Iona - Friday @ 7

[bigsaintg]

Does anyone on the team understand the concept of help defense

[Tony]

Jan 27, 2017 21:24:10 GMT -5 bigsaintg said:

Does anyone kn the team understand the concept of help defense

Not going to win when you shoot 3-19 from 3, and 11 for 21 from free throw line. and a good chuck of those 3 pointers were wide open shots. Not going to win when Wright, Brett and Lavon all have bad shooting games - much of that caused by Iona faster more athletic players

[Tony]

and BTW some people might be fooled by 11 point difference- that game was a ass kicking- basically total domination by Gaels- at no point did I think Siena could win that game ..Gals were up 21 points with 8 min to go and coasted to 11 point win

[Tony]

Jan 27, 2017 20:23:56 GMT -5 dipset said:

Why the f*ck is Huerter playing?

you can tell Iona is well coach and scouts well-- Jimmy put Huerter in for shooting, TH was one of few players Iona guarded away from paint- they knew he could shoot, good scouting by Gal staff

[OneIndian]

Not overly surprised like I said before our wins are going against teams with a .450 win pct, Iona just out classed us with athleticism, shooting and coaching. We're a mid pack MAAC team. Next year it just gets worse.

[gorvy]

If siena can't go 6-0 against teams that aren't named iona or Monmouth, no way they finish better than 11-9.

[MTS]

Jan 27, 2017 21:48:59 GMT -5 gorvy said:

If siena can't go 6-0 against teams that aren't named iona or Monmouth, no way they finish better than 11-9.

If we beat Quinnipiac, Marist (2) Niagara, Manhattan, Canisius and lost to Iona again and Monmouth twice Siena would be 12-8. Hard to bank on going 6-0 against those teams though.

[gorvy]

Jan 27, 2017 21:51:32 GMT -5 MTS said:

Jan 27, 2017 21:48:59 GMT -5 gorvy said:

If siena can't go 6-0 against teams that aren't named iona or Monmouth, no way they finish better than 11-9.

If we beat Quinnipiac, Marist (2) Niagara, Manhattan, Canisius and lost to Iona again and Monmouth twice Siena would be 12-8. Hard to bank on going 6-0 against those teams though.

right, that's what I said.

[SIENA1971]

Afraid we are unable to get past Iona or Monmouth so no Monday night in March

[dalydoseofhoops]

dalydoseofhoops.blogspot.com/2017/01/mcgill-much-exploit-lack-of-emotion-in.html

Some telling quotes there from Jimmy and Brett

[th24]

This team- both coaches and players! Have it get a backbone! And play smart! WTF!!!!!!

[SaintMisbehavin]

Sorry I'm so late getting to posting about tonight's game...guess I'm showing about as much urgency as the team tonight.

[bagger]

our guards look like little kids compared to the opposition

[Deleted]

Jan 27, 2017 21:21:36 GMT -5 gorvy said:

Patsos was sick, give him a pass.

He took it....if "It's on me!" was a merit badge, he'd be an Eagle Scout twice over....spent the entire ride home questioning how the hell does an entire team show up (physically) and NOT be READY - perhaps they spent too much time visiting the Albany Institute of Art...found a copy of the scout that Iona prepared on a discarded sticky note - 'Siena has two plays - an alley oop at the start of each half and maybe one late game following a TO - other play is called "2" - bench will not shoot - bleed their man D - have fun - Let's go Gaels!'

[th24]

@marksingelais
28th Jan 2017

Siena senior forward Brett Bisping repeated the mantra that his team, 3 for 19 on 3-pointers tonight, must shoot fewer of them: "Our coaches have been telling us we need to drive more. We think we have good 3-point shooters, but we haven't proven it. It's getting pretty late and maybe it is time to start shooting more one-dribble pull-ups. ... I heard Jimmy say in the press conference, 'If you're wide open (from 3), there might be a reason for that.' Maybe people are letting us shoot and we're falling right into their gameplan."