@DePaul, Tue., Feb. 14, 9p, FS-1

redmanwest said:
It is so frustrating that this team should actually be 8-8 now in conference if not better, and the talent level is probably there to be that, but the losses that should have been wins, caused by poor shot selection, porous defense, double digit leads relinquished, double digit runs allowed, lack of offensive sets and coherence, poor coaching, substitutions, clock management, hero ball, poor minute distribution, dumb and undisciplined plays, etc. can't be changed. Despite ALL those issues, we are a hairline away form 8-8 or better and still having hope for the season. It seems that StJ's constant for years now is that we underperform our talent level, and that is primarily on coaching. Truly frustrating.
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I agree with the items you list that have caused us to lose games we should have won, but I totally disagree that we have underperformed our talent level. We are not a talented team and your list of items actually supports that premise. It is equally due to coaching and players low basketball IQ's.
 
McClancy88 said:
Lose? How? Make the first free throw(50/50, at best for any Johnnie in that spot) then miss the second, get the rebound, THEN get the ball back out for a three....in about 2 seconds? Better chance of winning the powerball.
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Hit both free throws, steal the inbound and score, or get a 5 second call or an inbounder that steps on th eline or throws it away without touching anyone. Set up an alley-oop to Soriano like the play that worked last week.
 
Larry Wright said:
I have seen fire and I have seen rain.
I have seen Chris Mullin, Malik Sealy and Ron Artest play poorly.
I have seen Geno and Aaron Spears play well.
I have seen Wusu make layups, Phil
Greene dribble North to South instead of in a circle and I think I once saw Chris Mullin awake in a huddle.
Heck I have seen a Norm Roberts team win a game, Avery Patterson hit 8 threes and I think once I have seen a Boo Harvey post I agree with.
No one is good or bad all the time.
The only exception was Walter Berry who never played poorly his entire time here.
Wusu did play great.
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Man, this is the second post in as many days you’ve called me out. I presume it’s bc I don’t share your man crush on Storr. I admit he’s playing better than I expected. Still definitely a work in progress, but better than anything else we have. I still have no issue with the fact that he received limited time early on as he wasn’t playing particularly well and Mathis (when healthy) was.
 
fordham96 said:
With this win and the schedule ahead it is looking more and more like SJU will be locked into the 8/9 seed/game on Wednesday of the BET. You have the 5 ranked teams and then VIllanova and SHU ahead of them and they are not catching any of them. Which puts you at 8. DePaul and Georgetown are likely to finish 10 and 11. So looking like Butler/SJU in the 8/9 game Wednesday just will depend on who gets the 8 and who gets the 9.
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The 8 / 9 seeded winner Wednesday faces the number 1 seed on Thursday at noon. If we get to that game somehow and win, then an NIT bid is slightly possible. We were in that same position last season up 18, in the second half against Villanova, when Posh was called for bogus fouls that took him off the court and allowed Villanova to wipe out our lead. I think last year's team was playing much better than this one though.
 
Jack Williams said:
If you stayed up and watched that entire game… 9pm tip AND 2OT… you deserve a badge or something

I knocked at halftime.

Good for the kids touching out a win. Should be 3 in a row cause they never should’ve lost the butler game but whatever
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I watched every minute of the horrific win, and then went immediately to bed. My wife had already turned out the little reading light on my side of the bed, so I was groping around my bedroom in pitch blackness like a blind cat burgler...

A win is a win is a win - but that was hard to watch.
 
I don't understand subbing out Stanley and Wusu during a 10-0 run that we were on. How does that make any sense at all? Also, is it just me, or are others completely fed up with David "TBH" Jones?
 
Two terrible coaches on display. I actually think DePaul has a more balanced roster with more talent than we have. Tough break to lose Anei in the first half. Not sure if we win if he plays the whole game. We gutted it out on the boards, great to see that effort. Jones went 6 - 23 but I'll give him credit for some very key offensive rebounds. I know it's not a complete no-brainer to foul with a 3 point lead and under 5 seconds left, but you have to look at who you're playing. I would foul us everytime in that situation.
 
Amaseinyourface said:
1. I foul under 5 second up 3.

2. But there is definitely an argument not to do it. And it’s what I just laid out. You wanna act like it’s unfathomable for a team to get a rebound and a 3 on their own side of the court then go ahead.
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In this particular situation, a foul was prudent. There was 2. Something left on the click. As soon s ball is touched a second goes off. Now u r down to 1. Something. Even if DePaul makes the first and intentionally misses the second, unless there is a tap bucket to tie it, game over. If they try a three, it’s too late.DePaul coach blew the game by not fouling .
 
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