Villanova (MSG), Wed., Jan. 24, 8:30p, FS-1

[gregbodkin]

I'm watching local news and they are doing a piece on IMG Academy, which is right near me in Florida. They have a kid there in the high school and is 7'7" tall!!! Joel's replacement!!! (Unfortunately he's going to UF) His name is Oliver Rioux and he's from Canada. I think that he's only 15 or 16 years old and still growing!

 

[SLYFOXX1968]

Game hasn’t even started and Jenkins has 4 shots already.

And , 6 points …

 

[redmanwest]

Decided to look up Dingle's numbers against Villanova while at Penn.

Scored 18 as a freshman, 21 as a sophomore, and 25 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and two steals as a junior.

Get him the ball then. I would have made sure I was back for this game too if I were him.

 

[NCJohnnie]

The one thing Nova still does extremely well is hit their foul shots - 82% as a team and only rotation player who shoots less than 80% is Burton at 73%. Critical to keep them off the line. They only shoot the three at 33+% just like us.

 

[SLYFOXX1968]

The one thing Nova still does extremely well is hit their foul shots - 82% as a team and only rotation player who shoots less than 80% is Burton at 73%. Critical to keep them off the line. They only shoot the three at 33+% just like us.

Thus , Statistics and Confucius say “ Don’t foul Nova 3 point shooters.” Let them shoot !

 

[tnice]

The biggest key for St. John's in this game is Chris Ledlum being available unlike the first matchup. I thought he played a fantastic game against Marquette and between him, Joel and Zuby they should be able to give Eric Dixon fits. Clearly what they did in the first match up worked, holding Dixon to 4-18 from the floor sooooo lets hope to do that again. Villanova will have Justin Moore back

Not to nitpick, but the person most responsible for holding Dixon to 4-18 in the first game was Dixon. He has wide open on the perimeter all night and at least 3 of his three's were halfway down and rimmed out (He went 2-10 from three). He can shoot it from out there, so it will be interesting to see how coach deals with that other than "put Joel out in space where he's a disaster defensively". Might see a lot of Zuby tomorrow.

 

[Knight]

College"Pros".... if they are getting paid to perform their craft... no other way to see it.

How about signed contacts since we are dealing with Pros?

 

[MugCostanza]

How about signed contacts since we are dealing with Pros?

Inevitable, sooner rather than later

 

[Marillac2]

Hopefully its Taylor.

With Alleyne out for some time, he is now our best defensive stopper IMO.

*only

 

[bucketshardy]

How about signed contacts since we are dealing with Pros?

I don't see an issue with that... Coaches sign a contract at the start of their tenure... but they are still able to move.

 

[lawmanfan]

What a breath of fresh air.

Odd, my reaction to that was "what an a-hole."

 

[SJUDave]

Not to nitpick, but the person most responsible for holding Dixon to 4-18 in the first game was Dixon. He has wide open on the perimeter all night and at least 3 of his three's were halfway down and rimmed out (He went 2-10 from three). He can shoot it from out there, so it will be interesting to see how coach deals with that other than "put Joel out in space where he's a disaster defensively". Might see a lot of Zuby tomorrow.

Got it. No credit to our defense.

 

[SJU61982]

Yesterday, BPI had us at 57.2% to win. Now, it's 64.5%.

Did the news about Dingle that changed that? I can't imagine that would boost the odds that much, but what do I know?

Maybe something up on the Nova side?

 

[91law]

Yesterday, BPI had us at 57.2% to win. Now, it's 64.5%.

Did the news about Dingle that changed that? I can't imagine that would boost the odds that much, but what do I know?

Maybe something up on the Nova side?

Is Dingle confirmed available ?

 

[SJUDave]

Dingle was back at practice and will play

 

[espken]

St. John’s to Host Villanova in BIG EAST Showdown at MSG - St. John's University Athletics

The Red Storm men's basketball team returns to action on Wednesday when St. John's (12-7, 4-4) looks to complete the regular-season sweep of Villanova (11-7,...

redstormsports.com

 

[Howie71]

Dingle was back at practice and will play

Hope Pitino's comments lit a fire and he finds his inner dog!

 

[OLV72]

Odd, my reaction to that was "what an a-hole."

Most of the successful coaches are great at being an a-hole when needed.

 

[dk423]

 

[classof2010]

Feed the beast get Soriano the ball! Use that advantage go from there.