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Stats list Stewart with 0 Rebounds? I know he got at least 1.

Stewart’s contributions didn’t show up in the stats. I’d like to see Ball show up like he did earlier in the season. Kid played great sgainst UNC, what happened?

Johnson’s inability to stay on the floor is a problem, even after Clingan comes back. The staff need to get him in the hoop ICU for resuscitation.

A 13 point conference win against a traditional rival isn’t nothing. Let’s see what the voters think.

Newton was just off today, 0-6 from 3, 2-11 overall. Curious, I though he had really been shooting well lately.
 
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1 - Newton had 8 assists and 7 boards; and should've been to the line a bunch more; no need to rip him up, though I think he may be hurt or sick
2 - we're getting beat off the dribble with no rim protection... We're gonna foul
--I think the difference in us not getting whistles is that our opponents are dribbling into space and we're dribbling into traffic
3 - Don't know if DC plays against Creighton but he must be getting close. -- we've survived his absence pretty well
4 - Castle coming up bigger every time out; Stewart making some plays;
5 - We've got a bunch of guys capable of winning plays
 
Giving up offensive rebounds has been a serious problem recently. Hopefully Clingan coming back healthy solves that. Biggest reason the Xavier and Georgetown games were as close as they were. It was very frustrating watching all those offensive rebounds. I can't tell you how many times I screamed, "Grab the --- ball!!!"

Good thing for the 3 point shooting from Karaban and Spencer. Karaban officially out of his slump.

When does Newton get out of his shooting slump? Hopefully soon.

I know they're both not very good, but why is it that DePaul and Georgetown let their teams just go one on one all game with no passing? It's AAU ball. It's criminal that both coaches let their teams play like that. Georgetown had 4 assists today. Their best offense was getting fouled and going to the line, 29-38. 38 free throws is crazy.
 
Doctor Hoop said:
Stats list Stewart with 0 Rebounds? I know he got at least 1.

Stewart’s contributions didn’t show up in the stats. I’d like to see Ball show up like he did earlier in the season. Kid played great sgainst UNC, what happened?

Johnson’s inability to stay on the floor is a problem, even after Clingan comes back. The staff need to get him in the hoop ICU for resuscitation.

A 13 point conference win against a traditional rival isn’t nothing. Let’s see what the voters think.

Newton was just off today, 0-6 from 3, 2-11 overall. Curious, I though he had really been shooting well lately.
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Stewart got at least 2. 1 on defense and one on offense. I know that since Donny was highlighting him when he got both of those. Donny loves to be heard. LOL!
 
Hey Adrien! said:
This is the type of game that will only help us in the long-term should Clingan and the remainder of our lineup remains healthy.

As the small ball 5, Karaban keeps getting tougher down low and is adding more creativity to his cut game inside the arc. You’ll never know when we’ll need a small-ball lineup later this year and all the kudos to Karaban.

Despite his shooting struggles early in the game, Newton continues to showcase his ability as a closer. Love his poise and ability to play in a variety of tempos. He’s a cool guy, but I like his increase in toughness too and personally, it’s fun seeing him yap it up.

Spencer is a warrior. What a perfect fit with this team. Diarra is a perfect 3-and-D bench weapon.

So…who’s #1?
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Newton is 7-27 last 2 games. We need him to get it together when we play Creighton.
 
The great- Cam and AK are just lights out. Diarra has been great off the bench and Jaylin has solidified his role in the rotation. We keep winning without Clingan despite not being strong down low defensively and not rebounding the ball well.

The not so great- Newton still fills out the stat sheet but he's been playing like hot garbagio lately. He's better than this and I'm not at all worried but he needs to and will snap out of it. Samson has been a no show lately. He's too athletic and showed too much earlier in the season for him to be a total no show rebounding and on defense now.
 
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I Bleed Blue said:
Solo had 13 turnovers in 3 mins? Impressive. Starters did well for 0 mins too.
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3rdbass said:
He just isn't strong enough to play the 5.
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That may account for a couple of his fouls a game, but he's strong enough if he just didn't play with such a terrible IQ.

He's going to continue to be a really awesome change of pace bench guy. He's not a starting caliber 5 at our level. He'll be perfect running lobs and blocking shots for 15mpg.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
I can only assume that the ref crew all caught a nasty case of Tourette’s, where the only tick was blowing their whistle. What an unwatchable game.

