William & Mary, Sat., Nov. 15, 6p, TruTV / 1050 AM

[Howie71]

Not surprising to come out flat for a cupcake game coming off a tough loss and week long break.

Another game where you don't really learn much against clearly inferior opponents. Darling has looked solid but this is the level of competition he dominated against last year. Need to see him do it against good competition to make sure he isn't inflicted with Wilcher Syndrome.

Jackson playing this poorly against a team this bad is very concerning.

Whatever “Wilcher Syndrome” is, Darling doesn’t have it.

 

[fordham96]

What shows you how good this SJU team can be was literally how quickly they turned a single digit game into a 30 point lead.

It was a 5 pt game at halftime at 39-34 and with 13 minutes left in the game it was 66-36, just your average 27-2 run after halftime.

 

[rcatalano]

Instead of everyone piling on, hope people understand that if Jackson not a big part of this team, we won’t be as good as we all hoped we would.

No kidding!!!!!!

 

[MugCostanza]

Whatever “Wilcher Syndrome” is, Darling doesn’t have it.

Wilcher Syndrome is when you play well against mediocre and/or bad opponents but are generally terrible against good competition.

TBD on if Darling has that or not. He hasn't played any good competition with us yet. I hope you're right

 

[Rocket]

Depends on which TruTv channel you were on. Vz Fios has an SD and an HD channel

My wife, to my surprise recorded the game at home for me! It was in HD. Went with friends to watch Uconn game and I just got home. Rocket spoke too soon.

 

[mjmaherjr]

Things I notice about Darling which have nothing to do with competition IMO is court vision and his passing and how quickly he gets ride of the ball. Things like that are natural for some IMO

 

[paultzman]

 

[dk423]

Rick said Lefty was going to start!

 

[Marillac2]

Things I notice about Darling which have nothing to do with competition IMO is court vision and his passing and how quickly he gets ride of the ball. Things like that are natural for some IMO

I like the way he prods the defense. He doesn’t have to rush in recklessly. He can take a couple dribbles to make the defense react, see what’s available, and either act on that or pull it back out to try something else. We haven’t had that under Pitino.

He’s getting in the lane all year. That’s clear already. He’s really gotta start hitting some shots, though.

I want Sellers living in the right corner and Sanon or Jackson living on the right wing for him to kick to.

 

[paultzman]

 

[SJUWillRockNYC]

What shows you how good this SJU team can be was literally how quickly they turned a single digit game into a 30 point lead.

It was a 5 pt game at halftime at 39-34 and with 13 minutes left in the game it was 66-36, just your average 27-2 run after halftime.

At halftime when up 5, I was saying to myself "well I guess they're not going to cover the 29.5pnts spread, I was working so could watch the whole game, but put it on everytim I had a chance to.
Seen they started the half on a 22-2 run and they were up 27pnts.

I just laughed, loved being wrong there.

 

[guinness77]

I’ve made it a habit of reading the thread from the game start when I’m not able to watch or pay attention and the threads absolutely never let me down. It always seems we’re on the precipice of disaster every single time.

 

[mm52]

He plays tentative.

Kadary started very tentatively too last year. I hope Jackson has the same trajectory this year as kadary had last.

 

[redmannorth]

No kidding!!!!!!

Not really , CRP brought him in to play Pg which everyone now realises will just not happen as of right now. As for the 2 spot we have Sellers, Sanon, Lefty in other words à log jam. If he can’t give us some good minutes at the 1 his value greatly decreases.

 

[mjmaherjr]

80-47

White Chocolate was off on the score but dead on the money with the 33 point win

 

[Joedib]

Billy Donovan was slower!

Disagree. He was also a great shooter and pg. drafted by Knicks. Plated in league for a year or two. Carried his team to final four.

 

[fordham96]

Rick said Lefty was going to start!

Rick's ability to break down a team is really extraordinary. He is unique in that sense. He makes it sound so simple.

You don't have to sit in on a film session with him to see how he can break a team down. And then he will explain how he expects his team to carry out the game plan.

 

[Joedib]

I’ve made it a habit of reading the thread from the game start when I’m not able to watch or pay attention and the threads absolutely never let me down. It always seems we’re on the precipice of disaster every single time.

And it’s true!!!

 

[fordham96]

This was an interview he did with Raftery after a win over Marquette in 2009. Marquette had those 3 guards-James, McNeal and Matthews.

Raftery asked him about guarding Marquette's guards and Rick said he wanted to pressure them and said he played zone and then "swiiched to man to man when the ball went inside..we just did not want to guard all of their pick and rolls..."

He is just unique with that type analysis...

 

[Knight]

This thread is about the game vs. William & Mary.
Please stay on topic.