“Did a great job guarding the three..”. Coach P.
I feel like playing Hallelujah by Leonard cohen.
@West Virginia, Fri., Dec. 1, 7p, ESPN-2
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“Did a great job guarding the three..”. Coach P.
I feel like playing Hallelujah by Leonard cohen.
We seem to have a problem on layups, though.
It’s kinda like the Irish. St John’s feuds with layups seemingly goes back generations for some of us younger fans - 53 years old and younger
Ah yes. The layup Troubles. Love it!!It’s kinda like the Irish. St John’s feuds with layups seemingly goes back generations for some of us younger fans - 53 years old and younger
One thing that is interesting is that this team has a bunch of parts that add value. Daniss can't score, Ledlum does. Alleyne gets his chance and puts up numbers off the bench. It's definitely good in a game like today's
Not much improvement since the Anderson days....yet.It’s kinda like the Irish. St John’s feuds with layups seemingly goes back generations for some of us younger fans - 53 years old and younger
Definitely concerned about Wilcher... I saw that he had an issue in the bench after being pulled.
I am on record, for good or bad, that he will be our second or third best player by years end. Great defender who can shoot the three on a team that needs both.
With the interchangeable parts on this team I am not sure we need Dingle to score. We might. But with kids like Alleyne on the bench, we might not
I hope that when he wakes up Saturday morning there is 2 bucks under his pillow.
My wife insisted we go out to dinner after the earlier wisecrack I made about watching the game live and taping the dinner.
Thanks to all of you who met my wife in Charleston and called her Mrs. Beast. You suck.
Who is going to pass him the ball though?
Jenkins is shooting 28% from 3. He’s also only averaging 1.2 FT attempts per game which is completely staggering for a slashing guard. I don’t even know how that’s possible.
He came into the game averaging 4 turnovers and thankfully only played 21 minutes tonight so he couldn’t pad those #s. He threw a pass off of the BACK of the glass tonight after he wasn’t called for a travel where the ball was literally st his chin.
The blind spot Pitino has for him is completely baffling. The worst part is be could be useful if he was used correctly.
carmineabbatiello
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Shout out to the board for helping me finalize the selection of the very prestigious 2023/2024 CarmineAbbatiello MFP, most favorite player, award. As you know, past winners read like a virtual who's who of all time Johnny greats including: Avery "3 point record holder" Patterson, Paris "Hilton" Horne and Phil "any shape but a circle" Greene. The competition was particularly fierce this season and it was extremely difficult to choose from so many worthy candidates. Envelope and drumroll please...and the winner is...Daniss Jenkins!!!
Why isn’t Alleyen starting??????
Hey Carmine, I don't think this was your intention, but your post reads like it was written in the 1960s. Back then, when the Knicks traded for Dave DeBusschere, he was the only white player on the Pistons. To complete the deal for Walt Bellamy, the Knicks were asked to throw in Howard "Butch" Komives. Even as a preteen, I was shocked then and I don't think your intention was to separate our players by race. I met you in Charleston, you're a great guy, but i hope the mods take this post down. We are all better than that.
That post imho was derogatory and unnecessary - thanks Beast.
Redenbacher
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I’m still pissed at this, as I recorded the game and watched late. It was too late to switch over to ESPNU and catch the end. F ESPN.
passitback
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Who honestly gaf about the high school game - sans a few die hards?
Not sure why ESPN jobbed us, but it's just another reason to loathe that craptastic network.
Much, much better than a loss but one thing that had me apoplectic was the insistence by defenders, especially the guards to defend “the ball” rather than the player; constantly getting off balance with their weight forward lunging at the ball or diving to steal passes that were low percentage gambles. All those things do is break down the team defense, allowing easy penetration. The only stat generally more overrated than steals are blocked shots. Neither are bad unto themselves but they are when they are treated as the goal as opposed to happening within the context of good fundamental team defense.
Big kudos to the ”2nd team” who I thought completely changed the lackluster energy level the starters began the game with when they came in. Look at bench points but that is not the end all and be all of contributions. And yes, I am including Wilcher and Dunlap in that praise. They got SJU involved in the rock fight the game was as opposed to the “let’s win it on offense” attitude the starters began the game with.
Finally, very surprised Pitino did not go zone but I am confident he certainly knows better than I and he got his “teaching moment” and the W, which is obviously the best of both worlds.
Big kudos to the ”2nd team” who I thought completely changed the lackluster energy level the starters began the game with when they came in. Look at bench points but that is not the end all and be all of contributions. And yes, I am including Wilcher and Dunlap in that praise. They got SJU involved in the rock fight the game was as opposed to the “let’s win it on offense” attitude the starters began the game with.
Finally, very surprised Pitino did not go zone but I am confident he certainly knows better than I and he got his “teaching moment” and the W, which is obviously the best of both worlds.
Let’s not pretend FS1 never preempted us for nascar.