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Post by efg72 on Dec 6, 2021 11:34:44 GMT -5
Look I want him to play but I raised a question that I think is valid-- IF and only IF RJJ is coming back too early, do you risk further injury for the team to possibly win 9 games instead of stealing a couple of games and winning 4-6
From what we have seen so far, we are going to fall short of my hope for a 500 season, which I considered the measurement of progress based on how the team finished last year. Now I wonder if we were making progress last season or were the teams tired of playing each other so many times last year, that some results might not be what they appeared.
Realistically was 9-12 a better barometer? If so, the way we are playing, even with a full complement of players, 10 wins might be considered a stretch goal.
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 6, 2021 12:33:06 GMT -5
It's a good question to raise. Removing a bone from a hand sounds gruesome and the idea of giving the hand time to fully heal the right way sounds smart. I think that free graduate school is a more appealing use of a year in one's twenties than a second major, so HC may not benefit from an extra year but the health of the player should be the only consideration anyway.
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Post by timholycross on Dec 6, 2021 15:33:02 GMT -5
Everyone who played last year gets a fifth year anyway and most likely that fifth year will not be spent at Holy Cross. I'm not sure if any decision he makes in terms of his health would alter that in any way. Are they giving away sixth years too for medical reasons?
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 6, 2021 15:49:52 GMT -5
Everyone who played last year gets a fifth year anyway and most likely that fifth year will not be spent at Holy Cross. I'm not sure if any decision he makes in terms of his health would alter that in any way. Are they giving away sixth years too for medical reasons? AARP is lobbying for that.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 6, 2021 16:03:29 GMT -5
Everyone who played last year gets a fifth year anyway and most likely that fifth year will not be spent at Holy Cross. I'm not sure if any decision he makes in terms of his health would alter that in any way. Are they giving away sixth years too for medical reasons? In some cases, yes.
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Post by Tom on Dec 6, 2021 16:49:44 GMT -5
Everyone who played last year gets a fifth year anyway and most likely that fifth year will not be spent at Holy Cross. I'm not sure if any decision he makes in terms of his health would alter that in any way. Are they giving away sixth years too for medical reasons? I would think kind of.. Everyone gets 4 years of eligibility. The 2020-21 season does not count towards that four years. If you get a medical redshirt that should push your 4 years at another year. The redshirt year, which we are counting as a 6th year, has to meet certain guidelines. You can't play all year and count it as a redshirt. Six years are possible but difficult. The fact that RJ has played some minutes this year means his injuries (hand or knee) were not season ending injuries A recent HC example was Jack Stevens. He missed the first half of the season with some sort of foot injury, He came back and played some token minutes in the middle of the season. Then was right back in the boot having returned to action before ready. Those token minutes were enough to make that season not meet the criteria of a redshirt
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Post by crusader1970 on Dec 6, 2021 22:12:56 GMT -5
Rewatching the LaSalle game it struck me that with Louth not playing and Rabinovich only getting limited minutes that HC must be one of the shortest teams in all Div I.
I have definitely seen many Div II teams put a taller team on the floor than we did at times against LaSalle.
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 7, 2021 0:09:11 GMT -5
Rewatching the LaSalle game it struck me that with Louth not playing and Rabinovich only getting limited minutes that HC must be one of the shortest teams in all Div I. I have definitely seen many Div II teams put a taller team on the floor than we did at times against LaSalle. And D-3
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 7, 2021 0:58:34 GMT -5
Average height for HC this year per KenPom (guessing he simply multiplies each player's minutes by his height) has been 76.1" =#306 in D-1. Our shortest player, Kyrell Luc at 5-10, has played the most minutes and that surely affects the composite.
The lineup on the floor for the most minutes the past five games has been
Kyrell Luc= 5-10 RJ Johnson= 6-1 Caleb Kenney= 6-5 Judson Martindale= 6-6 Gerrale Gates= 6-6
That averages under 6-4
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 7, 2021 6:24:42 GMT -5
You are usually very good with your numbers, KY, that I am surprised you haven’t checked our roster to see that Luc must have had a trip to our elongator as he is listed as 5’11” not 5’10” so that extra inch must help us a lot.😉
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Dec 7, 2021 6:30:15 GMT -5
Does a wingspan database exist?
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Post by HC92 on Dec 7, 2021 6:37:03 GMT -5
I don’t care how tall Luc is. He can play. It does seem teams try to overplay him to force him right but doesn’t seem to matter very often.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 7, 2021 10:37:23 GMT -5
Does a wingspan database exist? No, but we will hear about Caleb Kenney's wingspan from every announcer for the next few years
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Post by rose22 on Dec 7, 2021 10:53:57 GMT -5
I’ll say this again. Surgery on shooting hand (bone removal) and arthroscopic knee surgery after a torn meniscus…he’s been out a while. Sorry, I must have missed this. Was this reported somewhere, or do you have inside info. If the latter, any idea about Dorsey's injury? Thank you. All good…yeah I know his dad well so yes inside info. Nothing on Dorsey.
