only 2 games. time constraints eliminated the third. hahaha

good rebounding, screening and physical team. has guards and wings.

hoyas need to work the offensive possessions as their defense can fail that way.

push regularly

zone periodically.

who do i think wins? providence


PROVY

nova

off
4 around 1 croswell iso
...wahab wall up
looking for early particularly carter
pnr to lift then iso drive for straight line
...play him to drive under duress. rotate over
flex style motion with downscreen pop outs
looks for early likely to take it
multiple dudes bringing ball down
...make em show they can
hits off glass hard. boarding period
...hit someone every play
weave
horns they just play out of it
blob under bynum inbounds to pindown stagger. good play
...make him a finisher which means help needs to be there
weave action looking for drives incl hi screening


...pressure can stun them. and speeds up. jump them periodically

def
m2m almost gap. below 3pt line but meets ball above
...movement nit and people. handoff/weave action may shake it. seems to collapse after serveal passes. center pnr off space then to lift/drift hurts. early/secokdary stresses so push
pu token 94
selectively switch up top with hopkins doing it alot
.

..iso post brandon. might get traction on inversion

players
3 guards wing & f starting lineup
carter can x factor offensively is near stopper defensively. plays passing lanes all over
locke shooter but better driver than before
hopkins green light guy. will coast to coast. dangerous at all 3 levels i think
...find find find
croswell steong over left shoulder
...wall off meet force sit on left shoulder
will play multiple guys like 9 or 10
breed good all around player. strapper. leader.



uconn

off
weave to pop outs
hopkins will post drive shoot
will push
...get back always
blob under flex x screen. hopkins worked it to get ope. it was kinda distraction
motion using flex lane screening
handoff/pistol for locke
invert guards like carter
...wall off. play solid
pop out for 3 by moore
...understand this. dont totally leave paint but he csnt be left wode open
center dho for hopkins downhill
open side iso for hopkins. will face & back down amd pass out it
...better man up! double on move
sec9ndary break pnrwith bynum who reset and went into dribble handoff from coswell for 3
bynum keeps moving. makes the plays.
...find him early. slower so pressue
big o reb crew with croswell
...box out every play
weave/handoff
3 5 pnr hopkins coswell latter opens up to umbalanced side. nice play
...weakside better sink down and help
iso hopkins who will face or back
post and clear for coswell
...play that left shoulder
blob iso for locke
4a1 quick hitter for hopkins
1-4 with flexing


...pinch post work incl handing off seems successful
....push to put on heels and challenge
...pu full court sometimes. 94 ft on bynum. make him work
...center pnr seems to confuse them
...horns then movement confused



def
m2m almost gap
crashes the board
1 2 2 zone press but does trap at halftime
aggrevied full ct pu

....occupy it then dash someone on baseline. likely open
...people and ball movement shakes it open
...hi low may hurt it
...after secondary look for skip
...4a1 hi for wahab or poster
...push vs it. can get easy buckets

players
carter on hawkins. hes the best defender in big east. will invert post
breed will push rock
hopkins nearly a 3 level scorer. green light guy
moore csn shoot the 3. floor stretcher some
hopkins go to green light scorer
locke is better slasher and will. will cross cut and pu still hi level shooter
bynum head of snake. change of pace driver will hit open shot
...stay in front. pressure. make uncomfortable
pierre on ball menance at times.
...back cut him. screen him

Anderson

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where can I find me one of these to buy?


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late late game (9p)

still looking at some johnnies...but they run it thru soriano in half court. and push for easy offense (default).

not a super amount of pressing and trapping.

they have some weapons. young weapons too.

should be a goodie!

I’m curious when people knew that each of
our last 4 coaches had peaked/weren’t going to succeed (Caution - you must be over the age of fifty to answer all 4)

JT 2 - I suspected that he had peaked when his 1988 Olympic team lost because of his inflexibility, but the final nail in his coffin was the Princeton game in the NCAA Tournament in 1989. That was a 1/2 punch that I knew he would never fully recover from - even though he “coached” for another 10 years. Except for the Iverson years Thompson’s last 10 Georgetown teams weren’t good - I think that he lost his fire, and some of his confidence, after he was badly outcoached by Carril.

Esherick - This one is easy for me. February 18, 2004. That’s the day that he lost to a St John’s team with 5 scholarship players, and that at certain points in the game were playing 5 walk-ons. He was already in trouble, but this game sealed his fate.

JT3 - March 22, 2013. That’s the day that we lost to Florida Gulf Coast. Thompson had already had the Davidson, Ohio, etc NCAAT failures, and had become a punching bag for Tournament analysts, but there was no coming back from the FGCU loss. I was at that game and you could see it in his face, and hear it in his post-fame comments.

