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Message: [QUOTE="reedny, post: 1597623, member: 1423"] This was a disappointing loss, mostly b/c St. John's has been a dumpster fire leading into this season. It's mullen's first year, and this team had lost to Vandy (by 35), lost to Fordham and beat Niagara by only 4 points. So I don't think too many people saw this coming. Unfortunately, their shooters went off and they outrebounded us by 15. That was somewhat mitigated by a bunch of steals we made trying to crawl back into the game, but they just couldn't miss in the second half. And we couldn't hit -- Cooney and MR went 1-19 from outside. So on offense in the second half, we were playing 2 on 5, with only Lydon and G able to get going without a flurry of attempts. By contrast, St. Johns rebounded well and shot extremely well. They shot 50% from deep, hitting 12 3's to our 5. The two kids they dragged out of Italy couldn't have played better. Mussini went 5/7 from 3, for 17 points. Alibegovic shot 3/4 from down town (5/6 overall) and had 15 points and 9 rebounds. We had no one to counter that kind of firepower. The problem with this team continues to be one-dimensionality. On nights we don't hit from the perimeter and the other team does, we lose. And our FS is attrocious. Clearly, our starters are in the game too long and aren't being rested by any bench talent. Our inside offense is almost non-existent. We're getting humped on the glass ... and the really bad news is, we haven't even started playing conference teams yet. It's going to get worse. I don't see any remedy for the rut we're in without a shakeup in the starting lineup. If Howard is ready, I'd like him to start up top next to TC so G can move to the 3. MR can come in for TC or G and add some offense. This will allow G to concentrate on scoring without having to worry about starting the offense. Also, I would try Lydon at the 4 to start over TR, and DC2 starting in the middle. Right now, Roberson's just not getting it done offensively and I think he'd be better off coming off the bench for rebounding and an inside offensive spark. Lydon's rebounding is just as good, if not better. And he's a better offensive player that we need on the floor. That would give us MR and TR coming off the bench ... and potentially more offense from the starting lineup. [/QUOTE]

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