Maryville Saints - Exhibition matchup
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[quote="NCJohnnie" post=299947]Seems like Spectrum doesn't support ESPN3 so watching via reports on redmen.com. Thankfully, this is only game I have to worry about ESPN3. Sounds like vets are underwhelming and Figgy & Keita are impressive so far?[/quote]
My problem as well, NCJ. I've spent the entire game texting my wife for the account info...then when i got in (finally!), after having to ask her what her maternal Gma's first name was...they don't have it!
Geech, hope we're not losing!
Luv the Fig.
Knew he'd produce for us and this is just the beginning.
My problem as well, NCJ. I've spent the entire game texting my wife for the account info...then when i got in (finally!), after having to ask her what her maternal Gma's first name was...they don't have it!
Geech, hope we're not losing!
Luv the Fig.
Knew he'd produce for us and this is just the beginning.
JohnnyFever
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Ponds puts ball on other end to make refs get it. T’d up. Unreal.
redstorm89
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well there is never a dull moment with st john's basketball
[quote="NCJohnnie" post=299956]Up 2 with 6 minutes left against these guys? That is not good. No excuses this year when November 6th rolls around. Staff better have them ready and players better realize hype means nothing unless you do it on the court.[/quote]
Exactly, as talented as this team is, they will need to bring it every game v any BE team & the decent out of conference foes. Should be a nice season, but no assumptions.
Exactly, as talented as this team is, they will need to bring it every game v any BE team & the decent out of conference foes. Should be a nice season, but no assumptions.
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JohnnyFever
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Thankful for the final score but Maryville was within single digits with 1:00 left so very misleading. Seemed like Maryville shot 80% from 3 the entire game. A few were lucky, a few were guarded, and 1 was practically from halfcourt. Ridiculous.
Ponds was extremely immature and did 2 stupid things late: 1) with the game literally on the line and Maryville within single digits and 4 or 5 minutes left, he was called for a foul and instead of handing the ref the ball he walked all the way over to the other end of the court and placed it down like an idiot. They promptly called a technical which was well earned. 2) Up 14 in the last few seconds with time running out he pretended to shoot a long 3 and did a pump fake. Maybe these are more minor than I'm making them seem, but he does not look mature and made stupid decisions. Barely put any effort in for much of the game just like the scrimmage in the tip off.
Positives:
-LJ is the real deal. You guys told me it was just a scrimmage in the tip off and not to get too giddy. But he's for real. Very sneaky athleticism. Made a nice backbreaking 3 towards the end and a possible SC top 10 putback dunk.
-Dixon has a nice stroke and I can see him being quite valuable off the bench. Same for Trimble. Looks good.
-Clark was successful nearly every time I saw him go in the paint offensively.
-Keita is not going to be great, but I think he can end up being an improvement over Owens. We won't fall off much there if at all.
-We won
Negatives:
-We kept Maryville within single digits with 1 min to go. Quickest way to get jokes written and have pundits never give you the benefit of the doubt.
-We looked like hot garbage for much of the game. No real plan, no real desire until quite late.
-We made Maryville losers look like Duke shooting tonight.
-Ponds showed immaturity several times
Ponds was extremely immature and did 2 stupid things late: 1) with the game literally on the line and Maryville within single digits and 4 or 5 minutes left, he was called for a foul and instead of handing the ref the ball he walked all the way over to the other end of the court and placed it down like an idiot. They promptly called a technical which was well earned. 2) Up 14 in the last few seconds with time running out he pretended to shoot a long 3 and did a pump fake. Maybe these are more minor than I'm making them seem, but he does not look mature and made stupid decisions. Barely put any effort in for much of the game just like the scrimmage in the tip off.
Positives:
-LJ is the real deal. You guys told me it was just a scrimmage in the tip off and not to get too giddy. But he's for real. Very sneaky athleticism. Made a nice backbreaking 3 towards the end and a possible SC top 10 putback dunk.
-Dixon has a nice stroke and I can see him being quite valuable off the bench. Same for Trimble. Looks good.
-Clark was successful nearly every time I saw him go in the paint offensively.
-Keita is not going to be great, but I think he can end up being an improvement over Owens. We won't fall off much there if at all.
-We won
Negatives:
-We kept Maryville within single digits with 1 min to go. Quickest way to get jokes written and have pundits never give you the benefit of the doubt.
-We looked like hot garbage for much of the game. No real plan, no real desire until quite late.
-We made Maryville losers look like Duke shooting tonight.
-Ponds showed immaturity several times
Just finished watching the game. Very disappointing EFFORT despite the win. Without Figueroa this may well have been an L. Quick thoughts:
1- Shamorie seemed to coast for portions of this game. In the words of Tarik Turner "playing like he is in the park" as he flipped one up that barely grazed the rim. Later on he would correctly get a technical by walking the ball down the other end of the court and laying the ball on the other end of the court. We need him to lead us and not be immature. At one point he was frustrated and got away with a dead ball push of a Maryville player. SP was frustrated.
2- Defense gave up open 3's all night. No rotation. No identifying who the shooters were. Same as last year.
3- Simon's best shots were dunks. Missed shots frequently.
4- Trimble must have been 1-11 or something close to it on 3 point shots. I don't have the box but why was he allowed to keep hoisting shots that were not close??
5- Keita has the habit of letting guys get by and trying to block shots. Bigger teams will be a big problem. This was a small team.
6- Free throw shooting was horrific.
I realize it was a glorified scrimmage with no MH but games are games and you learn by playing hard. I didn't get the feeling we played hard. Thank the good lord for sending us LJF.
I can't sugar coat it. Something was missing.
1- Shamorie seemed to coast for portions of this game. In the words of Tarik Turner "playing like he is in the park" as he flipped one up that barely grazed the rim. Later on he would correctly get a technical by walking the ball down the other end of the court and laying the ball on the other end of the court. We need him to lead us and not be immature. At one point he was frustrated and got away with a dead ball push of a Maryville player. SP was frustrated.
2- Defense gave up open 3's all night. No rotation. No identifying who the shooters were. Same as last year.
3- Simon's best shots were dunks. Missed shots frequently.
4- Trimble must have been 1-11 or something close to it on 3 point shots. I don't have the box but why was he allowed to keep hoisting shots that were not close??
5- Keita has the habit of letting guys get by and trying to block shots. Bigger teams will be a big problem. This was a small team.
6- Free throw shooting was horrific.
I realize it was a glorified scrimmage with no MH but games are games and you learn by playing hard. I didn't get the feeling we played hard. Thank the good lord for sending us LJF.
I can't sugar coat it. Something was missing.
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[quote="Paultzman" post=299961]71-57 win. On to practice & the next one. Matt getting Figgy late out of nowhere was a godsend.[/quote]
playing off the old Santa movie, Miracle on 34th Street, getting Figgy shall be forever known as The Miracle on Union Turnpike...
playing off the old Santa movie, Miracle on 34th Street, getting Figgy shall be forever known as The Miracle on Union Turnpike...