DePaul, Tue., Dec. 17, 6:30p, Peacock

[SJU61982]

This is the fourth straight year that we won our Big East opener. Three of them have been against DePaul at CA.

Last year, we beat Xavier at CA.

 

[SJU61982]

 

[classof2010]

Didn’t watch tonight’s game had to take out my California team out and around the city. Was following on gamecast was impressed handled our business. Lets walk up to the Dunk and get it all on Friday!!

 

[carmineabbatiello]

See don’t get why people down on Sim. He has been fine.

He has been. Excepting his penchant for the stupid tech of course.

 

[carmineabbatiello]

Always amazes me when we play well how people nit pick things. Find any potential negative instead of all the good things.

Common reaction to PTSD.

 

[riverside8a]

Common reaction to PTSD.

Sim really talented offensively but needs to improve on the ball defensively

 

[kranmars]

Here is my contribution to the game thread. I despise the plus/minus for basketball. It is deceiving, especially when you are up a lot and an opponent gets garbage time points.

This is the result of too many stats and people trying to out one up each other and rendering stats meaningless.

When do we get to see how fast a shooter releases the ball being measured by exit velocity?

Oh, and nice win.

 

[Johnnies317]

DePaul is going to pull a few upsets in conference. A team that shoots the 3 this much will be very high variance which will lead to blowouts and upsets. All that being said they are still likely a bottom 3-4 team in the league. We needed to bury them and did.

 

[Joedib]

I know that Pitino has always been a proponent of the three point shot but this roster seems better suited shooting two pointers. Just about every player is going to shoot a much higher percentage shooting twos and will struggle to make more than thirty one or thirty two per cent shooting threes.
I wouldn’t expect them to stop shooting threes but most would be better off avoiding those threes in the early stages of the shot clock.

It’s happening already.

 

[Bangkok Johnny]

This was a fun game to watch (unless you're a DePaul fan). Glad again that I waited till after the game to read the posts. It's easier to snicker at the haters when Kadary and Vince (for example) have already redeemed themselves.

 

[Spocky Ramone]

When do we get to see how fast a shooter releases the ball being measured by exit velocity?

This is completely meaningless unless you also have a corresponding calculation for the arc of the trajectory of the shot (with the humidity of the arena factored into the drag coefficient).

 

[lawmanfan]

This is the fourth straight year that we won our Big East opener. Three of them have been against DePaul at CA.

Last year, we beat Xavier at CA.

A poor mans @espken

 

[Redenbacher]

When Pitino said the people who set the betting lines in these games must be drinking, he wasn’t wrong! LOL

 

[dalydoseofhoops]

If THIS St. John’s shows up consistently, Big East season could yield massive payoff

Kadary Richmond caps off first-half layup as St. John’s captivated crowd with dominant win over DePaul in Big East opener. (Photo by Vincent...

dalydoseofhoops.blogspot.com

 

[BrookJersey Redmen]

I want to see this team give 100% effort on the defensive end for 40 minutes. They have yet to do that this season. If they can, they should win this game handily.

Playing tough D for 40 minutes wins games!

 

[BrookJersey Redmen]

I watched on tv, I don't know but I heard Mike Francesa was at the game.

If he was, I am sure he will say that is why they blew DePaul out.

 

[Larry Wright]

Here is my contribution to the game thread. I despise the plus/minus for basketball. It is deceiving, especially when you are up a lot and an opponent gets garbage time points.

This is the result of too many stats and people trying to out one up each other and rendering stats meaningless.

When do we get to see how fast a shooter releases the ball being measured by exit velocity?

Oh, and nice win.

My guess is that Richmond and Dunlap have the highest exit velo on their shots. Small sample size but Maker would be up there too.

 

[espken]

I watched on tv, I don't know but I heard Mike Francesa was at the game.

If he was, I am sure he will say that is why they blew DePaul out.

His recap is after his NFL segment

 

[BrookJersey Redmen]

I know this is only DePaul but if we defend with this type of energy and intensity for 40 minutes every game, we’ll go 15-5 in conference. We’ll score enough points.

Defense wins games defense wins Championships. We were clamp down tonight, bring that effort every night and we will be fine.

 

[MJDinkins]

Sim really talented offensively but needs to improve on the ball defensively

He's been sort of up and down defensively at this point. That tells me he can "get there" on the defensive end.