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Georgetown Post Game Thread - Reed Double Double

freescooter said:
Yeah because a team with totally different players had a tough go against teams of totally different players and even different coaches, the obvious conclusion is , well I don’t know what it is but yeah!

I don’t buy the this is a NBE road game either. This was a pretty bad team we played and yet again it was a struggle which we really could have lost. At some point we need to go out and knock the heck out of bad teams.

Late game foul shooting, or lack of it, has caused many teams to go home from the Dance. That needs fixing for sure.
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I love that @freescooter is now posting after wins because we haven't had enough losses to satisfy his appetite.
 
Conndog said:
I’d like Mullins to look inside more for a shot than generally camp outside where he can be somewhat neutralized. He made a couple of turnaround jumpers and is crafty. If the outside shot isn’t available, mix it up more.
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Our offense seems too predictable, long shot clock and slow everything. Hope we can mix it up and play come creative basketball from time to time. We have played a number of games in a short time frame and perhaps were just flat and tired. For long stretches we played indifferent basketball no matter who was on the court. I'm concerned that the Smith offense is putting us to sleep.
 
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Hurley seems to be uncharacteristically calm about the narrow victories as of late- even strongly defending his team from criticism. Once ago, he would have been driving home the points about not "playing to our identity" and even more recently not "having that killer instinct", but he seems to have backed off on that approach.

I'm guessing he feels it's psychologically more beneficial with this group to emphasize the positives, especially the 18 wins and the #3 ranking (soon to be #2, as Hurley said on the post-game presser), ad tout the championship caliber of the program. Overall, he seems to really be much calmer this season, both in games and with the media.
 
Ricker said:
On the plus side:
1. We won
2. Only 5 Turnovers with 8 steals and 6 blocks
3. No physical injuries (just psychological damage)

On the minus side:
1. Our offense has disappeared
2. Many Missed foul shots at crunch time by our best players
3. Our 3 point shooting seems to exist only in history books
4. Our inbounding against pressure is a ghastly weakness
5. Mullins may need smaller shoes to help stay in bounds. Only Selvie & Purvis were out so frequently - How does this even happen?

With 1 second left Alex inbounded the ball immediately to an open player before the defense could get set. An open player is available like that most of the time in the first instant we get the ball. Instead we have 2 players with their backs turned to the ball, begin to break when Alex has less than 3 sec and ultimately the ball ends up double teamed and trapped in the corner needing a prayer pass back under the basket or to the foul line. More often than not, our whole offense doesn't start until there is 17/18 sec left. If a guy is free the instant Alex touches the ball, get it in!!!
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During the last minute or so we apparently were trying to get the ball into our best foul shooters. That didn't work so well. Yes, too often our team turns it's back to the player with the ball, that's not what our era was taught. What do we know, we were never 18-1. The husky players ways dribble across the mid court. We do spend a lot of time running down the clock before attempting an offensive play.
 
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Will try to get a Tarris sidebar up tonight, possibly something on Silas as well. Let’s see how overworked I get later.
 
freshler40 said:
During the last minute or so we apparently were trying to get the ball into our best foul shooters. That didn't work so well. Yes, too often our team turns it's back to the player with the ball, that's not what our era was taught. What do we know, we were never 18-1. The husky players ways dribble across the mid court. We do spend a lot of time running down the clock before attempting an offensive play.
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AK missing those two FT's was wild.
 
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FearThePups said:
What? You seriously believe the currently ranked #2 Iowa state loses 2 games this week and that has nothing to do with us moving up to #2?
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No, the point is them losing today didn't matter. We were already moving ahead of them after they lost earlier in the week
 
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FearThePups said:
What? You seriously believe the currently ranked #2 Iowa state loses 2 games this week and that has nothing to do with us moving up to #2?
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Iowa State moved out of #2 when they got throttled by Kansas on Tuesday, their loss today had nothing to do with them dropping out of that spot.
 
Nit-pick the obvious! While Reed seems to have found religion v/v FTs. 5 misseed FTs in the crunch-stretch ain't good.
 
superjohn said:
Iowa State moved out of #2 when they got throttled by Kansas on Tuesday, their loss today had nothing to do with them dropping out of that spot.
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Yes but he said twice this week, which included the first time. You are splitting all the hairs
 
superjohn said:
We were obviously already moving to #2 with a win over Georgetown today after Iowa State got throttled by Kansas.
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You’re crazy. If Iowa State won today, there was no guarantee we’d move to #2. Getting beat by Kansas is not the same as getting beat by an unranked 9-9 Georgetown team.
 
I was at the game. Certainly not as enjoyable as I expected.

We started really well until Silas picked up his 2nd foul. The offense totally bogged down with Malachi at PG. Silas has to stay in the game for the team to be successful.

We gave up way too many O boards, usually resulting in a GU score. No boxing out.

3pt shooting was awful. This is not something new.

Reffing was uneven. GU could get away with clutching, grabbing, bumping with impunity. I'm sure Braylon will be covered in bruises.

Thankfully Tarris shot FTs well or we wouldn't have won if he shot them like he did at SHU. FT shooting down the stretch was uncharacteristically bad, altho I'll give Braylon a pass since the refs iced him.

Glad we came out with the win, but we could never get much separation from GU which just fired up them and their fans.
 
aceboon said:
wouldn't include Smith in that group, botched a fast break today in the first half and he never looks to throw the pass ahead to initiate a break. that's where the 2024 team was so good when they did get out in transition, Tristen and Cam were so good with the outlet passes and passing the ball ahead, the ball sticks in Smith's hands.
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Amen!
 
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UConnTrumbull said:
Not sure if we’re being battle tested or just kinda choke a lot
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2 things…

1) Maybe the take that Dan alluded to about the Big East not being that good was not a great move…. I remember Dan said something like how much they win by is important etc. Classic poster board stuff We are on everyone’s radar as the team to beat. Every team looks hyper motivated to beat us!

2) We’re spoiled as fans. We’re 18-1 and whining over how we won LOL. Choking only happens when you lose - that’s my take. A “W” is a “W”
 
UCan3 said:
2 things…

1) Maybe the take that Dan alluded to about the Big East not being that good was not a great move…. I remember Dan said something like how much they win by is important etc. Classic poster board stuff We are on everyone’s radar as the team to beat. Every team looks hyper motivated to beat us!

2) We’re spoiled as fans. We’re 18-1 and whining over how we won LOL. Choking only happens when you lose - that’s my take. A “W” is a “W”
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Eh, the Big East is probably the weakest power 5 conference this year, and furthermore, we've played about as weak of a conference slate as is possible so far. (Although as a slight caveat, 5 of the 8 conference games so far have been on the road.)

Still, we are 8-0, and the Georgetown game is the only game that I'd describe as horrible. Maybe you could call the Providence game subpar but not horrible?
 
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