Fire Lavin!

Yea, Steve says stuff. Bottom line, I don't think he's giving up on this team. If he comes up with zero recruits this year, and nothing much brewing 2015, I change my mind.
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
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I agree about Hooper and ask why wasn't Marco given minutes and Balamou over Pointer but the the missed shots under the basket were the killers, along with the refs. The most flagrant bad call was against Sanchez where the replay showed he was run into on a three point play but the ref gave Gtown 3 shots.
 
And here we go.

As per Zags article:
“As you know, my goal is just to get our team to play the best basketball come March,” coach Steve Lavin said in a Garden hallway following the game. “That goal doesn’t change, that objective doesn’t change.”
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Bwahahahaha Lavin is a real funny guy.
Guess he relizes that his only chance to make the ncaa tourny is to win the B.E. tournament.
Looks like he don`t care about January and he has giving up hope fore February.
How does his kids feel that he just wants to win in March now?

I was gonna say that the next four games are must wins and if they lose the season`s over then maybe he should go.
But after seeing that quote, after other bs quotes by him. Yeah I`m thinking maybe he does need to go.
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Snake oil salesman
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
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The players missed too many layups and that was the difference. As for Hooper from where I sat the GT players ran by him, he couldnt stay with them and I think that was the reason Lavin had to take him out in the second half.
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
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I agree about Hooper and ask why wasn't Marco given minutes and Balamou over Pointer but the the missed shots under the basket were the killers, along with the refs. The most flagrant bad call was against Sanchez where the replay showed he was run into on a three point play but the ref gave Gtown 3 shots.
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Did Sanchez really commit a foul on the three point shot deep in the right corner in the 2nd half? I took my eye off she shooter to watch the ball and the next thing you know, a 4th on sanchez was called, and 3 FT attempts. A couple of possessions later Jordan gets slammed driving to the hoop, bounces back towards the foul line as he goes up, maintains his body control and makes the shot, and no call. The worst of it wasn't the FT discrepancy, it was taking Sampson and Sanchez off the floor and out of the game.
 
Very disappointing. How ever Xavier, Georgetown & Villanova are a combined 11-1 in conference play right now. Not making excuses because I expect to for us to win these games but hopefully against the softer part of the schedule we take care of business and maybe we can get on a roll.
 
Very disappointing. How ever Xavier, Georgetown & Villanova are a combined 11-1 in conference play right now. Not making excuses because I expect to for us to win these games but hopefully against the softer part of the schedule we take care of business and maybe we can get on a roll.
 
Very disappointing. How ever Xavier, Georgetown & Villanova are a combined 11-1 in conference play right now. Not making excuses because I expect to for us to win these games but hopefully against the softer part of the schedule we take care of business and maybe we can get on a roll.
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We are 0-3, do you think we can go 13-2 from here on out? Can we consistentAntly beat big east teams?
 
Very disappointing. How ever Xavier, Georgetown & Villanova are a combined 11-1 in conference play right now. Not making excuses because I expect to for us to win these games but hopefully against the softer part of the schedule we take care of business and maybe we can get on a roll.
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We are 0-3, do you think we can go 13-2 from here on out? Can we consistentAntly beat big east teams?
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Haven't seen any signs of it but crazier things have happened. Trying to find hope
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
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I agree about Hooper and ask why wasn't Marco given minutes and Balamou over Pointer but the the missed shots under the basket were the killers, along with the refs. The most flagrant bad call was against Sanchez where the replay showed he was run into on a three point play but the ref gave Gtown 3 shots.
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Did Sanchez really commit a foul on the three point shot deep in the right corner in the 2nd half? I took my eye off she shooter to watch the ball and the next thing you know, a 4th on sanchez was called, and 3 FT attempts. A couple of possessions later Jordan gets slammed driving to the hoop, bounces back towards the foul line as he goes up, maintains his body control and makes the shot, and no call. The worst of it wasn't the FT discrepancy, it was taking Sampson and Sanchez off the floor and out of the game.
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It was a BS call. Raftery also mentioned it when the replay was shown.
 