Ewing - This might be the one with the largest variety of responses, but to me it was December 2, 2019 - the day that Akinjo and LeBlanc transferred. These 2 had been all-Big East freshmen the season prior (and Akinjo was named Newcomer of the Year) and were 2 starters. Not only did they leave - they left 7 games into the next season. I knew that from then on Ewing was going to have a tougher time recruiting, and that it would be impossible for him to have any continuity with his rosters. And other than the tail-end of the 20-21 season it has been pretty much straight downhill since the 2028-2019 season. Of course Ewing has had so many disasters that there are multiple correct answers to this question.

Thanks for indulging me - I am going a little stir crazy counting the days until Ewing is gone, and then anticipating the next ill-advised coaching hire that DeGioia will make a week or 2 later.

Just curious now that McClung is trending and picked up a 2-way contract from the 76ers (which is much more significant than the previous 2-ways as the roster is basically 17 now) how you all feel about the kid.

Seems strange to think about but he spent more time at Georgetown than he did at Texas Tech. That said I assume he would rather be associated with TTU going forward and who can blame him?

Which one destroyed their overall legacy the most? I think its a tough call if you ask me.

Thoughts?

Hoyasaxa forever!

in a nutshell

they want super quick offense. not even really secondary. then it's based on soriano providing gravity in the paint. their roster has a lot of dnp's so late in the season, but they seem to be shunting corbello and pizone to the side. hahaha

defesnviely not the pressure guys we presume. they do play soft 94 feet often, using the second defender to trap at halfcourt periodically.

zone would go a long way against these guys.

outcome?

the johnnies narrowly. i think too much soriano and gtown's guard wont run the offense deep enough in shot clock to cause the sinking they give up shots with.

3 games




DePaul

off
splits with soriano
open side on Baseline for soriano
...they run off thru him. double intermittingly on catch
4 around 1 soruano
side drag to circle to screen and pop for jones
pnr soruano who will dive to mid amd low post
soruano in trailer/tok action where he can shoot the mid
invert alexander and #2 a little



...zone periodically. owusu and 2 are shooters. 12 can mKe shots
...move ball and people
...understand it goes thru soriaono largely

def
m2m. sags after passes
...move ball and you can get shots
2 2 1 zone press trapping at half. can be more aggressive if no help
...clear but dont abandon
show with soruano
soriano will front post
...if he does lift set and go over top)

...push to beat them down. transition defense may be suspect

players
soriano chin style screen reset
storr is 3 ball man but will drive
...make him deck it
owusu is shooting better

creighton

off
4 around 1 for sorano
looking for quick offense
horns and king danced around them
horns and alexander initiates
horns to drag
1-4 to hi pick for wusu
...switch that
floppy into soriano
...hard to double but do it on catch regularly
iso baseline for soruano who WILL hit from 15


..
get back and organized

def
94 ft pu. sometimes will trap halfcourt
...clear the help man
m2m. not guarding 'scrub'
hard hedge hi pnr

...play thru post especially when soriano is not there. slip often when he is
...you can shake free out of horns screen the screener
...might be sisceptible to staggers
...move ball and people get shot

players
jones can be x factor scorer
soriano is a focus
...gotta meet his force

butler

off
wants fast tempo.
...get back and dont turn over
wants early offense basically
no soriano 4 around 1 guard centric
...i might zone that as no rim gravity means worse shots. patience is bad. in fact slow them down period and bad shots will happen
will throw into mid post for nyree.
soriano is still focal point. low to mid shots. very occasional 3
double drag for curbello
will post/invert alexander
horns wirh soruano wusu at elbow. slips into wusu popping out for ball, soriano diving to foul like and them playing two man game
...make soriano pass under duress. understand wusu can hit that shot now

...zone periodically. gap also to force perimeter shots



def
m2m. sags a bit off ball
...move ball and people
m2m sags and switches almost gaping
m2m more aggressive
soft 94 ft pick up
more agressive 94 foot pu
doubling post alot
...if they do that kick to open and next pass
soriano will switch at times
...if on guard attack knees/hips
guards will take paint charges on rotation (alex especially. sometimes curbelo)
nuree show recover

...open side iso for murray/spears
...center pnr seems to gut them, plus you can find the corners. spears pass it!!
..exploit suspect transiroon def

players
getting into soriano early..inside or midrange
...doubke if can
storr deep three guy
alexander is pg
...make shooter

Has anyone seen Ewing, Nickelberry, Crouch, etc. at any HS basketball events?
Honestly, if they were showing up local games, they might do more harm than good for the next regime.

