Fordham, Thur. Dec. 8, 6:30pm, FS1/570AM

Kudos to the entire team on hanging the Fordham Rams by their horns and exacting sweet revenge.

What can I say about Slick other than he was easily the best player on the floor and the Big East Player of the Week.  To those that corresponded with me last year while in exile, this is the player I was willing to sit in a public school gym to watch last year praying he signed with St. John's because other than Omar Cook this was the type of NYC guard that was a given to Syracuse, Uconn or anyone else but St. John's.

Kudos also to the staff for reading this site and translating our game suggestions so coach Mullin could understand them and implement them against the lowly rams whom we rammed but good tonight.  Finally Mully allowed some nice give and go, alley oops, inside play, blocking and rebounding.  Or maybe it was keeping Slow Motion Sima mostly glued to the bench and allowing Owens to play like a young gazelle. Note to Fun: Owens did what Christian Jones could rarely do, i.e., run, handle, block. 
My paesan Federico Mussini also looked comfortable hitting open jumpers while proving us all wrong.  He is a miniature Max Hooper and not a Marco BourDeGaul or whatever his name was.  Even Ellison played a decent game and only lost his concentration on 2 or 3 occasions when he forgot he had teammates. 
Mullin looked engaged and was very vocal and seemed in charge and he even put 4 sentences together during time outs.  My only criticism of Mully tonight is he needs a stylist because nothing matched and that tie he was wearing looked like one he wore at Xaverian.  Somebody get him a subscription to GQ.
Now on to L.I.U. and an empty Barclay's Arena.  The Blackbirds are strictly low budget and will be walking to game. The program is rebuilding. Something St. John's specializes in but the Blackbirds have been rebuilding since the Claire Bee era so maybe we can take advantage by throwing stones at those birds from our big glass house.


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I'm amazed at Ponds's shooting ability.
This was not his forte in HS. He was more of a slasher and all around scorer.

His shooting so far has been phenomenal. With a few years of seasoning he is going to be scary good.
 
I'm amazed at Ponds's shooting ability.
This was not his forte in HS. He was more of a slasher and all around scorer.

His shooting so far has been phenomenal. With a few years of seasoning he is going to be scary good.

Spot on Desco! Granted we have not gotten into BE play, but this kid has the goods.
 
I'm amazed at Ponds's shooting ability.
This was not his forte in HS. He was more of a slasher and all around scorer.

His shooting so far has been phenomenal. With a few years of seasoning he is going to be scary good.

He always had that pull up jumper. It is getting better. His game is very calm, cool and collected. For those of you young enough to remember, he reminds me of Dean Meminger. Same height and build and a silent assassin.
 
Ponds just had the best game in an sju uniform since harkless' BE debut.
 
I'm amazed at Ponds's shooting ability.
This was not his forte in HS. He was more of a slasher and all around scorer.

His shooting so far has been phenomenal. With a few years of seasoning he is going to be scary good.

Spot on Desco! Granted we have not gotten into BE play, but this kid has the goods.

He seems to have reached scary good. I guess we'll need to see him do this during the real season in January, February and March.
 
Good to see these kids play hard for a full 40 & playing team basketball. 24 assists/32 FG's. You play like that you have a good chance of winning some games. The ball movement has improved dramatically over the last 3 games.

Ponds was incredible tonight & Rico was a perfect compliment to him.
Good Win!!!
 
Lovetts a great shooter also so opposing teams won't be able to concentrate solely on Ponds. Even though small , I like a lineup W Ponds,Mussini,Bash and Lovett. All can shoot the 3. Really enjoyed the Tulane game. Crisp passing and find the open man.
 
I'm amazed at Ponds's shooting ability.
This was not his forte in HS. He was more of a slasher and all around scorer.

His shooting so far has been phenomenal. With a few years of seasoning he is going to be scary good.



Was a close second to Terrance Ferguson in the Under Armour contest after his junior year.

Also time to start giving Mullin and Richmond credit for the three point shooting and improved FreeThrow Shooting.
 
Thought Amar had his best game. But please stop shooting 3s.
 
DickieV · 2h2 hours ago

Big time payback by @StJohnsBBall as they routed Fordham 90- 62 / last yr the Rams embarrassed the Johnnies ! @NYPost_Brazille @HoopsWeiss
 
I'm amazed at Ponds's shooting ability.
This was not his forte in HS. He was more of a slasher and all around scorer.

His shooting so far has been phenomenal. With a few years of seasoning he is going to be scary good.

Spot on Desco! Granted we have not gotten into BE play, but this kid has the goods.

He seems to have reached scary good. I guess we'll need to see him do this during the real season in January, February and March.

Don't forget at the carrier dome, would love to see him own Cuse on their court.
Need Lovett for that one too.
 
I have been working long and late hours (a few weekends to) so I had to DVR the game. On my way home I checked the score and unlike the home game last week, I didn't immediately erase it when I got home but watched it. It was thoroughly enjoyable with a very satisfactory end result including Holyfield's three.

Ponds is looking really scary good and no way did I expect him to be able to shoot so well. His demeanor is just so damn calm and cool on the court. Tough to rattle and that also bodes well. . He showed some real raw emotion when Mussini hit the lay-up at the end of the half and was fouled. As the ball went in, Ponds through his left hand in the air, threw an "air" punch and yelled. He and the team were really pumped. In general the ball movement was fantastic.

When posters we're speculating on line-ups and playing time at the beginning of the year, I posted that I thought people were selling Owens a little short and he would get more playing time than they thought. He will have his problems against stronger low post threats, but he works hard, moves well and does not look totally lost on the offensive end.

Mussini jumping into Holyfield's arms after Holyfield hit the three at the buzzer was highlight worthy. Speaking of which, Freudenberg's block and pin of that dunk attempt made ESPN's top 10 plays (it was either that or just the game highlights as I fell asleep :yawn: :yawn: and woke up just in time to see it and then shut the TV off).

Finally, good to see posts from long time members Golden Leaf and ESPKEN.
 
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