As an aside, given the proclivity of this crew to randomly blow at any given time, it is wild how few fouls Newton drew. He drew a ton of contact and was held and handchecked constantly. I think he was sitting at 3 FTs halfway through the second.
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Totally agree, that this game doesn't do college basketball any good. Over 40 fouls were called. Hard to watch including what FOX does with advertising. Far too many clock stoppages it seems. No flow! But a solid win to have behind us. Strange game.

We need more from our # 5 position when the centers are on the court. Our small line-up needs to block out more. I would love to see a zone from time to time. This might help our defensive rebounding and force a poor 3 pt shooting to do more. There were way too many easy isolations for the many layups shot by GT.
 
3rdbass said:
Newton is forcing too much. He has to go back to choosing his spots until he gets out of this funk he is in. How many times did he get blocked on layups today? It was embarrasing.
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He gets to the basket very well on breaks but he needs to look for the trailer more. There were a couple occasions today where he forced the layup and missed, instead of dropping it back to running Castle in the lane for an easy layup/dunk.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
If the refs are letting them play, maybe, but the way they were calling it, he should have been to the line quite a bit. It felt like only he wasn’t getting the benefit of their VERY loose whistles.
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It may be a reputation thing. Before today he was #2 in the Big East in FTAs. Most of his FTs comes on drives like that where it’s either he’s going to the line or nothing.

I can see the refs trying to not give him that call every time unless it’s egregious.

I’m not sure if him shooting under 30% from the field during conference play affects those calls too.
 
All I got to say is that I am glad I made the trip to the XL Center for a solid win. Going to Wilmington Pizza whenever I can get out of the parking lot here. I'm looking forward to contrasting this environment to the AMP in 2 weeks when Georgetown goes to Providence. Yes I am strange like that :D
 
Bad defensive rebounding, too many reach fouls and TOs and stagnant offense. Right now, we are living or dying as a jump shooting team. Of course, DC will help but I imagine a lot of box out drills this week. We could have easily lost today to a better BE team. But, we still won which is great!
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
It may be a reputation thing. Before today he was #2 in the Big East in FTAs. Most of his FTs comes on drives like that where it’s either he’s going to the line or nothing.

I can see the refs trying to not give him that call every time unless it’s egregious.

I’m not sure if him shooting under 30% from the field during conference play affects those calls too.
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I think it was an anomaly, not anything inherently about Newton. It just felt so bizarre. Epps was taking some wild drives with minimal contact and getting a whistle and then Newton would go right into a guy’s chest with a lot more contact and get nothing. Outside of that, I thought the refs were consistently awful for both teams. Just an unwatchable product today.
 
SportsFan88 said:
Supreme was eatin him up
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If Supreme can stay in the game, he will get fat on many dinner plates. But he has got to stay in. Cooley did us a favor by not pulling him when he had 4 fouls. That kid can play.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
This is the type of game that will only help us in the long-term should Clingan and the remainder of our lineup remains healthy.

As the small ball 5, Karaban keeps getting tougher down low and is adding more creativity to his cut game inside the arc. You’ll never know when we’ll need a small-ball lineup later this year and all the kudos to Karaban.

Despite his shooting struggles early in the game, Newton continues to showcase his ability as a closer. Love his poise and ability to play in a variety of tempos. He’s a cool guy, but I like his increase in toughness too and personally, it’s fun seeing him yap it up.

Spencer is a warrior. What a perfect fit with this team. Diarra is a perfect 3-and-D bench weapon.

So…who’s #1?
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I agree with your comment on Newton he contributes so much to this team. He got under Supreme Cook's skin at the 5 minutes and change mark with a hard (but clean foul) and started his remarks with a big smile after Cooks chirping. The next thing Cook fouls out and still looks pissed off over Newton's foul and commentary just previous to that. He has got poise and then some. Love to see him smiling when the game is on the line and he is called to make big free throws. Very underrated player when adding up all his contributions.

Karaban has increasingly become more vocal and passionate. He and Spencer are on fire out there.
Diarra comes in every game and makes big plays at both ends. Also enjoyed the play again of Castle and Stewart.

They just don't quit and are getting leadership and contributions from more and more players.
 
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