Georgetown Post Game Thread

[RuffRuff]

Not necessarily, if Taris and Alex hold firm on the block and can offer help in the lane. The problem now is teams are pulling out bigs away from the hoop and there is no help.

That is true, why a zone does have a certain appeal.

Right now our strength defensively is blocking shots, but to your points hard to do when the guys that can do it aren’t anchoring back. I really do wonder if Hurley pulls it out. No point in doing prematurely as don’t want to show the hand too soon.

 

[Palatine]

That is true, why a zone does have a certain appeal.

Right now our strength defensively is blocking shots, but to your points hard to do when the guys that can do it aren’t anchoring back. I really do wonder if Hurley pulls it out. No point in doing prematurely as don’t want to show the hand too soon.

The high hedge is designed to take the ball out of the hands of the opponents most dangerous player. However, in the most recent games, SJU and G'town, the guys we wanted to have the ball hit threes. Heck, in the GT game one of there guys who hadn't that a three all year made one. The high hedge also depends o rotations, they have to happen fast. if they do it's effective. Hurley believes in it. He s not going to change at this time of year.

Nothing is wrong with the high hedge if the rotations are right and fast.

 

[gtcam]

Boatright was incredibly quick with an excellent vertical for a guy his height. Napier was very savvy, a very good ball handler, good shooter, not as quick as Boat but much quicker than Nowell.

Bazz was criticized his freshman year for being totally out of control and way too loose with the ball. Sometimes all that speed means nothing if it's not handled correctly.
Bazz worked on slowing his approach to the game down and to be more court observant and deliberate in his game. Nowell will find the correct speed with which to play.
I've watched the kid for 2 years in AAU ball and the kid has handle and can change speed. The difference at UConn is that he is being thrown to the lions without being able to work through mistakes which should of happened during the cupcake schedule but Dan Hurley went for the blowouts rather than player development. Now the team is in a "can't afford another loss" situation, that isn't a place for development. Between this scenario and the injuries, it has been less than productive for Nowell.
If he decides to stay at UConn (probably not a good bet) I would hope Dan Hurley would give a top 30 recruit more benefit of the doubt.

 

[RuffRuff]

The high hedge is designed to take the ball out of the hands of the opponents most dangerous player. However, in the most recent games, SJU and G'town, the guys we wanted to have the ball hit threes. Heck, in the GT game one of there guys who hadn't that a three all year made one. The high hedge also depends o rotations, they have to happen fast. if they do it's effective. Hurley believes in it. He s not going to change at this time of year.

Nothing is wrong with the high hedge if the rotations are right and fast.

Devils advocate big picture is our defense is awful, embarrassingly bad with really no shot at making a run at the current rate. So here in March do you hold onto the notion that this team still has a chance to figure a strategy that has failed for 28 games or do you shift strategy somewhere? This ain’t working. A Gtown team without their best player and 143 OKP just lit it us up at 52%, 41% from 3. People want to claim 0-15 guys hit threes - this has been happening ALL YEAR. The opponents coach took the time to say the opposing team can’t defend in the post game presser. Teams know how to approach and attack us and come into the game with confidence knowing how bad the defense is. Defense if you’re good impacts the opponent even before the tip.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

We being being down by about 10 and coming back is monumental this season. If we can take down Marquette and do ok in the BET we should be able to improve our seeding in the Big Dancel….Providence has istorivally been a hemroid.

Beating Providence at their place on paper is the toughest game left on the schedule
Although we won at Creighton and Marquette and lost at Seton Hall , Nova .Xavier and at home to Creighton so predictably of this team is almost impossible.

 

[RuffRuff]

Beating Providence at their place on paper is the toughest game left on the schedule
Although we won at Creighton and Marquette and lost at Seton Hall , Nova .Xavier and at home to Creighton so predictably of this team is almost impossible.

By late Wednesday we should know whether we want to drive to the 7 seed (or better) or fall to the 10.

If we win both, we go for the 7, if we lose both or just Marquette, we may want the 10 if the BE 4 seed.

I really don’t want an 8-9

 

[bendm]

By late Wednesday we should know whether we want to drive to the 7 seed (or better) or fall to the 10.

If we win both, we go for the 7, if we lose both or just Marquette, we may want the 10 if the BE 4 seed.

I really don’t want an 8-9

Are you saying we should throw games by resting guys? i think angling for a specific seedline is too cute by half, there’s too much outside our control and it’s a big risk.

I’d prefer a 6/7 to a 4/5 as well but there’s no way I’d recommend intentionally losing games if we found ourselves on the 4/5 line. Same goes for 8/9.

 

[Inyatkin]

Are you saying we should throw games by resting guys? Has Hurley ever done that?

We can hope for whatever we want, but you cannot realistically plan for getting a 10-11 rather than an 8-9. The committee will do what it does, pretend it put deep thought into the matter and the rest of the world will have to live with it.

 

[ARIDE]

Mahaney has a better handle

He does but it can't get done and gets physically abused...

 

[boog204]

The high hedge is designed to take the ball out of the hands of the opponents most dangerous player. However, in the most recent games, SJU and G'town, the guys we wanted to have the ball hit threes. Heck, in the GT game one of there guys who hadn't that a three all year made one. The high hedge also depends o rotations, they have to happen fast. if they do it's effective. Hurley believes in it. He s not going to change at this time of year.

Nothing is wrong with the high hedge if the rotations are right and fast.

I agree. But the rotations are not right and fast and haven't been since game 1. At some point, don't we jettison it if it is legit ineffective? Really all it does at this juncture is give teams really good looks either in the paint or from 3.