Looks like Abraham is in line to start at Georgetown.

[HW611]

Well Ross has shown no ability to handle the ball under pressure, and is shooting less than 20% from 3 for his career, so those are probably a couple why nots. Furphy made 5 more 3s in a 7 game tournament than Ross has made in 2 years, and in those 7 games Furphy had a game where he went 0-4 from three, and another one where he went 0-7.

You're just going to clog up the board with this stuff again? It's impossible to ignore you because it makes the board a mess.

I’m going to blame the fandom to not be able to think about very obvious context or have any foresight when it comes to Furphy.

Like do you think Furphy will even get a chance to go 0-4 or 0-7 this season in a game? Do you really not think about how different it’s going to be from being the star of your team to the 9th man who has to try to make a play happen in 2 minutes of game time? He won’t have anywhere near the rope to go 0-4 let alone 0-7 and still play through that to end up having a good game.

Do you genuinely not think about those things and understand just how different his role here will be and how it will affect him? Do you think he’ll be mentally different from any other freshman that’s played here with a short leash?

I will blame the fandom for being blind to this obvious situation.

 

[Lafayette]

Furphy has said he does not care if if plays much - he is a great kid that wants to do what we can but is not a me first player.

I do not worry about kids like that - playing is like Christmas to them and he is playing hard in practices

On the other hand the UConn players that have played against AJ Dybantsa expressed as a number is one: Jacob Furphy.

 

[ctchamps]

Ross can give some defensive minutes. That’s how he gets on the floor.

According to Silas in his interview Solo only scored four points in the third blue gray scrimmage because of Ross’s defense. Ross has the physical tools to become a stud defensive stopper. It just has to click for him.

 

[Waquoit]

According to Silas in his interview Solo only scored four points in the third blue gray scrimmage because of Ross’s defense.

That sounds like something a team leader would say.

 

[ctchamps]

That sounds like something a team leader would say.

I just posted in another thread that I believe Silas will be the team leader this season. And I get a feeling that he can be a catalyst for Ross’s development.

 

[pj]

I’m going to blame the fandom to not be able to think about very obvious context or have any foresight when it comes to Furphy.

Like do you think Furphy will even get a chance to go 0-4 or 0-7 this season in a game? Do you really not think about how different it’s going to be from being the star of your team to the 9th man who has to try to make a play happen in 2 minutes of game time? He won’t have anywhere near the rope to go 0-4 let alone 0-7 and still play through that to end up having a good game.

Do you genuinely not think about those things and understand just how different his role here will be and how it will affect him? Do you think he’ll be mentally different from any other freshman that’s played here with a short leash?

I will blame the fandom for being blind to this obvious situation.

You keep arguing that players will only play well if they are starting, or playing starters' minutes. Well, that has never been acceptable to Jim Calhoun or Dan Hurley - players have be ready to perform at every moment they are on the court, and they need to get past any of those mental blocks to performance.

We'll see how Furphy does, but I don't think he'll need to be starter to play well.

 

[Son of Robert]

Just to add a couple things here on both Ross and Furphy. Ross has been guarding Solo for going on three years now which surely is an advantage defensively, but props for being athletic enough to shut Solo down, and on another note, Furphy is not your everyday freshman based on his talent and international playing experience, and may get the chance to play thru his early learning curve mistakes, plus you know, the 'real' practice season has not even started yet.

 

[RuffRuff]

Just to add a couple things here on both Ross and Furphy. Ross has been guarding Solo for going on three years now which surely is an advantage defensively, but props for being athletic enough to shut Solo down, and on another note, Furphy is not your everyday freshman based on his talent and international playing experience, and may get the chance to play thru his early learning curve mistakes, plus you know, the 'real' practice season has not even started yet.

Also 19 so a little older than the standard frosh. Flagg was 17 when he entered college.

 

[gsmooth]

Cooley did a good job with PC, but if he doesn't make the tournament its a massive let down for him and Gtown....Pitino entered a similar situation at ST Johns and won the big east and was a 2 seed while Cooley hasnt even sniffed the NCAAs

Exactly. Cooley did a really good job with reviving PC in his time there. I thought he would do the same at Georgetown, and I am not writing him off, but his grace period at Georgetown is done. They have to at least make the NCAAT IMO. To be honest, I have been disappointed in Georgetown the last 2 years. But I will say this, if Thomas Sorber did not have the injury problems last year, I think they make the NCAAT. Plus with his unexpected departure to the NBA after his 1 and only year was not expected by Cooley or anyone else for that matter.

 

[UConniki]

If you're referencing the AM experiment, that one went so badly that Dom Perno could have come to that conclusion.

Now let’s not get a head of our selves here. Perno probably wouldn’t have made the NCAAT the two years that we won the championship. Perno was my freshman coach at South Catholic High School and we won 3 games that year and the same team which played the same schedule as a JV team ( back in the old days) went something like 19-3 ( Gary Palladino was our coach and went on to become head coach at U of Hartford). Just saying.

