St. Thomas Aquinas

Can't judge by anything today, but Jones has skills, but relentless rebounding is not one of them. Stewart does seem to know the game quite well.
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True about not judging anything by today, but from what Adonis showed me -- I'd never seen him play before -- comparisons to Curtis Johnson and Tom Bayne are looking silly. Adonis showed he has a soft touch, a good feel for the game, and an understanding of what his role should be. Also liked the emotion he showed on the (called off) put-back dunk he had late in the second half. Will be interesting to see how -- or if -- he develops over the course of the season.
 
Can't judge by anything today, but Jones has skills, but relentless rebounding is not one of them. Stewart does seem to know the game quite well.
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True about not judging anything by today, but from what Adonis showed me -- I'd never seen him play before -- comparisons to Curtis Johnson and Tom Bayne are looking silly. Adonis showed he has a soft touch, a good feel for the game, and an understanding of what his role should be. Also liked the emotion he showed on the (called off) put-back dunk he had late in the second half. Will be interesting to see how -- or if -- he develops over the course of the season.
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No way he is a Bayne or Johnson for sure. Will have a challenging time this year in BE Imo, but down the road could even be a fan favorite if he works hard. Skilled for sure. Do it big guy!
 
Can't judge by anything today, but Jones has skills, but relentless rebounding is not one of them. Stewart does seem to know the game quite well.
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True about not judging anything by today, but from what Adonis showed me -- I'd never seen him play before -- comparisons to Curtis Johnson and Tom Bayne are looking silly. Adonis showed he has a soft touch, a good feel for the game, and an understanding of what his role should be. Also liked the emotion he showed on the (called off) put-back dunk he had late in the second half. Will be interesting to see how -- or if -- he develops over the course of the season.
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No way he is a Bayne or Johnson for sure. Will have a challenging time this year in BE Imo, but down the road could even be a fan favorite if he works hard. Skilled for sure. Do it big guy!
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His defense looked worse than what I saw from him in hs. It looked like it required too much effort to keep his arms up. That's troubling.
 
I like these three kids & think they will contribute nicely next year. Work hard, good kids & have some skills. Patience!

@NYPost_Brazille: Leaving Carneseccs Arena over an hour after game freshmen Myles Stewart, Jay Henderson and Amar Alibegovic still getting up shots. #sjubb
 
Does anyone know why we didn't schedule real teams for our exhibition games? I mean I never even heard of St. Thomas Aquinas. What is that a church rec league team?
 
@DalyDoseOfHoops: Steve Lavin on Rysheed Jordan: "He had zero rebounds at the half. That's the same amount of rebounds as a dead man." #sjubb
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Lol

This is the same coach that sang his SF's orAise when he had four offensive boards over 13 games. But he's down on his OG for going one fakf if an exhibition without one!
 
Can't judge by anything today, but Jones has skills, but relentless rebounding is not one of them. Stewart does seem to know the game quite well.
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True about not judging anything by today, but from what Adonis showed me -- I'd never seen him play before -- comparisons to Curtis Johnson and Tom Bayne are looking silly. Adonis showed he has a soft touch, a good feel for the game, and an understanding of what his role should be. Also liked the emotion he showed on the (called off) put-back dunk he had late in the second half. Will be interesting to see how -- or if -- he develops over the course of the season.
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No way he is a Bayne or Johnson for sure. Will have a challenging time this year in BE Imo, but down the road could even be a fan favorite if he works hard. Skilled for sure. Do it big guy!
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Paultz, he already is a fan favorite. And that is not counting his crew. I do think he needs to add ten or twenty pounds of fat before the season. I'm not kidding either. He's a big dude and his weight is a weapon.
 
It's a shame at the end of the 2012-2013 season St. Thomas fired Dennis O'Donnell, their very long term coach, and not only SJU alum, but also a former cheerleader too. I'm sure Dennis will be at this game. Prior to his final season he was told that if he didn't finish .500 or better he'd be fired. In the 3rd or 4th game, he lost his best player for the season with a serious injury.

Dennis would have loved to have coached at CA. I remember mentioning his name to Tim Cluess, who remarked, "Dennis is a REALLY good coach"

Dennis' brother Jimmy, also an SJU grad and former cheerleader as well, is a long term employee in Seton Hall's AD.
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Dennis is now The AD at Cardinal Hayes
 
Great to see Adonis get in there. He's a work in progress no doubt, but he needed to get out there, make some mistakes and also get some confidence. I haven't seen the whole thing, but was surprised (in a good way) by what Pointer was doing in the second half.
 
How tall did Stewart look to guys in attendance? I'm honestly ready for him to get a long look at SF if he's 6'4"/ 6'5"

Henderson should redshirt, rather than wasting a year of his eligibility.

The staff really should have been firm with ADLR about not playing if he doesn't come in shape. I hope they got a full doctor's report on his heart.
 
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How tall did Stewart look to guys in attendance? I'm honestly ready for him to get a long look at SF if he's 6'4"/ 6'5"

Henderson should redshirt, rather than wasting a year of his eligibility.

The staff really should have been firm with ADLR about not playing if he doesn't come in shape. I hope they got a full doctor's report on his heart.
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Absolutely agree on Henderson suggestion. Stewart impresses me as well.
 
Adonis needs to trim down but he is fit enough to play. I thought he played pretty well today understanding the size of the competition.
 
Maybe there are better talent evaluators on this site than me...but I don't see any of the walkons as more than garbage time players who won't help us win anything. Jones is probably also in that category.

The team was complete crap in the first ten minutes... It was painful to see the unrecruited players at STAC hit threes while our guys were bricking them. Thankfully, they realized who they were playing and stepped it up.

Adonis is my new favorite player.
 
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Maybe there are better talent evaluators on this site than me...but I don't see any of the walkons as more than garbage time players who won't help us win anything. Jones is probably also in that category.

The team was complete crap in the first ten minutes... It was painful to see the unrecruited players at STAC hit threes while our guys were bricking them. Thankfully, they realized who they were playing and stepped it up.

Adonis is my new favorite player.
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Adonis is my favorite player as well. Not sure that the walk ons will do anything easier but Stewart looked comfortable and Henderson looked like he knew how to shoot.
 
I like Adonis as well! Has a good feel for the ball. He could give us some valuable minutes this season. Would like to see him leave his feet defending shots but that is going to require this kid to lose 50 lbs! He could prove to be a nice surprise this year!
 
It's a shame at the end of the 2012-2013 season St. Thomas fired Dennis O'Donnell, their very long term coach, and not only SJU alum, but also a former cheerleader too. I'm sure Dennis will be at this game. Prior to his final season he was told that if he didn't finish .500 or better he'd be fired. In the 3rd or 4th game, he lost his best player for the season with a serious injury.

Dennis would have loved to have coached at CA. I remember mentioning his name to Tim Cluess, who remarked, "Dennis is a REALLY good coach"

Dennis' brother Jimmy, also an SJU grad and former cheerleader as well, is a long term employee in Seton Hall's AD.
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Dennis is now The AD at Cardinal Hayes
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Thanks for the update. He's an outstanding person as well. Great to hear he's landed somewhere.
 
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