What's the biggest change?

Poison-  I read somewhere online ( possibly here, too many threads to sort thru) that Keady, from his Purdue days, has a drill/exercise where the kids play a simulated game where no one is allowed to dribble..  Seems like it has helped in the passing department.   Kudos to you for giving some credit where it's due. 

 Now we just have to get Desco to lose the AVi of Antigua...I mean, seriously?   

Man-crush!

Time. #February. Although many didn't like to hear it, that was the reality. When your team is as reliant as we are in a freshman point guard, not to mention sophomores in Sampson and Obekpa, its going to take some time. Jordan's ability to pass has opened up the offense, strange once players' begin to execute we no longer hear posters complain about our offense. D'lo played a great game, but 40 minutes without an assist is something he needs to improve on.   

He had two great passes that resulted in his teammates going to the line.

Posters are no longer claiming we have no talent either  

Quote from: SJUFAN on February 17, 2014, 06:21:57 PM

Time. #February. Although many didn't like to hear it, that was the reality. When your team is as reliant as we are in a freshman point guard, not to mention sophomores in Sampson and Obekpa, its going to take some time. Jordan's ability to pass has opened up the offense, strange once players' begin to execute we no longer hear posters complain about our offense. D'lo played a great game, but 40 minutes without an assist is something he needs to improve on.   

He had two great passes that resulted in his teammates going to the line.

Posters are no longer claiming we have no talent either  

Those posters are gone. Not everyone likes to admit when they are wrong.

Quote from: boo3 on February 17, 2014, 04:03:46 PM

Poison-  I read somewhere online ( possibly here, too many threads to sort thru) that Keady, from his Purdue days, has a drill/exercise where the kids play a simulated game where no one is allowed to dribble..  Seems like it has helped in the passing department.   Kudos to you for giving some credit where it's due. 

 Now we just have to get Desco to lose the AVi of Antigua...I mean, seriously?   

Man-crush!

I thought about switching it up sometime after the Marquette game, but I don't want to mess with a good thing.   I also haven't gotten a haircut for the same reason, and have drank nothing but Heineken because that's what I was having when the streak of good play started 

 And my argument was always just that he was somebody who deserved a look, not that he was a can't-miss candidate.  FWIW, I do think Antigua is going to have his day real soon and will make some program very happy.   But there's no point in talking about coaching candidates right now.   So i've hushed-up on that subject. 

Time. #February. Although many didn't like to hear it, that was the reality. When your team is as reliant as we are in a freshman point guard, not to mention sophomores in Sampson and Obekpa, its going to take some time. Jordan's ability to pass has opened up the offense, strange once players' begin to execute we no longer hear posters complain about our offense. D'lo played a great game, but 40 minutes without an assist is something he needs to improve on.   

D'lo like good offensive players does stuff fast. If he's gonna shoot, he shoots. If he's gonna put it on the floor and go to the hoop, he does it fast. You can see he has developed big trust in Sheed. If he isn't gonna make a move he gets it right back into the hands of his point guard. Down the stretch I still like D'lo getting a touch, and Sheed gonna get it back to him if thats the way the play breaks down. Harrison got us 6 boards the other night. If the ball gonna be in Sheeds hands less chance for assists. If D'lo got an open man to get it to he will.

Quote from: SJUFAN on February 17, 2014, 06:21:57 PM

Time. #February. Although many didn't like to hear it, that was the reality. When your team is as reliant as we are in a freshman point guard, not to mention sophomores in Sampson and Obekpa, its going to take some time. Jordan's ability to pass has opened up the offense, strange once players' begin to execute we no longer hear posters complain about our offense. D'lo played a great game, but 40 minutes without an assist is something he needs to improve on.   

D'lo like good offensive players does stuff fast. If he's gonna shoot, he shoots. If he's gonna put it on the floor and go to the hoop, he does it fast. You can see he has developed big trust in Sheed. If he isn't gonna make a move he gets it right back into the hands of his point guard. Down the stretch I still like D'lo getting a touch, and Sheed gonna get it back to him if thats the way the play breaks down. Harrison got us 6 boards the other night. If the ball gonna be in Sheeds hands less chance for assists. If D'lo got an open man to get it to he will.

