Xavier (MSG), Wed., Jan. 22 , 7p, FS-1

[kranmars]

I love it when analytics are wrong.

 

[RJGBOOTSY]

Yes, but when he’s left in too long it becomes a layup line. He should be in 90 seconds to 2 minutes at a time tops — and only in the first half.

Literally everything he does makes me panic. Why the hell was he dribbling?! He has so many moving parts. Why is he so eager to switch and play on the perimeter? He hates putting his hands up…I honestly thought he wouldn’t get his arms up on that inbounds he guarded at the end of regulation. He waited until the the inbounder had the ball.

He’s like a Great Dane that doesn’t realize his size and thinks he’s a lap dog.

He is really learning defense. Probably never gad to really guard the pick and roll and play guards off the dribble. His defense down low in the half cour sets is well above average. No front needed given size, strength and lengh

 

[RJGBOOTSY]

The team and coach did a great job speeding the kids from Xavier up. Sometimes you must turn the game into Chaos. If they are rattled they will turn the ball over, take quicker/ worse shot selection shots and we will get more transition baskets. If that game remains in a half court set we probably lose.

 

[carmineabbatiello]

Gave up 52 points in the first 25 minutes and 19 points in the last 20 minutes. That'll get er done.

 

[classof2010]

Even though I got to run through my call sheet in hour with no voice I’m beyond happy! This team doesn’t quit. I felt at half we had shot just because Zuby and RJ had not given us much. Even when we took the lead made it 63-60, I thought our run came too soon to finish. Proved the pessimistic in me wrong. They just find a way.The fact that they’re such poor 3 pt shooting team makes it even more impressive. Rick’s teams are known for great defense but when I watch the team they feel like i am watching a Huggy Beer team of WV/Cincy minus the Pabst. It’s just battle of attrition. Ruben and Vince big off the bench tonight.

 

[Amaseinyourface]

6 boards in 17 minutes for 6th man Reuben Prey was huge. Hes our best defensive option inside vs some matchups

 

[espken]

Ruben and Vince gave us valuable minutes when we were struggling mightily. Ruben with his disruptive defense and rebounding and Vince scoring when we couldn’t throw the ball in the ocean. Depth is not just about big scoring output.

 

[gregbodkin]

https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/sports/st-johns-kadary-richmond-looking-like-himself-in-best-game-yet/

A story about Kadary's game last night. This is the player I thought we were getting.

Another story about the heart of this team. I'm loving these guys.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/sports/st-johns-taking-fans-on-beautiful-joyride/

 

[IDRAFT]

I was about to add the same. For as much as we complain about the refs on this board, I believe we got multiple breaks tonight.

Discussed this quickly on the train. Noticed Xavier fans complaining on Twitter, realized I hadn’t thought much about refs all game. Which honestly, probably means calls are going your way.

 

[gregbodkin]

Can we crack the top 15 on Monday????

Maybe we make 18 possibly 17. Baby steps.

 

[espken]

Time for some obscure by the numbers.
Last night SJU won their 400th game as a ranked team. Since the inception of the AP Poll we are now 400-151.

 

[kranmars]

Time for some obscure by the numbers.
Last night SJU won their 400th game as a ranked team. Since the inception of the AP Poll we are now 400-151.

Show off.

 

[Redenbacher]

Great win! It was a little reminiscent of the Xavier - Marquette game on the weekend, where Marquette dug themselves into a deep hole and almost got out, but couldn’t get the job done. We got it done!

 

[RyGuyRedStorm]

We got home cooking tonight. There was another obvious one off Zuby that they gave to us. Miller kept his composure after that bad call and wouldn’t have blamed him if he got T’d up.

We did get the whistle tonight IMO but the refs gave one back to X that was off of Freemantle

 

[sjc88]

Team needs the rest but not having St. John’s basketball on a cold January weekend kind of sucks.

Teams got me ready for the next challenge but we’ll have to wait till Tuesday.

 

[bucketshardy]

We are winning next week against gtown we are beating down kim English to baby speak and when we are eating lawmen smart . Then as buckets Hasidic baby maker predicted we are coming back against creighton top 10 in the country and we will get a 3-4 seed

Us Irish Catholics used to be known for big families… just like our Johnnies- who refuse to lose- I will not cede this ground to our non-believing friends… Christ is King!

No that my sermon is over… man- it’s killing me not being at these games… what an atmosphere that 2nd half must have been. Great job guys who went!

 

[Jack Williams]

Literally everything he does makes me panic. Why the hell was he dribbling?! He has so many moving parts. Why is he so eager to switch and play on the perimeter? He hates putting his hands up…I honestly thought he wouldn’t get his arms up on that inbounds he guarded at the end of regulation. He waited until the the inbounder had the ball.

to be fair to Vince, he is trying to defend the way this team defends. Our whole team fluidly switches everything. He is trying his hardest to be able to fit into that mold. I actually think he did alright on guards last night. It is in the post where Freemantle and others were just easily discarding him with simple fakes or post moves. He is raw but I see some areas where he has improved from beginning of the year

 

[Section9]

The whole team really played great D in the second half but you can't overlook what Prey and Vince did in the first half. And anyone who has Scott guarding him is in for a long night, he played a lot of minutes on Freemantle and between Aaron and Zuby Zach was worn out by the end of the game.
Now if we can only find our touch from outside.
Bully Ball baby.

 

[Silly Donovan]

RJ was awful in the first half today and almost as bad in the second. Not just missing shots and bad turnovers, but poor defense and body language.

That said great comeback coaching adjustments. Xavier could not handle pressure defense.

For this team to reach its ceiling, RJ needs to play 10x better than today. I suppose he was due for a stinker considering all the shots he made in Newark.

Yet with all that he scored 16 points, had 7 boards and made some key scoring drives and important foul shots to help win the game.

 

[dk423]

Yet with all that he scored 16 points, had 7 boards and made some key scoring drives and important foul shots to help win the game.

Sign of a great player.