Another Log On The Fire

[Piratz]

‘Tis the season!

Remember the defense? Opposing team’s shooting percentages against Seton Hall during this 4-game losing streak:

Oklahoma State = 56.9%
Rutgers = 53.5%
Villanova = 55.3%
Georgetown = 53.5.%

Hmm. I think I see a trend. 🤔

 

[shupat08]

‘Tis the season!

Remember the defense? Opposing team’s shooting percentages against Seton Hall during this 4-game losing streak:

Oklahoma State = 56.9%
Rutgers = 53.5%
Villanova = 55.3%
Georgetown = 53.5.%

Hmm. I think I see a trend. 🤔

"Best defense in the country" was short lived lol

 

[Hall Is Life]

‘Tis the season!

Remember the defense? Opposing team’s shooting percentages against Seton Hall during this 4-game losing streak:

Oklahoma State = 56.9%
Rutgers = 53.5%
Villanova = 55.3%
Georgetown = 53.5.%

Hmm. I think I see a trend. 🤔

What do you get when you pair bad defense with bad offense? Rhetorical question lol.

 

[SHUSA]

‘Tis the season!

Remember the defense? Opposing team’s shooting percentages against Seton Hall during this 4-game losing streak:

Oklahoma State = 56.9%
Rutgers = 53.5%
Villanova = 55.3%
Georgetown = 53.5.%

Hmm. I think I see a trend. 🤔

its less defense and more so personel.

gtown was feasting in the paint. we have no rim protector. none. its open season. its not like we're leaving shooters super wide open

 

[Piratz]

its less defense and more so personel.

gtown was feasting in the paint. we have no rim protector. none. its open season. its not like we're leaving shooters super wide open

Until Gus started denying him! 👏

 

[SHUSA]

Until Gus started denying him! 👏

lol was happy for him. love his energy. if hes our rim protector then you get the idea lol

 

[silkcitypirate]

‘Tis the season!

Remember the defense? Opposing team’s shooting percentages against Seton Hall during this 4-game losing streak:

Oklahoma State = 56.9%
Rutgers = 53.5%
Villanova = 55.3%
Georgetown = 53.5.%

Hmm. I think I see a trend. 🤔

Gtown did not score a point in the last 3:50 of the game last night and at the end of the 1st half we stopped them 7 straight times and did not score once . Our offense is pitiful PERIOD .

 

[Burnsly]

Our defense was OK last night. G'town made a number of shots that were much more difficult than shots we wound up missing on our end. Gus was good.

 

[Piratz]

its less defense and more so personel.

gtown was feasting in the paint. we have no rim protector. none. its open season. its not like we're leaving shooters super wide open

Gtown did not score a point in the last 3:50 of the game last night and at the end of the 1st half we stopped them 7 straight times and did not score once . Our offense is pitiful PERIOD .

We have not been good at all in playing straight defense, but we’ve done a great job at generating turnovers and that’s kept us alive and in position in many of these games. But then we can’t convert turnovers into offense.

And so many of those offensive rebounds last night went to waste. It’s horrible to watch, so frustrating.

 

[jack 1970]

Our good defense was against bad,overmatched teams.Says more about the competition than good defense on our part.Overall,our defense has been erratic and spotty.

 

[SPK145]

Last night:

1st Half Defense = 0.994 efficiency
2nd Half Defense = 0.874 efficiency

 

[Bud Boomer]

I think our defense could be good if we press more. We have a lot of guys with length and speed. Middleton, in particular, was really giving GTOWN problems in the backcourt.

Might help the offense too.

 

[ivyhillparkk1963]

Hold Georgetown to 61 points and lose. Pretty much sums things up

 

[nutterforthree]

The Defense is poor, the offense is poor, no play design, no improvement. Terrible talent acquisition.

What exactly has our coach been good at this year?

