Game 30 - St. John's

by Hire Esherick on Mar 10, 2009 5:15 PM EDT in Game Summaries

Well no one can argue that JT3 isn't a fan of parity. The game started off with a horrible three point attempt by Nikita Mescheriakov and it ended with a horrible three point attempt by Nikita.

And apparently there was a game inbetween.

That last three point attempt by Nikita; a shot with 3 seconds left and the team's post-season hopes on the line, hit the side of the backboard. Not the front side, the side side of the backboard. Meaning there was no chance for a rebound or a miraculous bounce. The only positive bounce the ball could have taken was to fly back into the Georgetown bench and smack JT3 in the face for designing a play where a player shooting 29% from beyond the arc ends up taking the game-tying shot with a hand in his face.

Fitting end to one of the worst seasons I have ever seen. We should consider ourselves lucky to receive an invite to the NIT.

Quick look at the numbers does not reveal anything we were not expecting:

- The entire Georgetown team was outrebounded on the offensive glass by a 6'8'' St. John's player.

- JT3 once again failed to adjust to the fact that the refs were calling a tight game.

- DaJuan Summers again failed to be the hero he has so desperately tried to be this season. With the Georgetown season on the line after the loss to Marquette at home, he managed to shoot an amazing 23% from beyond the arc in the next five games.

- Assist to turnover ratio of 0.57, right around the 0.68 we have averaged since the Marquette loss at home.

- We shot 3 for 14 (21%) from beyond the arc, right around the 24% we have averaged since the Marquette loss at home.

- There is not one single player or coach on this team that can't be blamed. Even Hollis should receive some blame for not dancing around like an idiot like PE Jr. used to do.

- With the way this season ended, I would be surprised if we don't have some fireworks in the offseason.

Good talk.

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Assuming everyone comes back

Which may be a very large assumption, I think we’re ok next year. If people transfer, there is a larger problem with the program and if people go to the draft, we have a longer rebuilding road ahead of us. Barring those two things though, we’re in pretty decent shape for next year. Work to do in the offseason to be sure, but definitely a good place to start.

by Chris Haines on Mar 10, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions

what do you mean by okay next year?

and what or whom from this year’s group leads you to believe that we will be?

by artmonk4ever on Mar 11, 2009 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions

I mean in the top half of the conference for sure

The fact that this team started the season 10-1, beat 4 teams ranked in the top 15 and has everyone but Jesse (who basically disappeared the 2nd half of the season) returning (barring Greg leaving for the draft and any possible transfers – either of which would change my opinion as quickly as it happened) gives me cause for a ton of optimism. Add to that, teams like Marquette, UConn and Pitt are losing key players making the conference a bit more manageable.

My thoughts are completely based on everyone sticking around, but I think calls of the apocalypse and saying that we lost the prestige we had gained in the first 4 years of the III era are overblown.

by Chris Haines on Mar 11, 2009 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions

Really?

Hot start (when the rankings don’t mean much) notwithstanding, during conference play (when it counted), we lost to Cincy twice, West Virginia, Seton Hall, and St. John’s twice. Forgive me if the fact that almost all of the team should return doesn’t exactly inspire hope for next season.

Marquette has one of the best recruiting classes in the country coming in next season, and though I haven’t heard anything about it, I’m fairly confident that Dixon and Calhoun will be able to reload quickly.

by artmonk4ever on Mar 11, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes, Really.

We lost some terrible games, but we also played some good teams (Marquette and Syracuse) tough in that same stretch (not to mention beating Nova in Philadelphia). Unfortunately, inconsistency is a trademark of young teams and this was definitely a young team. They got cocky after beating UConn and Syracuse and couldn’t keep up the intensity all season. This is something that should be less of a struggle next year given more experience. They are absolutely going to have to get better which takes work, but given the growth of guys like Hibbert under III, that’s a reasonable expectation.

Marquette, Pitt and UConn will all still be good, but they will have similar (if not as crushing) growing pains that all young teams have, namely they won’t be as consistent as their current veteran teams are. I didn’t say it was going to be easy, but I’d rather play unproven freshmen than Levance Fields, Jerel McNeal, AJ Price and Hasheem Thabeet.

by Chris Haines on Mar 11, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Big East

And the conference is significantly younger. Marquette, UConn, Pitt, Notre Dame, Providence and Louisville could all lose a lot due to seniors that graduate and juniors that declare for draft.

Good talk.

by Hire Esherick on Mar 10, 2009 8:31 PM EDT reply actions