - reading through all the threads since Monday afternoon - that one of the major solutions offered to a variety of poster-perceived problems is the use of Vern as a 4, focusing on hitting boards. Strange that a zero rebound performance would spur this.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 16, 2008 13:26:41 GMT -5
And Davis also falls into the trap of thinking that shooting a high percentage is bad for rebounding margin. I don't get why that confuses people.
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