Very disappointing. How ever Xavier, Georgetown & Villanova are a combined 11-1 in conference play right now. Not making excuses because I expect to for us to win these games but hopefully against the softer part of the schedule we take care of business and maybe we can get on a roll.
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We are 0-3, do you think we can go 13-2 from here on out? Can we consistentAntly beat big east teams?
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Haven't seen any signs of it but crazier things have happened. Trying to find hope
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So from 60% to 90% winning percentage? I hope you are right. We lose once to a team we are expected to beat and our ncaa hope (which are weak at best) are done.
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
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I agree about Hooper and ask why wasn't Marco given minutes and Balamou over Pointer but the the missed shots under the basket were the killers, along with the refs. The most flagrant bad call was against Sanchez where the replay showed he was run into on a three point play but the ref gave Gtown 3 shots.
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Did Sanchez really commit a foul on the three point shot deep in the right corner in the 2nd half? I took my eye off she shooter to watch the ball and the next thing you know, a 4th on sanchez was called, and 3 FT attempts. A couple of possessions later Jordan gets slammed driving to the hoop, bounces back towards the foul line as he goes up, maintains his body control and makes the shot, and no call. The worst of it wasn't the FT discrepancy, it was taking Sampson and Sanchez off the floor and out of the game.
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It was a BS call. Raftery also mentioned it when the replay was shown.
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Did that one play really change the game? The refs were terrible but our lack of finishing was the difference.
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
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I agree about Hooper and ask why wasn't Marco given minutes and Balamou over Pointer but the the missed shots under the basket were the killers, along with the refs. The most flagrant bad call was against Sanchez where the replay showed he was run into on a three point play but the ref gave Gtown 3 shots.
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Did Sanchez really commit a foul on the three point shot deep in the right corner in the 2nd half? I took my eye off she shooter to watch the ball and the next thing you know, a 4th on sanchez was called, and 3 FT attempts. A couple of possessions later Jordan gets slammed driving to the hoop, bounces back towards the foul line as he goes up, maintains his body control and makes the shot, and no call. The worst of it wasn't the FT discrepancy, it was taking Sampson and Sanchez off the floor and out of the game.
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It was a BS call. Raftery also mentioned it when the replay was shown.
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Did that one play really change the game? The refs were terrible but our lack of finishing was the difference.
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I never said it changed the game. I don't know the particulars on when the foul was called but giving a team a free 3 points is pretty significant, no?
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
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I agree about Hooper and ask why wasn't Marco given minutes and Balamou over Pointer but the the missed shots under the basket were the killers, along with the refs. The most flagrant bad call was against Sanchez where the replay showed he was run into on a three point play but the ref gave Gtown 3 shots.
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Did Sanchez really commit a foul on the three point shot deep in the right corner in the 2nd half? I took my eye off she shooter to watch the ball and the next thing you know, a 4th on sanchez was called, and 3 FT attempts. A couple of possessions later Jordan gets slammed driving to the hoop, bounces back towards the foul line as he goes up, maintains his body control and makes the shot, and no call. The worst of it wasn't the FT discrepancy, it was taking Sampson and Sanchez off the floor and out of the game.
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It was a BS call. Raftery also mentioned it when the replay was shown.
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Did that one play really change the game? The refs were terrible but our lack of finishing was the difference.
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I never said it changed the game. I don't know the particulars on when the foul was called but giving a team a free 3 points is pretty significant, no?
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I forget the timing but it felt like the momentum had already swung.
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
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I agree about Hooper and ask why wasn't Marco given minutes and Balamou over Pointer but the the missed shots under the basket were the killers, along with the refs. The most flagrant bad call was against Sanchez where the replay showed he was run into on a three point play but the ref gave Gtown 3 shots.
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Did Sanchez really commit a foul on the three point shot deep in the right corner in the 2nd half? I took my eye off she shooter to watch the ball and the next thing you know, a 4th on sanchez was called, and 3 FT attempts. A couple of possessions later Jordan gets slammed driving to the hoop, bounces back towards the foul line as he goes up, maintains his body control and makes the shot, and no call. The worst of it wasn't the FT discrepancy, it was taking Sampson and Sanchez off the floor and out of the game.
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It was a BS call. Raftery also mentioned it when the replay was shown.
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Did that one play really change the game? The refs were terrible but our lack of finishing was the difference.
