DePaul

[redfazed]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

 

[Jack Williams]

Guess James is quite happy right now. Let's see our offense magically get better without our leading scorer, cause that makes tons of sense

 

[tom in salem]

1 point dogs.

 

[SJU1512]

1 point dogs.

Incredible.

 

[Mean Gene]

@FarcoSJU: Lavin first point on the mic is: Harrison has mild concussion and will be a game time decision. Did not practice today. Will travel.

we did?

@FarcoSJU: "This group has played without D'Angelo (suspension), if not we will go with the best active players. It's a big game."

If Harrison doesn't play we're toast!!

 

[lafours]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

Spot on. His only Elite 8 team started out 11-4. Only lost 8 games all season, so not sure where 4-8 came from. They didn't even have 8 regular season losses all season, only 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

 

[TRabinowitz]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

Spot on. His only Elite 8 team started out 11-4. Only lost 8 games all season, so not sure where 4-8 came from. They didn't even have 8 regular season losses all season, only 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

He could've meant Sweet 16 as well. Did any of his Sweet 16 teams start 4-8 during the season (or during Pac-10 conference play?)

 

[redstorm89]

apparently d'angelo harrison suffered a mild concussion and will be a game time decision tomorrow.

 

[lafours]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

Spot on. His only Elite 8 team started out 11-4. Only lost 8 games all season, so not sure where 4-8 came from. They didn't even have 8 regular season losses all season, only 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

He could've meant Sweet 16 as well. Did any of his Sweet 16 teams start 4-8 during the season (or during Pac-10 conference play?)

No, he's been to four Sweet 16's, they started 9-2, 10-4, 13-3. Not even close to 4-8.

He's almost certainly talking about this season, his last at UCLA, where he started 4-8, but they went 10-19(6-12) and obviously DNQ for the tourney...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–03_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

 

[redfazed]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

Spot on. His only Elite 8 team started out 11-4. Only lost 8 games all season, so not sure where 4-8 came from. They didn't even have 8 regular season losses all season, only 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

He could've meant Sweet 16 as well. Did any of his Sweet 16 teams start 4-8 during the season (or during Pac-10 conference play?)

No, he's been to four Sweet 16's, they started 9-2, 10-4, 13-3. Not even close to 4-8.

He's almost certainly talking about this season, his last at UCLA, where he started 4-8, but they went 10-19(6-12) and obviously DNQ for the tourney...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–03_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

If he'd just stop talking, it wouldn't be so bad.
But presenting false statistics, along with the kicker "Been in the business a while" is just so annoying.

 

[TRabinowitz]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

Spot on. His only Elite 8 team started out 11-4. Only lost 8 games all season, so not sure where 4-8 came from. They didn't even have 8 regular season losses all season, only 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

He could've meant Sweet 16 as well. Did any of his Sweet 16 teams start 4-8 during the season (or during Pac-10 conference play?)

No, he's been to four Sweet 16's, they started 9-2, 10-4, 13-3. Not even close to 4-8.

He's almost certainly talking about this season, his last at UCLA, where he started 4-8, but they went 10-19(6-12) and obviously DNQ for the tourney...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–03_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

No actually it turns out Lavin was right in terms of his conference play start.

In 1999-2000 season, UCLA started Pac-10 play 4-8 but then went onto the Sweet 16 that same year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999–2000_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

 

[paultzman]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

Spot on. His only Elite 8 team started out 11-4. Only lost 8 games all season, so not sure where 4-8 came from. They didn't even have 8 regular season losses all season, only 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

He could've meant Sweet 16 as well. Did any of his Sweet 16 teams start 4-8 during the season (or during Pac-10 conference play?)

No, he's been to four Sweet 16's, they started 9-2, 10-4, 13-3. Not even close to 4-8.

He's almost certainly talking about this season, his last at UCLA, where he started 4-8, but they went 10-19(6-12) and obviously DNQ for the tourney...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–03_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

No actually it turns out Lavin was right in terms of his conference play start.

In 1999-2000 season, UCLA started Pac-10 play 4-8 but then went onto the Sweet 16 that same year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999–2000_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

Probably took him 12 games to figure out rotation.

 

[SJU1512]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

Spot on. His only Elite 8 team started out 11-4. Only lost 8 games all season, so not sure where 4-8 came from. They didn't even have 8 regular season losses all season, only 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

He could've meant Sweet 16 as well. Did any of his Sweet 16 teams start 4-8 during the season (or during Pac-10 conference play?)

No, he's been to four Sweet 16's, they started 9-2, 10-4, 13-3. Not even close to 4-8.

He's almost certainly talking about this season, his last at UCLA, where he started 4-8, but they went 10-19(6-12) and obviously DNQ for the tourney...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–03_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

No actually it turns out Lavin was right in terms of his conference play start.

In 1999-2000 season, UCLA started Pac-10 play 4-8 but then went onto the Sweet 16 that same year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999–2000_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

Probably took him 12 games to figure out rotation.

lol.

 

[redfazed]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

Spot on. His only Elite 8 team started out 11-4. Only lost 8 games all season, so not sure where 4-8 came from. They didn't even have 8 regular season losses all season, only 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

He could've meant Sweet 16 as well. Did any of his Sweet 16 teams start 4-8 during the season (or during Pac-10 conference play?)

