Comments on: ATB: El Busto on Blockbuster Monday

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:48:52 +0000

In reply to alex. Alex - good point on Wright. You're right about that.

By: alex

alex — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:11:36 +0000

Yeah, that’s fair.

I disagree that it’s clear though for two reasons. First is the shellacking Georgetown has put on Nova in the last 3 halves they have played (149-126 in favor of the Hoyas). Secondly, Georgetown won this past weekend with an awful game from Chris Wright (7 points, only 3 assists, Fouled out).

I know I’m biased, but the fact that Nova barely seemed to put up a fight in the most recent game suggests that Georgetown has their number. I guess we’ll be able to compare when Georgetown plays WVU on the road in March.

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:48:14 +0000

In reply to alex. Alex, it's simple, actually. Because Georgetown has Ls to ODU, Marquette, Syracuse and S. Florida at home, plus a loss at Villanova on their resume. Villanova just has the two losses to Temple and Georgetown. Georgetown has less margin for error than Villanova does, in my estimation. If Chris Wright has an off game, they lose. That's not true with VU.

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:35:29 +0000

In reply to Eric. Eric, you're right! I missed that one. Congrats to the Saints!

By: alex

alex — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:19:22 +0000

I’m curious about why you think that Villanova is clearly a tier ahead of Georgetown after GU thoroughly dominated Nova last weekend.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:43:30 +0000

For what it’s worth, Siena also clinched their regular-season conference championship tonight, and was the first team to lock in a #1 seed in their conference tournament, almost a full month in advance.

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:27:48 +0000

Hemo – Right now they’re 5-4 and I’m not even sure they’re going to finish .500. The problem I see is that after years of watching college basketball teams develop, I find it pretty rare that a team like Texas recovers from a February meltdown. This is the time of year when players are tired of practice, tired of each other, tired of the coach, and if they’re particularly talented, they also have dollar signs in their eyes. In my experience, it takes a special team to figure things out this late in the season to where they actually recover and make a great run into March/April. I’m not sure Texas can get back there at this point.

By: The Hemogoblin

The Hemogoblin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:46:23 +0000

What Texas really needs to do is just make sure they finish .500 in the Big 12, but sort out who has what role. The ‘Horns should be able to coast backwards into the NCAAs, so they should spend the rest of February figuring out how to play as a team.

Rick Barnes does that and he might atone for letting this team melt down midseason. Better now than March though, right?