Seton Hall game thread

  Your narrative conveniently begins at our 17 point lead... Personally, I'm shocked.  I've already explained my thoughts on the SH comeback, no need to rehash..  Might as well focus on the positive , though, right?  I  mean, we do want them to win and play good.   

  Yes,  getting the large lead during that stretch in  the 2nd half was as good as this team has played all season.  Is it that much of a stretch?  In case you missed it, we haven't been very good this season.... Thought you were on top of these things?

 So, your point is that the team still sucks..   Got it..   

Lavin is never going to be a great coach so I don't see the point of nitpicking after a win. I am happy as long as he doesn't pull any crazy stunts. Again I am a fan of fouling when up three and most coaches are afraid to do.

Lavin is never going to be a great coach so I don't see the point of nitpicking after a win. I am happy as long as he doesn't pull any crazy stunts. Again I am a fan of fouling when up three and most coaches are afraid to do.

Quote from: boo3 on January 24, 2014, 10:46:02 AM

While it isn't the greatest play by any stretch...As a last resort, with no timeouts ( yes, we should have saved one),  what other play is there?

Either a 5 second call or turnover under our own basket is a disaster scenario. 

In all seriousness,  aren't they taught to do exactly that?  Obviously not throw it out of bounds without anyone touching it, but get the ball as far away from hoop as possible? 

I was kind've surprised dom didn't throw it off the defenders leg, that's his go-to move when we're having trouble inbounding the ball.

In all seriousness though, it wasn't a terrible play.   In some ways it could even be considered a smart thing to do.   

Quote from: desco80 on January 24, 2014, 10:51:57 AM

Quote from: boo3 on January 24, 2014, 10:46:02 AM

While it isn't the greatest play by any stretch...As a last resort, with no timeouts ( yes, we should have saved one),  what other play is there?

Either a 5 second call or turnover under our own basket is a disaster scenario. 

In all seriousness,  aren't they taught to do exactly that?  Obviously not throw it out of bounds without anyone touching it, but get the ball as far away from hoop as possible? 

I was kind've surprised dom didn't throw it off the defenders leg, that's his go-to move when we're having trouble inbounding the ball.

In all seriousness though, it wasn't a terrible play.   In some ways it could even be considered a smart thing to do.   

He had guys open and didn't get it to them.  It shouldn't have come to that is the point.  I'm sorry but praising him for not being able to get the ball in when we had guys he could get it too is an awful rationalization mentality from a coach.  He's a junior.  He's gotta deliver the ball on time in that spot PERIOD.

Also, did we win the flipping championship yesterday?!?!  We blow a 16 point lead at home against a lower tier team and we go crazy.  Dude, we are 1-5 and looked terrible in the last 5 minutes.  This program has really fallen...

Sanchez was running full speed, extended his arm, ticked the ball with his finger tips about one foot from out of bounds. I agree he should have caught it-IF HE WAS THE GREATEST ATHELETE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD! Why didn't he just dunk it while he was at it? Is he just stupid?   

Would it be reasonable or appropriate to question why Pointer was the person in-bounding the ball as opposed to somebody else?

Cutting the rotation to eight guys is a smart move. And I feel like its the right eight kids.

That's not a smart move. It's the only move. The guys who played yesterday are the guys who should have played the whole season .
Now Obekpa, last two games: 10 fouls, three blocks, zero points

They need to figure out whats wrong with him.

I just watched the replay of the game. There was an open man , I think it was Sheed, Dom just hesitated.

As much as I criticize SL's coaching, I must say there were several instances down the stretch where players rushed poor shots, instead of getting ball to a guard and resetting.  SH fan next to me noted kindly, "You guys seem talented, but certainly don't play smart". Can't argue with that.