SWC75
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(apparently I forgot to post this)
- It was an old-fashioned Syracuse-St. John’s game and very exciting. I think we have a very exciting team, one that is only going to get better. Right now coaching this team seems to be like putting a tent in a storm: you get one pole up, (Joe Girard scores 21 points in a half), and put up another, (Judah Mintz dazzles for 16 in a half), only to see the previous one fall down, (Joe scores zero). Benny Williams is the definition of a Dow Joneser. Jesse Edwards gets in foul trouble. When Jim gets all the tent poles up, it will be a stately pleasure dome indeed.
- Judah Mintz increasing reminds me not of Johnny Flynn or Dion Waiters but rather Pearl Washington, who used to break ankles with his dribbling skills and make impossible shots from all over the place. Judah is more athletic and he’s just learning to set up his teammates. But he’s learning fast. It’s impressive that he forces the other team to play zone. Most teams aren’t going to be good at it.
- Benny Williams had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. He also had four assists and hit three jump shots. Maybe he’ll realize how good he can be and become the player we’ve hoped he could be.
- Jesse Edwards was quiet for much of the game, mostly because he was on the bench with foul trouble, but really asserted himself down the stretch. He was the reason it became an overtime game. he scored 18 points on 6 for 8 shooting and pulled down 8 rebounds.
- What he didn’t do was block any shots. That was left to his back-up, Mounir Hima, who blocked 7 shots, not counting 2 goal tends. He also had 4 points and 8 rebounds, just like Jesse, but in just 19 minutes of play.
- Chris Bell did score 12 points. That’s his primary function. He scored 2 threes but also had 3 two point field goals.
3-2 with 26+ to go
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
- It was an old-fashioned Syracuse-St. John’s game and very exciting. I think we have a very exciting team, one that is only going to get better. Right now coaching this team seems to be like putting a tent in a storm: you get one pole up, (Joe Girard scores 21 points in a half), and put up another, (Judah Mintz dazzles for 16 in a half), only to see the previous one fall down, (Joe scores zero). Benny Williams is the definition of a Dow Joneser. Jesse Edwards gets in foul trouble. When Jim gets all the tent poles up, it will be a stately pleasure dome indeed.
- Judah Mintz increasing reminds me not of Johnny Flynn or Dion Waiters but rather Pearl Washington, who used to break ankles with his dribbling skills and make impossible shots from all over the place. Judah is more athletic and he’s just learning to set up his teammates. But he’s learning fast. It’s impressive that he forces the other team to play zone. Most teams aren’t going to be good at it.
- Benny Williams had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. He also had four assists and hit three jump shots. Maybe he’ll realize how good he can be and become the player we’ve hoped he could be.
- Jesse Edwards was quiet for much of the game, mostly because he was on the bench with foul trouble, but really asserted himself down the stretch. He was the reason it became an overtime game. he scored 18 points on 6 for 8 shooting and pulled down 8 rebounds.
- What he didn’t do was block any shots. That was left to his back-up, Mounir Hima, who blocked 7 shots, not counting 2 goal tends. He also had 4 points and 8 rebounds, just like Jesse, but in just 19 minutes of play.
- Chris Bell did score 12 points. That’s his primary function. He scored 2 threes but also had 3 two point field goals.
3-2 with 26+ to go
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
