@Seton Hall, Sat., Jan. 18, 8p, FS-1

I don't want to tell people how to run their business but there are only a handful of single seats. So for days now parties of 2 or more have been getting denied on ticketmaster. Plus walk-up people get turned away tomorrow? Isn't it worth the extra staffing to open up part of the top?
 
carmineabbatiello said:
I don't want to tell people how to run their business but there are only a handful of single seats. So for days now parties of 2 or more have been getting denied on ticketmaster. Plus walk-up people get turned away tomorrow? Isn't it worth the extra staffing to open up part of the top?
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I see quite ~ 100 pairs (2 seats) of verified resale tickets on Ticketmaster
 
espken said:
Not worried about the minutes, but don’t like RJ getting battered and bruised the last two games.
Nova manhandled RJ and got many shots in after the bell. Hitting the floor hard every other play.

Yesterday just before half I’m sure it was a collective sigh after he appeared to land on his hand after a blocked shot. He was down for a while, thank god he got up without incident.
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What is it about RJ that make opposing players want to foul him. It's like they're lab rats stuck in some kind of psychological experiment. The temptation is just too strong to resist. As long as he's making his foul shots, the white coats will be satisfied.
 
Hardy said:
The Roberta’s outside the garden is great. They have takeout too
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Eh... I went before the GTown game.

The location itself is a 10/10. Nice place. Pizza tasted good. Wasn't too impressed, tbh. Undercarriage wasn't as crisp as I'd like. Pizza was floppy. I expected better. I still ate my entire pie, and a few of my friend's slices. They had a really good IPA - logical conclusion.

Overall, it was fine. I am a pizza snob, so I will not be going back. Just too many places to try...
 
They are several pegs below us talent-wise. Outside of Coleman, I sincerely don't think anyone on that team is in our rotation. Over their last eight games (no more cupcakes), they've lost seven of eight games. Their only win was against DePaul in overtime, where they came back from a huge deficit. Metric-wise, this is on par with playing Michigan last year. As fans of a team on the cusp of making the Top 25, we should not be satisfied with a good effort or moral victory on the road -- this is a team you beat if you're serious.

That said, we aren't going to win by default. Their fans will be loud and show up for this game. They're physical and have shown a lot more effort/hustle than they did earlier in the year. Our history against them in the last decade is bleak, but that should have more of an impact on the fans than the players.

Few things I'm looking at today:

1) Can we limit their three point shooting? Over their last four games, they've shot 45% from three. In order for them to be in this game, they will need to be hitting three's at a decent clip. They shot 46% against Xavier, 50% against DePaul and 53% against Butler. We need to hustle around the perimeter and make sure they don't get open looks.

2) Zuby. This should be a huge day for Zuby. Seton Hall is a terrible defensive rebounding team. They rank 9th in the conference in rebounding and 300th in the country. We rank first in the conference, eight in the nation (!), along with first in offensive rebounding in conference and 9th in the nation. Their big man are not good. Toumi is too skinny and won't be able to stick with him. Okarafor is just a big body. Gods'Will is a nice freshman, but a freshman. Gus is a joke and might as well be their mascot. This should be a game where Zuby cleans up on the boards, and gets us a lot of second chance points.

3) The paint. We need to limit second chance points. Seton Hall is third in offensive rebounds. Sha does get these guys to work. We need to keep them to one shot a possession, since they won't be able to hit it. They average second to last in FGA while we're the most. We'll win if we keep it at that. We average the second most blocks in the conference (6.1) and they get blocked the second most in the conference per game.

4) Foul shots. Seton Hall fouls the second most in the conference. Don't leave points on the board and make this close unnecessarily.

5) The bench. Same as last game. Where are we getting these minutes from? Can the level of play remain the same, or close to it, with Glover/Lefty/Prey/Vince/Ayo on the floor for 20-30 minutes? Those guys, maybe not Ayo or Lefty, would probably start on SHU.

Prediction:
The game thread is bonkers and an acid trip. STJ only up 3 at half time. Second half is the annihilation we all look for.

Andre Barrett -- 71
Marcus Hatten -- 82
 
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