@Georgetown, Tue., Jan. 28 , 6:30p, FS-1

paultzman said:
Our high energy, well conditioned players really wear down opponents in second half of games. Although, we can’t get away with digging first half holes all the time, it is clear most of our BE opponents have suffered from tired legs down the stretch while our guys maintain a torrid pace. (Especially defensively).

Smith, Zuby and Scott are incredible in that regard and Kadary has also improved his fitness level.
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Luis too. He is relentless on defense and help defense too.

His defense at times on Conwell in 2nd half won the game for us. Much like he did on Kadary in the Big East tournament last year
 
MJDinkins said:
I'm of the belief Zuby and Smith never gets tired.
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Zuby's improved ability to stay out of foul trouble so far this year *knock on wood* is unlike anything I've ever seen from one season to the next. I thought he'd be a 20-25 minute guy simply because of foul trouble and Pitino's 2-and-done first half policy. It's even more impressive when you consider that he gets switched onto guards and wings all the time and does more than keep them honest.
 
Marillac2 said:
Zuby's improved ability to stay out of foul trouble so far this year *knock on wood* is unlike anything I've ever seen from one season to the next. I thought he'd be a 20-25 minute guy simply because of foul trouble and Pitino's 2-and-done first half policy. It's even more impressive when you consider that he gets switched onto guards and wings all the time and does more than keep them honest.
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Scott and Luis being able to jump through the roof and Prey’s blocking ability when he is in game I think gives Zuby a measure of comfort that we are protected around hoop. He doesn’t have to overextend help defense and reach.

Plus he has become a very heady player
 
Silly Donovan said:
Oh right, the DePaul team that took Marquette into overtime….. your point??😂😂😂😂😂
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My point is you can make any team seem good/bad if you cherry pick a game off their schedule. It’s meaningless.

Georgetown is a solid team but no one should be shaking in their boots because they beat Creighton.

I can just as easily say they are the same team that lost to DePaul and Notre Dame at home (two mediocre teams), snuck past seton hall by one point (seton hall stinks)

Bottom line is we are a better team and it is on us to go in and prove it Tuesday night
 
Jack Williams said:
My point is you can make any team seem good/bad if you cherry pick a game off their schedule. It’s meaningless.

Georgetown is a solid team but no one should be shaking in their boots because they beat Creighton.

I can just as easily say they are the same team that lost to DePaul and Notre Dame at home (two mediocre teams), snuck past seton hall by one point (seton hall stinks)

Bottom line is we are a better team and it is on us to go in and prove it Tuesday night
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And my point is they, Georgetown, are no pushover which you seemed to undermine. They almost took us out at the Garden.
 
Silly Donovan said:
And my point is they, Georgetown, are no pushover which you seemed to undermine. They almost took us out at the Garden.
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I don't think Jack once conveyed Georgetown is a pushover. What Jack is saying it's disingenuous to bring up Georgetown walloping Creighton and playing us closely at MSG, if you're gonna leave out their losses to DePaul and Notre Dame (both home games for the Hoyas), respectively, and narrowly beating Seton Hall.

Jack is also stating we're the better team and we should win the game if we play up to our capabilities. I happen to agree. IMO, it's not what Georgetown does. It's what we do or don't do, as I too feel we're the better team.
 
Yea don’t get me wrong I respect this Georgetown team they gave us a good game and generally seem solid this season

But I’m not going to lower my expectations for this game just because they beat Creighton by a lot. No team is as good as their best night and as bad as their worst night. Every game is its own individual experience with its own matchups. I think we should win and frankly if we can avoid a sleepy start I think we should be able to impose our will on them.

Doesn’t mean it will happen but I am confident in our guys. Especially if smith is back and is healthy smith… not seton hall game smith
 
Jack Williams said:
My point is you can make any team seem good/bad if you cherry pick a game off their schedule. It’s meaningless.

Georgetown is a solid team but no one should be shaking in their boots because they beat Creighton.

I can just as easily say they are the same team that lost to DePaul and Notre Dame at home (two mediocre teams), snuck past seton hall by one point (seton hall stinks)

Bottom line is we are a better team and it is on us to go in and prove it Tuesday night
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On the money 100%.
While I never predict, here is where I feel the Johnnie’s could go, my thoughts on their potential.
On defense, they remind me of the Seton Hall championship game team in this sense; that team by the end of the year didn’t just play good or even great defense, they would, at times, just refuse to let the opponents even get into their offense. I see much the same, for short spurts, out of this Johnnies team.
Their ability to interchange players on defense, to scramble intelligently to cover for each other is so impressive to me. I don’t think Sean Miller, in the post game presser, was employing coach speak when he admitted SJU “broke us” down the stretch. Those are serious words coming from a coach as good and intense and Miller and I think that was a very reluctant admittance with a touch of genuine admiration.
Now, can they extend those times of defensive dominance as Seton Hall did as the season went on? Can they understand the possibilities if they don’t wait until “do or die” time to assert themselves? That remains to be seen but if they can IMO, literally the sky is the limit and I mean becoming an absolute legitimate national championship threat.
Does that mean in any way that should be the yardstick used to measure the season? Absolutely not. Will it happen? Who knows, but I will not be surprised at all if it does. This team has shown multiple times its willingness, hell their insistence, to “go there” when it looks like games are forgone conclusions. You can’t teach or coach heart and grit but you can “bring it out” if it’s there and great job by Pitino and staff in doing just that. If coaches and players can collectively grow to where that becomes the norm persona, I certainly think this team could do some very special things.
 
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What have their crowds been like this year? Assuming their won't be much of a crowd there for this one.
 
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