Monmouth Postgame

[hoopsupstate]

I’ll just say the obvious. The team played materially worse with JJ in the lineup. We can’t afford to have him out there for long spurts if his a defensive liability, average on offense and the worst free throw shooter in SU history. He make Stevie Thompson’s free throw shooting look world class.

What were you watching? Anthony was dreadful tonight. He was physically abused all night. JJ at least looked like he belonged. Anthony couldn’t get by anyone tonight. Turned it over when trapped and ended up on the floor every time he tried to put it on the floor. JJ actually was able to get by people without ending up on the floor. Anthony changed the game when he went 1-4 on the foul line.

 

[OrangeinDC]

4-0 for the first time since 2017 is the stat of the night. What the heck. Ugly game all around. Glad it happened now. Totally forgot Betsey didn’t play. Hope Kiyan is okay. Here comes ALL the H0T Takes lol

I may be an outlier but I'm glad we had this type of game right now, vice a 30 point blowout! Nothing builds character like overcoming adversity!!

 

[OrangeinDC]

It was definitely our best opponent yet

I liked their team tbh.. They played tough.

 

[OrangeinDC]

Should’ve been easier, hopefully the guys took notice of how vulnerable they still are.

I think we can hang with Kansas but only if Darryn Peterson still has a “sore hamstring.”

We're gonna bust Kansas Ass!!

 

[OrangeinDC]

I love Kingz! New favorite player. Also I would not have had a problem if Sadiq would've knocked out a ref. What they did to him and Kiyan also was insane.

YO!!! I love his Defense!!

 

[STEVEHOLT]

I dont wanna be that guy. AWWW whose kidding. I am going to be that guy. Told you so. Team is better with certain people playing more and others less and those proportions are not based on merit. This is the problem.

 

[pearl31]

Weird game. We didn't play particularly well except for a few brief stretches but also didn't necessarily play poorly (FTs notwithstanding). I mean when you're up 14 with under 7 to play and then up 11 with under 3, some unusual stuff has to happen for it to get to a one-posession game.
I dunno, don't think you can take much from this result any more than you can take from the previous 3. I do know we have the pieces to be good, especially at the 1,3,4 and 5. I do agree that while JJ was fine overall tonight the chemistry seemed off.
Weird game

 

[OrangeinDC]

Did he have BZ in over Kiyan on defense? That would make sense, Kiyan was hurting and isn't as strong. I'd have to rewatch the inbounds that went to BZ - guy was a poor (61%) foul shooter, but has to hit one.

It was for defense, Kiyan was struggling with the pics.

 

[OrangeinDC]

Thinking more. We just got shown by a garbage team that our athleticism doesn't matter if you are stupid and can't make free throws. There were 25 whistles at Drexel and 47 tonight on our home court which is pretty unheard of but still no excuse. We weren't ready for such a sloppy game.

The fork in the road now is if we get smarter and do the things that aren't based all on athleticism.

I just gotta say.. stupid?? Really?

 

[RedtheGOB]

I just gotta say.. stupid?? Really?

Yes. The shot selection down the stretch was stupid.

 

[OrangeinDC]

Yes. The shot selection down the stretch was stupid.

We just got shown by a garbage team that our athleticism doesn't matter if you are stupid and can't make free throws

This is what you said...

 

[OrangeinDC]

Yes. The shot selection down the stretch was stupid.

I would agree, they were bad...

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Kyle needs to play more and I am sure he will moving forward.

Nait George was terrific and is settling in nicely.

Kingz was wonderful. Nice shooting and what a nice backdoor cut to the hoop. Haven’t seem that in a minute. Was a dawg on defense too.

Our FT shooting blows.

The refereeing was absolutely atrocious. Killed any game flow. That one ref had to be dealing with hemorrhoids or something, so angry looking.

I was not happy with Red. That final minute was brutal.

JJ seems like a great kid.

Donnie hasn’t posted up guys well at all in the first four games, versus this level of competition that’s concerning. He’s very far away from being an NBA ready player but lots of tools to work with. Clutch free throws were nice.

Kiyan was fine other than those free throws. Woof. Got killed going to the hoop multiple times with no calls.

Sadiq got screwed by the refs. 8 points in limited minutes is nice.

Missed Betsy for offensive spacing especially.

Zephir and Soure are great effort guys but both probably played too much.

Upwards and Onwards!!