 

[PJVegas]

Gtown did not score a point in the last 3:50 of the game last night and at the end of the 1st half we stopped them 7 straight times and did not score once .

And they still lost. Pitiful.

 

[PJVegas]

The Defense is poor, the offense is poor, no play design, no improvement. Terrible talent acquisition.

What exactly has our coach been good at this year?

Sulking, frowning & screaming to name a few. 😵‍💫

 

[LeftCoastPirates]

‘Tis the season!

Remember the defense? Opposing team’s shooting percentages against Seton Hall during this 4-game losing streak:

Oklahoma State = 56.9%
Rutgers = 53.5%
Villanova = 55.3%
Georgetown = 53.5.%

Hmm. I think I see a trend. 🤔

The percentage can be misleading.

When you force a team into 16 turnovers that’s good defense and is just as good as a miss in terms calculating percentages.

The 61 points yesterday and 66 points vs Rutgers is more reflective of a good defensive effort.

 

[Piratz]

The percentage can be misleading.

When you force a team into 16 turnovers that’s good defense and is just as good as a miss in terms calculating percentages.

The 61 points yesterday and 66 points vs Rutgers is more reflective of a good defensive effort.

Agreed, the turnovers have kept it in check…. So has our improved FT defense in those two games (11/22 Georgetown, 13/28 Rutgers). 🤣

 

[CaptBob]

If Gtown had shot better than 50% from the line, this whole thing is moot. Must have been our D at the line---it sure as hell wasn't our offense.

 

[LeftCoastPirates]

If Gtown had shot better than 50% from the line, this whole thing is moot. Must have been our D at the line---it sure as hell wasn't our offense.

Conversely we shot 3/24 form 3 (12.5%)

Prior to the game we were shooting better than 33% and Georgetown’s D was yielding a % higher than that.

If, we shoot anywhere close to our average, that’s an additional 5 more makes and 15 points for us.

Bottomline it was another ugly low 60s game and we don’t have the closer to hit the big shot in the final seconds like we have had recently.

But I don’t believe the defense cost them the game yesterday.

 

[Halldan1]

The percentage can be misleading.

When you force a team into 16 turnovers that’s good defense and is just as good as a miss in terms calculating percentages.

The 61 points yesterday and 66 points vs Rutgers is more reflective of a good defensive effort.

Points well taken and that's 19 turnovers not 16.

 

[LeftCoastPirates]

Points well taken and that's 19 turnovers not 16.

CBS sports has it at 16 and ESPN 19

How the heck do they have that big a discrepancy?

 

[PJVegas]

The percentage can be misleading.
The 61 points yesterday and 66 points vs Rutgers is more reflective of a good defensive effort.

Or poor offensive built opponents.

 

[Halldan1]

CBS sports has it at 16 and ESPN 19

How the heck do they have that big a discrepancy?

I have the official box score given to the media.

19 is accurate.

 

[LeftCoastPirates]

Or poor offensive built opponents.

We can’t have it both ways.

When we slow down the offenses of Hofstra, VCU, and FAU who were putting up much higher per game averages, we have to give a little credit and say the team is working hard on that part of the floor.

Yes there will be games where a Vandy / Nova gets hot and we don’t stand a chance.

But holding out opponents to 61.5 ppg (15th best in the nation) after this sample of games is still a positive stat you can try to hold onto this year.

 

[williaza01]

We can’t have it both ways.

When we slow down the offenses of Hofstra, VCU, and FAU who were putting up much higher per game averages, we have to give a little credit and say the team is working hard on that part of the floor.

Yes there will be games where a Vandy / Nova gets hot and we don’t stand a chance.

But holding out opponents to 61.5 ppg (15th best in the nation) after this sample of games is still a positive stat you can try to hold onto this year.

We are/and have been (a little) like the jets…everyone lauds our defense and talks it up but in big moments and when stops are needed we largely come up short or empty

 

[The SHUttle]

Pounding the air out of the ball by dribbling at half court for 20-25 seconds every possession helps to hold opponents to a lower score as well.

