Sonoma State Game
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You clearly have not visited JJ enough these last 4 years. Carmine is the Michael Jordan of this category where as Bobre is more of a Scottie Pippen
we are sju
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Pretty sure Greene is chained up in Carmine's basement
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Back on topic I think we upset the Sonoma State Wild Muskrats 72-69
RedStormRising
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It's great to see them all on the court again. I'd like to see a) Durand Johnson play like we know he is capable. b) Mussini and Sima play a two man game in the half court. c) Amar, Felix and CJ show they can contribute d) if we get down for Mull's and Mitch to suit up and start draining threes.
I didn't make the comment because Vanderbilt has an NBA center. The completion that Jones has faced is St. John's and St. Thomas. Hardly competition to measure his improvement. I agree he looked better but wait for the better teams to exploit his weaknesses.
L J S A
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Yes, that would be a big concern. I'm thinking if after 10 games he's averaging 6 (or more) RPG he's for real. Not a star, but more real than he's been at any time in this uniform. Rebounding has never been his thing at any level, so if he suddenly becomes one, someone deserves a ton of credit for getting his aggressiveness to finally match his body.
L J S A
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I don't think any of those schools would fall under the category of "basketball factory," although Baron Davis attended Crossroads and Del Oro may have won a small schools championship recently. The name sounds familiar.
Hopefully that means none of the players received any real coaching heading into college. :lol:
beast of the east
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Once you get beyond basic basketball skills, a majority of performance is based upon what's above the shoulders. A huge part of what is above the shoulders is confidence in where you sit in the pecking order.
Sometimes, on pretty bad teams, a player or two emerges to score a lot of points: Freddie "Mad Dog" Carter on a previous iteration of the Sixers who went something like 9-73. Flynn Robinson and Jon McGocklin on the pre-Alcindor Bucks. There are lots of examples.
This years team is a great opportunity for someone like CJ or Amar not to have to look over the shoulder and worry about getting yanked at the first mistake, and simple play with the confidence that they did at the level they did before SJU. I wouldn't expect All-Big-East caliber play, but it's not crazy to think one of them (or others) could emerge to have a decent season.
Sometimes, on pretty bad teams, a player or two emerges to score a lot of points: Freddie "Mad Dog" Carter on a previous iteration of the Sixers who went something like 9-73. Flynn Robinson and Jon McGocklin on the pre-Alcindor Bucks. There are lots of examples.
This years team is a great opportunity for someone like CJ or Amar not to have to look over the shoulder and worry about getting yanked at the first mistake, and simple play with the confidence that they did at the level they did before SJU. I wouldn't expect All-Big-East caliber play, but it's not crazy to think one of them (or others) could emerge to have a decent season.
