@Villanova, Sat., Jan. 6, 1p, F0X

Watched yesterday's game on delay - I rarely watch games live anymore - and loved every minute. The team kept bringing it for 40 minutes. Says a lot about their conditioning and Pitino's substitution pattern.

While I've been critical of DJ on here, nothing but good things to say about him after yesterday's game. He's clearly developing and working his a%s off. Shot selection notwithstanding, he is the straw that stirs the Johnnies' drink.

A joy to watch Dunlap. We finally have a shooter after years of wandering in the 3-point wilderness. By end of season, JS will be NBA-ready if not sooner. Based on his sideline enthusiasm and energy, Wilcher is a quality kid. He's in good hands with Pitino, and I think he's well aware.

I was at MSG for last year's Providence game and would love to be there on Wednesday, but it's a long way from Cape May. All I can say is when the day comes we make it back to the Final Four, this board is going to go freaking nuts and I'll have to double up on my BP meds.

BTW, the Post ran a story about Gus Alfieri that will resonate with Long Island b-ballphiles. https://nypost.com/2024/01/02/sports/gus-alfieri-st-johns-standout-dead-at-87/
 
BTW, I think that we get a few coaches pole votes this week after our recent surge.

I think that we will get into the rankings in the next few weeks if we keep playing the way we are currently playing.
 
redmannorth said:
can’t stress how well Brady moves without the ball, he truly puts himself in a position to succeed, crazy smart bball IQ. Kid is far ahead from where I thought he would be at this point. And at 6 8 with that crazy quick release he is going to get off many a great shots. The Zuby block has to be shown over and over on the highlight reels on sports net, a block for the ages. Looking for him to slowly improve this season. Jenkins with another very good game. Perfect no, but no player is perfect and he was able to do something that many a player we thought were very good point guards were unable to do, to beat nova on their home court.and I still believe Dingle will come around and be an asset to this team, he didn’t forget how to ball after playing 3 seasons in Division 1, let’s try to be a little more patient.
Our overall record is where many of us thought it would be a few months ago, but certainly not our big east record at 3-1. We always start out like crap, this start is so refreshing, great win and on to Providence who is down a key player.
A great win on National TV, unfortunately for me not international.
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"No player is perfect." Are you so young that you never saw Oscar Robertson play?
 
redmanwest said:
Let’s beat the Friars, then we’ll see. One at a time.
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Exactly, more important than rankings is continued improved play and development. Of course I want us to win each and every game but we have 16 games left before the BE tournament so there is ample time to improve. This is still a new team, only 1 returning starter, and they are still learning what they can do individually , what they can do as a team, and adjusting to a new coach and system.
I want to see us to continue to improve and gel together, and notwithstanding our two recent BE wins there is room for improvement. if that happens we can have a number next to our name at seasons end and a good seed.
 
Jack Williams said:
This Dunlap thing is genuinely one of the best stories we’ve had here in awhile.

This was a kid I had already pretty much written off for this season… thought he wouldn’t play in Big East play….

And it wasn’t even like a thing where he gradually gained playing time… this was like a true overnight success story where all the sudden this kid is a pivotal part of the rotation?

It makes me still have hope that even Sim gets going by March… man this team could go places
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I think Simeon will still have his moments this season as will Dingle. Jenkins is just learning how to play the point. As good as we are playing , this team still has so much room to grow. That’s what’s so exciting!
 
dk423 said:
Luis made serious winning plays. Yes, he can chuck a little less, but the guy hustles and makes small plays not on the box score.
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Luis is a legit NBA prospect. IMO he will def get at least a summer league invite when he goes pro.

Whether he makes it will depend on his player development over this season and hopefully next. If he stays next year i would assume he will take DJs role as the volume shooter.
 
Towerofshred said:
Luis is a legit NBA prospect. IMO he will def get at least a summer league invite when he goes pro.

Whether he makes it will depend on his player development over this season and hopefully next. If he stays next year i would assume he will take DJs role as the volume shooter.
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I am not a NBA talent picker however I was convinced that Juliane Champaigne was never going to make the NBA so if he made it then definitely RJ should make it. But sometimes that is not how life works.
 
Roamer said:
I am not a NBA talent picker however I was convinced that Juliane Champaigne was never going to make the NBA so if he made it then definitely RJ should make it. But sometimes that is not how life works.
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Moe Harkless year here I was at some St Johns dinner and Keady was at our table. I asked him if there was any way we would lose Harkless at the end of the year and he said " no chance he will never get drafted ". lol.
 
In the post game interview Joel talked about the relationship that he has developed with DJ (a brother; like we've been together for 4 years). It highlighted one of sad parts of the free agency/transfer portal. Guys today will never generate those friendships that came with playing with the same guys over a 4 year college career.
 
BrooklynRed said:
In the post game interview Joel talked about the relationship that he has developed with DJ (a brother; like we've been together for 4 years). It highlighted one of sad parts of the free agency/transfer portal. Guys today will never generate those friendships that came with playing with the same guys over a 4 year college career.
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He should just join this site and suffer 20 years of this. That’s band of brothers type stuff what we’ve gone through :)
 
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