17-18 Player Contributions

"LoVett and Ponds are two of the best guards in all of college basketball and they make up a tremendous backcourt. With their combination of scoring and defense, it is very hard to match-up with Saint John’s. This season, they could take another step up under head coach Chris Mullin and make a run at a NCAA Tournament bid."

https://bustingbrackets.com/2017/07/31/saint-johns-basketball-ponds-lovett-make-great-backcourt/

"LoVett and Ponds are two of the best guards in all of college basketball and they make up a tremendous backcourt. With their combination of scoring and defense, it is very hard to match-up with Saint John’s. This season, they could take another step up under head coach Chris Mullin and make a run at a NCAA Tournament bid."

https://bustingbrackets.com/2017/07/31/saint-johns-basketball-ponds-lovett-make-great-backcourt/

"With their combination of scoring and defense, it is very hard to match-up with Saint John’s."

Apparently he's never seen them play. 

Looks like Lovett will wear #20 this year.

Quote from: QuanMan on August 02, 2017, 11:30:06 AM

"LoVett and Ponds are two of the best guards in all of college basketball and they make up a tremendous backcourt. With their combination of scoring and defense, it is very hard to match-up with Saint John’s. This season, they could take another step up under head coach Chris Mullin and make a run at a NCAA Tournament bid."

https://bustingbrackets.com/2017/07/31/saint-johns-basketball-ponds-lovett-make-great-backcourt/

"With their combination of scoring and defense, it is very hard to match-up with Saint John’s."

Apparently he's never seen them play. 

Defense of what? Some people think defense is all steals and blocked shots. We've shown that to be far from the truth.

Looks like Lovett will wear #20 this year.

He just wants to see all the people wearing #20 jerseys thinking they are for him

https://twitter.com/Marv_Time15/status/904377026810925057

JSimon is a huge PG/SG, he's going to help our perimeter D and clear up much needed space for Bash. How much better he is than Malik remains unknown, but there must be a reason why he bolted out of town.

https://twitter.com/Marv_Time15/status/904377026810925057

JSimon is a huge PG/SG, he's going to help our perimeter D and clear up much needed space for Bash. How much better he is than Malik remains unknown, but there must be a reason why he bolted out of town.

Simon is much better at going to the rack, although in fairness Ellison was one of our only guys who could do that. He doesn't shoot as well as Ellison, but he's stronger, and much quicker. We have less three point shooters but hopefully more guys who can move their feet.

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/bossi-s-best-remember-me-highly-ranked-transfers

Simon, Clark and former GTown SF Issac Copeland, now with Nebraska (11/16) all mentioned.

Article from The Torch

www.torchonline.com/sports/2017/09/13/me...rvives-crazy-summer/

Tony Patelis‏
@CollegeHoopNews
Must watch backcourts: Temple, Fresno State, Virginia Tech, St John's, LA Tech, Ole Miss, Iona. #CollegeHoops

Iona/SJU  game is gonna be a track meet.

Iona/SJU  game is gonna be a track meet.

Agreed. Keep hearing this is the most talented team Cluess has had at Iona

Quote from: valgoth on October 05, 2017, 05:20:41 PM

Iona/SJU  game is gonna be a track meet.

Agreed. Keep hearing this is the most talented team Cluess has had at Iona

How are they defensively?

Ya think?  For me (my age) its the 11-12 team that got the at-large and had the hideous loss to BYU.

Quote from: valgoth on October 05, 2017, 05:20:41 PM

Iona/SJU  game is gonna be a track meet.

Agreed. Keep hearing this is the most talented team Cluess has had at Iona

Quote from: Marco Baldi on October 05, 2017, 05:45:36 PM

Quote from: valgoth on October 05, 2017, 05:20:41 PM

Iona/SJU  game is gonna be a track meet.

that could be a question for both teams
Agreed. Keep hearing this is the most talented team Cluess has had at Iona

How are they defensively?

thats a question for both teams

Quote from: valgoth on October 05, 2017, 05:20:41 PM

Iona/SJU  game is gonna be a track meet.

Agreed. Keep hearing this is the most talented team Cluess has had at Iona

As talented as the team that had Jones and Machado in the backcourt and Michael Glover inside? I don't one Iona player that sniffs that level. I don't see one Iona player that would start at STJ now.

Ya think?  For me (my age) its the 11-12 team that got the at-large and had the hideous loss to BYU.

Quote from: Marco Baldi on October 05, 2017, 05:45:36 PM

Quote from: valgoth on October 05, 2017, 05:20:41 PM

Iona/SJU  game is gonna be a track meet.

Agreed. Keep hearing this is the most talented team Cluess has had at Iona

I agree with you on that at large team. But people who are around the program every day tell me this. We shall know soon enough

Any word from practice, likely starting5?

Any word from practice, likely starting5?

Would expect three guard offense to start season.

Quote from: QuanMan on October 07, 2017, 02:07:05 PM

Any word from practice, likely starting5?

Would expect three guard offense to start season.

So there would be a 4 headed monster for the 2 big spots?