Sju game thread
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The frustrating part is we have not learned. Lost many close games by not playing well in first half. Nice comeback effort that falls short has occurred too often.
It is a systematic issue. Nine years.
How many times is Mamu going to be beat this time he let his man behind him. How poor!
More like Quincy.. what do you want Powell to do? He’s playing 3.5 on 5. Quincy has been God awful for 80 mins.. hence 2 losses
He's been our best player by far however, he really cost us this game. Well he and Q. 12 TO's between them.
I can't stand St Johns. Just cannot take them, their fan base, and ny media cheer leaders.
Powell destroys our offensive chemistry. He needs to learn how to pass the ball when he doesn't have a shot.
Johnnies are no clean team! Announcers saying that there have been no relevant NYC team? SHU has been for a few years! Yes we are frustrated but the kids pushed hard at the end. Better than I expected. We move on.
im not but their giving Mullin such credit for his 1st 20 win season in whenever, remember who they played to get to 12-0
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There is no denying there are more "L's" in WILLARD than there are "W's". That is just the way he coaches.
Dsmn it. This is one lazy ass team and a ciach who csnt motivate.
Typing on the mobile with one finger when you want to stab the screen in frustration.
Nova just lost. When certain teams lose? They come back with a vengeance. I don't see them losing any more games bec of their pride. I dont see Marq losing their last remaining games bec they want to keep the top spot. Gtown just lost and Im sure Ewing will coach them up. SH on the other hand I dont see these last 3 as Ws vs these teams. These teams are too good.
Best post in the thread. He is not a scorer at least not in this league and he cannot get to the hoop. He hesitates instead of going hard. Does not have the physicality to take contact or shoot over defenders. If you are quick enough to get by you need to go hard all the way to the hoop.
The constant real estate this program occupies in half of your heads is laughable. Who gives a s&&& about SJU right now. How about we focus on who Seton Hall needs to beat to make the dance? And, no, we aren't a "NYC team". We are Jersey's team and I'm fine with that. We are fortunate that Braziller gives us as much love and attention as he does.
Another joke post. Keita pulling the ball up instead of ramming it home was classless? No, it was the opposite. Everyone is classless against us apparently. And if one of their kids tried to take off someone's head tonight like Powell did up in Providence, half of you would be going ballistic.
We lost. Credit to them. Move on. Season't isn't over and we can absolutely take 2 or the next 3 which will position us well to dance.
We lost. Credit to them. Move on. Season't isn't over and we can absolutely take 2 or the next 3 which will position us well to dance.
Even on a five-page thread, there is always a single dumbest post. And here it is, highlighted above. Worst of all, there were five morons who liked it.
Agreed. He is a baby still and I think he's progressed. When he doesn't have it, sure get others some PT, but he has had some really nice games.
The team we played tonight would love to have Mamu on their roster right now given the depth issues and he'd get some pretty good PT as well.
The team we played tonight would love to have Mamu on their roster right now given the depth issues and he'd get some pretty good PT as well.
Wow I just got home and watched the game, what a terrible display of basketball. All the things that everyone said they needed to do to win, they did none of until it was too late. The announcers even said St Joh's struggles with zone, we should have started the first half in zone to slow them down. On offense, Q had no clue what to do. This is what happens when you do not recruit a true point guard. Why didn't we set some screens for Cale to get his shot going and take the pressure off Powell. Mamu/Nzei/Ro/TT should have had a field day pounding it into the paint. It took us near the end of the first and after halftime to realize that strategy worked. So many defensive lapses, hands down at the side, these guys should have came out hungry. The only one who came out hungry was Shavar and eventually Myles. If we don't make the tournament this year and miss it next year the Willard era needs to end.
St. John’s started the game playing at a frantic pace. Their superior athletic players simply overwhelmed SH.
It was clear St.Johns could not sustain that pace and would come back to earth in the second half. They did.
There were were two things defensively SH going into the game had to do. And they did neither.
