Chief’s Briefs - Seton Hall Edition

[Chief00]

I saw the link to the game replay and here is the 3rd foul on Braylon. I'm not sure I can fault Brayon here. He ran into a pick. isn't that the entire point of the pick? and calling it 12 seconds into the half. Then Donny starts talking about something entirely unrelated instead of the cheap foul just called. Braylon's 3rd foul was a huge development in the game.

I don’t disagree. It was a weird call.

 

[Chief00]

Agree with you about the refs but BM should understand his need to stay on the court. He gets caught reaching and/or trying to play catch-up on D too much.

True, he has to realize he is potentially so great offensively that he needs to factor that into foul risk exposure but granted he really had little choice in this instance. Reed’s rebounding, paint points, and rim protection puts him on a similar position.

 

[Chief00]

I can understand the frustration with this team but this game looks different if SH doesn't shoot 9-18 from 3. If they shot their average, then they score 55 and we win by 10 or 12 over KenPom's 10th rated defense. This was a better performance then we're giving credit.

As for the FTs, it's really only Tarris. I posted this in another thread but they are a 77% FT team if you remove Tarris and Reibe. That means our end-of-game shooting will be fine.

I get the ball will be with the guards if we are ahead with less than a minute left, but won’t we go inside in a back and forth game? Also, Smith is in the 50-55% FT range.

 

[Chief00]

Since we are in the SH Edition, NY and Jersey media are crying about the fouls and the last non call.

I hate to say it but I wondered what we were thinking putting ourselves in that position. It seemed like a strategy and not a player going off script. Given we were not in the penalty it was not like we would give them 2 foul shots with us up more. And the risk of a 3 plus a foul shot made me think what are we thinking? At any rate, they could have called a foul.

 

[El Obrero]

Which reasons an interesting question which team was our best free-throw shooting team? Despite a Emeka's free throw percentage sided, I feel like the 2004 team was pretty good. Without looking it up, I think I would say 2014. I remember the squid saying it was pointless foul that team.

Gotta go with the 2014 team, hands down. Shabbaz and company were automatic during that entire run.

 

[Waquoit]

Gotta go with the 2014 team, hands down. Shabbaz and company were automatic during that entire run.

It's really not a question. And not just because the Squid refused to foul late in the final game. A few weeks after that game I heard Izzo on Dan Patrick shilling something. Before they got into the sell, Patrick asked him why he lost to UConn. He said "foul shooting". Not the suffocating defense, putz?

 

[willstafa24]

I get the ball will be with the guards if we are ahead with less than a minute left, but won’t we go inside in a back and forth game? Also, Smith is in the 50-55% FT range.

And that may be the difference in the game but it's not a "we have to hit our free throws" thing then. It's a Tarris thing and it is what it is with him. We talk about it like it's a problem to fix but Reed is just a 55% shooter. If you take Reed and Reibe's attempts away from Sat then we were 16-20.

And, true, Malachi is a problem but he's only attempted 38 FTs and he won't be on the floor at the end of the game.

 

[Chief00]

It's really not a question. And not just because the Squid refused to foul late in the final game. A few weeks after that game I heard Izzo on Dan Patrick shilling something. Before they got into the sell, Patrick asked him why he lost to UConn. He said "foul shooting". Not the suffocating defense, putz?

I agree that was a good foul shooting team, especially late in games.