The Cuse Looks Defeated Before Entering The Locker Room

[CL82]

 

[Rocktheworld]

Nova looks soft

Lol at what point in the game did you conclude this? I imagine it was before Nova ended the game with like 30 offensive rebounds

 

[The Viking]

Nova is undersized but work their asses off for boards and are so damn good at moving the ball.
Incredible respect after watching that game for that program and their coach.
They just had a horrid shooting half. It happens.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Jermaine Samuel's is the type of player I hope AJ turns into.

 

[Northbound]

I just heard Bilas mention Girard averaged 40 ppg in high school. I don’t know how competitive the NYSPHSAA , where his alma mater Glens Falls HS resides, is, but he did average 39 ppg over 4 years...50 ppg his junior year. How rare is that? I honestly don’t know.

Not very competitive in league play GF was class B or C i can’t remember and the bed counts change every year. They may have been class B that year.

He was not well though of as a kid by opposing coaches, but very respected as a player.

 

[olehead]

If we don’t blow Nova outta the gym this year….

Don't do that.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

In before someone mentions Denham Brown once scored 111 points in a Canadian high school basketball game...

* Canadian points, though

... have you ever heard of Jimmer Fredette?

2011 National Player of the Year...even better than Ben Hansbrough

 

[Fishy]

I just heard Bilas mention Girard averaged 40 ppg in high school. I don’t know how competitive the NYSPHSAA , where his alma mater Glens Falls HS resides, is, but he did average 39 ppg over 4 years...50 ppg his junior year. How rare is that? I honestly don’t know.

There are some wordier explanations above.

My less wordy explanation - it’s a crap league.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Lol at what point in the game did you conclude this? I imagine it was before Nova ended the game with like 30 offensive rebounds

Not going to go as far as calling them soft, but when you miss 37 3-pointers and 52 shots, 18 offensive rebounds doesn’t seem hugely impressive.

 

[navery12]

Not going to go as far as calling them soft, but when you miss 37 3-pointers and 52 shots, 18 offensive rebounds doesn’t seem hugely impressive.

That's a 34.6% OR% which is pretty good. That would put them at #40 in the country this year. It also looks like they had 27 offensive rebounds looking at the box score (9 team rebounds I'm guessing) so that's 51.9%

 

[WhereistheDove?]

That's a 34.6% OR% which is pretty good. That would put them at #40 in the country this year. It also looks like they had 27 offensive rebounds looking at the box score (9 team rebounds I'm guessing) so that's 51.9%

Maybe the box score I was looking at was wrong. Point being, those threes led to a lot of very long rebounds that were basically impossible for cuse to get. Not saying it’s not good, but they weren’t bullying cuse for boards like the stats make it look initially.

 

[BGesus4]

Is 5-4 to start the season good?

 

[UCLJ0211]

I thought I was dreaming when I saw the final score this morning…I guess Syracuse’s points didn’t count.

 

[awfuldan]

It was only a matter of time before Nova was gonna hit some shots. They had a lot of good looks in the first half.

Won my first legal sports bet tonight on Villanova -8. Wasn't super worried at half time and it wasn't even a sweat by the end.

 

[McLovin]

I’d feel defeated too if my fan base tried to claim NYC as “our city” but could only sell out 72% of the worlds most famous arena.

 

[uconngb]

When you have TWO Boeheims starting and one coaching, you just can't be all that good. You just can't.

 

[AntG168]

Nova is good not great. They've looked OK all season

 

[nomar]

Lol at what point in the game did you conclude this? I imagine it was before Nova ended the game with like 30 offensive rebounds

Game threads . . . where ice-cold takes go to . . . live forever

 

[Pudge]

There are some wordier explanations above.

My less wordy explanation - it’s a crap league.

the NYSPHSAA is the entire Public High School association north of NYC. Includes Long Island.

The point about Girard has to be his travel league experience and not high school. In that region, you have to play with the Albany City Rocks ... and that means he was all over the country in AAU. His "league" is the Foothills council. Which is the smaller towns/cities lining the upper Hudson Valley; and not much more challenging than the Y games.

Yeah. He is following the footsteps of the "Jimmer". Wordy ... hopefully informative.

 

[jibsey]

My take on last night’s game was that both teams would be tough opponents. Nova took the most 3’s they ever took and had a bad shooting night. They are not big but pass incredibly well , limit turnovers.
The Cuse has Edwards who disrupts and blocks shots plus they have guys who can make shots and as much as we hate Boeheim and his boys they’re good players.
Both will be in the tournament and both games would be uncomfortable for us with our turnovers.

 

[AntG168]

My take on last night’s game was that both teams would be tough opponents. Nova took the most 3’s they ever took and had a bad shooting night. They are not big but pass incredibly well , limit turnovers.
The Cuse has Edwards who disrupts and blocks shots plus they have guys who can make shots and as much as we hate Boeheim and his boys they’re good players.
Both will be in the tournament and both games would be uncomfortable for us with our turnovers.

Syracuse is 5-4, with terrible losses. They will not be in the tournament. And we'd beat them comfortably. It took an abnormal abysmal shooting half for Nova to only beat them by 14. They aren't good

 

[UCTitleTown]

What???!! There are TWO Boeheim sons playing for Cuse???!! Has another D1 coach ever coached two kids at the same time? Nepotism much?

 

[awfuldan]

Yeah Cuse sucks. They gave up 100 points to Colgate in regulation. Doesn't matter how many tough shots Jim Jr. hits if that's how you play defense.

Villanova would have been close to 100 if they hit open shots in the first half. Scored 41 easy in the second.

 

[8893]

"The" Cuse? Is this like "The Ohio State University" now?

I always thought it was just 'Cuse.

 

[gtcam]

Not going to go as far as calling them soft, but when you miss 37 3-pointers and 52 shots, 18 offensive rebounds doesn’t seem hugely impressive.

But they won on grit and passion. If UConn threw up those bricks do they beat Cuse? I’m guessing no but who knows. Not many teams in college basketball win with shooting percentages like that