beast of the east
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Sampson is transferring to Harvard after the game tonight
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Sampson is transferring to Harvard after the game tonight
I was very optimistic at the beginning of the season. Mine is gone as well. I'm just going to the games because I have the tickets and like to drink beer.
There were about 300 people in the stands, there was no "sixth man" like one you'd find at this Creighton game.
I do not understand how Lavin calls a timeout after a timeout, and draws up no play. They were down by 1, and they hoisted a 3 on a fast break?!?!?! Branch had done a good job of penetrating and finding open men all night. Had to have him in there. Could have even put Sampson back in.
Then again, after the previous timeout, they passed the ball around, and Sanchez eventually launched a prayer.
Then again, after the previous timeout, they passed the ball around, and Sanchez eventually launched a prayer.
JackofVirginia
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Exactly. Our last two shots after time outs mind you were three pointers. Did our terrible bench coach understand we trailed by one point. I wanted Jordan to drive and pick up a foul on our last play, but instead Hooper was set up for a three. God's Gift had an excellent game but had to be winded. Why not Sampson? Never got back in the game after picking up his fourth foul. Plus, why didn't Branch play more, like to see him start with Harrison and Jordan.
Our defense was poor, DePaul penetrated against our zone and man defense. Too many fouls against us again.
Ray Morgan
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You sure it wasn't you that had the concussion?
Hey! What happened to my "Thank you" button? Did DePaul steal that as well?
@NYPost_Brazille: Lavin: "It's part of evolution of a team, part of maturation of a group." #sjubb
JackofVirginia
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Was this arena empty or what?
Drowning in my sorrows watching this Creighton game, Creighton should be top 15 by the time we play them, chance for a quality road..... Oh forget it
Class of 72
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I like Beast's summary above since it said all in the end. I am not going to defend Lavin but he gave Greene a start in his home town and that has to be his last start of the season! Absolutly abysmal performance by PG1V! His last foul literally cost us the game and Lavin took him out immediately but the bad decision by Lavin to put him in in the first place was plain STUPID!
Enough about Lavin and back to the players that played below freshmen level tonight, namely Jakarr Sampson. When a guy who is reduced to scratching his noodle at the end of the game on the bench because he just seems to lack any basketball sense is not a Lavin issue IMO. Lavin saw enough to take him out but this kids' skill set may have peaked.
Same goes for Dom Pointer...I refuse to call him Sir from here on after that stupid, stupid, stupid technical that cost us another 2 points. These three players would have made John Wooden look like a bad coach in this game.
Kudos to DePaul who were incredible from the line.
And finally, I repeat, the level of the officials has taken a dive in the new Big East! Replays clearly showed no travel on the Branch lay up and another 2 points taken away. In close games like Nova and DePaul, mediocre officiating will hurt teams and the league.
NYCShowtime
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11 Wins??? We can't even get 1!
This is definitely the worst season I can remember, partly because of pre-season expectations but also since this is the first season in a long time that we had a deep roster.... just awful. We looked good for two games and have looked terrible ever since. During those two games we played like a team making the extra passes and playing unselfish ball... since then just playground crap basketball with selfish play and crappy coaching.
There is no sense of team and its obvious the coach doesn't mind that type of play...
it all starts from the leader of this team and bleeds down.... DLo is the most selfish player I have ever watched in a SJU uniform... For a player who is allegedly so good I am just shocked how many ill-advised stupid shots he takes, especially in crunch time... the rest of the team follows his lead.
Sorry to the DLo fans here, but I am ready to move on and find a new leader for this team.... Maybe its Jordan, maybe its someone yet to emerge, but of all the scoring leaders in recent years: Hatten, Hill, and Hardy, I put DLo at the bottom of this list...
No it's not. It's called not getting the job done. Just once I'd like to hear Lavin say "this was a bad loss, we didn't get the job done".
Not everything is a damn teaching moment!@ Not everything is part of some grand scheme to eventually be a great basketball team. Sometimes the players don't play well and the coaches don't have them prepared!
