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NFT: St. John's basketball #17

Natek212 : 12/22/2014 9:50 pm
At least there is one MSG basketball team doing well.
Nice win LBSU is a good squad  
CruzShip52 : 12/22/2014 10:02 pm : link
even with the johnies 2nd best player out they performed well, good D
Yep  
KWhite2250 : 12/22/2014 10:16 pm : link
And Lavin seemed to learn to coach the other night vs saint mary's by playing pointer on that monster waldow in the 2nd half
They need to learn to free throw shoot  
CruzShip52 : 12/22/2014 11:03 pm : link
If they wanna go anywhere
tonight was an abberation  
viggie : 12/22/2014 11:09 pm : link
they are a good free throw shooting team. usually harrison, jordan, greene , or branch shot over 70%. Harrison is usually over 85%. The defense is stifling and their quickness is tough to match up with. They need Jordan to do anything though. Nice gritty win though.
SJU plays stifling defense  
dpinzow : 12/22/2014 11:19 pm : link
they're actually one of the best defensive teams in the country not named Kentucky. Offensively they're hit or miss and in the bigger conference games they play (Nova, G'Town) they'll need Harrison and Rysheed Jordan to be on.

The Obekpa that showed up tonight would make them the team to beat in the Big East. He's a maddening player because he always has 4 fouls and almost never contributes offensively but his presence in the middle anchors the defense and when he scores a little bit, he's an incredibly valuable center
if they can ever get ADR  
viggie : 12/22/2014 11:25 pm : link
eligible, it would be nice to get him some burn for next season. then again a redshirt isn't terrible either.
Sort of related  
dpinzow : 12/22/2014 11:53 pm : link
Former Johnnie Dwayne Polee (now at SDSU) collapsed on the court and was taken off by paramedics after 10 minutes. Fortunately he regained consciousness and gave a thumbs-up to the crowd indicating he was OK
yeah i saw that  
CruzShip52 : 12/22/2014 11:57 pm : link
glad he is ok
My favorite player to watch on SJU is Sir'Dominic Pointer  
dpinzow : 12/23/2014 12:25 am : link
he literally does everything you could humanly ask for and gives up all his personal accolades for the cause. Lavin put him against that 7 footer for St. Mary's who was outplaying Obekpa the other day and SirDom just shut him down even though he gives up 7 inches

He's one of the ultimate glue players (a guy who keeps his team together) in college BB this year and does a remarkable amount of dirty work/hustle plays that you don't see in the boxscore
I am happy  
RetroJint : 12/23/2014 6:43 am : link
they're good, again. May they be a factor in the NCAA's. Long Live the Big East!
I'm a GTown fan  
Jerz44 : 12/23/2014 9:07 am : link
but happy that STJ doing well. A good college team as MSG is great for college basketball and the BE.
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