Off season - summer priorities

1) Weight room

2) Free throw shooting

3) Defensive schemes

4) Shooting

5) Big men footwork

6) Finishing at the rim

7) Lots of film

Staff should set up a "voluntary" competition for who spends the most foul shooting  hours (minimum an hour or two a day) and/or hits the most foul shots during the summer....the winner gets pride or whatever they are allowed to get.

Staff should set up a "voluntary" competition for who spends the most foul shooting  hours (minimum an hour or two a day) and/or hits the most foul shots during the summer....the winner gets pride or whatever they are allowed to get.

Ellison has a nice touch from there and the rest of the core for next year will be new outside of Sima and Yakwe. Need both those guys to flirt with 60 % next year

1) Weight room

2) Free throw shooting

3) Defensive schemes

4) Shooting

5) Big men footwork

6) Finishing at the rim

7) Lots of film

Sima, Yakwe and Alibegovic should be spending their summer at a big man basketball camp.

Mussini need to hit the gym 1st. He needs to get his entire body stronger, and he needs to practice his handle.

Ellison needs to be in actual games of some sort where he can work on playing the 3, and understanding what to do when he gets in the lane.

I am very curious to see what Mullin has in store for them this summer, if I haven't already mentioned that 1000 times.

#1 priority... Add talent.

Mussini: Ball handling, defensive footwork, weight room.
Ellison: Ditto as Mussini
Aliblegovic: Defensive footwork, post moves, weight room, improve the outside shot as he can be the stretch 4.
Sima: Weight room, post moves, free throw shooting.
Yakwe: Weight room, post moves, free throw shooting.
Lovett: I'm hoping he will be smart and can shoot.

Don't have any info or comments on Williams, Owens, and the incoming recruits.

free throws, weight room, pizza

Layup drills

Free throws x 100, moving feet on D, and moving without the ball on O.

#1 priority... Add talent.

But the staff added so much talent last summer. You think we need even more?

Mussini: Ball handling, defensive footwork, weight room.
Ellison: Ditto as Mussini
Aliblegovic: Defensive footwork, post moves, weight room, improve the outside shot as he can be the stretch 4.
Sima: Weight room, post moves, free throw shooting.
Yakwe: Weight room, post moves, free throw shooting.
Lovett: I'm hoping he will be smart and can shoot.

Don't have any info or comments on Williams, Owens, and the incoming recruits.

If Williams isn't healthy, hopefully, he won't be part of the program. Owens can play. He's further along than the rest of the bigs because he's smarter than them.

Finally saw Williams again at the game on Saturday. His arm is in a sling still. Wonder if he had surgery or if his injury is just that bad. 

Closing out should be one of the top priorities. I don't think I was alive the last time a SJU team knew how to close out on shooters

Closing out should be one of the top priorities. I don't think I was alive the last time a SJU team knew how to close out on shooters

Having M'vouika, Mussini, Ellison, Balamou and Johnson guarding shooters was the main defensive reason why we were so terrible. Mussini and Ellison either learn how to defend, or they can ride the pine.

Quote from: goredmen on March 08, 2016, 08:01:35 PM

Closing out should be one of the top priorities. I don't think I was alive the last time a SJU team knew how to close out on shooters

Having M'vouika, Mussini, Ellison, Balamou and Johnson guarding shooters was the main defensive reason why we were so terrible. Mussini and Ellison either learn how to defend, or they can ride the pine.

Agree. Thought we had turned the corner in this area in the Syracuse game as everybody was closing out and making it tough on their shooters but that, like that whole game, was just an aberration

Quote from: Poison on March 08, 2016, 08:14:37 PM

Quote from: goredmen on March 08, 2016, 08:01:35 PM

Closing out should be one of the top priorities. I don't think I was alive the last time a SJU team knew how to close out on shooters

Having M'vouika, Mussini, Ellison, Balamou and Johnson guarding shooters was the main defensive reason why we were so terrible. Mussini and Ellison either learn how to defend, or they can ride the pine.

Agree. Thought we had turned the corner in this area in the Syracuse game as everybody was closing out and making it tough on their shooters but that, like that whole game, was just an aberration

Good game to have an aberration.  I hate Syracuse.  We sucked this year but won that one game which was still entirely satisfying...

Quote from: goredmen on March 08, 2016, 08:21:33 PM

Quote from: Poison on March 08, 2016, 08:14:37 PM

Quote from: goredmen on March 08, 2016, 08:01:35 PM

Closing out should be one of the top priorities. I don't think I was alive the last time a SJU team knew how to close out on shooters

Having M'vouika, Mussini, Ellison, Balamou and Johnson guarding shooters was the main defensive reason why we were so terrible. Mussini and Ellison either learn how to defend, or they can ride the pine.

Agree. Thought we had turned the corner in this area in the Syracuse game as everybody was closing out and making it tough on their shooters but that, like that whole game, was just an aberration

Good game to have an aberration.  I hate Syracuse.  We sucked this year but won that one game which was still entirely satisfying...

Especially if they end up in the NIT

Quote from: MCNPA on March 08, 2016, 08:32:50 PM

Quote from: goredmen on March 08, 2016, 08:21:33 PM

Quote from: Poison on March 08, 2016, 08:14:37 PM

Quote from: goredmen on March 08, 2016, 08:01:35 PM

Closing out should be one of the top priorities. I don't think I was alive the last time a SJU team knew how to close out on shooters

Having M'vouika, Mussini, Ellison, Balamou and Johnson guarding shooters was the main defensive reason why we were so terrible. Mussini and Ellison either learn how to defend, or they can ride the pine.

Agree. Thought we had turned the corner in this area in the Syracuse game as everybody was closing out and making it tough on their shooters but that, like that whole game, was just an aberration

Good game to have an aberration.  I hate Syracuse.  We sucked this year but won that one game which was still entirely satisfying...

Especially if they end up in the NIT

We would be the team that keeps them out as their game with us doesn't qualify as a bad loss it is a horrible loss.

If you offered me before the season 1 Big East W but beat Cuse before a packed house at the Garden, I would have taken that over 3 conference wins unless one of those were over Nova.

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SU game was an important win, I mean they all are, but that University rubs our faces in it. At the end of the day, there's only one real way to get revenge, and that's to beat them. But a few Obekpa-like fouls are also pretty impactful as well.