January 14, 2010 –
by Brendon
St. John’s needed and got a win on Wednesday night against the Bearcats and Lance Stephenson. The star freshman from Lincoln High in Brooklyn may be “Born Ready,” but he readily handed over six turnovers including one in the final 10 seconds that led to Dwight Hardy’s game-winning free throws in St. John’s 52-50 win. But, enough about Stephenson.
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Poss |
PPP |
eFG |
Turn |
Reb |
FTR |
| Cincinnati |
62 |
0.81 |
0.426 |
0.339 |
0.438 |
0.213 |
| St. John’s |
62 |
0.84 |
0.402 |
0.177 |
0.270 |
0.216 |
Ten days after handing over a game against Providence, St. John’s took one back against Cincinnati. The Bearcats turned the ball over on a third of their possessions, a total of 21. The Johnnies converted those 21 giveaways into 25 points, 13 more than UC’s points off turnovers. When I look at the box score and see that St. John’s forced 21 turnovers but had just seven steals, it strikes me that many of the turnovers were unforced. Nonetheless, Cincy committed turnovers and St. John’s capitalized. Read More »
Posted in Big East, Game of the Night
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Tagged Big East, Cashmere Wright, Cincinnati, Connecticut, D.J. Kennedy, Deonta Vaughn, DePaul, Dion Dixon, Dwight Hardy, Ibrahima Thomas, Lance Stephenson, Louisville, Maryland, Norm Roberts, Oklahoma State, Paris Horne, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John's, Steve Toyloy, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Yancy Gates
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January 14, 2009 –
by Brendon
I don’t pretend to know what you think, so the headline was more of an estimation of general perception than an attempt to read minds. Here we are in the middle of January, and you’re probably guessing that you know about all of the nation’s best teams. The top-25s list a cross-section of what coaches or the press thinks, but few of these people are charged with following what happens across the entire college basketball landscape, and so they often have blind spots.
Because of the imperfection of the rankings system, there are still a few teams that have yet to get much national fanfare but figure to be players in their conferences and into March. Here are five teams that I think fit the bill: Read More »
Posted in National Perspective
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Tagged Big 12, Big Ten, Brigham Young, Bruce Weber, California, Dave Rose, Ibrahima Thomas, Illinois, Isaiah Thomas, James Anderson, Jerome Randle, Jodie Meeks, Jon Brockman, Jonathan Tavernari, Kentucky, Lorenzo Romar, Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Mike Montgomery, Mountain West, Obi Muonelo, Oklahoma State, Pac-10, Patrick Christopher, Theo Robertson, Travis Ford, Washington
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