Harrison's ability to draw fouls while the other team is in the penalty is amazing.

The end of regulation and the 1st OT might have turned out very differently if Sheed had had the ball instead of Dlo.  The defense knew that Dlo was gonna take the shot and they defended him accordingly.  If Sheed had been where he is now, we would have had several options on the final play.  He could have driven and dished to a cutter, passed to an open man for a jumper or found an open man down low.  Those options are invaluable.

He got rid of that first brain transplant he received from Abby Something....Abby Normal.

I'll add a couple subtle changes :

-there has been a concerted effort to get the ball inside and our guys have actually sealed their men... and when they haven't they all seem to have 2--3 moves to get a high % shot off...Branch, particularly, looks to get his bigs touches...and all of our guards are better with entry passes so that is clearly something they've been working on.  I'd still like to see Sanchez get more touches down low and on the baseline...I really like that two dribble draw the d and wrap it around to the lane play of his

-the screening has really improved--especially Obekpa--but there is still room for growth

-man to man is better and switching is exponentially better...still giving up way to many drives to the basket, though

-when the game is on the line, everyone gets the ball to Harrison.  It's awesome

-There is a lot more movement and purpose on offense than any point in the last three years

I notice that Whitesell does a lot of coaching during the games.  He joined us late and it has taken a while, but he has definitely had an impact on what the team is doing on the court.

The 3 guard lineup.  Hollywood embracing, cultivating and starting games with a 3 guard lineup.  Great job by Lavin gaining minutes for his four talented guards this way.

The 3 guard lineup.  Hollywood embracing, cultivating and starting games with a 3 guard lineup.  Great job by Lavin gaining minutes for his four talented guards this way.

Wouldn't it be ironic playing the coach who basically invented the 4 guard lineup in 2005-06 (Foye, Ray, Nardi and Lowry.  Result of losing Sumpter late the year before and then prior to the 05-06 season  for the entire season) that SJU decided to use that against Nova tomorrow because of circumstances?

The 3 guard lineup.  Hollywood embracing, cultivating and starting games with a 3 guard lineup.  Great job by Lavin gaining minutes for his four talented guards this way.

We've been starting three guards since November. The only 5 games all year where Lavin didn't start three guards were Monmouth, Longwood, Penn State, Xavier and PC. So to recap: the three guard line up is not a change, it did not contribute to the winning streak, and your answer is completely non responsive to OP's question.

Other than that you make your usual salient points.

Quote from: carmineabbatiello on February 21, 2014, 09:41:01 PM

The 3 guard lineup.  Hollywood embracing, cultivating and starting games with a 3 guard lineup.  Great job by Lavin gaining minutes for his four talented guards this way.

We've been starting three guards since November. The only 5 games all year where Lavin didn't start three guards were Monmouth, Longwood, Penn State, Xavier and PC. So to recap: the three guard line up is not a change, it did not contribute to the winning streak, and your answer is completely non responsive to OP's question.

Other than that you make your usual salient points.

"Would you believe a 4 guard lineup?"  He "missed it by that much..."

Quote from: carmineabbatiello on February 21, 2014, 09:41:01 PM

The 3 guard lineup.  Hollywood embracing, cultivating and starting games with a 3 guard lineup.  Great job by Lavin gaining minutes for his four talented guards this way.

We've been starting three guards since November. The only 5 games all year where Lavin didn't start three guards were Monmouth, Longwood, Penn State, Xavier and PC. So to recap: the three guard line up is not a change, it did not contribute to the winning streak, and your answer is completely non responsive to OP's question.

Other than that you make your usual salient points.

How bout the embracing part?  Seems to me like we've seen a lot of it lately.

And this is my second answer to the question.  Perhaps you liked my first one better?

When Lavin stopped making crazy moves and started coaching straight up.