Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:I like Mike (Sagay)
Onyx Blackman {l Wrote}:I want to see more of King Juancarlos and far, far less of Tava. I'll admit though that if we are going 0-18 I'm going to love Tava because he's at least entertainingly bad. Bowman was a lot better than the reports from the first game (I only watched the last five minutes of that one).
Georgetown gagged it in the last minute against Maryland. I'm glad college basketball is back.
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:I like Mike (Sagay)
You enjoy the part where he ran around like a chicken with its head severed on defense for about a full minute?
HJS {l Wrote}:This team is as athletic as fuck. Basketball skills have a lot to be desired. But, you can certainly win with this talent. Shaka Smart would have this team making a run in the NCAAs. JC should have these kids just playing at breakneck speed. The D should be pressure that contests every inch. The offense should essentially be a MacDonalds All America Game. When we set up in the half-court... or let the opponent set up its offense... it leads to disaster.
BC's D should be a series of steals, deflections and contested perimeter shots. It will also result in a bunch of easy opponent baskets. But, the hope is that a frenetic pace makes it difficult to be patient and work for that easy look. BC's O should primarily be transition, 3-pointers, drives and kickouts. Nothing that would remotely take practice time or coordination to accomplish.
All that said... I don't think Jimmy Mac has it in him to adjust. Accordingly, I see a lot of terrible half-court sets where we are racing the shot clock to get off a contested fade-away jumper. While we won't win under Christian, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if the next coach finds quick success. Ok... I'd be surprised because it meant BC hired a decent coach for once. But, the point is that there is some promise on the roster.
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:This team is as athletic as fuck. Basketball skills have a lot to be desired. But, you can certainly win with this talent. Shaka Smart would have this team making a run in the NCAAs. JC should have these kids just playing at breakneck speed. The D should be pressure that contests every inch. The offense should essentially be a MacDonalds All America Game. When we set up in the half-court... or let the opponent set up its offense... it leads to disaster.
BC's D should be a series of steals, deflections and contested perimeter shots. It will also result in a bunch of easy opponent baskets. But, the hope is that a frenetic pace makes it difficult to be patient and work for that easy look. BC's O should primarily be transition, 3-pointers, drives and kickouts. Nothing that would remotely take practice time or coordination to accomplish.
All that said... I don't think Jimmy Mac has it in him to adjust. Accordingly, I see a lot of terrible half-court sets where we are racing the shot clock to get off a contested fade-away jumper. While we won't win under Christian, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if the next coach finds quick success. Ok... I'd be surprised because it meant BC hired a decent coach for once. But, the point is that there is some promise on the roster.
BC isn't deep enough, nor do we have the interior shot blocker to play this style. See VCU of past years.
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:I like Mike (Sagay)
You enjoy the part where he ran around like a chicken with its head severed on defense for about a full minute?
Primetime {l Wrote}:eepstein0 {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:This team is as athletic as fuck. Basketball skills have a lot to be desired. But, you can certainly win with this talent. Shaka Smart would have this team making a run in the NCAAs. JC should have these kids just playing at breakneck speed. The D should be pressure that contests every inch. The offense should essentially be a MacDonalds All America Game. When we set up in the half-court... or let the opponent set up its offense... it leads to disaster.
BC's D should be a series of steals, deflections and contested perimeter shots. It will also result in a bunch of easy opponent baskets. But, the hope is that a frenetic pace makes it difficult to be patient and work for that easy look. BC's O should primarily be transition, 3-pointers, drives and kickouts. Nothing that would remotely take practice time or coordination to accomplish.
All that said... I don't think Jimmy Mac has it in him to adjust. Accordingly, I see a lot of terrible half-court sets where we are racing the shot clock to get off a contested fade-away jumper. While we won't win under Christian, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if the next coach finds quick success. Ok... I'd be surprised because it meant BC hired a decent coach for once. But, the point is that there is some promise on the roster.
BC isn't deep enough, nor do we have the interior shot blocker to play this style. See VCU of past years.
I think the point is, the pieces are starting to come together - compared with the sh!t sandwich that was last year's team.
They need depth, they need maturity, and they need ONE interior presence - think Notre Dame or Virginia playing 4-out, 1-in.
But seeing the athleticism of Graves/Bowman/Robinson/Turner has me excited. Now they need to recruit a goddamn 4/5 and they will have the tools to compete.
And, for the record, when Sagay cut to the hoop and finished, I did a double-take and thought "who is that?!"
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:All of you who are saying the team is coming together need to snap out of it. It was one game four days removed from a disaster.
Mitch {l Wrote}:I wouldn't call the Nichols loss a disaster. First games for young teams are a crap shoot. The fact that the team came all the way back to tie the game late was impressive.
thebs19 {l Wrote}:Whoever made the Tava-as-Raji comp was spot-on.
thebs19 {l Wrote}:Mitch {l Wrote}:I wouldn't call the Nichols loss a disaster. First games for young teams are a crap shoot. The fact that the team came all the way back to tie the game late was impressive.
Come on. Not that we have a leg to stand on here at BC, but just being recruited into the ACC should allow you to survive on talent alone against one of the 20 worst Division I teams at home, game 1. This wasn't like a mediocre mid-major loaded with upperclassman who overwhelmed our "young team" ("young team" = starts 2 returning starters and 2 grad seniors...ok Daz).
Mitch {l Wrote}:thebs19 {l Wrote}:Mitch {l Wrote}:I wouldn't call the Nichols loss a disaster. First games for young teams are a crap shoot. The fact that the team came all the way back to tie the game late was impressive.
Come on. Not that we have a leg to stand on here at BC, but just being recruited into the ACC should allow you to survive on talent alone against one of the 20 worst Division I teams at home, game 1. This wasn't like a mediocre mid-major loaded with upperclassman who overwhelmed our "young team" ("young team" = starts 2 returning starters and 2 grad seniors...ok Daz).
Nichols didn't look like one of the worst 20 teams in Division 1. They executed well, played pesky defense and made clutch shots. Even when BC tied the game, they hit their shots---a 3 from the wing and a drive off the window from a difficult angle.
This BC team is just starting to build chemistry---there are 3 new starters---2 freshmen point guards----2 transfer bigs (one of whom never was a scorer and the other of whom was out all year last year because of injury). The second team is pretty much new. It takes time and plenty of effort. The effort was there versus Nichols---the chemistry wasn't, which is understandable for a team this young.
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