(POST GAME) Monmouth, Thu., Dec. 9, 8:30p, FS-1

[MakingPlays]

Maybe I'm watching a different game than some other people, but Julian has looked fine to me, even better than last year, especially defensively.  Julian has always been a quiet scorer and box score stuffer, and he's done the same thing this year.  His stats across the board are all up and he's doing this with teams knowing he's an NBA prospect and game planning specifically for him.

Last Years Stats - 43% FG, 38% 3P, 88% FT,  7.4 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1 BPG, 1.4 SPG, 19.8 PPG

This Years Stats - 46% FG, 40% 3P, 75% FT, 6.8 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.6 BPG, 2.2 STL, 20.4 PPG

And then if you look at his stats against the 2 high major teams this year, they were amazing. A 32 point game against Indiana while shooting 55% from the floor and 50% from three.  And a 24 point game against Kansas shooting 54% and 67% from three.  So he's shown he can hold those stats against really good competition in big games.

 

 

[BrookJersey Redmen]

Not surexif they do or can afford to, but perhaps offer students some type of priority registration, dorm selection or tuition discount based on the # of games attended..and that can be for all sports but give most weighting to men's basketball

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This may be the case already, I don't know, but every St. John's University student who is paying full freight in tuition (or substantially full freight), should receive free tickets to all of our sporting events, as a sign of the Unniversity's appreciation for picking us over City or State schools, where the tuition is free or much less.


 

 

[beast of the east]

Not surexif they do or can afford to, but perhaps offer students some type of priority registration, dorm selection or tuition discount based on the # of games attended..and that can be for all sports but give most weighting to men's basketball

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This may be the case already, I don't know, but every St. John's University student who is paying full freight in tuition (or substantially full freight), should receive free tickets to all of our sporting events, as a sign of the Unniversity's appreciation for picking us over City or State schools, where the tuition is free or much less.



 

95% of our students receive tuition reduction in the form of grants or scholarship.   I'm not sure but I believe CA games are free for students.   Recently at CA, we've doubled the number of students vs. last season and Mississippi Valley had over 1000 students in attendance.     

There is an ongoing strong effort to improve student attendance ant it's working.

 

[QueensBall]

We run plays to get Julian elbow jumpers coming off a curl. For a guy who is an NBA player, a shocking number of those have bounced off the front of the rim.  His 3 point shooting has been more streaky than consistent - you can get to 40% by missing 6 and then hitting 4 in a row, and his shooting has been more that variety than anything else.  And he's been tentative when he gets the ball on the wing in deciding whether to rise up for his 3 or just move the ball.  

I'm sure he will break out of it, but having been at most of the games in person there is no question in my mind that - although he is ultimately productive every game and has shown up to take over late a few times when needed - he is fighting it a little bit so far this year.  As he more or less said himself.  

It isn't a criticism of the player or the person - the kid is obviously tremendous in every way.   Players go through stretches, he's in one at the moment, better times are coming. 

Yeah nobody has said anything out of bounds about him as a person for sure. I just haven’t noticed any downturn in his play that others have. I can certainly agree with your point that more consistency is always a positive however.

 

[Section3]

As long as he is healthy, I have zero concerns for Julian.   I also don't pay attention to his boxscore.   If his teammates respond, he can be a great decoy.   Teams know he is out first, second, and third best offensive player and key on him.   It provides lots of good looks for his teammates.   If guys like Smith and Mathis can consistently respond by making shots, we have 4 reliable scorers (along with Posh) and will be a very tough BE team.    If the rotation players (Nyiwe, Soriano, Wheeler, Coburn, Pinzon) provide any considerable value at all, we can become what we felt we would be in the beginning of the year.

To me at least, JC getting 22 points per game is the sign of a weaker team, not a stronger team.  I'd be really okay with 16-17 and 6-7 boards if it means the others are putting points up consistently with good shooting %.

Watching some of the other BE teams, including GT, we are going to need someone to be able to score inside beyond uncontested dunks. Coming into the season had hoped our size problems would be behind us. But, unfortunately, still TBD. If we could combine Soriano’s size and FT shooting with Nywie’s shot blocking and agility and Stanley’s nose for the ball we would really have something.

 

[beast of the east]

As long as he is healthy, I have zero concerns for Julian.   I also don't pay attention to his boxscore.   If his teammates respond, he can be a great decoy.   Teams know he is out first, second, and third best offensive player and key on him.   It provides lots of good looks for his teammates.   If guys like Smith and Mathis can consistently respond by making shots, we have 4 reliable scorers (along with Posh) and will be a very tough BE team.    If the rotation players (Nyiwe, Soriano, Wheeler, Coburn, Pinzon) provide any considerable value at all, we can become what we felt we would be in the beginning of the year.

To me at least, JC getting 22 points per game is the sign of a weaker team, not a stronger team.  I'd be really okay with 16-17 and 6-7 boards if it means the others are putting points up consistently with good shooting %.

Watching some of the other BE teams, including GT, we are going to need someone to be able to score inside beyond uncontested dunks. Coming into the season had hoped our size problems would be behind us. But, unfortunately, still TBD. If we could combine Soriano’s size and FT shooting with Nywie’s shot blocking and agility and Stanley’s nose for the ball we would really have something.

Isaiah Moore is averaging 13.1 points and 6.8 rebounds for southern miss

 

[Section3]

As long as he is healthy, I have zero concerns for Julian.   I also don't pay attention to his boxscore.   If his teammates respond, he can be a great decoy.   Teams know he is out first, second, and third best offensive player and key on him.   It provides lots of good looks for his teammates.   If guys like Smith and Mathis can consistently respond by making shots, we have 4 reliable scorers (along with Posh) and will be a very tough BE team.    If the rotation players (Nyiwe, Soriano, Wheeler, Coburn, Pinzon) provide any considerable value at all, we can become what we felt we would be in the beginning of the year.

To me at least, JC getting 22 points per game is the sign of a weaker team, not a stronger team.  I'd be really okay with 16-17 and 6-7 boards if it means the others are putting points up consistently with good shooting %.

Watching some of the other BE teams, including GT, we are going to need someone to be able to score inside beyond uncontested dunks. Coming into the season had hoped our size problems would be behind us. But, unfortunately, still TBD. If we could combine Soriano’s size and FT shooting with Nywie’s shot blocking and agility and Stanley’s nose for the ball we would really have something.

Isaiah Moore is averaging 13.1 points and 6.8 rebounds for southern miss

Yep. We are going to need one of our guys to step up

 

[L J S A]

=13pxIsaiah Moore is averaging 13.1 points and 6.8 rebounds for southern miss

I think it would have been 17-18 ppg here, and 8+ rpg. And he's at Southern Miss. Would he have been better off not being a supposed pain in the ass here?