Georgetown Game

the most interesting comment was Jamal's brother:

"Yeah Pat, at least your coach actually played in the league so you know he know what he saying.

Who is Pat?
And it amazes me how these kids and their family or handlers don't realize how quickly something they say can make it back to their coach.

 One game at a time.. A win @ Gtown changes the entire perception of the conference season for us..  This is important.

A win and a few posters go back into hiding until the next defeat..  A loss, and their presence will be even more exaggerated ... I really hope we win.

Quote from: redmen4life on January 03, 2014, 03:55:26 PM

the most interesting comment was Jamal's brother:

"Yeah Pat, at least your coach actually played in the league so you know he know what he saying.

Who is Pat?
And it amazes me how these kids and their family or handlers don't realize how quickly something they say can make it back to their coach.

Pat Swilling of Tulsa (Head Coach: Danny Manning)

I understand the Branch families frustrations with Lavin.

Who know's what he told them prior to Jamal transferring to SJU, but I'm sure it included him being involved more than he is. He got some good run last year before he got injured, was then recruited over, hyped all preseason, and gets 12 MPG and no extended play. I'd be questioning coach as well.

Saturday's game will be the 100th meeting between Georgetown and St. John's.

St. John's lead's the all time series 53-46

Georgetown leads the series in the BE era 42-18

I mistakenly put our record against providence for the St. John's BE era stat.

Georgetown is 35-30 in the BE era against St. John's my apologies. The first number seemed off to me.

Quote from: hoyahooligan on January 02, 2014, 08:12:00 PM

Saturday's game will be the 100th meeting between Georgetown and St. John's.

St. John's lead's the all time series 53-46

Georgetown leads the series in the BE era 42-18

I mistakenly put our record against providence for the St. John's BE era stat.

Georgetown is 35-30 in the BE era against St. John's my apologies. The first number seemed off to me.

Then why didn't you research it before posting ? I guess you can use it to embarrass Providence fans.

I understand the Branch families frustrations with Lavin.

Who know's what he told them prior to Jamal transferring to SJU, but I'm sure it included him being involved more than he is. He got some good run last year before he got injured, was then recruited over, hyped all preseason, and gets 12 MPG and no extended play. I'd be questioning coach as well.

The kid did sacrifice by coming here. I was and am rooting for him. I wish he would put it down and drive the middle. Ya get fouled, and get to the line, the coach gotta play you. He could still have a good career here. Go Jamal.

Quote from: chronicbucks on January 03, 2014, 05:28:30 PM

I understand the Branch families frustrations with Lavin.

Who know's what he told them prior to Jamal transferring to SJU, but I'm sure it included him being involved more than he is. He got some good run last year before he got injured, was then recruited over, hyped all preseason, and gets 12 MPG and no extended play. I'd be questioning coach as well.

The kid did sacrifice by coming here. I was and am rooting for him. I wish he would put it down and drive the middle. Ya get fouled, and get to the line, the coach gotta play you. He could still have a good career here. Go Jamal.

Yes, he should take a lesson from Rysheed...he drives knowing he will get fouled or get his shot...1/2 time he doesnt even get a shot off but gets to the line...Branch could do the same

Their are 5 coaches . Someone should be in branch's ear at all times telling him how good he is, picking him up when he messes up. Think he is key to season

Important game.  Need a quality road win and it is about time we stop hearing about potential and start seeing results.

I worked all week and so I was unable to see the Xavier game live.  As most of you disappointed in the loss.  Biggest issue I had with that game was not the ultimate result, no shame in losing to Xavier on the road, but the end of the 1st and the beginning of the second half.  It is something that needs to change if you are going to win consistently.  That run by Xavier especially at the beginning of the second half is a sign of a team not ready to win and that is not acceptable now.

SJU has to recognize that good home teams make runs.  You need to be able to blunt them immediately(couple of stops and a bucket or two by someone) or take advantage early on and build a sufficient lead yourself to withstand it (See how Syracuse led by 12 at halftime thus when SJU came back they were still within a bucket).  By SJU giving up the lead they built early on they had no cushion and then failed to reverse the early 2nd half run that ultimately cost them the game.  The other stuff like Gift starting was not a big deal since SJU was up early when Obekpa came in.  That game was lost on that 13-0 run to start the 2nd half.  SJU should have been better prepared for that run to start the 2nd half.  They should have realized that Xavier felt relieved having dodged a bullet in not being down big at the half.

