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Georgetown Post Game Thread - Reed Double Double

DFW HOYA said:
Georgetown is 0-23 against ranked opponents in the past five years.

Don't be surprised to see major budget cuts fall on this program soon.
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How is Georgetown such a fiscal disaster?

They have one of the wealthiest alumni bases and they don't have to pay for football.
 
EnochRoot said:
Solo’s D had me fuming. He just does not move laterally on defense. If you do that, you shut off paths to the basket. It’s weird. He can clearly move on offense, but on D? It’s like his shoelaces are tied together.
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He almost killed them on his own late on D. The back door where he got lost for an and 1 was after we had some momentum, stopped that. Then the last dunk where he fell asleep on a long pass, came flying out to get his guy out of control for an easy dunk. I mean we need to make them pass the ball and kill seconds and he was awful. Then short armed 2 FTs. Quite the last minute or so for him.
 
How Sway?! said:
Solo Ball might need to be benched for a couple of games.
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That's a crazy thing to say. These overreactions provide nothing constructive. Bench him and then what? Start him? Give him 10 minutes off the bench?

Certainly you can offer a suggestion that Stewart could start and Solo helps provide an offensive punch off the bench but not playing him for a couple of games? Nah.
 
There's a lot of Big East conference play left to get this team to gel. Mullins impacted the game in lots of ways today. I expect him to become an even bigger part of the offense going forward, and there is plenty of firepower alongside him. This team has about 6 weeks to work out the kinks. Firing on all cylinders would make us a real tough out come March/April.
 
FightOnCT said:
Remember that the 2023 team struggled in both games against Ewing era Georgetown. Have my worries but no panic
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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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Minicoop69 said:
KenPom ORtg is 36 after todays game. Defense is fine, our offense is a concern. It has been for sometime now. Ball can't do anything other than shoot pull-ups in the lane. Our vaunted 3P shooting looks like my daughters 4th grade bball games, non-existent.
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As Demary goes, this offense will go. 4-7 with 5 assists and 0 TO. Guy needs to shoot more though and has to have double-digit attempts. T Newt averaged 11 attempts and 15 ppg his last year. Demary may need more than that.

Solo needs to stop jumping forward on his 3s
 
DFW HOYA said:
Georgetown is 0-23 against ranked opponents in the past five years.

Don't be surprised to see major budget cuts fall on this program soon.
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Clemson is ranked and they beat them. But I don't think that stat took that game into account because they weren't ranked at the time.

In Big East play they've

Lost to Xavier by 3 after missing 18 FTs

Lost to Depaul by 6 after making 1 FG in the 2nd half

Blew a double digit lead to Seton Hall

Lost in OT to Creighton after being up 8 with under 2 minutes left

They're finding every way to lose right now.
 
Another positive is that we are giving some of these backmarkers hope. Helps the league.
 
Tough game. We seem to be playing down to our opponents. SD played well but he needs to stop fouling so he can stay on the floor. The offense does not run well without him.

Surprised AK and SB both missed 2 FT in crunch time. I would not have called that. AK is a pro (not necessarily NBA) but he doesn't quit. Stayed out of foul trouble today.

SB played well from my perspective. His 3-point shot continues to get worse and worse. He is at his best when he drives to the basket. That was a clutch floater late. Give him some love fellas! Stop it with the bench Solo takes. Stew has his limitations too. Both deserve to play.

Reed is a beast. Not sure why he had so few touches in the second half. Props for hitting his FT today!

Reibe struggled on D, but he is good for a few points each game. Glad we have a backup big who is serviceable.

BM was just OK. Missed that second free throw to make it interesting. I still trust him going forward.

Are we ready to win a Natty? Probably not, but it is still January. UConn is relevant, and that's all I can ask for. Looking forward to see how they handle Nova with a weeks rest. Go Huskies!
 
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Smp7598 said:
UConn will go nowhere without Solo on his game! Give me a break with this Ross crap!
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I agree with this. We expected our 2G to be a 35-41% shooter from 3 and he’s nowhere near that. He has improved getting to the basket but defense, no the same. We need that guy who was projected to be potentially an AA. We don’t even have a BE honorable mention for now. And Ross, um no. Was upset that Stew didn’t get some of his minutes down the stretch especially on D.
 
navery12 said:
Would say the entire team had a bad game and we still managed to get a conference win on the road, could be worse results
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Your comment is not comforting. We can’t continue to say “nothing to see here” just because we won the last 2 games and are 18-1. I don’t see even a sliver of killer instinct with this team and was roasted by many trying to defend what my eyes are seeing.
 
superjohn said:
How is Georgetown such a fiscal disaster?

They have one of the wealthiest alumni bases and they don't have to pay for football.
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1. This "wealthiest alumni base" is a misomer. Attorneys and politicians make good money but there are very, very few seven, eight and nine figure donors in that cohort.

2. Georgeotwn has to deal with $100 million in cuts in FY2026 from losses in federal research grants. At some point athletic budgets are going to get cut and men's basketball has been running at a loss for years.

3. Georgetown does pay for football but at a lower level than most--its FY25 budget was $3.6 million. Ironically, its football alumni give more back as a percentage of giving than do basketball alumni and this helps cover operating expenses.
 
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uconngb said:
Deserved to lose

More importantly, the blueprint on how to beat us is now clearly out there for all to see

Coaching staff will have to earn their chops now cuz even I could design a game plan on how to beat Uconn
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Attack the bad defenders and crash the boards.
 
DFW HOYA said:
1. This "wealthiest alumni base" is a misomer. Attorneys and politicians make good money but there are very, very few seven, eight and nine figure donors in that cohort.

2. Georgeotwn has to deal with $100 million in cuts in FY2026 from losses in federal research grants. At some point athletic budgets are going to get cut and men's basketball has been running at a loss for years.

3. Georgetown does pay for football but at a lower level than most--its FY25 budget was $3.6 million. Ironically, its football alumni give more back as a percentage of giving than do basketball alumni and this helps cover operating expenses.
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I find that difficult to believe. DC is swimming in money and Georgetown alums are swimming all over those waters. They have a $4 billion endowment. The football expenditures are peanuts and schools around the country are dealing with federal research grant cuts.
 
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