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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 3, 2007 10:03:19 GMT -5
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 3, 2007 1:13:50 GMT -5
Hey, like I said, estimates. I thought he missed about 3. Maybe I had a little subconscious bias because I read yesterday that he was only shooting 69% from the line for the season.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 3, 2007 0:50:31 GMT -5
I was there too, since this arena was bigger and I managed to get tickets. Stats below are estimates, but I tried to keep track.
Freeman had 31 and scored in a variety of ways. He hit 2-3 threes, had driving layups, put backs, and mid range Js. Then, as Cam mentioned, a hard drive where he fended off a defender in the air and slammed it around him with his right hand. The place went crazy. Austin was also perfect from the line, and made a number of nice passes when he was playing point. Austin's jumper actually wasn't at its best, but he still could have easily had 40 if his team made a more concerted effort to get him the ball.
Wright had 25, but he struggled mightily. I have no idea how many shots he took, but he didn't shoot a good percentage and only made 1 of what seemed like 7-8+ threes. He also struggled a bit from the line, and missed a break away dunk. In his defense DeMatha played very good D on him, often doubling him beyond the three point line and aggressively switiching to him if he drove. He forced too many shots, but I can't blame him too much because he only has 1 other worthwile teammate. I've only seen Wright once before (at the DC vs. Philly challenge), and from that and everything else I've heard it's obvious he is much better than he showed today.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Feb 1, 2007 10:24:09 GMT -5
I like how he felt the need to clarify for us that the quote was a jab at Ewing's intelligence.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 31, 2007 14:13:28 GMT -5
How big is the arena there? When I showed up to the game at Trinity it was sold out - is that a possibility here as well?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 26, 2007 20:29:52 GMT -5
Where is Alberto's second post?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 25, 2007 14:42:24 GMT -5
Some more information for those posters to digest. According to Ken Pom we are likely to lose 1 of our remaining conference games and we are the 10th best team in America. www.kenpom.com/rate.phpFor a little more context, while we are only underdogs in 1 game, the system predicts us to finish at 21-8.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 23, 2007 15:31:38 GMT -5
Umm, duh. We all know this. That doesn't make it any less absurd or unfair.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 23, 2007 15:11:13 GMT -5
If he was expelled as that NDNation article says, it is flat out absurd.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 19, 2007 18:37:28 GMT -5
I'm working on finding people to come with me before I pay. I know a lot of fans, but not too many young, "only 175 bucks!?" kind of fans. JimmyHoya, Sr. won't be around, unfortunately. I'm nice, but not thaaaaaat nice to find a Miss JimmyHoya to come to this, either. I think you mean that they aren't thaaaaaat nice to come with you.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 18, 2007 14:52:22 GMT -5
The only stat that concerns me and needs to be addressed immediately is the turnovers, especially the unforced, sloppy ones. Clean that up, prorate the extra shots with the shooting % and you add 8-10 points per game. Turnovers and forcing turnovers are our two biggest weaknesses. Rebounding has also been surprisingly mediocre - we are around 50th in offensive and defensive rebounding. I was expecting a lot more.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 18, 2007 14:48:38 GMT -5
1. Rutgers sucks. 2. Love seeing Rivers take Marquis Webb with his left hand. 3. The frosh were great. I wouldn't worry about PT concerns -- Macklin was quoted many times as knowing who was in front of him, that he'd be mostly rebounding and D, etc. Still, it's fun to see him just abuse N'Diaye. Strangely, Macklin has had a much bigger impact on offense than on D or the boards, where he has been lackluster.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 17, 2007 16:31:57 GMT -5
as of early this week vegas and pomeroy have us at 15, sagarin at 37, and our rpi is 54. so i guess we just endorse the one that has us the lowest because it gives us that nice fuzzy feeling inside? i'm for the here and now and not thinking of the best case scenario 4 weeks down the road. it is silly to rank teams based on assumptions on how they are going to play in the future. case in point, our team being ranked 8th preseason. you can't predict the outcome when it involves 18 - 22 year old kids. You aren't that good at thinking
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 15, 2007 11:25:29 GMT -5
Wright has more range, I think, but I agree that Freeman seems to better fit the definition of "pure shooter."