No, he's been to four Sweet 16's, they started 9-2, 10-4, 13-3. Not even close to 4-8.

He's almost certainly talking about this season, his last at UCLA, where he started 4-8, but they went 10-19(6-12) and obviously DNQ for the tourney...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–03_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

No actually it turns out Lavin was right in terms of his conference play start.

In 1999-2000 season, UCLA started Pac-10 play 4-8 but then went onto the Sweet 16 that same year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999–2000_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

That link shows they started 5-7. And had racked up a bunch of conference wins before the losing streak began.

 

[TRabinowitz]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

Spot on. His only Elite 8 team started out 11-4. Only lost 8 games all season, so not sure where 4-8 came from. They didn't even have 8 regular season losses all season, only 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

He could've meant Sweet 16 as well. Did any of his Sweet 16 teams start 4-8 during the season (or during Pac-10 conference play?)

No, he's been to four Sweet 16's, they started 9-2, 10-4, 13-3. Not even close to 4-8.

He's almost certainly talking about this season, his last at UCLA, where he started 4-8, but they went 10-19(6-12) and obviously DNQ for the tourney...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–03_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

No actually it turns out Lavin was right in terms of his conference play start.

In 1999-2000 season, UCLA started Pac-10 play 4-8 but then went onto the Sweet 16 that same year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999–2000_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

That link shows they started 5-7. And had racked up a bunch of conference wins before the losing streak began.

Nope it shows they started 4-8 lol. You likely mistakenly counted the North Carolina game which was OOC in the middle of their conference schedule.

 

[redfazed]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

Spot on. His only Elite 8 team started out 11-4. Only lost 8 games all season, so not sure where 4-8 came from. They didn't even have 8 regular season losses all season, only 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

He could've meant Sweet 16 as well. Did any of his Sweet 16 teams start 4-8 during the season (or during Pac-10 conference play?)

No, he's been to four Sweet 16's, they started 9-2, 10-4, 13-3. Not even close to 4-8.

He's almost certainly talking about this season, his last at UCLA, where he started 4-8, but they went 10-19(6-12) and obviously DNQ for the tourney...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–03_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

No actually it turns out Lavin was right in terms of his conference play start.

In 1999-2000 season, UCLA started Pac-10 play 4-8 but then went onto the Sweet 16 that same year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999–2000_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

That link shows they started 5-7. And had racked up a bunch of conference wins before the losing streak began.

Nope it shows they started 4-8 lol. You likely mistakenly counted the North Carolina game which was OOC in the middle of their conference schedule.

Got it. Don't where the whole "we ended up playing for the Final Four" fits into this picture though. LOL

 

[SJU1512]

@FarcoSJU: On whether this is an opportunity for Rysheed Jordan to do more: "Not necessarily. We are getting ready for DePaul.

Guess we are in great shape then;

@FarcoSJU: "I've coached long enough...I've had a team be 4-8 and go into the weekend playing for the Final Four. Been in the business a while."

That just doesn't sound right at all. Lavin had only one UCLA team go to the Elite 8 and they were nowhere near 4-8.

Spot on. His only Elite 8 team started out 11-4. Only lost 8 games all season, so not sure where 4-8 came from. They didn't even have 8 regular season losses all season, only 7.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

He could've meant Sweet 16 as well. Did any of his Sweet 16 teams start 4-8 during the season (or during Pac-10 conference play?)

No, he's been to four Sweet 16's, they started 9-2, 10-4, 13-3. Not even close to 4-8.

He's almost certainly talking about this season, his last at UCLA, where he started 4-8, but they went 10-19(6-12) and obviously DNQ for the tourney...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–03_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

No actually it turns out Lavin was right in terms of his conference play start.

In 1999-2000 season, UCLA started Pac-10 play 4-8 but then went onto the Sweet 16 that same year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999–2000_UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball_team

That link shows they started 5-7. And had racked up a bunch of conference wins before the losing streak began.

Nope it shows they started 4-8 lol. You likely mistakenly counted the North Carolina game which was OOC in the middle of their conference schedule.

Got it. Don't where the whole "we ended up playing for the Final Four" fits into this picture though. LOL

He was saying start 4-8 in conference and play in the weekend to go to the Final Four. He's getting as much mileage out of making the Sweet 16 as possible.

 

[tom in salem]

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...o_pdf/2013-14/release/release_20140113aaa.pdf

 

[redfazed]

Against my better judgment, I listened to some of Lavin’s comments from today’s pre-game press conference. He talked about the fact that St John’s has no players who’ve been to the NCAA tournament and that really hurt our ability to finish against Villanova.

Seriously? That’s why we can’t close a conference game? And I guess it’s just a freakin’ miracle that Kentucky can beat Lousiville (among others) with not one player who’s seen any NCAA tournament action.

 

[paultzman]

Against my better judgment, I listened to some of Lavin’s comments from today’s pre-game press conference. He talked about the fact that St John’s has no players who’ve been to the NCAA tournament and that really hurt our ability to finish against Villanova.

Seriously? That’s why we can’t close a conference game? And I guess it’s just a freakin’ miracle that Kentucky can beat Lousiville (among others) with not one player who’s seen any NCAA tournament action.

Did you miss the part where he said it is his job to pull the team together, win on the road, put the right players on the floor and have a respectable record in Big East play?