Penn State Game

[Class of 72]

We really should lose to Penn St for one reason and that is they are a good 3 point shooting team (38% vs our 21%). 
But I think the Wizard of Lavinwood has a plan and that is for us to take twice as many threes and thereby even out the scoring. 
I also expect another roster change with Primo coming off the bench as well as  Phil Greene IV. Personally, I would tell Harrison not to take any shots in the first 10 minutes of each half to give SJ at least a fighting chance to keep up with the Nittany Lions 3 point show.  Push the ball inside and allow Jordan to penetrate. 
I expect this to be a close and fast game where we finally take advantage of our athleticism.  

 

[bamafan]

I think we need to stop their running game and hold them to field goals when they get in the red zone. Also hope Jerry S. doesn't get a day pass to attend the game!

 

[Andrew]

We really should lose to Penn St for one reason and that is they are a good 3 point shooting team (38% vs our 21%). 
But I think the Wizard of Lavinwood has a plan and that is for us to take twice as many threes and thereby even out the scoring. 
I also expect another roster change with Primo coming off the bench as well as  Phil Greene IV. Personally, I would tell Harrison not to take any shots in the first 10 minutes of each half to give SJ at least a fighting chance to keep up with the Nittany Lions 3 point show.  Push the ball inside and allow Jordan to penetrate. 
I expect this to be a close and fast game where we finally take advantage of our athleticism.  

I expect Harrison to have a big game and carry us through this but look out vs the GTech/Ole Miss winner.

 

[newsman13]

We have virtually no chance against Penn State if anyone other than Harrison, Bourgault or Hooper take threes...and if those three take a total of five or more threes we have absolutely no chance.

There's a reason coaches give us a chance to take unlimited threes.

 

[usguard]

Longwood guards penetrated our defense the way we should do to teams after all we have better players or maybe not? Team is hard to watch What happens when we play Cuse?

 

[beast of the east]

Unless we outscore them, we have no chance of winning.

 

[salty dog]

Before the season began, this was penciled in as a win.

 

[SJU61982]

Unless we outscore them, we have no chance of winning.

I am certianly not going to debate you on that one, Beast.

Actually, I think it's a general point for every game that's going to be played for the rest of the year.

 

[JackofVirginia]

Longwood guards penetrated our defense the way we should do to teams after all we have better players or maybe not? Team is hard to watch What happens when we play Cuse?

Watched Cuse against Cal last night. Grant and Christmas followed shots with powerful dunks. We will have trouble with rebounding and scoring against their zone. Right now Cooney is shooting 3's lights out. Our passes have to be quick and crisp, no hesitation or they double team.

 

[SJUalum98]

Forget Cuse.

Creighton, Xavier, Villanova and Georgetown will slaughter us with the way we're playing.

 

[Andrew]

Forget Cuse.

Creighton, Xavier, Villanova and Georgetown will slaughter us with the way we're playing.

I watched Villanova play Delaware and was not impressed. However, Pinkston will be tough down low.

 

[lawmanfan]

I think you will see a big effort from the players and we win the game 66-62.

 

[mjmaherjr]

Lapchick 68
Paterno 60

 

[Marillac]

We really should lose to Penn St for one reason and that is they are a good 3 point shooting team (38% vs our 21%). 
But I think the Wizard of Lavinwood has a plan and that is for us to take twice as many threes and thereby even out the scoring. 
I also expect another roster change with Primo coming off the bench as well as  Phil Greene IV. Personally, I would tell Harrison not to take any shots in the first 10 minutes of each half to give SJ at least a fighting chance to keep up with the Nittany Lions 3 point show.  Push the ball inside and allow Jordan to penetrate. 
I expect this to be a close and fast game where we finally take advantage of our athleticism.  

We will beat Penn State by double-digits. Take that to the bank. The scrimmages are over, the games begin.
Primo has a problem of disappearing, why put him on the bench? Start him, get it to him DOWN LOW early and make sure he touches it every possession after that. I'm looking forward to the games this weekend. We are....

 

[dee]

We really should lose to Penn St for one reason and that is they are a good 3 point shooting team (38% vs our 21%). 
But I think the Wizard of Lavinwood has a plan and that is for us to take twice as many threes and thereby even out the scoring. 
I also expect another roster change with Primo coming off the bench as well as  Phil Greene IV. Personally, I would tell Harrison not to take any shots in the first 10 minutes of each half to give SJ at least a fighting chance to keep up with the Nittany Lions 3 point show.  Push the ball inside and allow Jordan to penetrate. 
I expect this to be a close and fast game where we finally take advantage of our athleticism.  

We will beat Penn State by double-digits. Take that to the bank. The scrimmages are over, the games begin.
Primo has a problem of disappearing, why put him on the bench? Start him, get it to him DOWN LOW early and make sure he touches it every possession after that. I'm looking forward to the games this weekend. We are....

How anyone can predict a double digit victory for this group is beyond me. If Longwood was the weakest team on our schedule and they did not have their best player on the court, who can we beat by double digits? I would be more worried about being beat by double digits and run out of the Garden. Woe is us when we meet Syracuse. Woe is us even when we meet Fordham. This team needs to press ALL GAME and go for layups ALL GAME. Press, press press. Where is the so called UCLA press that John Wooden made famous. Didnt Lavin pick that up out in CA??

 

[TobinGrad]

We will beat Penn State by double-digits. Take that to the bank. The scrimmages are over, the games begin.
Primo has a problem of disappearing, why put him on the bench? Start him, get it to him DOWN LOW early and make sure he touches it every possession after that. I'm looking forward to the games this weekend. We are....

