DePaul Game
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Sanchez, Pointer and Opekpa all played big today. Nice to see that Chris looks fully healthy. Orlando particularly has put together 2 of his best performances of the year back to back. He's playing within himself and not trying to do too much. Great to see and huge for us if we are going to make a run in the tourney.
Too many turnovers today but hopefully we'll clean that up next week with Jordan back. Bought my BET tourney tix today for semis and finals. Hopefully we are there with a chance to salvage this season. On to Marquette....
Too many turnovers today but hopefully we'll clean that up next week with Jordan back. Bought my BET tourney tix today for semis and finals. Hopefully we are there with a chance to salvage this season. On to Marquette....
Actually thought Sanchez may have been the player of the game. As you noted, played within himself and avoided those low % 3s...and was very aggressive at the rim...if he can be somewhat consistent from here on out, he can make an impact
jumbo_peanuts
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If you are saying that this win puts more doubt into the committee's mind, does that mean that they take point differential into consideration? If they do, that could work in our favor. If ugly wins hurt us, good losses should help us. Yes we are 1-7 against top 50 teams..... but one loss was the first game of the season against #20 Wisconsin at a neutral location, one loss was against Syracuse, the number 2 team at the time, two losses were against #8/9 Nova, and one loss was at #20 Creighton on a last second 3 by the national player of the year. So 5 of those losses weren't just against top 50 teams, but also top 25. And we were in position to win every single one of those game. I know there are no such thing as 'moral' victories, but I don't think they are going to hurt us as much as people think.
He was doing a lot of acting throwing his head back and the whatnot looking to get a call. I don't think the refs hurt us at all. We got a ton of blocks and did a great job protecting the rim without being whistled. That's how I want to see the game called not calling flops and fake whiplashes
On a related note, congrats to all the seniors...nice to see Marco get a cameo at the end...too bad things didn't work out better for him
Noticed that Edgar De la rosa (former Bishop Ford Falcon and current Manhattan assistant) accompanied Orlando...what's the connection?
Noticed that Edgar De la rosa (former Bishop Ford Falcon and current Manhattan assistant) accompanied Orlando...what's the connection?
Just got home from game ( long day) didn't read the thread but bottom line Al Davis- Just win baby! Thought we moved the ball great in the first half and really missed Jordan in 2nd half. Bottom line we won and off to Marq. CO had more than the 5 blocks ESPN has him listed with.
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Well my dear fellow it does make a very big difference whose decision it was for alas, in the throws of despair and only three days post said murder-suicide, we do know that in a huge must win game against Xavier, the wizard chose to delay all mourning and play the kid 30 minutes. That we were scheduled to play lowly DePaul 5 days later on the surface appears to be a selective mourning/player decision by the wizard and if it were not Sheed's request, smells of opportunism of the lowest form. That I sat 4 rows from the mourning site I was confused by the enthusiasm exhibited and chalk it up to coming from a hard scrabble north Philly but many coaches here of the pre-pubescents would have spared the kid Tuesday's game but who are we to judge other's bad judgments. But hey, I will give you the break I will not give the wizard because initially I was sparing him my overly critical tongue but other than our guards sucking in the second half upon rewind of my VCR tape of the beginning of the second half, I was reminded of his time out only around 40 seconds into the half from which we almost never recovered and whose time out was totally bewildering at the game but even more so when reviewed. I am sure during said time out he said something like "some things are bigger than basketball" and the team took it to heart and for the remainder of the game forget to play smart basketball. I especially liked the tenacity of the Blue Demons whose season was over 4 weeks ago when they stole the ball twice within 15 seconds and scored 5 points......in 15 seconds.
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I am almost never serious! However, for those of you that love Italian food, consider my comments spaghetti against the wall since today is Sunday.
montyaloofah
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Ugly game. Kudos to Depaul for sticking with their press. Seemed our sloppiness and bad decision making was infectious. We were lucky to have Obekpa, Sanchez, and Sir Dom make some big plays down the stretch. Glad we got the win however unsatisfying it was. I think we need to beat Marquette and get to the Big East championship game to feel somewhat comfortable. Our 1-7 vs top 50 may stack up very poorly vs other bubbles.
After reading the thread - I think it's fair to question Lavin on a two things, 1st his use of timeouts. Why he called a timeout 40 seconds into a half and stopping momentum doesn't make sense to me then not calling a to earlier to stop the DePaul run. I also didn't understand why Branch sat on the bench as we continued turning the ball over in the 2nd half.
I think DLo needs to stop worrying about the refs.
It was good seeing Dom have a good game. I know he isn't a favorite on this board but if he able to find a role on this team I think he has potential to really help us out.
It was ugly but we got the win. On to !Marquette.
I think DLo needs to stop worrying about the refs.
It was good seeing Dom have a good game. I know he isn't a favorite on this board but if he able to find a role on this team I think he has potential to really help us out.
It was ugly but we got the win. On to !Marquette.
This was from Zagsblog:
"Lavin called this past week ”the most unusual that I’ve experienced in my career,” adding that five “loved ones” of players died in the past few days.
“Equally challenging and tragic and just unfortunate, we had five loved ones lost in a 24- or 36-hour period,” Lavin said.
St. John’s spokesman Mark Fratto confirmed that in addition to the two loved ones Jordan lost, two of Pointer’s relatives died in a violent incident in Detroit and that Sanchez’s mentor died of cancer.
Also during this past week, Sanchez became the father of a daughter, mixing in a blessing with the tragedies.
On the court, the team was somehow able to focus enough to win."
"Lavin called this past week ”the most unusual that I’ve experienced in my career,” adding that five “loved ones” of players died in the past few days.
“Equally challenging and tragic and just unfortunate, we had five loved ones lost in a 24- or 36-hour period,” Lavin said.
St. John’s spokesman Mark Fratto confirmed that in addition to the two loved ones Jordan lost, two of Pointer’s relatives died in a violent incident in Detroit and that Sanchez’s mentor died of cancer.
Also during this past week, Sanchez became the father of a daughter, mixing in a blessing with the tragedies.
On the court, the team was somehow able to focus enough to win."