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 15, 2007 1:13:30 GMT -5
If we start running lots of isolations and play at a faster pace in the next few years when the talent makeup changes, you can start making the comparison. But so far we have played a very different style than the Wizards every year under JTIII, and until there is some evidence of change I don't think the analogy means anything.
I know you believe that the JTIII offense is a mindset, that it can be fast paced, etc., but so far we only have evidence to the contrary. So, again, I'll wait and see before I start using the Wizards as a comp.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 14, 2007 14:16:15 GMT -5
SFHoya, I watch almost every Wizards game. There really isn't so much in common with our system that you need to mention it every other post. They are constantly fast breaking, run tons of isolations, and rarely have a big man with the ball at the top of the key.
Perhaps a few principles are the same, but I don't find the comparison particularly accurate or relevant.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 15, 2007 1:07:28 GMT -5
RDF, you are extremely, extremely confused. Fewer possessions does not necessarily lead to a better FG% against; I have no idea where you are getting that from. The pace a team plays also has no relevance when talking about strength of schedule, as the ratio of possessions against good teams and against bad would be the same.
The amount of shots taken compared to our opponents also has nothing to do with our pace - the difference would come from turnovers and rebounding. You again seem to not realize that us playing a slow pace does not mean the opponent gets more shots; they are equally limited in attempts, all else being equal.
The one accurate thing in your post was that a faster pace means the better team will win more often - a larger sample size will do that. However, that is only the case if our offense could remain close to its current efficiency at a faster pace. While I would like to pick it up a little and be more opportunistic, we don't have the talent or depth at guard to run that much right now. That doesn't mean we need to have the slowest pace in D-1, but we shouldn't be fastbreaking like mad either.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 14, 2007 16:34:45 GMT -5
RDF, three questions about your post -
1 - Why does our slow offensive pace help our FG% allowed?
2 - What does everything else you listed under point 4 mean? I see no connection between FG% allowed and TOP, or what our pace has to do with the other team getting more shots off.
3 - Why can't you win a team win a game if it is limiting posessions and the other team is knocking down shots? Couldn't we knock down more? I think you are missing that the number of posessions we and our opponents have are directly linked.
I know you aren't the type to be swayed with facts, so I'll just allow you to continue thinking Roy hurts us on defense based on the 4 games that your glorious and all powerful eyes have seen.
Edit - 1 more thing, since I saw you mention this a few times. I just checked the play by play, and Roy left the game in the 2nd half when we were down 13, came back in when we were down 9, and left again before the final three. We lost 3 points when he was out in the first half. This magic "15 point lead being cut to 6 without Roy" moment never happened. This makes me doubt your eyes with regards to Roy's defense even more.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 14, 2007 14:42:34 GMT -5
Actually, unlike you I have seen every game this year. Roy has consistently been both blocking and altering shots at a very high rate. Apparently unless he is Ewing, Mourning or Okafor he isn't an acceptable shot blocker.
I didn't see anything last night that made me think we were better on defense with Roy out; we were getting killed either way. Another point you seem to be missing is that many of the worst matchups for Roy are against garbage teams that have 6'4" three point shooting centers - so there is no reason to think that for some reason against bad teams we are better with Roy in and against good teams we are worse.
The FACT is that teams have a harder time scoring against us when Roy is in than when he isn't, and I really see zero reason to believe that was padded against weaker teams. Sorry that I trust facts more than the eyes of a ranting message board poster. Perhaps if Macklin starts blocking shots and rebounding better than our guards (because so far, his defensive rebounding has been the worst on the team), but right now Roy is our best rebounder and by far our best shotblocker.
I'm getting extremely tired of people making up their minds about the team's problems (offensive system is bad, Roy is bad on defense, the guards are terrible, Macklin needs to play more), and harping on them after every loss - even when they weren't true for that particular game.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Jan 14, 2007 14:23:50 GMT -5
RDF, you really should realize that looking at stats are even more important for a person that tends to be very biased and reactionary like yourself. I also fail to comprehend how you can say "I don't care what the stats are, we are worse on D with Roy out there." Mindboggling. I guess some people prefer their perception over reality.
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