Lets HOPE that the poor performance the past 4 games was a case of playing down to level of comp due to not being able to get adrenaline up for D 2 caliber squads and that they "come alive" when faced with a major coference foe with a name they respect. If not, its going to be a long season and probably Lavins last.

 

[Marillac]

We really should lose to Penn St for one reason and that is they are a good 3 point shooting team (38% vs our 21%). 
But I think the Wizard of Lavinwood has a plan and that is for us to take twice as many threes and thereby even out the scoring. 
I also expect another roster change with Primo coming off the bench as well as  Phil Greene IV. Personally, I would tell Harrison not to take any shots in the first 10 minutes of each half to give SJ at least a fighting chance to keep up with the Nittany Lions 3 point show.  Push the ball inside and allow Jordan to penetrate. 
I expect this to be a close and fast game where we finally take advantage of our athleticism.  

We will beat Penn State by double-digits. Take that to the bank. The scrimmages are over, the games begin.
Primo has a problem of disappearing, why put him on the bench? Start him, get it to him DOWN LOW early and make sure he touches it every possession after that. I'm looking forward to the games this weekend. We are....

How anyone can predict a double digit victory for this group is beyond me. If Longwood was the weakest team on our schedule and they did not have their best player on the court, who can we beat by double digits? I would be more worried about being beat by double digits and run out of the Garden. Woe is us when we meet Syracuse. Woe is us even when we meet Fordham. This team needs to press ALL GAME and go for layups ALL GAME. Press, press press. Where is the so called UCLA press that John Wooden made famous. Didnt Lavin pick that up out in CA??

Well, you guys called me crazy when I predicted a high scoring Wisconsin game too. I like our chances to win relatively comfortably. Longwood was a trap. Thanksgiving week and two games against teams from big conferences on tap for the weekend. They played down to their opponent. I expect the first fast start of the season against Penn State. Harrison will be locked in.

 

[1and1sju]

We really should lose to Penn St for one reason and that is they are a good 3 point shooting team (38% vs our 21%). 
But I think the Wizard of Lavinwood has a plan and that is for us to take twice as many threes and thereby even out the scoring. 
I also expect another roster change with Primo coming off the bench as well as  Phil Greene IV. Personally, I would tell Harrison not to take any shots in the first 10 minutes of each half to give SJ at least a fighting chance to keep up with the Nittany Lions 3 point show.  Push the ball inside and allow Jordan to penetrate. 
I expect this to be a close and fast game where we finally take advantage of our athleticism.  

We will beat Penn State by double-digits. Take that to the bank. The scrimmages are over, the games begin.
Primo has a problem of disappearing, why put him on the bench? Start him, get it to him DOWN LOW early and make sure he touches it every possession after that. I'm looking forward to the games this weekend. We are....

I like the concept, but Sanchez is not a post player. He's simply a face-up forward, and I think we need to start accepting that. What you're asking him to do is like saying Hooper needs to start driving to the rim. It doesn't match his skill set. I can count on one hand the amount of times I've seen Sanchez back-down a defender.

What I do think he's capable of his being a very very good pickman, because he can shoot and handle the ball. If our guards would even attempt to give him the ball when he fades away after a pick - then we'd be in business. Everyone traps our ball handler because we never bother to pass in that situation.
Orlando is ideally suited to take that midrange shot or drive to the basket. He needs to be to Jordan/Branch what Brownlee was for Hardy.

 

[Marillac]

We will beat Penn State by double-digits. Take that to the bank. The scrimmages are over, the games begin.
Primo has a problem of disappearing, why put him on the bench? Start him, get it to him DOWN LOW early and make sure he touches it every possession after that. I'm looking forward to the games this weekend. We are....

Lets HOPE that the poor performance the past 4 games was a case of playing down to level of comp due to not being able to get adrenaline up for D 2 caliber squads and that they "come alive" when faced with a major coference foe with a name they respect. If not, its going to be a long season and probably Lavins last.

We could lose every game the rest of the year and it wouldn't be Lavin's last season. Let's not get dramatic. We kept Norm for 30 years and he was terrible and lost like 80% of is games has head Coach before coming to St. John's.

 

[paultzman]

We really should lose to Penn St for one reason and that is they are a good 3 point shooting team (38% vs our 21%). 
But I think the Wizard of Lavinwood has a plan and that is for us to take twice as many threes and thereby even out the scoring. 
I also expect another roster change with Primo coming off the bench as well as  Phil Greene IV. Personally, I would tell Harrison not to take any shots in the first 10 minutes of each half to give SJ at least a fighting chance to keep up with the Nittany Lions 3 point show.  Push the ball inside and allow Jordan to penetrate. 
I expect this to be a close and fast game where we finally take advantage of our athleticism.  

We will beat Penn State by double-digits. Take that to the bank. The scrimmages are over, the games begin.
Primo has a problem of disappearing, why put him on the bench? Start him, get it to him DOWN LOW early and make sure he touches it every possession after that. I'm looking forward to the games this weekend. We are....

I like the concept, but Sanchez is not a post player. He's simply a face-up forward, and I think we need to start accepting that. What you're asking him to do is like saying Hooper needs to start driving to the rim. It doesn't match his skill set. I can count on one hand the amount of times I've seen Sanchez back-down a defender.

What I do think he's capable of his being a very very good pickman, because he can shoot and handle the ball. If our guards would even attempt to give him the ball when he fades away after a pick - then we'd be in business. Everyone traps our ball handler because we never bother to pass in that situation.
Orlando is ideally suited to take that midrange shot or drive to the basket. He needs to be to Jordan/Branch what Brownlee was for Hardy.

Sanchez = Brownlee