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I never said it changed the game. I don't know the particulars on when the foul was called but giving a team a free 3 points is pretty significant, no?
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I forget the timing but it felt like the momentum had already swung.
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Momentum swung a few minutes after that foul happened when they made a 3, dom turned it over which turned into 2 more points, then Arcidiacano took the ball from Harrison and Arcidiacano turned down an open midrange shot and found the guy in the corner for 3. We went from up 1 to down 7 in 50 seconds.
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
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I agree about Hooper and ask why wasn't Marco given minutes and Balamou over Pointer but the the missed shots under the basket were the killers, along with the refs. The most flagrant bad call was against Sanchez where the replay showed he was run into on a three point play but the ref gave Gtown 3 shots.
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Did Sanchez really commit a foul on the three point shot deep in the right corner in the 2nd half? I took my eye off she shooter to watch the ball and the next thing you know, a 4th on sanchez was called, and 3 FT attempts. A couple of possessions later Jordan gets slammed driving to the hoop, bounces back towards the foul line as he goes up, maintains his body control and makes the shot, and no call. The worst of it wasn't the FT discrepancy, it was taking Sampson and Sanchez off the floor and out of the game.
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It was a BS call. Raftery also mentioned it when the replay was shown.
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Did that one play really change the game? The refs were terrible but our lack of finishing was the difference.
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I never said it changed the game. I don't know the particulars on when the foul was called but giving a team a free 3 points is pretty significant, no?
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I forget the timing but it felt like the momentum had already swung.
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I think the foul in question was at 9:44 left in the 2nd half. We were up 47-46 when Hart was fouled. Hart actually only hit 2 of 3
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
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I agree about Hooper and ask why wasn't Marco given minutes and Balamou over Pointer but the the missed shots under the basket were the killers, along with the refs. The most flagrant bad call was against Sanchez where the replay showed he was run into on a three point play but the ref gave Gtown 3 shots.
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Did Sanchez really commit a foul on the three point shot deep in the right corner in the 2nd half? I took my eye off she shooter to watch the ball and the next thing you know, a 4th on sanchez was called, and 3 FT attempts. A couple of possessions later Jordan gets slammed driving to the hoop, bounces back towards the foul line as he goes up, maintains his body control and makes the shot, and no call. The worst of it wasn't the FT discrepancy, it was taking Sampson and Sanchez off the floor and out of the game.
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It was a BS call. Raftery also mentioned it when the replay was shown.
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Did that one play really change the game? The refs were terrible but our lack of finishing was the difference.
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I never said it changed the game. I don't know the particulars on when the foul was called but giving a team a free 3 points is pretty significant, no?
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I forget the timing but it felt like the momentum had already swung.
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I think the foul in question was at 9:44 left in the 2nd half. We were up 47-46 when Hart was fouled. Hart actually only hit 2 of 3
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I thought it was later than that but I could be wrong. It never felt like we had the momentum in the second half.
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
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I agree about Hooper and ask why wasn't Marco given minutes and Balamou over Pointer but the the missed shots under the basket were the killers, along with the refs. The most flagrant bad call was against Sanchez where the replay showed he was run into on a three point play but the ref gave Gtown 3 shots.
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Did Sanchez really commit a foul on the three point shot deep in the right corner in the 2nd half? I took my eye off she shooter to watch the ball and the next thing you know, a 4th on sanchez was called, and 3 FT attempts. A couple of possessions later Jordan gets slammed driving to the hoop, bounces back towards the foul line as he goes up, maintains his body control and makes the shot, and no call. The worst of it wasn't the FT discrepancy, it was taking Sampson and Sanchez off the floor and out of the game.
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It was a BS call. Raftery also mentioned it when the replay was shown.
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Did that one play really change the game? The refs were terrible but our lack of finishing was the difference.
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I never said it changed the game. I don't know the particulars on when the foul was called but giving a team a free 3 points is pretty significant, no?
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I forget the timing but it felt like the momentum had already swung.
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I think the foul in question was at 9:44 left in the 2nd half. We were up 47-46 when Hart was fouled. Hart actually only hit 2 of 3
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I thought it was later than that but I could be wrong. It never felt like we had the momentum in the second half.
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Per the play by play that was 4th foul on Sanchez. His 5 was on Hilliard and it was only 2 shot foul. We had it in spurts but nothing sustained. No killer instinct in the team.
 
