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I think the like to this post was perhaps a bit unnecessary.
There was only 1 like. The rest were sad faces and a few wows.
I think the like to this post was perhaps a bit unnecessary.
When you see the Swoosh tattoos on the staff’s foreheads next game, all will become clear.Hmm, No Nike logo on SU coaches game apparel. Something up?
Didn’t we have just one Quad One win the last time we made the tournament and it turned out we weren’t even that close to the bubble because we missed the play in? I remember it being a bone to pick with some of the national media.
Hopefully Oregon improves and moves into and stays in the top 50.
Agreed. He looks like he belongs. Looks comfortable. I think he is going to end up being a good player down the road. He has skills, is fluid, coordinated for a big. Just needs strength.Carey lacks strength, but appears to have a feel for the game. His defense on high screens is good. He’s mobile and plays hard. The game is too fast right now, but I thought he gave us some valuable minutes tonight.
Same thing that happened to our fans.I know we don't get the crowds we used to, but what happened to the Pitt fans? Place looked so empty.
Students were there, other than that it was empty.Students not back yet and home town fans- meh?
You got 1 through 5 covered. All you need to know!I remember nothing.
Probably gonna need him to provide minutes here and there with Hima’s health being a concern. Even if it’s 2-3 minutes a half. Can’t expect Maliq to go 40 and it worked tonight but don’t think Benny as backup 5 is viable long-term.Carey lacks strength, but appears to have a feel for the game. His defense on high screens is good. He’s mobile and plays hard. The game is too fast right now, but I thought he gave us some valuable minutes tonight.
One way to get Benny closer to the basket is to make him play centerProbably gonna need him to provide minutes here and there with Hima’s health being a concern. Even if it’s 2-3 minutes a half. Can’t expect Maliq to go 40 and it worked tonight but don’t think Benny as backup 5 is viable long-term.
It’s bound to change, but we have plenty of opportunity to get some more Q1 and Q2 wins.
Q1 - 5 games (@WF, @NCSt, @Clem, vs Clem, vs UNC)
Q2 - 5 games (vs Mia, vs NCSt, @BC, @GaT, vs VT)
Q3 - 3 games (vs FSU, vs ND, @ Lville)
Q4 - 1 game (vs Lville)
2-3 vs Q1, 3-2 vs Q2 and 4-0 vs Q3/4 probably gets us in the NCAAt
If we get back to being a perennial ranked team I still don’t see us averaging more than 20-22 going forward. Just sad to see the allure of college hoops rotting away.It’s amazing how attendance at so many places has fallen off a cliff
If we get back to being a perennial ranked team I still don’t see us averaging more than 20-22 going forward. Just sad to see the allure of college hoops go into the toilet.
It all comes down to not losing the 4 Q3/4 and finding a way to go .500 or better vs Q1/2 teams. That gets us to the 21 wins which should be close to a lock. 19-20 wins is bubble.A lot more Q1 and Q2 opportunities for ACC teams this year.
As a matter of comparison Clemson, an ACC bubble team last year, only had 11 Q1/Q2 games (9 In, 2 Out) before the ACC Tournament last year. We are on pace for 17 Q1/Q2 games (13 In, 4 Out). Even with slippage in conference by teams on the "border", at worse that number will be 15. That's a lot more opportunity, and the committee seems to be more concerned with volume than %.
We are helped by the fact that while the ACC is not particularly strong, it is not abysmal like it was the past 2 years.
Brown was out with foul trouble tonight. Yes we hit a few shots at the end of the clock but also made the extra pass for a number of wide open looks. Defense was great with a few exceptions, that wins games. What I did not see a lot of was crazy driving shots with guys falling to the floor, or off balance 3’s giving the opponent easy run outs.My thoughts:
This is what it feels like to be on the other end of the 3 pts for / against equation. It’s hard to overcome being on the wrong side of this ratio.
This was an excellent win and I’m thrilled, but this model is not sustainable. We essentially ran an offense of passing the ball around the arc for 25 seconds and then someone would make a tremendous shot. Looks cool. Really fun. Not something you can hang your hat on. No idea why Q isn’t running the offense when he’s out there. Mintz is as much a PG as Jimmy Boeheim was a center. Notice how brown was not very effective? Because his buckets are generally a result of facilitation. Very little facilitation went on tonight.
Defensive rebounding is going to kill us. Only Pitts ineptitude at converting their O boards to points saved us. This has to be fixed. No idea how . But it’s not my job either
The one thing we have going for us is we’re a one-horse town in winter… and maybe with global warming we might get more butts in seats when things turn around.That’s still pretty good next to the rest of the world. Sometimes I tune into Maryland and that building is empty. In an area that bleeds hoops too. Too many of these ACC venues are morgues
TV is cheaper (relatively since you get ancillary benefits in terms of streaming) then going to the game. One game running you 300+ all in (food tickets and fees for family) is a hard sell to the casuals. Granted, it’s been that way since the 90sIf we get back to being a perennial ranked team I still don’t see us averaging more than 20-22 going forward. Just sad to see the allure of college hoops rotting away.
It all comes down to not losing the 4 Q3/4 and finding a way to go .500 or better vs Q1/2 teams. That gets us to the 21 wins which should be close to a lock. 19-20 wins is bubble.
I am wondering if Bell didn't tweek something on that dunk. He was not smiling after picking himself off the floor. Not sure how much he played after that?Start to finish this was our best game of the year.
-JJ was sublime. Obviously, he hit his shots. Just as importantly, he took good care of the ball, and I actually had more confidence with him with the ball in his hands late in the game than I did with Judah.
-Who thought we were going to win the game if Maliq had two points and five rebounds?
-Big bounce back game for Justin Taylor. Those threes were huge and he had some very important rebounds. Also moved well on defense. Good to see him come back after perhaps the worst game of his Syracuse career although you could say that about a lot of kids the other day.
-likewise Benny played much better today. It’s amazing how much better he shoots when he puts arc on the ball. Had some really athletic rebounds and a huge block.
-Judah seemed kind of skittish late with the ball. Wasn’t dribbling with a ton of confidence and made some bad decisions. But he did make some critical free throws as he usually does and played 39 hard minutes and remarkably had 9 boards.
-Big picture this says a lot about Red as a coach. Coming off of the abortion at North Carolina, he had this team ready to play and they played confidently and hard. I was a little surprised that he didn’t put Bell back in late in the second half but that is nitpicking.
-terrific win gives us some serious momentum against a good but gettable Miami team this weekend at the dome. We need the rest of the fans to match the students and get a great crowd in there.