@Butler, Wed., Feb. 28, 8:30p, CBSSN
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Part of my text group with monte and Maher last week, get ready for mahers version of something like this coming soon but to span as many posters as his knowledge will allow.
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Wash away all doubts. Must have positive vibes only.
Win this game and I think they dance (as I think they will win out and get on a little roll which will continue in the BE tourney, which will get them in).
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It’s time to dance. Bottom line - if you can’t beat this Butler team in a must win game, the team doesn’t deserve to dance. I don’t care if it’s an away game or whatever.
The team is very fortunate to be back in position where they control their own destiny. A few things clicked on Sunday. Let’s hope that carries over and we go on a nice run to the dance!!
The team is very fortunate to be back in position where they control their own destiny. A few things clicked on Sunday. Let’s hope that carries over and we go on a nice run to the dance!!
People think the Daytona 500 is riveting. So is the Lawman +~ 1000
Tonight is a season defining game and the reason Rick is here, the reason he turned over a 7-13 roster, the reason a bunch of kids turned down better offers from more successful programs.
Right now there are three teams vying for 5th place - us, Nova, and Providence. We can't worry about that right now.
It took an entire season for Rick to find this rotation, to still be a good team when Joel isn't going 20/12, to see the Dingle we all expected, for Wilcher to play like a kid with real upside, for this to clearly be Jenkin's team.
Don't under estimate Rick's preparation for this game, and he may tweak the lineup again. Taylor played a key role Sunday with 10 rebounds and solid D, but while we were critical of Luis' 1-6 shooting, Taylor was 2-6. Don't be surprised if Rick shuffles the deck to create better matchups. Don't be surprised if Ledlum steps up and provides more than his meat and potatoes board work and hard nosed play. Alleyne may provide the lift that helped carry UCONN to a championship. Zuby is dying to show he is our center of the future.
Essentially comes down to a one game season with 3 to go. Rick recruited players he assessed as PHD. Tonight 6 seniors are playing to keep the curtain from going down.
I like our chances.
Right now there are three teams vying for 5th place - us, Nova, and Providence. We can't worry about that right now.
It took an entire season for Rick to find this rotation, to still be a good team when Joel isn't going 20/12, to see the Dingle we all expected, for Wilcher to play like a kid with real upside, for this to clearly be Jenkin's team.
Don't under estimate Rick's preparation for this game, and he may tweak the lineup again. Taylor played a key role Sunday with 10 rebounds and solid D, but while we were critical of Luis' 1-6 shooting, Taylor was 2-6. Don't be surprised if Rick shuffles the deck to create better matchups. Don't be surprised if Ledlum steps up and provides more than his meat and potatoes board work and hard nosed play. Alleyne may provide the lift that helped carry UCONN to a championship. Zuby is dying to show he is our center of the future.
Essentially comes down to a one game season with 3 to go. Rick recruited players he assessed as PHD. Tonight 6 seniors are playing to keep the curtain from going down.
I like our chances.
Lawman can be our version of Prince. He used a logo as his name. And I bet Prince never had a song that was as long as Lawman’s posts.
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Beast, you could be right but I really doubt CRP will change the starting lineup which was so good last game. Key with Taylor is he is the kind of player whose shooting stats don't begin to tell the story; not only did he have 10 rebounds and play great D he also had 6 assists tied for team lead (Luis had 0).
Agree. If Luis had Taylor's bball IQ he'd be a potential lottery pick.
Honestly, no disrespect to Taylor but I am surprised he's now being championed as this high BBIQ guy. He has been committing dumb fouls all season. He's the guy on the playground who plays basketball like its football. If the refs allow it, he becomes very valuable for us. If not, he gets played off the court quickly.
It’s the life of a Johnnie fan. Good game. You’re the best. Bad game. Do not want to know from you.
Dingle promising to step up and change his thinking:
nypost.com
St. John’s transfer Jordan Dingle peaking at right time
At least lately, St. John’s guard Jordan Dingle, a Penn transfer is slowly changing the narrative surrounding him.
nypost.com
Positive vibes only for now...but in our post season wrap up, we gonna have a loooong conversation about how long it took Pitino to get Dingle to where he is now.Dingle promising to step up and change his thinking:
St. John’s transfer Jordan Dingle peaking at right time
At least lately, St. John’s guard Jordan Dingle, a Penn transfer is slowly changing the narrative surrounding him.
Dingle should have added when addressing Jenkin’s being able to not let making mistakes effect him that he hasn’t let Marillac’s condemnation of his game effect him either.Dingle promising to step up and change his thinking:
St. John’s transfer Jordan Dingle peaking at right time
At least lately, St. John’s guard Jordan Dingle, a Penn transfer is slowly changing the narrative surrounding him.
LDingle promising to step up and change his thinking:
St. John’s transfer Jordan Dingle peaking at right time
At least lately, St. John’s guard Jordan Dingle, a Penn transfer is slowly changing the narrative surrounding him.
Whether or not Rick changes up the starting lineup or not isn't the question but rather as fans we are reactive to the immediate past precedence of results.
Rick and staff watch mounds of video to help determine strategy and matchups to put the guys on the floor who give us a marked advantage.
Rick has a palette of experienced guys and as such is not painting with primary colors. I'm not saying he will or should make changes, but if he does will do so based on his expert analysis of what we need to do and who gives us the best chance to do it.
Side note on Luis: Soriano has drawn double and sometimes triple coverage during the season because teams had low confidence in our ability to hit outside shots consistently. So his performance is based somewhat on the failures of teammates.
Luis is the one guy on the roster that 5 defenders watch with the ball in his hands. Yes, he needs to be reigned in, but the ability to command so much attention makes
Because 90% of the game is physical, the other half is mental.
He got there by the way that he was thinking. It says it in the article. He's decided to change his thinking.
Larry Wright
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Season on line tonight
carmineabbatiello
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Good luck.