St. John's game thread

[GooooMarquette]

He da Coach, and Juan had a huge first half, as well as being an offensive threat.

He's da coach...and he's telling Jamil to wake up.

And Juan has as many rebounds in about 5 minutes as Jamil has in about 18.

[GGGG]

Calm down Burton.  Turnover, foul, turnover.   

Jamil should sit, he has been brutal all year and can't get much worse. Good for Buzz.

Dwil still can't break press. 

I'd settle for Jamil's last few performances.  This one is inexplicable. 

[slingkong]

Presumably by starting Juan the message to Jamil is that Buzz doesn't care about winning, just about getting max effort.

Edit: Recent posts dictate that I add that I don't really think Buzz doesn't care about winning. He's just trying something different.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

He da Coach, and Juan had a huge first half, as well as being an offensive threat.

Juan is a threat to break the backboard with a bricked layout, that's about it sadly.

[GGGG]

Presumably by starting Juan the message to Jamil is that Buzz doesn't care about winning, just about getting max effort.

Well if the results are going to be the same, what's the harm? 

[NavinRJohnson]

Presumably by starting Juan the message to Jamil is that Buzz doesn't care about winning, just about getting max effort.

Right, because things went so well when he was out there. What the hell are you talking about?

[forgetful]

Obekpa has about 6 blocks and 14 fouls and 2 goal tends.

[mileskishnish72]

Juan,  No. 11!

[DCWarriors04]

WHY can't this team hit easy 1 ft shots...

[LloydMooresLegs]

did you actually watch the performance of our Jrs, & Srs.?

yes-they were bad

[slingkong]

Right, because things went so well when he was out there. What the hell are you talking about?

Hey if you think Juan's extra effort will work better than Jamil's extra talent, that's fine. I disagree No need to be a prick.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Two bricked front ends of 1-and-1's, 2 fouls, and a layup given up.  Time for me to turn this off

[connie]

Boy, when we suck, we REALLY suck!

[NersEllenson]

Not a huge fan of Juan...but at least he does hustle his ass off, rebounds, and plays with a high motor...and if Jamil isn't/can't going to score...then Juan is a better option tonight..

[mileskishnish72]

If we don't practice FTs we should be.

[GGGG]

Hey if you think Juan's extra effort will work better than Jamil's extra talent, that's fine. No need to be a prick.

You just said that Buzz doesn't care about winning.  He's simply meeting your prickishness.

[connie]

If we don't practice FTs we should be.

Yeah, that's the problem.

[DCWarriors04]

FTs...we should practice lay ups and point blank shots...we miss TOO many of those

[GooooMarquette]

What's with the stripper music from the SJU band?

[NavinRJohnson]

If we don't practice FTs we should be.

That is so 2013.

[forgetful]

I really don't understand college rules.  If it is a flagrant when a player accidentally hits a guy with an elbow who is leaning into him at the 3 pt line (Mayo), how is it not a flagrant when a guy tries to kick a player in the nuts?

[T.V. Diener 34]

Bucky goes down!!

[GGGG]

Because he never made contact?  I thought #14 went over Juan's back on the rebound anyway.

[DCWarriors04]

at least someone is showing some heart the last few minutes on the offensive end...wish the rest of the team would pick up on it.

[GooooMarquette]

Burton probably gets burned more than anyone on the team defensively, but he's the only guy playing aggressively on offense....