ND Postgame

[IthacaMatt]

This escapade you’re on is something. Starling doesn’t belong in the same sentence as Joe Girard let alone Gerry McNamara. Gerry TS% for his career was .547. JJ’s is .499. Also he has triple the assists as JJ.

(1) You know I'm not comparing JJ to Gerry McNamara; I'm making a point of advanced statistics. Gerry's total shooting percentage is pumped up quite a bit by the fact that he was an elite FT shooter. He did not make an elite percentage of his 3 point shots, and you know that's a fact.

(2) I'm making the point that for those who say there is "no such thing as clutch play" - which many stat heads say, they think calling someone clutch, you never have a representative sample size. Randomness comes into play.

"You can't measure clutch."
And yet somehow we all knew Gerry had it.
Judah Mintz had it. Even Buddy Boeheim had it.

I haven't seen it yet from Donnie.
That doesn't mean he's not the best player on the team.

Among the players on the team this year, JJ is the guy who has actually gone out and won games before. Not a lot. Not consistently.
But he has done it. Who else on this team has?

 

[LpoolNative]

Any insight on why Donnie was benched?

0% chance it was “strategic”.

Red’s comments postgame against NCST about Sadiq being the only guy trying makes me think Donnie gave poor effort.

I noticed Donnie just standing around looking at rebounds against NCST

 

[Newhouser]

Next game will be interesting. Does Donnie start and does Kiyan get less second half minutes than Johnny Whitaker ( dating myself I know).

 

[blust2i3d4]

Any insight on why Donnie was benched?

0% chance it was “strategic”.

Red’s comments postgame against NCST about Sadiq being the only guy trying makes me think Donnie gave poor effort.

I noticed Donnie just standing around looking at rebounds against NCST

Maybe not including Donnie in the starting five will fix him. He bears too much responsibility in his mind.

 

[Cuse19]

Nait George who has gotten a lot of hate during this season really showed improvement tonight. Granted it was an ND squad who struggled on ball the entire game George finished with 10 assists and 0 turnovers. That’s an outstanding game from your PG. He deserves praise for the way he played tonight.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Nait George who has gotten a lot of hate during this season really showed improvement tonight. Granted it was an ND squad who struggled on ball the entire game George finished with 10 assists and 0 turnovers. That’s an outstanding game from your PG. He deserves praise for the way he played tonight.

You're absolutely right. He's gotten a lot of stick on here, and he had an excellent game tonight. The ball was moving.

 

[Obie9]

So no one yet knows why Donnie didn’t start? Hopefully we will know the truth soon. Also, the man sitting behind me said that Donnie and JJ were in some kind of enemy mode. Their body language towards each other was terrible. Now, I didn’t - of course - notice any of that, but I am wondering if anyone else did? I am counting on the board to shed light on these issues so I can take it back to my “team” sitting around me. Thanks!

The crowd was perhaps the biggest we have had all season. The students once again were there. I was thinking people would be pretty apathetic and not show up, but it was great that they did and great that we won. It was - darn it! - it was just so great!

There was a middle-aged overweight VT fan sitting in front of us and every time he stood up you could see 1/3 or half of his buttockal area. I cannot tell you how much fun we had with that. I wish we could have that every game. It would ease the pain somewhat.

At halftime we were all standing around talking and someone asked if we were going to get tickets again next year. To a man, woman and child (who have no say so) we all said yes.

Very nice tribute to Lawrence Moten at halftime. JB was there and he choked up talking about Lawrence. He was such a good player. I have forgiven him, at long last, for calling the time out we didn’t have in the Elite Eight game his senior year. What a terrible way for him to end his college career! John Wallace was on the floor with about 20 family members. Still can’t believe he’s gone.

So happy we won! Wonder if we will again?

I believe Red was covering for Donnie. I also heard he did not start because of a team rule violation. Sounds like he was late to a meeting. Nothing serious. We played well when he was out, but obviously need him going forward.

Hope JJ is okay. He took a pretty nasty shot to the face at the end of the game.