(NCAA-WEST/Providence) #15 Omaha, Thu., Mar. 20, 9:45p, CBS

[BrookJersey Redmen]

Been working portal(yes already)with kids so haven't seen SJ recently all except on tv and Ill be out again for weeks so just throwing a few thoughts out there
1) Have seen Omaha play in person twice....great coach and hes also a great guy. They run a lot of sets and ball screens and a lot of high action...SJ switching ability will cause them a lot of issues as they won't be able to iso mismatches. Play hard but really outmatched.
2) Kansas....lots of issues here within this team. A lot of talent and equal amounts of internal disfunction. Parts are better than the sum of the whole ...my concern wouldn't be Hunter who will get his but if Zeke, AJ, Harris ect are hitting. If not they can't compete with SJ...if they are super tight. They are also fake tough....a few ppl ive spoken with were surprised how soft they were.
Congrats to an amazing fan base...enjoy the ride and I'll be back in the off season! Go SJ..esp Dev

thanks for the quick pop back in......

 

[SJU61982]

what has me pissed off over our start time is that we play late game. In BE tournament and other conference tournaments the highest seeded team always got the first game (and thus extra time between games). Both Us and Michigan State have been put in the late game while guess what happened to the other two #2 seeds from the SEC both play in the first game at their locations. As Pat McAfee started off his interview with SEC commissioner in their interview, how much did you pay to get 14 teams in for the SEC?

Hell-SJU is in the eastern time zone for TV while Kansas and Arkansas are in central time zone

The extra hours rest thing is not as big of a deal in the NCAA Tournament, because you have a full day off in between games.

That negates a lot of the advantage, if not all of it.

 

[matmi03]

Agree . Omaha surely hasn’t experienced our level of Defensive intensity .
Not that it matters .

All the teams in our League knew exactly what was coming at them from our D and , yet still couldn’t deal with it .
And, those were pretty good teams . Creighton , McQ, UCONN, Xavier . Etc

I’m thinking , neither Kansas or Arkansas have played against that kind of D either .

Zuby will be more than Hunter Dickenson can handle if we play them.

Boogie ? Has he played at all , since his injury ?

Not worried about them either .

Kansas played Houston at home in January and lost 92-86. Houston D is very good and we have often been compared to the Houston D.
Arkansas played at Tennessee and lost 76-52. Tennessee is another team with a comparable defense to ours.

 

[dk423]

The story behind Omaha’s bizarre trash can-banging celebration — the sound that would spell doom for St. John’s

If you hear the sound of a garbage can being pummeled late Thursday night at Amica Mutual Pavilion, don’t worry, it has nothing to do with the Astros stealing signs.

nypost.com

 

[gregbodkin]

I'm ready for Thursday!

 

[RyGuyRedStorm]

Just picked up 2 tickets for my dad and I. CAN'T WAIT! Let's goooooooo.

 

[paultzman]

 

[SJU61982]

Kansas played Houston at home in January and lost 92-86. Houston D is very good and we have often been compared to the Houston D.
Arkansas played at Tennessee and lost 76-52. Tennessee is another team with a comparable defense to ours.

That Kansas-Houston game went to double overtime. They were tied at 66 at the end of regulation.

 

[BrookJersey Redmen]

Funny that Kansas played so well against a great Houston team, I watched about 3-4 of their games and they played poorly each time. 9 conference losses, 12 overall. Self looked lost about what was wrong with his squad in a post-game interview.

 

[paultzman]

Both Kansas and Arkansas would obviously present challenges, but am sure they are saying likewise. This season we always found a way to win, can’t say the same for these potential second round squads, but respect and bringing our A game is a must.

 

[stjohnnie75]

 

[Refuse2Lose]

Bronze statue of Chef Boyardee 56

Statue of Liberty 86

 

[paultzman]

 

[paultzman]

Omaha “shrink” on disabled list I assume

 

[sjc88]

Omaha “shrink” on disabled list I assume

Is Gruden ok? Too many hits to the head playing football I assume. He’ll be pounding sand after Thursday night.

 

[sjc88]

I'm ready for Thursday!

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Let the Florida Reptiles know, we coming for them! Only thing is they’ll all be fast asleep by 9:45 Thursday.

 

[classof2010]

Is Gruden ok? Too many hits to the head playing football I assume. He’ll be pounding sand after Thursday night.

He’s pounded more meat than Rocky Balboa!

 

[Bangkok Johnny]

Tim Doyle (remember him?) says he saw Omaha play this year and thought they would be a good match-up against a 2-seed.... but, (laughing) St. John's is the wrong 2-seed. He said he seriously thinks the Johnnies could put up 100 points on Omaha.

 

[Joedib]

Not just vs Omaha but really any future opponent in this tourney. There are so many different referee teams, I hope we don't run into the whistle happy crew with our defensive intensity. Would suck if it's not left to the players to decide the outcome.

my biggest fear

 

[Bangkok Johnny]

Is Gruden ok? Too many hits to the head playing football I assume. He’ll be pounding sand after Thursday night.

They are hilarious! I wonder if they bring their own garbage cans on the road with them, send a team manager out to buy them locally during the game or if they unapologetically trash the arena's cans.