 

[HooperScooper]

Also 19 so a little older than the standard frosh. Flagg was 17 when he entered college.

Furphy just turned 19 last week (August 6) and Flagg turned 18 in December of his freshman year. So basically Furphy is a year older entering his freshman season. Didn't want anyone to think Furphy was 2 years older as you insinuated.

Many players enter college at 19 these days. Not that unusual. Reibe just turned 19 2 months ago, as did Jacob Ross. Jayden Ross turned 19 in July before his freshman season. Mullins turned 19 this past April. Reed turned 19 in August before his freshman year.

Karaban turned 19 in November of his first season. Ball turned 20 in December of his freshman season so he was even a year older. I could keep going but you get the idea that Furphy just turning 19 is not unusual.

 

[superjohn]

Also 19 so a little older than the standard frosh. Flagg was 17 when he entered college.

All our freshmen are 19, it's pretty standard. Flagg was really young for his class.

 

[Son of Robert]

Furphy just turned 19 last week (August 6) and Flagg turned 18 in December of his freshman year. So basically Furphy is a year older entering his freshman season. Didn't want anyone to think Furphy was 2 years older as you insinuated.

Many players enter college at 19 these days. Not that unusual. Reibe just turned 19 2 months ago, as did Jacob Ross. Jayden Ross turned 19 in July before his freshman season. Mullins turned 19 this past April. Reed turned 19 in August before his freshman year.

Karaban turned 19 in November of his first season. Ball turned 19 in December of his freshman season. So only 3 or 4 months different than Furphy. I could keep going but you get the idea that Furphy just turning 19 is not unusual.

How do you even know all this stuff ?

 

[aceboon]

Furphy just turned 19 last week (August 6) and Flagg turned 18 in December of his freshman year. So basically Furphy is a year older entering his freshman season. Didn't want anyone to think Furphy was 2 years older as you insinuated.

Many players enter college at 19 these days. Not that unusual. Reibe just turned 19 2 months ago, as did Jacob Ross. Jayden Ross turned 19 in July before his freshman season. Mullins turned 19 this past April. Reed turned 19 in August before his freshman year.

Karaban turned 19 in November of his first season. Ball turned 19 in December of his freshman season. So only 3 or 4 months different than Furphy. I could keep going but you get the idea that Furphy just turning 19 is not unusual.

Solo turned 20 in his freshman season, combo of him doing a postgrad year and having a late birthday

 

[HooperScooper]

Solo turned 20 in his freshman season, combo of him doing a postgrad year and having a late birthday

Yup, you're right. Turned 20 in December 2023. I'll edit my post. Thanks.

 

[HooperScooper]

How do you even know all this stuff ?

All of the players' birth dates are in their bios.

 

[prankster]

With the first 8 pretty much set, Ross doesn’t really bring a unique skillset to the floor to justify being an oft played/needed 9th man. I really don’t even know what he does really well. Maybe something blossoms this year. At minimum Furphy brings something to the rotation that would be unique, as a big ball handling lead type guard.

THAT was our Achilles Heel last year. Reliable ball handlers/ play makers.

Furphy is one of those.

That counts for a lot.

 

[Bazz2014]

According to Silas in his interview Solo only scored four points in the third blue gray scrimmage because of Ross’s defense. Ross has the physical tools to become a stud defensive stopper. It just has to click for him.

This is the reason I can’t totally write Ross out of the rotation yet. Especially if Hurley is going to handles subs the way he did in 23 and have a “second unit” that plays significant time together. Stew, Smith, Reibe, Furphy is an exciting offensive lineup but not a lot of defensive stoppers there. If he can consistently deliver high energy defense I think he can steal some mins.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

This is the reason I can’t totally write Ross out of the rotation yet. Especially if Hurley is going to handles subs the way he did in 23 and have a “second unit” that plays significant time together. Stew, Smith, Reibe, Furphy is an exciting offensive lineup but not a lot of defensive stoppers there. If he can consistently deliver high energy defense I think he can steal some mins.

He delivered high energy defense last year. What he needs to deliver this year is good defense.

 

[DFW HOYA]

Care to explain more about the structural issues?

Men's basketball exists in its own orbit at Georgetown; for example, the head coach does not report to the athletic director but the University president. (Georgetown has employed an interim president for the past 14 months, so that kicks all the big decisions on the program to his successor, who is not due until next July.) Its budget is the second largest in the conference while its results are not commensurate. It has one NCAA post-season win since 2012.

Secondarily, the program is not marketed by the University, as those empty seats will attest. Average attendance was 5,659 per game last season, second only to DePaul. DC fans have a lot of pro (and college) teams competing for their attention and will not automatically flock to Georgetown. These are issues which need institutional attention.