With deadly three-point shooter Heron out, SH had to stop Clark, also a terrific perimeter shooter,. SH made no attempt to make him a defensive priority. As a result, Clark shot 4-8 on three’s.
SH had to get the ball out of Ponds hands by constructing a defense to stop his deadly drives to the hoop.
Failing to do so, he went-off going to the hoop or by stopping and converting on mid-range jumpers.
All year, SH’s glaring offensive weakness were players showing poor judgment as to when and how to drive to drive to the hoop, or to instead stop and pop.
Oten, their drives were like a deer in the headlights-from way out, at one speed, and they would often crash as an interior defenders confronted them.
Rarely did they show good judgment by stopping and popping
As we witnessed last night, perimeter players had the ball 12-16 feet from the hoop, and rather than shoot an open shot, they forced the ball inside, and their shots were rejected, or they turned the ball over.
Powell and Reynolds have to be more clever, and need to learn hesitation moves, and to at times, drive slower so they can change directions, do spin moves, and explode closer to the hoop.
SH players are not taught those things as part of their development, and such has come back to bite SH in the butt.
McKnight tries to do a lot a out-of-control reverse spin moves, and as we witnesed last night, he was a failure doing so. He’s a SG, not a PG.
It’s virtually impossible for SH to win when it commits 23 turnovers, almost 10 more more than St.John’s did, not defend the rim as St.John’s shot 58 percent on two’s compared to SH’s 48 percent; and SH shooting only 20 percent on three’s.
SH shohld have play med an inside-outside game in order to free-up perimeter shooters. And as the prior poster points the bigs should have gone to the hoop more.
Defensively. SH should have disrupted
Ponds and Clark by denying them the ball or forcing the ball out of their hands, and by trapping more in order to disrupt St.John’s offense.
Only SH’s dominance on the offensive boards allowed SH to have as many scoring opportunities as St.John’s did.
If Powell and McKnight did not combine for 13 turnovers, and had players shown better judgment, SH may have well won the game.
It was clear St.Johns could not sustain that pace and would come back to earth in the second half. They did.
There were were two things defensively SH going into the game had to do. And they did neither.
With deadly three-point shooter Heron out, SH had to stop Clark, also a terrific perimeter shooter,. SH made no attempt to make him a defensive priority. As a result, Clark shot 4-8 on three’s.
SH had to get the ball out of Ponds hands by constructing a defense to stop his deadly drives to the hoop.
Failing to do so, he went-off going to the hoop or by stopping and converting on mid-range jumpers.
All year, SH’s glaring offensive weakness were players showing poor judgment as to when and how to drive to drive to the hoop, or to instead stop and pop.
Oten, their drives were like a deer in the headlights-from way out, at one speed, and they would often crash as an interior defenders confronted them.
Rarely did they show good judgment by stopping and popping
As we witnessed last night, perimeter players had the ball 12-16 feet from the hoop, and rather than shoot an open shot, they forced the ball inside, and their shots were rejected, or they turned the ball over.
Powell and Reynolds have to be more clever, and need to learn hesitation moves, and to at times, drive slower so they can change directions, do spin moves, and explode closer to the hoop.
SH players are not taught those things as part of their development, and such has come back to bite SH in the butt.
McKnight tries to do a lot a out-of-control reverse spin moves, and as we witnesed last night, he was a failure doing so. He’s a SG, not a PG.
It’s virtually impossible for SH to win when it commits 23 turnovers, almost 10 more more than St.John’s did, not defend the rim as St.John’s shot 58 percent on two’s compared to SH’s 48 percent; and SH shooting only 20 percent on three’s.
SH shohld have play med an inside-outside game in order to free-up perimeter shooters. And as the prior poster points the bigs should have gone to the hoop more.
Defensively. SH should have disrupted
Ponds and Clark by denying them the ball or forcing the ball out of their hands, and by trapping more in order to disrupt St.John’s offense.
Only SH’s dominance on the offensive boards allowed SH to have as many scoring opportunities as St.John’s did.
If Powell and McKnight did not combine for 13 turnovers, and had players shown better judgment, SH may have well won the game.
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