Bangkok Johnny
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Ah, you're in Pakistan, right? (Bhutto)
#11 Marquette (MSG), Tue., Feb. 4, 6:30p, FS-1
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As a 33 year old, the STJ/X game was the first one in awhile where I actually felt "not young" at. In a good way. lol
It’s no secret Shamorie was 1 of my
Favorite players . Over the last 25 years .
He needed a PG to play next to him but , didn’t have one after Lovett left.
They were awesome together.
Yes , he always lit up Marquette in the Wojo years . I forget who the Marquette guard was that shot all the time and was the BE scoring leader .
But , he could not Guard Ponds and Shamorie made him look silly on Defense .
GoldenLeaf
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A "must win game" is thrown around like calling almost anyone who ever played at SJU "a legend'."
All good players were not legends.
All good players were not legends.
It should be self-evident considering that this thread is 22 pages and 11 of them are you saying "must win."
What do mean ? Terry Bross was on that list .
So what , if his Legend was for Baseball and not , Basketball .
We have to grab as many Legends as we can .
Silly Donovan
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Shamorie was a great one for sure but wasn’t Justin Simon the point guard on that team? That was a team that certainly had enough talent to have a much better season then they did.
Shamories performance against Duke at the Garden was one of the best individual performances I’ve ever seen as a Johnny fan.
jerseyshorejohnny
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Big East Notebook: Will St. John’s finally gets its resume win? When will Seton Hall win again?
St. John's still lacks a resume win. That can change during a monster week.
www.nj.com
Queens_Ball
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They never quite put the talent and depth around him to maximize his potential. That last season where they lost in the first 4 they had a good starting five (Ponds, LJ, Herron, Simon, Clark) but literally the only guy they played a little off the bench was Bryan Trimble. And Clark was playing out of position on defense guarding the other teams big
Still think if Tariq Owens hadn’t transferred it would have been enough to make that a much better season. Oh well. I loved watching Ponds.
Joe, in the SEC 9 of their 16 teams are ranked and in the Big10 , 7 of their 18 teams are ranked. That’s a lot of opportunities for wins against ranked opponents. The Big12 has only 5 teams ranked but still more opportunities than we have. All teams in those conferences have had multiple games against ranked opponents and some with multiple wins against those opponents even though they aren’t ranked themselves.
Simon wasn’t a PG . Mostly a small forward . Couldn’t throw the ball in the Ocean but , a excellent defender and could jump out of the gym.
Simon could jump over the Rim and still miss the shot from 3 inches .
Likeable player, crowd favorite but , he and Clark could shoot 3-23 from 2 point range .
And , often did .
Spot on. The season is a marathon not a sprint.
This years team to date has accomplished things, that only our ‘legends’ have seen.
SJU2000alum15
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Can’t wait for this game the only knock on us is we haven’t beaten a top team yet that changes tonight!
Plus, in order for spell check to work in Peru it has to know what language you're using. Right now it's confused as hell.
Is there anyone on here unhappy about the season, attendance, publicity, road competence and ranking of this group? I initially thought we would be a top 4 or 5 BE team, so I’m playing w house $ now. Do I think we could be the Dance winner, no. Do I think this group could win a couple of Dance games, yes & who knows w right draw what would happen in the third game. Guess my point is after so much ineptitude for a ton of years, we should appreciate the accomplishments of the squad and staff even if we stumble a bit in the 5 game gauntlet v best BE teams we now face. Enjoy the ride and appreciate the rarity of it at SJU.
THIS
This is why we should require everyone to post predictions preseason.
I went and found mine that I posted in amase's thread. The team should easily surpass my win totals. I expected us to get swept by X, and to fall into a losing streak starting against Providence. Wrong on both counts.
But, I really did (do) think very highly of this team and still think we can win the Big East title + make it to the second weekend. There's only 3-4 teams that are truly elite and not match-up based. I think of us as very solidly in that second tier where we can beat a lot of great teams based on match-ups.
Frankly, I'm more disappointed by the lack of quality play in the Big East outside of the top five teams and still wish we could've added one more quality game to the OOC resume. Team itself has been a real joy to watch. I do wish we would get more butts in the seats on weekday games at MSG. Still would pick a passionate 10-12k at MSG over 6 at Carnesseca.
SJU2000alum15
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The reason this team can do well in the tourney is we don’t rely on our offense or shooting to win. Teams that are not great on defense and rely on offense can have an off night of shooting and be beat. . Some feel our lack of shooting will eventually cost us but to me our defense is so good we will always be in any game we play.
jerseyshorejohnny
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Silly Donovan
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I think that Herron and LJ Fig played the small forwards on the 18-19 team and Justin was used as a guard. His specialty was locking down the other team’s best scorer. Averaged 3 assists per game and were it not for his poor shooting would be playing in the NBA.