But is no recruiting a sign of:
no budget?
no desire?
more focus on "turning the season around" than future?
understanding that they won't be around?

quite possibly will be at a high school game, so i'm taping it.

from a little film study they are gonna stress the hoyas' bigs. ooohh bbooyy

Plan A is Pitino and the paisans as the new staff. Let’s put that to rest once and for all.

What about plan B? Keep it in the fam with Ronny and Howze? Ronny has nba experience. Thoughts?

basically they will force into bates, simas faciliates and scores, mostly scores

taylor is a green light scorer guy.

hoyas need to pressure defense pgs...double bates on catch sometimes, push tempo but also get ball in paint

defesnively double bates on catch on this mid duck ins.

dunno if wahab is available.

Personally, I do not want either one, but Beard is the better choice.

this is a very concerning post from yesterday by Denver's older brother (then again in 3 weeks this sentiment is likely over):

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about the 28 and a half minute mark:


Georgetown Is A Corpse



Notes:

1) DeGioia is incompetent
2) Ewing's buyout is massive
3) Ripped on them for the extension
4) Both podcasters want Georgetown to be good again
5) No reason Georgetown can't be top 25 with the talent in the DMV
6) Shaka Smart should have been the hire
7) They said Brey is a fit (yikes) because he could balance the Thompson dynamic which is complicated --- he's done better recruiting DC than Georgetown has (please god no)

the line of the podcast: St. Johns is in fetal position and Georgetown is a corpse

really hope this ain't Yates and they ain't gu students hahah

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This is the link to the donation by former athletes re the school's letterwinners campaign to raise money from former athletes.

Collins kinds mentioned it. though I will say tradition is a distant 2nd

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a college scout I know talked to an international scout...and wahab is rumored to be headed towards an international league

it ain't in Europe hahaj

I'm gonna hold off naming specifics until I get some confirmation

i may be there. may not...might tape it. can do some needed high school tonight.

anyway, hoyas need to pound these dudes inside. 4 sucks and the other guys are smaller for most part.

but will wahab be available?

per report about to be cut, with ty Jerome taking his spot

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again, these guys are susceptible to inside play. hopefully wahab is available.

or brad does work. (crap shoot)

or akok scores on stick backs and 3s

or murray posts dawes or somebody.

they need to get get ball to rim using their size.

anyway...

SETON HALL

depaul
last 9 min

off

blob 21 flex cut
pushes alot
iso bl samuel
...don't help, wall. make him make shot
richmond open side post
...as soon as his foet touches paint double. on the move basically
weave with richmond attacking
...know richmond is gonna trigger

def

m2m
hard show hi pnr
...get ball moving. guard get behind and make rotate
221 zone press 21 up top
sagging man/mu
will drop after 1st catch
..clear it

players

21 slasher
...go under screen
nepdo attacks

nova

off

weave to shake free drives
...get parralel as they are coming
pushes hard looking for early
...get back. find ball. sometimes they are not as tight with it
5 out multiople guys trying to take off bounce
hi pnr richmond probing
side pnr dawes with 4 slipping to pist then iso
pistol from g to g
side iso for 4.
4 around 1 hi for richmond invert
...gotta make him passer or shoot vs good wall
samuel will duck in for post. sometimes lips that in paint.

...slow down with token



def

m2m
soft show hi pnr to drop (4)
will pu 94 ft
...take help away as they will jump u

...wide 5 out to space it for driving amd passing lanes
...put richmond in pnr
..can open side post it. need to. post def is suspect due to size


players
,
dawes is dangerous pulls from everywhere
13 undersized post defender energy guy
samuels loves going over left shoulder
richmond is on controls and will pull
...make him a shooter hes struggling sometimes tho shoots 40% from 3.

During the jt3 and Patrick Ewing coaching tenures why in the last 10 years have so many players that came to Georgetown as big time recruits..why have so many left to go to other teams. This was before transfer portal. James akinjo would be one that comes to mind

The BE contact with Fox expires after spring 2025. With Texas, Oklahoma, USC and UCLA moves, the word I am hearing from friends of mine involved in college football TV is that the flat fee television contracts are done moving forward. The big schools are driving the bus now, at least on the football side and do not want to be stuck in a situation where they are carrying the conference the way OK and Texas were carrying the Big 12. As a result, Fox, espn, nbc etc are going to be no longer be negotiating with flat fees for every team in the conference where Vanderbilt gets the same as Bama and BC gets the same as UNC. Instead, flat fee with incentives are expected to be the new norm and the big schools are going to drive this (i.e. the ones that draw the most TV revenue). If we cannot bring our program back to prominence, or at least relevance, this could have a major impact on the ability of Gtown to draw TV revenue from its basketball program. The good news is that if we can bring the program back to prominence, we could start taking advantage of this, if these predictions are correct.