Xavier game 1

Quote from: Poison on February 14, 2015, 04:10:27 PM

Before today, when was the last time we beat Xavier?

Mullin's first game in 1981 Lapchik Tournament

Great win by an underdog on the road

JDR looked awful. Still think he should get a shot. Hoping he can play a few minutes. Smith is huge.

Quote from: TONYD3 on February 14, 2015, 06:11:45 PM

JDR looked awful. Still think he should get a shot. Hoping he can play a few minutes. Smith is huge.

Smith is a big boy but he doesn't play huge minutes. If we play our style and keep it an up-tempo game he won't play more than 15 minutes. Putting JDL in would actually slow us down and probably let Smith play more minutes
Makes sense . Hope u are right.

Anyone know if fox sports or any other site has the game on replay?

Quote from: TONYD3 on February 14, 2015, 06:11:45 PM

JDR looked awful. Still think he should get a shot. Hoping he can play a few minutes. Smith is huge.

Smith is a big boy but he doesn't play huge minutes. If we play our style and keep it an up-tempo game he won't play more than 15 minutes. Putting JDL in would actually slow us down and probably let Smith play more minutes

Quote from: bball purist on February 14, 2015, 01:46:57 PM

Quote from: Marco Baldi on February 14, 2015, 01:39:02 PM

Is this game on the radio?

listen BaldI. You can celebrate a magical weekend after your guys beat miNE last night. Two victories and a first wedded valentine's day sounds like a great weekend.   

On my way to Jersey for a kids party. Yay

Really entertaining  game to watch -- against a real team, in an actual adverse atmosphere (not a high school gym).  Great TEAM win.  Branch and Harrison kept us in the game in the first half.  Dom played terrific start to finish.  Phil with some big shots in the second half, and even Sheed with a couple of big plays at key moments.  Have to think that the reason Obekpa was limited in minutes was because of the ankle; otherwise the move made no sense.  Interesting is that while Stainbrook is a really good player and caused the most problems for us today, he cannot stay on the floor for extended minutes against a team that pushes the ball like we do.  I thought that really hurt Xavier, because it seemed that every time Stainbrook was out of the game we were able to push ahead.

If Chris cannot start against Gtown, it has to be Amar or even JDR to throw his body at Smith for a bit.  Cannot be Felix.

Quote from: goredmen on February 14, 2015, 06:15:35 PM

Quote from: TONYD3 on February 14, 2015, 06:11:45 PM

JDR looked awful. Still think he should get a shot. Hoping he can play a few minutes. Smith is huge.

Smith is a big boy but he doesn't play huge minutes. If we play our style and keep it an up-tempo game he won't play more than 15 minutes. Putting JDL in would actually slow us down and probably let Smith play more minutes

Agree 100%. Like it or not but Felix is going to start. They are now 3-0 with him starting so coach isn't going to make that change.

Quote from: stjohnnie75 on February 14, 2015, 07:13:48 PM

Quote from: goredmen on February 14, 2015, 06:15:35 PM

Quote from: TONYD3 on February 14, 2015, 06:11:45 PM

JDR looked awful. Still think he should get a shot. Hoping he can play a few minutes. Smith is huge.

Smith is a big boy but he doesn't play huge minutes. If we play our style and keep it an up-tempo game he won't play more than 15 minutes. Putting JDL in would actually slow us down and probably let Smith play more minutes

Agree 100%. Like it or not but Felix is going to start. They are now 3-0 with him starting so coach isn't going to make that change.

Smith has been playing less minutes lately, and true we have won a couple with felix starting, but it would be basketball suicide to start felix or Dom on Josh smith.   Why put ourselves in a hole to start the game?
Anytime smith is in the game one of our bigs needs to be as well.  He's too good of an offensive player to try to guard with a smaller player.   I think we'll have a hard enough time matching up with their other forwards, we can't be undersized against smith as well.   
I also think we need to play man to try to limit Georgetown advantage on the boards.   We rebound more poorly in our "quick sand".

But today was definitely a good game.  Hopefully we can keep the good times rolling.

Quote from: stjohnnie75 on February 14, 2015, 07:13:48 PM

Quote from: goredmen on February 14, 2015, 06:15:35 PM

Quote from: TONYD3 on February 14, 2015, 06:11:45 PM

JDR looked awful. Still think he should get a shot. Hoping he can play a few minutes. Smith is huge.

Smith is a big boy but he doesn't play huge minutes. If we play our style and keep it an up-tempo game he won't play more than 15 minutes. Putting JDL in would actually slow us down and probably let Smith play more minutes

Agree 100%. Like it or not but Felix is going to start. They are now 3-0 with him starting so coach isn't going to make that change.

Smith has been playing less minutes lately, and true we have won a couple with felix starting, but it would be basketball suicide to start felix or Dom on Josh smith.   Why put ourselves in a hole to start the game?
Anytime smith is in the game one of our bigs needs to be as well.  He's too good of an offensive player to try to guard with a smaller player.   I think we'll have a hard enough time matching up with their other forwards, we can't be undersized against smith as well.   
I also think we need to play man to try to limit Georgetown advantage on the boards.   We rebound more poorly in our "quick sand".

But today was definitely a good game.  Hopefully we can keep the good times rolling.

Barring a catastrophic finish, yesterday will be the game that changed this team's fate. To date, this was the biggest win for the program in four years. We're now tourney bound and firmly on the right side of the bubble. Huge victory, happy for the staff and players bc they all deserve it.