Seton Hall Game

[beast of the east]

Just wondering where everyone is on the instructions to foul SH before they get off a 3. Up 3, you have about a 65% chance of winning, and a 35% chance of overtime by letting them shoot. Losing is almost off the table in regulation. Just using the approximate 3 point stats of the guys on the floor for the Hall. Overplay a few guys and contest, and the odds go up. By fouling, you add 2 factors: SJU is a so so shooting team from the line, and now you are dealing with added pressure. Plus, inbounding the ball opens up for a steal or a tie up, and then you can lose. We all saw that before. If you are the coach, what call do you make? Just thought leaving 4.9 on the clock was too much risk at that point.

I liked the strategy. 4.9 seconds was too long to leave on the clock, but I also think the instruction was to not let them get too close to the basket before fouling. It's hard to have a clock in your head when you are a defender. I am thinking that the foul was committed thinking there was less time on the clock. As it turns out the Pointer pass when he couldn't inbound was the headiest play of the game, and so was Sanchez to get a hand on it. As it turned out by pressuring the ball full court with 4.9 to go, SHU couldn't advance it very far. We did a great job on the man on that sequence. We all envisioned a 60 foot inbound pass a wide open shot for the win, or a foul. As it was I thought Pointer committed a foul at midcourt, but thankfully the refs didn't blow the whistle and decide the game on that.

I thought Pointers attempted steal was a clean hit on the ball.the ball . He was the one fouled after the tip on a push.

As I previously posted it was a stupid attempt at a steal but not surprising. You want to double team at half court be my guest but to take a chance at a game losing foul, absolutely stupid. As much as I enjoy Pointer's hustle he makes some very bad decisions.
And to say Lav allows him to take chances doesn't surprise me either.
Good to win finally. Have a good chance against Butler.

It's hard to bridle an instinct play like that but you are right. One of my kid's teams once lost a game in the regional AAU finals on a collision ad midcourt with 1 second left as a ball rolled harmlessly towards out of bounds. A foul was called on one of our kids, and the kid on the other team hits two free throws with no time left to tie the game, and then we lost in overtime. Pointer's could have cost us the game, no doubt, but in the end it prevented SH from advancing the ball for a desperation shot

 

[Ray Morgan]

Just wondering where everyone is on the instructions to foul SH before they get off a 3. Up 3, you have about a 65% chance of winning, and a 35% chance of overtime by letting them shoot. Losing is almost off the table in regulation. Just using the approximate 3 point stats of the guys on the floor for the Hall. Overplay a few guys and contest, and the odds go up. By fouling, you add 2 factors: SJU is a so so shooting team from the line, and now you are dealing with added pressure. Plus, inbounding the ball opens up for a steal or a tie up, and then you can lose. We all saw that before. If you are the coach, what call do you make? Just thought leaving 4.9 on the clock was too much risk at that point.

I liked the strategy. 4.9 seconds was too long to leave on the clock, but I also think the instruction was to not let them get too close to the basket before fouling. It's hard to have a clock in your head when you are a defender. I am thinking that the foul was committed thinking there was less time on the clock. As it turns out the Pointer pass when he couldn't inbound was the headiest play of the game, and so was Sanchez to get a hand on it. As it turned out by pressuring the ball full court with 4.9 to go, SHU couldn't advance it very far. We did a great job on the man on that sequence. We all envisioned a 60 foot inbound pass a wide open shot for the win, or a foul. As it was I thought Pointer committed a foul at midcourt, but thankfully the refs didn't blow the whistle and decide the game on that.

I thought Pointers attempted steal was a clean hit on the ball.the ball . He was the one fouled after the tip on a push.

As I previously posted it was a stupid attempt at a steal but not surprising. You want to double team at half court be my guest but to take a chance at a game losing foul, absolutely stupid. As much as I enjoy Pointer's hustle he makes some very bad decisions.
And to say Lav allows him to take chances doesn't surprise me either.
Good to win finally. Have a good chance against Butler.

It's hard to bridle an instinct play like that but you are right. One of my kid's teams once lost a game in the regional AAU finals on a collision ad midcourt with 1 second left as a ball rolled harmlessly towards out of bounds. A foul was called on one of our kids, and the kid on the other team hits two free throws with no time left to tie the game, and then we lost in overtime. Pointer's could have cost us the game, no doubt, but in the end it prevented SH from advancing the ball for a desperation shot

Pointer's move on the ball was what separates winners from losers. It was clean, just like Hatten's steal against Duke also with the game clock at about 5 seconds. The point is everyone has been griping about no one stepping up in the last minute. Dom stepped up, big time. He is on the floor precisely for moments like that.

 

[Section3]

Really glad that Coach saw it fit to pull Balamou's redshirt season
He now has a better seat on the bench rather than behind it to watch the game

That was a real disservice to Balamou. He seems like a good kid, so I am sorry he is collateral damage in the Mad, Mad, Mad World of Slick Steve Lavin.

Couldn't even let a win go without a couple shots at Lavin, huh?
Unreal.

Yes, an irrelevant post given that Balamou is now away from team...while you may not agree with activating Balamou, it is not relevant to the SHU thread

 

[Section3]

Just wondering where everyone is on the instructions to foul SH before they get off a 3. Up 3, you have about a 65% chance of winning, and a 35% chance of overtime by letting them shoot. Losing is almost off the table in regulation. Just using the approximate 3 point stats of the guys on the floor for the Hall. Overplay a few guys and contest, and the odds go up. By fouling, you add 2 factors: SJU is a so so shooting team from the line, and now you are dealing with added pressure. Plus, inbounding the ball opens up for a steal or a tie up, and then you can lose. We all saw that before. If you are the coach, what call do you make? Just thought leaving 4.9 on the clock was too much risk at that point.

I liked the strategy. 4.9 seconds was too long to leave on the clock, but I also think the instruction was to not let them get too close to the basket before fouling. It's hard to have a clock in your head when you are a defender. I am thinking that the foul was committed thinking there was less time on the clock. As it turns out the Pointer pass when he couldn't inbound was the headiest play of the game, and so was Sanchez to get a hand on it. As it turned out by pressuring the ball full court with 4.9 to go, SHU couldn't advance it very far. We did a great job on the man on that sequence. We all envisioned a 60 foot inbound pass a wide open shot for the win, or a foul. As it was I thought Pointer committed a foul at midcourt, but thankfully the refs didn't blow the whistle and decide the game on that.

I thought Pointers attempted steal was a clean hit on the ball.the ball . He was the one fouled after the tip on a push.

As I previously posted it was a stupid attempt at a steal but not surprising. You want to double team at half court be my guest but to take a chance at a game losing foul, absolutely stupid. As much as I enjoy Pointer's hustle he makes some very bad decisions.
And to say Lav allows him to take chances doesn't surprise me either.
Good to win finally. Have a good chance against Butler.

It's hard to bridle an instinct play like that but you are right. One of my kid's teams once lost a game in the regional AAU finals on a collision ad midcourt with 1 second left as a ball rolled harmlessly towards out of bounds. A foul was called on one of our kids, and the kid on the other team hits two free throws with no time left to tie the game, and then we lost in overtime. Pointer's could have cost us the game, no doubt, but in the end it prevented SH from advancing the ball for a desperation shot

Love Pointer but he is the antithesis of Sampson...In Sampson's case, once he get's the ball his intention is make something happen...Dom is same way on defense...He needs to let the steals come to him thru solid defense