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Quote from: MCNPA on August 09, 2017, 03:03:27 PM

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Quote from: QuanMan on July 27, 2017, 02:48:46 PM

Strengthening the mini union, I like it-

http://www.bigeast.com/news/2017/7/27/mens-basketball-four-conferences-join-big-east-acc-basketball-officiating-alliance.aspx

This link got me to spend some time checking the Big East conference numbers. Here's what I found :

We finished last in :

Scoring defense
Rebounding defense
Rebounding margin
Defensive rebounding percentage.

We finished next to last in :

Scoring margin
Field goal percentage
Field goal percentage - defensive
3 point field goal percentage - defense
Rebounding
Assists
Assist to T/O ratio
Defensive rebounding
Offensive rebounding percentage

After looking at these numbers you realize that either coach did a lousy job coaching this team or a great job coaching this crew of ragamuffins to 7 Big East wins. Amazing .

. It would be helpful to show some of our positive margins as well to get a full picture.

If these numbers are correct, we were awful playing offense,, rebounding, and playing defense. Are their numbers that show different?

Not much left but lead by Owens I think we finished first in the league in player dance routines.

Eli Hershkovich‏ @EliHershkovich  Oct 9
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Leitao on Max Strus: "He's as good of a player as I've ever been with in the gym in 30 years." #dpubb

Strus is a superstar D2 transfer who will be playing at DePaul for the next two seasons, what a statement. Richard Hamilton, Wilson Chandler among those coached by Leitao.

Jon Rothstein‏Verified account @JonRothstein  2h2 hours ago
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Impressed with what I've seen from D2 transfer Max Strus. Trying to be DePaul's version of Derrick White. Has All-Big East potential.

http://www.woonsocketcall.com/sports/friars-remain-optimistic-about-holt-pc-target-duke-could-announce/article_ce848092-ae2f-11e7-b5ed-2bc9600e0793.html

Didn't know about Holt's injury, which would really cripple the start of the Friars potentially special season.

An upgraded Pavilion should make for an attractive venue in years to come. Having gone there throughout college that building was not up to the standards that Nova wants to project.

http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/media/pressreleases/2017/1012.html

Eli Hershkovich‏ @EliHershkovich  Oct 9
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Leitao on Max Strus: "He's as good of a player as I've ever been with in the gym in 30 years." #dpubb

Strus is a superstar D2 transfer who will be playing at DePaul for the next two seasons, what a statement. Richard Hamilton, Wilson Chandler among those coached by Leitao.

Jon Rothstein‏Verified account @JonRothstein  2h2 hours ago
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Impressed with what I've seen from D2 transfer Max Strus. Trying to be DePaul's version of Derrick White. Has All-Big East potential.

Great job recruiting this kid by the DePaul staff. Sounds like he's the real deal. These are the kind of diamonds SJU needs to be mining.

Cooley killing it on recruiting trail, out there all the time.

Key notes on Emmit Holt's possible medical redshirt listed, could really derail the Friars momentum:

http://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20171018/providences-cartwright-were-out-to-win-big-east

http://www.zagsblog.com/2017/10/24/anthony-nelson-seton-hall/

Damn. Good for the hall

"I picked Seton Hall because I wanted to be close to home and I felt like it was a good situation for me,” he told ZAGSBLOG.”

 

Good thing the staff is building that impenetrable fence around the city especially the CHSAA schools.

Per Rothstein
Seton Hall beats BC by 15. 14 rebounds for Angel Delgado. Eagles guard Ky Bowman led all scorers with 29 points. 3-pt game at half. #shbb

Per Goodman
Seton Hall 86, BC 71. Desi Rodriguez with 18, Angel Delgado with 7 and 14 boards. Ky Bowman with 29, Deontae Hawkins 14 points for BC.

PC Friars lose to Carlton in exhibition, 77-67, very good Canadian program.

Jared Rhoden, the 6-foot-6, 205-pound shooting guard from Our Saviour Lutheran (NY) School and the NY Lightning, committed to Seton Hall on Saturday evening, he told ZAGSBLOG.

http://www.zagsblog.com/2017/10/28/jared-rhoden-seton-hall/

If SJU cant pass the Hall in the recruiting battle there will be big problems.....other than getting Ponds we are being hammered locally.....I thought with the hiring of Mullin and Richmond we would dominate locally by now

If SJU cant pass the Hall in the recruiting battle there will be big problems.....other than getting Ponds we are being hammered locally.....I thought with the hiring of Mullin and Richmond we would dominate locally by now

We're not ready to pass Hall yet locally.  SH has back to back tourney appearances and also won a BE champ in 2016. 

In the meantime, I'm OK with a steady flow of 3 to 5 star transfers and some non-local 3-4 star HS recruits.  Recruiting locally only works if the kids we want, actually want to stay local.   The country is big and we should not limit ourselves to a few kids within a 30 min drive.

Quote from: cjfish on October 29, 2017, 11:01:39 AM

If SJU cant pass the Hall in the recruiting battle there will be big problems.....other than getting Ponds we are being hammered locally.....I thought with the hiring of Mullin and Richmond we would dominate locally by now

We're not ready to pass Hall yet locally.  SH has back to back tourney appearances and also won a BE champ in 2016. 

In the meantime, I'm OK with a steady flow of 3 to 5 star transfers and some non-local 3-4 star HS recruits.  Recruiting locally only works if the kids we want, actually want to stay local.   The country is big and we should not limit ourselves to a few kids within a 30 min drive.

We have not excelled in any region since this staff over. The only thing I see is that the transfer game may help compensate for that. What is disturbing is that that right around the time Sid Wilson ran away like a 10 year old girl, Luther Muhammad went from STJ lean to wanting nothing to do with us. We don't want alienate local talent, but if this staff can't land more than one local recruit in 4 years of this, they need a different plan, and the transfer market seems like it's the plan.

Doesn't change the score much, but don't forget, besides Ponds, Boubacar Diakite is local out of HS too.

Also it's been 2.5 years, not 4. and hard to count that recruiting period of April 2015-Sept 2015 as it was playing totally from behind.