More toughness, more production from Sanchez and better execution.  Pretenders or contenders?

I don't love the bulletin board material they are giving Georgetown.

Quote from: jr49 on January 03, 2014, 06:32:15 PM

Quote from: chronicbucks on January 03, 2014, 05:28:30 PM

I understand the Branch families frustrations with Lavin.

Who know's what he told them prior to Jamal transferring to SJU, but I'm sure it included him being involved more than he is. He got some good run last year before he got injured, was then recruited over, hyped all preseason, and gets 12 MPG and no extended play. I'd be questioning coach as well.

The kid did sacrifice by coming here. I was and am rooting for him. I wish he would put it down and drive the middle. Ya get fouled, and get to the line, the coach gotta play you. He could still have a good career here. Go Jamal.

Yes, he should take a lesson from Rysheed...he drives knowing he will get fouled or get his shot...1/2 time he doesnt even get a shot off but gets to the line...Branch could do the same

Rhysheed could learn from Branch how to pass out of a double team, plenty of times he doesn't get fouled or score because he's dribbled into a wall of defenders.     

Gonna be at work for this one so keep the updates coming!!

I'm sure there are a few that don't, Mark Few, Coach K..etc, but for the most part it's part of the job.

Good grief. Scrhewsjrekski is the lyingest phoniest POS duplicitous rat in all of college basketball. He makes John Calipari look like Francis of Assisi.

Quote from: section3 on January 03, 2014, 06:37:18 PM

Quote from: jr49 on January 03, 2014, 06:32:15 PM

Quote from: chronicbucks on January 03, 2014, 05:28:30 PM

I understand the Branch families frustrations with Lavin.

Who know's what he told them prior to Jamal transferring to SJU, but I'm sure it included him being involved more than he is. He got some good run last year before he got injured, was then recruited over, hyped all preseason, and gets 12 MPG and no extended play. I'd be questioning coach as well.

The kid did sacrifice by coming here. I was and am rooting for him. I wish he would put it down and drive the middle. Ya get fouled, and get to the line, the coach gotta play you. He could still have a good career here. Go Jamal.

Yes, he should take a lesson from Rysheed...he drives knowing he will get fouled or get his shot...1/2 time he doesnt even get a shot off but gets to the line...Branch could do the same

Rhysheed could learn from Branch how to pass out of a double team, plenty of times he doesn't get fouled or score because he's dribbled into a wall of defenders.     

Guess they can learn from each other

Quote from: hoyahooligan on January 03, 2014, 06:03:06 PM

Quote from: hoyahooligan on January 02, 2014, 08:12:00 PM

Saturday's game will be the 100th meeting between Georgetown and St. John's.

St. John's lead's the all time series 53-46

Georgetown leads the series in the BE era 42-18

I mistakenly put our record against providence for the St. John's BE era stat.

Georgetown is 35-30 in the BE era against St. John's my apologies. The first number seemed off to me.

Then why didn't you research it before posting ? I guess you can use it to embarrass Providence fans.

I did research it it's not like I have the number memorized. My eyes just skipped to the line above accidentally since Providence and St. John's are right next to each other alphabetically in our listing of BE opponents on the Georgetown Basketball History site.

The last time we beat Georgetown at Georgetown, Marcus Hatten basically did it by himself. He owned Georgetown like no other St.John's player. I think in order for us to have that kind of success, both Jordan and Harrison have to have terrific all around games, and Sampson, Obekpa and Pointer have to come together on defense. At the very least, they all have to play the same kind of defense at the same time.

Our stars have faded against them. I'm curious to see if that ends today.

The last two times we have faced Josh Smith he combined to go 14-17 from the field. I fear the same will happen today. Hope I'm wrong.

From his mouth to God's ears. Another lousy game & am canceling my Creighton trip!


@NYPost_Brazille: Prediction for today: Breakout game for Rysheed Jordan and St. John's wins. #sjubb

I'm not really worried about Smith and hope we dont constantly double him. If he has the stamina to take over then hats off to him but i'm willing to bet he doesn't. I'm more worried about their guards and trying to stop them from having big nights. I didn't catch much of their game against DePaul but the box score shows they had 16 turnovers. Dont know what DePaul did to cause it but with that in mind this would seem like a good game to press and trap. It would also give our front court the advantage against nig guys like Smith & Lubick.