St. John's Post Game Thread

[boog204]

No way. I've never been a huge fan of Gus but last night was noticably bad. Wondering who an out of bounds was off when the call was a foul, saying Tarris had 3 fouls when it was 2, saying Alex had fouled out as he inbounds it. We didn't even get Raf who usually makes it tolerable

Fanta sounds like a HS announcer. The voice, the corny/cliched lines. It’s painful. Donny, right now, is still talking about Seattle and himself to any person who will listen.

Gus is awful. Now. He was very good back in the day, imo.

 

[cwh20]

We aren’t a top 5 team. Can’t rebound, can’t hit free throws, can’t defend, can’t beat pressure. Smith was unplayable forcing Silas to get worn down by the end. We shot well but were terrible at everything else. The elite 8 is the ceiling for the team.

Time for you to go back to your fav team Dook. Oh no! They lost to UNC tonight.

 

[jdb50]

Might already been posted, but we had two inbounding turnovers, and I think they were both by Demary. One was on our defensive end of the court and the other was on the offensive end of the court, both from the baseline.

The turnover near the end of the game Silas grabbed the ball after the St Johns make and when he looked to inbound none of our players ran to him. It was like the team had a brainfart. He had almost no option to inbound to.

 

[TheShot1990]

Ball can be too sticky with Malachi. It is what it is. He's our backup point guard and not responsible for what happened last night.

We do some fundamentally dumb stuff. The turnover rate is an issue. Fouls are a huge issue - forget complaining about the refs. We've taken 100 fewer free throws this year than our opponents which I am guessing in an outlier among top ten teams. (I have not checked.) It's not that the refs hate us, it's that we foul way, way too much. If you think the teams were playing are not being called often enough, I promise you that we're committing more than we're called for as well.

I'd like to see Hurley split up the AK-Ball-Braylon trio more often. Throw Ball into the mix with Malachi, etc., while Stewart gets a little more time with AK and Braylon.

This makes a ton of sense for 2 reasons:
1) Ball is not competing with Braylon for open shots - different lines
2) Ball looks like he is capable of breaking the press and bringing the ball up the court when Malachi is pressured. Silas doesn't need such help but maybe Smitty does.

ok a third reason is Stewie brings some size and athleticism to the starting lineup.

 

[Fishy]

This makes a ton of sense for 2 reasons:
1) Ball is not competing with Braylon for open shots - different lines
2) Ball looks like he is capable of breaking the press and bringing the ball up the court when Malachi is pressured. Silas doesn't need such help but maybe Smitty does.

ok a third reason is Stewie brings some size and athleticism to the starting lineup.

I gotta fetch it, but @zls44 sent me a link last night to a metric that essentially confirms what I was thinking....we're really, really efficient when Stewie is in the lineup with one of those two, particularly Braylon. The AK, SD, TR, Braylon and Stewie rotation is the most efficient in the entire country.