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Post by Tom on Dec 7, 2021 11:03:50 GMT -5
Does a wingspan database exist? No, but we will hear about Caleb Kenney's wingspan from every announcer for the next few years Still shell shocked from the biggest exodus not to go through the red sea, I hope I hear it from every announcer for the next three years
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Post by rose22 on Dec 7, 2021 11:21:39 GMT -5
Look I want him to play but I raised a question that I think is valid-- IF and only IF RJJ is coming back too early, do you risk further injury for the team to possibly win 9 games instead of stealing a couple of games and winning 4-6 From what we have seen so far, we are going to fall short of my hope for a 500 season, which I considered the measurement of progress based on how the team finished last year. Now I wonder if we were making progress last season or were the teams tired of playing each other so many times last year, that some results might not be what they appeared. Realistically was 9-12 a better barometer? If so, the way we are playing, even with a full complement of players, 10 wins might be considered a stretch goal. He didn’t come back too early. I was told that he actually came back too late. He was supposed to be ready for BC. They were very patient with his rehab. He’s struggling shooting right now but hopefully he’ll get going soon. The team turnovers have gone down considerably but the lack of shooting is hurting our assist numbers. Hopefully they all get going sooner rather than later.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 7, 2021 11:43:03 GMT -5
Look I want him to play but I raised a question that I think is valid-- IF and only IF RJJ is coming back too early, do you risk further injury for the team to possibly win 9 games instead of stealing a couple of games and winning 4-6 From what we have seen so far, we are going to fall short of my hope for a 500 season, which I considered the measurement of progress based on how the team finished last year. Now I wonder if we were making progress last season or were the teams tired of playing each other so many times last year, that some results might not be what they appeared. Realistically was 9-12 a better barometer? If so, the way we are playing, even with a full complement of players, 10 wins might be considered a stretch goal. He didn’t come back too early. I was told that he actually came back too late. He was supposed to be ready for BC. They were very patient with his rehab. He’s struggling shooting right now but hopefully he’ll get going soon. The team turnovers have gone down considerably but the lack of shooting is hurting our assist numbers. Hopefully they all get going sooner rather than later. That's one encouraging development; First 4 D-1 games-no RJJ 73 turnovers= 18 per game 279 possessions vs 73 turnovers= 26.2% turnovers Last 3 D-1 Games RJJ has played 28 turnovers= 9 per game 195 possessions (slower pace) vs 28 turnovers= 14.3% turnovers Of course there could be other contributing factors but I think RJJ is certainly a key
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Post by WorcesterGray on Dec 7, 2021 12:19:46 GMT -5
The A/TO ratio has dramatically improved in the last three games - 24/24 (1.0) - from the hideous 25/73 (.342) of the first four D1 games. But that's not because of Johnson, who's had just two assists and a team-high seven turnovers since his return.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 7, 2021 13:25:54 GMT -5
The A/TO ratio has dramatically improved in the last three games - 24/24 (1.0) - from the hideous 25/73 (.342) of the first four D1 games. But that's not because of Johnson, who's had just two assists and a team-high seven turnovers since his return. Here's a look at the other main players--doesn't take into consideration minutes played Player Assists/Turnovers in first 4 D-1 games Assists/Turnover in last 3 D-1 games Kyrell Luc 8/14 4/5 Bo Montgomery 3/11 5/3 Gerrale Gates 2/7 5/4 Judson Martindale 1/11 8/5 Malcolm Townsell 0/5 1/1 Louth-M Coulibaly 2/7 2/0 Caleb Kenney 7/8 0/1 Bubba Humphrey 2/2 0/1 We have seen dramatic improvement by multiple players
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Post by hchoops on Dec 7, 2021 13:31:32 GMT -5
And at least part of these stats could be because RJJ is handling the ball more than his teammates, especially Kyrell, did in the first 4 D1 games. His A-T ratio may not be as good, but the team’s is which is more important.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Dec 7, 2021 13:45:40 GMT -5
Team TO%
Vs. AF 26.1% vs. BRY 16.8 vs. UNH 14.5 vs. CCSU 12.8 vs. LAS 10.5
So that's encouraging, but dismal defense, shooting, and 2nd half black holes continue unabated
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 7, 2021 15:49:50 GMT -5
Average height for HC this year per KenPom (guessing he simply multiplies each player's minutes by his height) has been 76.1" =#306 in D-1. Our shortest player, Kyrell Luc at 5-10, has played the most minutes and that surely affects the composite. The lineup on the floor for the most minutes the past five games has been Kyrell Luc= 5-10 RJ Johnson= 6-1 Caleb Kenney= 6-5 Judson Martindale= 6-6 Gerrale Gates= 6-6 That averages under 6-4 Comparison to Amherst College who has the top five players by game started at 6'1 6'7 6'7 6'1 6'2
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Dec 7, 2021 15:59:06 GMT -5
Does anyone on Amherst have a 7-3 wingspan haha.
More important, imho - did anyone spot Louth in uniform Saturday? Wondering if he was a DNP-CD, or if we have yet another mystery to solve (actually a DND-CP would be a mystery as well).
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Post by rose22 on Dec 7, 2021 18:54:34 GMT -5
The A/TO ratio has dramatically improved in the last three games - 24/24 (1.0) - from the hideous 25/73 (.342) of the first four D1 games. But that's not because of Johnson, who's had just two assists and a team-high seven turnovers since his return. PGs are gonna get the turnovers they commit and the ones they don’t unfortunately. It’s a part of playing the position. You are right tho the assist numbers have got to improve to balance it out. Once they start making shots consistently and the offense yields itself to more easy catch and shoots that will improve. Right now they are playing selfish in a offensive system designed to be selfless. The read and react shouldn’t yield such low assist numbers.
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Post by rose22 on Dec 7, 2021 18:57:26 GMT -5
Does anyone on Amherst have a 7-3 wingspan haha. More important, imho - did anyone spot Louth in uniform Saturday? Wondering if he was a DNP-CD, or if we have yet another mystery to solve (actually a DND-CP would be a mystery as well). Looked like a DNP coaches decision…the more we lose the tighter that rotation will get.
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