Unless we are going to play a double header with local teams(IE Hofstra, Stonybrook, Fordham, Iona, etc) , we should never ever play another game at UBS.
@Xavier, Wed., Jan. 31, 6:30p, FS-1
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Agree 100%.
It's insane that we had 2 players who had outstanding games, and we couldn't manage to get any significant contribution from the other 10.
I remember thinking Soriano was running a pick at the time and couldn’t get into good rebounding position near the basket by the time Jenkins got off the 3, but if he was down there, I agree it wasn’t a terrible shot.
At the same time, can you disagree with his bigger point, which is they just fouled out X’s big and Soriano was dominating the dudes they were throwing at him. It was a complete mismatch and Soriano was going to score or get fouled every time. Not continuing to pound it inside after the foul out does fall a bit on pitino. (And I think the only reason we were even close in this game was Jenkins’ play, so I’m not a hater.)
Mullins Revenge
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Jenkins scores 30 points, was the best player on the floor last night, and we are going to knock his game and post screenshots about it.
This is hysterical.
This is hysterical.
There's only one basketball, Monte. And the secret to success is sharing it in order to optimize the TEAM's opportunities.
I think the press hurt us the most. Can only recall one steal by Jenkins which he turned into a basket. Having two and sometimes three defenders in backcourt and getting beat off the dribble and two slow defenders back to defend against much quicker guards resulted in multiple layups. Pitino should have called off the press. I know this because I coached CYO girls 8 years.
I think this is the biggest problem. We don’t have the athleticism in the back court to generate turnovers.
Even Alleyne, who I sing songs of defensively, is not a steals guy or even a shutdown one on one guy. He is just a phenomenal positional defender who recovers and helps at an elite level.
We don’t get the easy points that typical Pitino teams get.
Nonsense .
The point is he shoots the pull up jumper very well and as a result doesn’t get to the line as much .
I’m happy with it and presumably so does RP .
Home life makes watching a game real time tough- so I watch taped (if not attending). Watching this game late night knowing the outcome- different things stand out.
In the beginning of the game- it looked like our communication and chemistry was off, and that's fine... what I find distressing is the seeming "complaining/annoyance" between the guys... one that stood out was between Luis/Soriano on a turnover. Sim seemed distressed after his 2nd foul and never saw the floor again... At this juncture in the season- i would hope the guys would be encouraging each other esp after a mistake... They are a "veteran" bunch- would expect better "comradery"... hopefully this stands out in the film sess and the vets get it together....
What was an overall 'rough' game for the guys.... it was tied up with under 3 to go. We were "there" - Game came down to last 8 possessions...
-2 FTs by X
-missed 3 by SJU
-3 by X
-2pter by SJU
-3 by X
-TO by SJU
-2pter by X
-missed 3 by SJU
10-2.. 30 seconds left.
Why they didn't go to Joel each time down... learning opportunity
Onto UConn
In the beginning of the game- it looked like our communication and chemistry was off, and that's fine... what I find distressing is the seeming "complaining/annoyance" between the guys... one that stood out was between Luis/Soriano on a turnover. Sim seemed distressed after his 2nd foul and never saw the floor again... At this juncture in the season- i would hope the guys would be encouraging each other esp after a mistake... They are a "veteran" bunch- would expect better "comradery"... hopefully this stands out in the film sess and the vets get it together....
What was an overall 'rough' game for the guys.... it was tied up with under 3 to go. We were "there" - Game came down to last 8 possessions...
-2 FTs by X
-missed 3 by SJU
-3 by X
-2pter by SJU
-3 by X
-TO by SJU
-2pter by X
-missed 3 by SJU
10-2.. 30 seconds left.
Why they didn't go to Joel each time down... learning opportunity
Onto UConn
Rocket
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Pitino may be having buyers remorse when comparing Dingle vs. Jenkins in NIL $$.How do you explain the 13-2 X run in the last 2minutes and 37 seconds ?
Jenkins probably was responsible for that too?
Dingle got his free throws on his 3 point attempts as I recall and he dunk most of them.
It’s not Jenkins fault that Dinkle cannot blow by defenders and score . You never mention that .
And , he can’t Handle his defensive assignments . Which is why RP has little confidence in him.
If you notice over the course of the season , Dingle and RP have little chemistry . Pitino constantly shoots arrows at him .
Last night , when he took Dingle out , he literally ripped him a new one .
You can blame Jenkins all you want but , Dingle has shown he’s only a All Star against Columbia , Dartmouth etc .,
If he thought he was going to use this as leap into the NBA, he’s mistaken .
Kind of silly IMO that Soriano suddenly has become the 2nd coming of Kareem, he had a good 2nd half, no question, but Jenkins was 11-15, 2-3 from 3 when he took a good shot that missed, period end of story………….
I’ve said it wasn’t a great shot. Point was It’s nowhere near the abomination my guy marillac is making it out to be.
We haven’t seen that at all year.
Me too!