L J S A
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We're definitely hanging in summer
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Yep. Our sets don't even give him the ball that often anymore.
No one could play worse defense than St Johns in the Michigan and BC games...
DePaul: hold my beer.
Link includes Pitino postgame presser
redstormsports.com
St. John’s Rolls to a 104-77 Victory at DePaul - St. John's University Athletics
The St. John's men's basketball team (18-12, 10-9) tied a program record for most points in a BIG EAST game in its 104-77 victory over DePaul (3-27, 0-19) in...
I think we are the exact same caliber team we’ve been all year. We beat up lesser teams, hold our own against similar teams, and struggle against good teams.
The only two things that get me to think otherwise are the offensive rebounding and when we share the ball and let it find the open man.
When Dingle, Alleyne, and Ledlum are on the floor together 1+1+1 = more than 3. Taylor might be the 4th in that equation. I don’t think those are our best 4 players but I do think that is the only group of 3-4 where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
You do realize we won BIG. Plus we beat creightin , on a winning streak. It's march and our season is totally alive (first time that has been said in Many years). Dingle now the player we all were expecting. Even after a great game people find something negative to say
They went up by 40 at one point. The game became inevitably sloppy late and DePaul hit some long threes. I would not look at the 49 points in a vacuum and say they did not play good defense in the second half.
A lof garbage time and some out of zip code 3s by Depaul
You actually have to play defense to play bad defense...
So did it just click for Wilcher? He’s more aggressive overall. Dribbling is improved. Decisive with the pick and roll. Shot on the money.
Starting to see why he was a borderline 5 star/ top 15 kid when he committed to UNC. Really heating up and showing how dangerous he could be in Pitino’s offensive sets. 3 level scorer which is big
Starting to see why he was a borderline 5 star/ top 15 kid when he committed to UNC. Really heating up and showing how dangerous he could be in Pitino’s offensive sets. 3 level scorer which is big
Silly Donovan
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Agree offensively but he must hold his own defensively against the better bigs and not allow career nights.
Redzone
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Mission accomplished. Needed a laugher and got one. Let's not over analyze, just be glad we did what was expected and had to be done. Now Georgetown must be dealt with the same way. B.E. Tourney looms LARGE. That is our finals week. Cram now. We can analyze players games later.
hnkcolumbia
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Who loved the bounce pass/assist Zuby made to RJ!!!!!!!
Disagree.
Something has definitely clicked over the past five games, for the team and for a number of individuals, most notably Dingle. Even your boy Jenkins has cut down on the hero ball (probably because with Dingle in a groove now its not necessary). There is a more concerted effort to share the ball. The defense has definitely improved. Everyone seems to have finally accepted their roles.
Talent-wise, yeah, we're the same. Team-wise? No way. It took a damn while, but we are peaking.
Agree with this. There are more parts working successfully together to make a stronger offensive team and the defense has been pretty good. Only outlier (backward progress) is Joel But, that may have facilitated the others to fit better, I don't know. If he was able to be more consistent, it would help, but with Zuby's better play, and the offense being more multi-faceted, I think we are clearly a better team and peaking.