Quote from: carmineabbatiello on January 26, 2017, 01:49:22 PMQuote from: Poison on January 26, 2017, 09:52:06 AMQuote from: carmineabbatiello on January 26, 2017, 02:47:55 AM- I find it gratifying to win games at the free throw stripe. LP have been amazing from there (pretty much amazing from everywhere on the court offensively) all year and even Bash who's struggled previously gets into the act at 3 for 3. 90% as a team.- Tremendous use of all his timeouts in the second half with oodles of time left to successfully tourniquet the bleeding. Ata boy coach!- Our defense s*cks. 86 points is ridiculous. We gotta do something. - 2 BE road wins at the mid-point. Not too shabby. - Live by the three.....Live by the three! 48% on the day. You sure this is a St. John's team? - My favorite sequence was right before half-time when Lovett fouls Pc on purpose putting them on the line just so he could get the ball back again for the last second shot. Ponds held up his hands asking for the ball but there was no way Marcus was giving it up then he nails the acrobatic falling down 30 ft. last second chuck for three. Onions!!!It is very strange to see a St.John's team that can shoot, but doesn't bother to play defense. Right? I am not at all comfortable with this new action packed, exciting style of play.I wish we would go back to a slow, walk it up, nobody gets to 60 pts. Carnesseca like boring style of play. You mean back when we routinely made the NCAA tournament?
Quote from: Poison on January 26, 2017, 09:52:06 AMQuote from: carmineabbatiello on January 26, 2017, 02:47:55 AM- I find it gratifying to win games at the free throw stripe. LP have been amazing from there (pretty much amazing from everywhere on the court offensively) all year and even Bash who's struggled previously gets into the act at 3 for 3. 90% as a team.- Tremendous use of all his timeouts in the second half with oodles of time left to successfully tourniquet the bleeding. Ata boy coach!- Our defense s*cks. 86 points is ridiculous. We gotta do something. - 2 BE road wins at the mid-point. Not too shabby. - Live by the three.....Live by the three! 48% on the day. You sure this is a St. John's team? - My favorite sequence was right before half-time when Lovett fouls Pc on purpose putting them on the line just so he could get the ball back again for the last second shot. Ponds held up his hands asking for the ball but there was no way Marcus was giving it up then he nails the acrobatic falling down 30 ft. last second chuck for three. Onions!!!It is very strange to see a St.John's team that can shoot, but doesn't bother to play defense. Right? I am not at all comfortable with this new action packed, exciting style of play.I wish we would go back to a slow, walk it up, nobody gets to 60 pts. Carnesseca like boring style of play.
Quote from: carmineabbatiello on January 26, 2017, 02:47:55 AM- I find it gratifying to win games at the free throw stripe. LP have been amazing from there (pretty much amazing from everywhere on the court offensively) all year and even Bash who's struggled previously gets into the act at 3 for 3. 90% as a team.- Tremendous use of all his timeouts in the second half with oodles of time left to successfully tourniquet the bleeding. Ata boy coach!- Our defense s*cks. 86 points is ridiculous. We gotta do something. - 2 BE road wins at the mid-point. Not too shabby. - Live by the three.....Live by the three! 48% on the day. You sure this is a St. John's team? - My favorite sequence was right before half-time when Lovett fouls Pc on purpose putting them on the line just so he could get the ball back again for the last second shot. Ponds held up his hands asking for the ball but there was no way Marcus was giving it up then he nails the acrobatic falling down 30 ft. last second chuck for three. Onions!!!It is very strange to see a St.John's team that can shoot, but doesn't bother to play defense.
- I find it gratifying to win games at the free throw stripe. LP have been amazing from there (pretty much amazing from everywhere on the court offensively) all year and even Bash who's struggled previously gets into the act at 3 for 3. 90% as a team.- Tremendous use of all his timeouts in the second half with oodles of time left to successfully tourniquet the bleeding. Ata boy coach!- Our defense s*cks. 86 points is ridiculous. We gotta do something. - 2 BE road wins at the mid-point. Not too shabby. - Live by the three.....Live by the three! 48% on the day. You sure this is a St. John's team? - My favorite sequence was right before half-time when Lovett fouls Pc on purpose putting them on the line just so he could get the ball back again for the last second shot. Ponds held up his hands asking for the ball but there was no way Marcus was giving it up then he nails the acrobatic falling down 30 ft. last second chuck for three. Onions!!!
Interestingly enough, a few posters on the Providence board said that in the tunnel after the game, Cooley and Mullin got into a shouting match. Anybody else hear this?
Quote from: MCNPA on January 28, 2017, 10:20:08 AMInterestingly enough, a few posters on the Providence board said that in the tunnel after the game, Cooley and Mullin got into a shouting match. Anybody else hear this?PRovidence Journal confirmed they had words, F bombs primarily. Lol
Quote from: paultzman on January 28, 2017, 10:25:29 AMQuote from: MCNPA on January 28, 2017, 10:20:08 AMInterestingly enough, a few posters on the Providence board said that in the tunnel after the game, Cooley and Mullin got into a shouting match. Anybody else hear this?PRovidence Journal confirmed they had words, F bombs primarily. LolPlayers had to hold both coaches back
So pace of play has nothing to do with a team's style? Weird, how fast a team plays is usually the first thing discussed when somebody asks what a particular team's style of play is
Our guys don't get back on defense. If they couldn't shoot, they wouldn't be hitting threes and we'd know why. So, why don't they get back on d?
Coaches often make adjustments based on their personnel.
Quote from: Poison on January 27, 2017, 05:30:41 PMOur guys don't get back on defense. If they couldn't shoot, they wouldn't be hitting threes and we'd know why. So, why don't they get back on d? Because they're freshmen.
Quote from: Foad on January 28, 2017, 10:47:12 AMQuote from: Poison on January 27, 2017, 05:30:41 PMOur guys don't get back on defense. If they couldn't shoot, they wouldn't be hitting threes and we'd know why. So, why don't they get back on d? Because they're freshmen.This is a team wide problem. The good news is that it's something the players can correct. Maybe Mullin and the staff need to emphasize it more? Maybe the players need focus better than they are. It's probably a little of both.
Quote from: Marco Baldi on January 28, 2017, 10:38:28 AMQuote from: paultzman on January 28, 2017, 10:25:29 AMQuote from: MCNPA on January 28, 2017, 10:20:08 AMInterestingly enough, a few posters on the Providence board said that in the tunnel after the game, Cooley and Mullin got into a shouting match. Anybody else hear this?PRovidence Journal confirmed they had words, F bombs primarily. LolPlayers had to hold both coaches back I love it...
anyone have any idea how our defense ranked last year ? Not sure where to find it but for some reason I thought it sucked last year too. Personally I have less of a problem with the offense as I do with the defense and if it's freshman on defense it's freshman on offense and I think our offense is way ahead of our defense
Quote from: mjmaherjr on January 28, 2017, 12:26:30 PManyone have any idea how our defense ranked last year ? Not sure where to find it but for some reason I thought it sucked last year too. Personally I have less of a problem with the offense as I do with the defense and if it's freshman on defense it's freshman on offense and I think our offense is way ahead of our defenseLast season we were the 292 in scoring defense (77.3 ppg).http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/rankings?doWhat=archive&rpt=archive&sportCode=MBB
Quote from: MCNPA on January 28, 2017, 10:20:08 AMInterestingly enough, a few posters on the Providence board said that in the tunnel after the game, Cooley and Mullin got into a shouting match. Anybody else hear this?If Cooley were to step to Mullin, I would expect that in a split second the rest of his hair would turn white.