Can somebody please tell me what you would have done differently today?

The only thing I would have done differently is not played Hooper so much. I didn't put much worth in his garbage time performance, but would have given him as much playing time. He shot 1-5 in 18 minutes, and although I do think he is a basketball player who can pass and handle the ball decently, he hasn't shown he can shoot with any pressure on him whatsoever. You can't prove to me that as bad as Branch has been, that Hooper merits 18 minutes to Branch's 8.

Other than that, we played decent defense today, at least if you go by Villanova's shooting %. We did lose the boards 42-31, and I guess when you go three guards, that will happen. I would have started pointer and not Greene. That point hardly mattered since our front line of Sanchez and Sampson immediately got into foul trouble and were not factors from that point out. Once they were in foul trouble, after Obekpa, there aren't any other big men worthy of significant playing time, so we would have gone small anyway.

On offense, we attacked, and attacked, and attacked the hoop. Nova did block 5 shots to our 6, but we were successfully able to penetrate, get relatively easy shots, and draw fouls. As mentioned, we missed so many relatively easy shots, I don't know what Lavin could have done to improve that.

Jordan played reasonably well, and shot 6-14. Surprisingly, as much as he penetrated, he didn't go to the line once. It's amazing how easily he can slash to the basket - he vaguely has the ability of a Monroe to shake free even in heavy traffic and heavily guarded, he gets off the shot he wants.

Harrison: 4-13
Greene: 2-8
Sampson; 4-11
Pointer: 1-8
Hooper: 1-5

Collectively: 12 for 45, 26.6% for players on the floor 123 minutes of the 200 total.

You ask me, two main reasons for the loss are things Lavin or any coach couldn't control: inability to make high percentage shots, and Sampson, Pointer, Sanchez racking up 14 fouls. I thought Sampson and Sanchez were going to have really big games and I think they could have.
Click to expand...

I agree about Hooper and ask why wasn't Marco given minutes and Balamou over Pointer but the the missed shots under the basket were the killers, along with the refs. The most flagrant bad call was against Sanchez where the replay showed he was run into on a three point play but the ref gave Gtown 3 shots.
Click to expand...

Did Sanchez really commit a foul on the three point shot deep in the right corner in the 2nd half? I took my eye off she shooter to watch the ball and the next thing you know, a 4th on sanchez was called, and 3 FT attempts. A couple of possessions later Jordan gets slammed driving to the hoop, bounces back towards the foul line as he goes up, maintains his body control and makes the shot, and no call. The worst of it wasn't the FT discrepancy, it was taking Sampson and Sanchez off the floor and out of the game.
Click to expand...

It was a BS call. Raftery also mentioned it when the replay was shown.
Click to expand...

Did that one play really change the game? The refs were terrible but our lack of finishing was the difference.
Click to expand...

I never said it changed the game. I don't know the particulars on when the foul was called but giving a team a free 3 points is pretty significant, no?
Click to expand...

I forget the timing but it felt like the momentum had already swung.
Click to expand...

I think the foul in question was at 9:44 left in the 2nd half. We were up 47-46 when Hart was fouled. Hart actually only hit 2 of 3
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I thought it was later than that but I could be wrong. It never felt like we had the momentum in the second half.
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Per the play by play that was 4th foul on Sanchez. His 5 was on Hilliard and it was only 2 shot foul. We had it in spurts but nothing sustained. No killer instinct in the team.
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