 

[radecicco]

Pounding the air out of the ball by dribbling at half court for 20-25 seconds every possession helps to hold opponents to a lower score as well.

Well, what would you propose? Run up and down the floor with offensively talented teams and get blasted? We may see this vs X in a few days. Not saying we could run effective offense while working for a late shot clock attempt. With this roster we have to play with limited possessions. Almost worked last night and vs RU, but no cigar.

 

[Piratz]

The team stinks, we should play slow. This group cannot even convert defensive turnovers or offensive reobunds at an average rate, LOL.

Teams are getting all kinds of easy looks against us lately. Gotta keep the turnovers coming, we're getting carved up without them. We've also been fouling more as the quality of opponent has improved because we're out of position. We should be pressing more earlier in games... That may help the slow starts.

We play this painfully slow tempo and then have a terrible turnover problem of our own which negates the purpose of low possessions.

 

[MBF72]

And speaking of Gus. For now, he should see the majority of court time as our big. Other two get the ball down low, and immediately look to pass it out. Gus, despite is lack of quickness, at least tries to make something happen in the paint.

 

[Piratz]

And speaking of Gus. For now, he should see the majority of court time as our big. Other two get the ball down low, and immediately look to pass it out. Gus, despite is lack of quickness, at least tries to make something happen in the paint.

Gus is pesky because he plays with intensity with that wide frame and in spots it makes a difference. He also positioned well when Georgetown went to the zone. Gus was in the middle of the comeback runs against both Oklahoma State and Georgetown. Not a coincidence. Godswill also played pretty well against Georgetown.

Encouraging for both of them considering it was against Sorber.

 

[Piratz]

We are/and have been (a little) like the jets…everyone lauds our defense and talks it up but in big moments and when stops are needed we largely come up short or empty

We're simply not good enough. Sha is going crazy here trying to put players in and out to give him something, but even when we do some things well we aren't talented enough to make them difference makers.

**We pulled down 22 offensive rebounds but we had just 11 second-chance points.
**We turn Georgetown over 19 times. We score a mere 13 points off it.
**We finally have a good FT shooting game going 17/23 to their 11/22 and it goes for naught.

 

[williaza01]

We're simply not good enough. Sha is going crazy here trying to put players in and out to give him something, but even when we do some things well we aren't talented enough to make them difference makers.

**We pulled down 22 offensive rebounds but we had just 11 second-chance points.
**We turn Georgetown over 19 times. We score a mere 13 points off it.
**We finally have a good FT shooting game going 17/23 to their 11/22 and it goes for naught.

I agree

But I am also saying this has been a trait for years

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Well, what would you propose? Run up and down the floor with offensively talented teams and get blasted? We may see this vs X in a few days. Not saying we could run effective offense while working for a late shot clock attempt. With this roster we have to play with limited possessions. Almost worked last night and vs RU, but no cigar.

Honestly why not try it. I could joke about all the things I read over the summer about the depth and how we should force other teams to run with us for 40 minutes and wear them down, but I won't. However in 2006 the tempo of the team changed when Gaines went down and Laing stepped in. Sometimes that change works. This tempo isn't working, what the hell do we have to lose trying something new. The best we played vs Georgetown was hectic style forcing Georgetown into turnovers. If it doesn't work we lose by 20 instead of 1, but I'm not sure how watching half court offense is going to help us win. We have good athletes who struggle with the skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting at the high D1 level. At this point, I'd rather take my chances in a track meet than a game of skilled basketball.

 

[HallLine69]

And speaking of Gus. For now, he should see the majority of court time as our big. Other two get the ball down low, and immediately look to pass it out. Gus, despite is lack of quickness, at least tries to make something happen in the paint.

I agree. He certainly lacks athleticism but he compensates with energy, hustle and heart. He did a prety good job against Sorber.