Fordham Game
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I suggest you replay the "original" foul in the sequence. Obekpa, Harrison and the Fordham player are all reaching for the ball as the three are sandwiched in front of the Fordham bench. The Fordham player is chesting D'Lo and Chris "pulls" the player away from D'Lo. Since it was a dead ball and play had stopped, the Ref overreacted. This clearly a Homer POV, and nothing you can say will convince me otherwise.
TX Redman
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Just watched a replay of the game. It have may have been "only" Fordham, but the pressure D we brought approx minutes 18-12 in the second half was unreal. Often the Rams struggled just to get it to mid court. With 5 guards on the floor, we were switching like crazy and swarming them like angry bees.
Some of the ball movement was excellent and while Branch may not have scored his ball handling / passing was beyond reproach.
Some of the ball movement was excellent and while Branch may not have scored his ball handling / passing was beyond reproach.
Just gotta say before I turn in for the night that this game included one of the best-played stretches of basketball I've seen by a St. John's team in years. True, it was against an inferior Fordham team, but the passion, the selflessness, and the smarts shown by these kids was a testament to them, to their maturity, to their character, and -- horror of horrors! -- to the coaching staff.
montyaloofah
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Nice complete game by the team. Impressed with all the charges we took(Branch) and Rysheed's jump shot. We were machines for a good stretch there with our defense and run outs.
So did I and lots of other people, only not repetitively. There have also been tons of outlandishly ridiculous predictions by Marillac, like the ones about Balamou and Jones being impact players this year. The fact is that in spite of my feelings about lavin, I said from the get go that if this team came together that they had a good chance of making the tourny. While its still early, and the tough part of the schedule is yet to come, they have played incredible ball so far and I would be surprised if they don't continue to play well and and make the tourny. Appreciate the Marillac suggestion, but think I'll give myself credit
I'll take Balamou--although I said I doubt he gets any PT this year--but please don't put Jones on me. You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger critic of Jones. I am not a not a fan of what I've seen from Balamou this year. He is (understandably) timid and those kinds of guys lose games for you. He's just trying to not get yanked when he's out there. He has no confidence.
I've been calling for Dom to play the four for four (just wanted to write that) years now. I was ridiculed for the addition by subtraction comment about Sampson. Credit is not what is important...just hoping fans will choose the optimistic outlook once in a while. We have a good team, I am writing in first person, let's just be positive.
So did I and lots of other people, only not repetitively. There have also been tons of outlandishly ridiculous predictions by Marillac, like the ones about Balamou and Jones being impact players this year. The fact is that in spite of my feelings about lavin, I said from the get go that if this team came together that they had a good chance of making the tourny. While its still early, and the tough part of the schedule is yet to come, they have played incredible ball so far and I would be surprised if they don't continue to play well and and make the tourny. Appreciate the Marillac suggestion, but think I'll give myself credit
I'll take Balamou--although I said I doubt he gets any PT this year--but please don't put Jones on me. You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger critic of Jones. I am not a not a fan of what I've seen from Balamou this year. He is (understandably) timid and those kinds of guys lose games for you. He's just trying to not get yanked when he's out there. He has no confidence.
I've been calling for Dom to play the four for four (just wanted to write that) years now. I was ridiculed for the addition by subtraction comment about Sampson. Credit is not what is important...just hoping fans will choose the optimistic outlook once in a while. We have a good team, I am writing in first person, let's just be positive.
jesus can you at least talk in the third person once if you are going to write this much ?
Even in games we won big last year, I don't ever remember thinking that we played particularly well. Different story this year. These kids like playing with each other, and its evident on the court. I loved the scene towards the end of the game where D'lo, Sheed and Branch were sitting on the bench and D'lo, in the middle, had his arms wrapped around the other two. And they were all smiling. It was a really nice moment.
So did I and lots of other people, only not repetitively. There have also been tons of outlandishly ridiculous predictions by Marillac, like the ones about Balamou and Jones being impact players this year. The fact is that in spite of my feelings about lavin, I said from the get go that if this team came together that they had a good chance of making the tourny. While its still early, and the tough part of the schedule is yet to come, they have played incredible ball so far and I would be surprised if they don't continue to play well and and make the tourny. Appreciate the Marillac suggestion, but think I'll give myself credit
I'll take Balamou--although I said I doubt he gets any PT this year--but please don't put Jones on me. You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger critic of Jones. I am not a not a fan of what I've seen from Balamou this year. He is (understandably) timid and those kinds of guys lose games for you. He's just trying to not get yanked when he's out there. He has no confidence.
I've been calling for Dom to play the four for four (just wanted to write that) years now. I was ridiculed for the addition by subtraction comment about Sampson. Credit is not what is important...just hoping fans will choose the optimistic outlook once in a while. We have a good team, I am writing in first person, let's just be positive.
We've got plenty of reason to be optimistic (about this season) at this point. Think you'll see even the biggest doubters get back on board if this continues.
redstorm89
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Why is it that when I see a full game on youtube, its a st. john's loss. I see the duke game from 1999, all of games we lost to gonzaga 2000, 2011, 2014 etc.
redfan259999888
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And it was amazing wasn't it? Well my friends you haven't seen anything yet.
Watch what they do Friday night is all I'm gonna say.
So did I and lots of other people, only not repetitively. There have also been tons of outlandishly ridiculous predictions by Marillac, like the ones about Balamou and Jones being impact players this year. The fact is that in spite of my feelings about lavin, I said from the get go that if this team came together that they had a good chance of making the tourny. While its still early, and the tough part of the schedule is yet to come, they have played incredible ball so far and I would be surprised if they don't continue to play well and and make the tourny. Appreciate the Marillac suggestion, but think I'll give myself credit
I'll take Balamou--although I said I doubt he gets any PT this year--but please don't put Jones on me. You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger critic of Jones. I am not a not a fan of what I've seen from Balamou this year. He is (understandably) timid and those kinds of guys lose games for you. He's just trying to not get yanked when he's out there. He has no confidence.
I've been calling for Dom to play the four for four (just wanted to write that) years now. I was ridiculed for the addition by subtraction comment about Sampson. Credit is not what is important...just hoping fans will choose the optimistic outlook once in a while. We have a good team, I am writing in first person, let's just be positive.
How bout that guy leading us in rebounds with only 17 minutes of action.