beast of the east
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What a giant relief that our Big East season won't be an Oh-fer.
This game was more like the Tidy Bowl than the Super Bowl, but a win is a win, As sloppy as the game was losing to DePaul would have made the season so hopelessly worse.
Some takeaways:
1) While we tried our hardest to give back a 20 point lead, Durand drove with nowhere to go, and could have been called for intentional grounding when he tossed a pass cross court out of bounds almost into the stands. I yelled out in disgust, "Nice pass Durand", and was surprised how quiet it was in that moment and how far my voice carried. Irealized that I sounded a lot more like a DePAul fan than an SJU fan.
2) DJ for his part clung to the ball in the closing minutes - he did his part nailing free throws, and I'm sure he was motivated by racking up points, which he did. Sima has expectedly horrific from the FT line down the stretch.
3) Balamou can elevate and make twisting layups that surprise you with his athleticism, but he is dangerous with the ball in his hands - as likely to hoist an ill advised shot as he is to pass it directly to an opponent.
4) Mussini can contribute nothing for long stretches and then get heated up where he pours in points in a hurry, which he did last night. He does get totally unhinged sometimes handling the ball and his drives to the hoop have a very low percentage of resulting in fouls or points - he usually just ends up on his ass. Next season perhaps he will be used like the Knicks used Cazzie Russell way back when. Put him in, if he is instant offense keep him awhile, or yank him after 3-4 minutes.
5) Did Amar do something to deserve being benched nearly the entire 2nd half? Early he put down a vicious put back slam, and then nailed a 3. I thought he was playing fairly well.
6) Yakwe caught and slammed one of the most impressive alley oops I've seen this season. He looked like a wide receiver rising out of a sea of defenders, and simply out jumped them and kept his focus to throw it down. He and Sima looked like the Reject Brothers. HAve to check the box score, but they appeared to block at least 8-9 shots between them.
7) My wife is 2-1 this season attending games, (Syracuse win) with the only loss being Villanova (she is partial to Jay Wright). I should have let her think we were having a good year. I swear at one point when one of our guys made a bonehead play that the coaches didn't respond to, she said "Is anyone coaching this team?" I've never prompted her about coaching acumen, and I didn't respond when she said it.
8) Really good crowd for two bad teams.
9) I fell like this was a 1966 Mets vs. Astros game - battle for next to last place. Starting to think we can sweep these guys.
10) Mullin using a 10 man rotation. Kind of nice. We don't lose much going that deep.
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This game was more like the Tidy Bowl than the Super Bowl, but a win is a win, As sloppy as the game was losing to DePaul would have made the season so hopelessly worse.
Some takeaways:
1) While we tried our hardest to give back a 20 point lead, Durand drove with nowhere to go, and could have been called for intentional grounding when he tossed a pass cross court out of bounds almost into the stands. I yelled out in disgust, "Nice pass Durand", and was surprised how quiet it was in that moment and how far my voice carried. Irealized that I sounded a lot more like a DePAul fan than an SJU fan.
2) DJ for his part clung to the ball in the closing minutes - he did his part nailing free throws, and I'm sure he was motivated by racking up points, which he did. Sima has expectedly horrific from the FT line down the stretch.
3) Balamou can elevate and make twisting layups that surprise you with his athleticism, but he is dangerous with the ball in his hands - as likely to hoist an ill advised shot as he is to pass it directly to an opponent.
4) Mussini can contribute nothing for long stretches and then get heated up where he pours in points in a hurry, which he did last night. He does get totally unhinged sometimes handling the ball and his drives to the hoop have a very low percentage of resulting in fouls or points - he usually just ends up on his ass. Next season perhaps he will be used like the Knicks used Cazzie Russell way back when. Put him in, if he is instant offense keep him awhile, or yank him after 3-4 minutes.
5) Did Amar do something to deserve being benched nearly the entire 2nd half? Early he put down a vicious put back slam, and then nailed a 3. I thought he was playing fairly well.
6) Yakwe caught and slammed one of the most impressive alley oops I've seen this season. He looked like a wide receiver rising out of a sea of defenders, and simply out jumped them and kept his focus to throw it down. He and Sima looked like the Reject Brothers. HAve to check the box score, but they appeared to block at least 8-9 shots between them.
7) My wife is 2-1 this season attending games, (Syracuse win) with the only loss being Villanova (she is partial to Jay Wright). I should have let her think we were having a good year. I swear at one point when one of our guys made a bonehead play that the coaches didn't respond to, she said "Is anyone coaching this team?" I've never prompted her about coaching acumen, and I didn't respond when she said it.
8) Really good crowd for two bad teams.
9) I fell like this was a 1966 Mets vs. Astros game - battle for next to last place. Starting to think we can sweep these guys.
10) Mullin using a 10 man rotation. Kind of nice. We don't lose much going that deep.
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