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10 teams that can win it all (Georgetown at 7)

Jeff Green's Dad is too busy sorting our his legal troubles and bar tab with The Irish Channel so he asked me to fan post this interesting article he found. 

According to rushthecourt.net, which refers to itself as "the ubiquitous basketblog" (+10 cool points for using the word ubiquitous in your freaking headline) Georgetown is a team that can WIN IT ALL in Indianapolis. 

Click here for the full rundown (and prepare to laugh immediately when the first team you see listed is Duke...SAT words AND humor? this blog is great!)

If you don't want to have a laugh...check out what they say about our Hoyas below...thoughts?

 

 

7. Georgetown

Why they can win it all: Anyone who watched Georgetown methodically annihilate Duke on Saturday knows they have some serious weapons. John Thompson’s Princeton offense tends to limit turnovers and has resulted in the 14th most efficient offense in the nation. The Hoyas shoot over 50% as a team from the field and the development of Chris Wright as a steady and capable point guard has been fun to watch. Georgetown has three capable scoring options on any single possession that average over 15 PPG and can play inside or outside.Greg Monroe is the best passing big man in the nation and averages nearly a double-double. Monroe can post up smaller defenders and utilizes a variety of tricky post moves that result in layups or brings bulkier defenders to the free throw line-extended to sink mid-range jumpers.Austin Freeman has turned into a deadly long-range shooter at 48% from deep. Defend him too closely to the perimeter and Freeman has the sneaky quickness to blow by a defender and convert at the rim. Georgetown isn’t quite the defensive team that Thompson believes the Hoyas can be come March, but the 32d-most efficient defense in the country is nothing to scoff at.

Why they won’t win it all: Thompson keeps shooting this down, but depth could be an issue for the Hoyas. Freeman, Wright, Monroe and Jason Clark all play over 32 MPG and Thompson really only feels comfortable going six-deep in important games with Jerrelle Benimon getting the occasional run as the seventh guy. If Monroe gets pushed around and into foul trouble, the Hoyas could be sunk because Julian Vaughn isn’t a scoring threat in the low post. Georgetown doesn’t get to the free throw line very often (Freeman has only taken 56 free throws all season, a very low number for a shooting guard) and they’re fairly pedestrian when they do, although Clark, Wright and Freeman are all over 77% and that’s all you really need. Georgetown also turns the ball over quite often at 15 per game, mostly because post-mates Monroe and Vaughn can be sloppy with the basketball.

Likely scenario: Georgetown is right on the fringe of being a Final Four favorite. Chris Wright has truly elevated his game running the Hoya offense. When he’s scoring the basketball and providing Georgetown another threat from outside to compliment Freeman, they can beat anyone in the nation. I worry about trusting the same group that collapsed down the stretch and flamed out in the NIT last season, but this is a matured team with a totally different mindset. Their comeback over Connecticut and obliteration of Duke has convinced me the Hoyas may remind their fans of the 80s glory days this March.

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Wright is the key

and the MVP.

I rhymed.

It's not me, It's you

by SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak on Feb 3, 2010 4:06 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

good insight

except for the part about the offense limiting turnovers

by sleepyhoya on Feb 3, 2010 5:11 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

In the same article it said

“Georgetown also turns the ball over quite often at 15 per game, mostly because post-mates Monroe and Vaughn can be sloppy with the basketball.”

Must’ve gone to Syracuse….

by Vee Sanford's Next-door Neighbor on Feb 3, 2010 7:17 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes.... the hell with Hoya Paranoia...

the author is schizophrenic….

“John Thompson’s Princeton offense tends to limit turnovers "….

“Georgetown also turns the ball over quite often at 15 per game,”

by MerlinWilson'sSister on Feb 3, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Turnovers .....

…as a percentage of offensive possessions is really the key stat here. On this basis, our turnovers are still a problem.

With paranoia,

by hoyaparanoia on Feb 3, 2010 5:44 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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