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Post by lasalle89 on Jan 18, 2014 14:22:01 GMT -5
Great win! Thanks for the updates. My son got home and face timed from when we were up 70-62. I was going nuts when it got to 70-68. We looked like we were trying to blow it. Bottom line we won and let's keep it going. Our players know the task at hand. We put ourselves in a serious hole. We are digging out one game at a time. Next.
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Post by stlexplorer on Jan 18, 2014 14:23:36 GMT -5
@jonrothstein: La Salle has now won five straight games after today's win over Temple. Explorers are resembling the team many expected them to be.
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Post by victoriouslasalle on Jan 18, 2014 14:46:08 GMT -5
Man it is soooo nice to get this W!!!! Looking forward to you guys posting the full write-up and hope you will post the post game interviews Joe!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 14:46:16 GMT -5
Really surprised to see some conference cheapshots from the temple faithful. The asterisk conference owns Temple now! A*
Can we talk about how silent the refs were? So many handchecks were not called. Khalid got drilled and later turned it over with no whistle. Even in the final play the refs swallowed the whistles instead of sending Zack to the line and stopping the clock when TU tried to foul.
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Post by coqui900 on Jan 18, 2014 15:14:08 GMT -5
Awesome game. Best they looked all year. Everyone contributed.
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Post by las71 on Jan 18, 2014 15:27:10 GMT -5
Just got home from game. Atmosphere was electric. While I agree that Butler and VCU wins got us in last year, I thought our win over St. JOE'S at the palestra last year gave us confidence. I hope this game does the same. Great win!
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Post by ltrain38 on Jan 18, 2014 15:47:33 GMT -5
Looking at the philahoops picture gallery, the "at least we put our football team down" sign was carried by a guy from the 09 class.
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Post by player71 on Jan 18, 2014 16:22:54 GMT -5
I apologize if this was already addressed but where was jermaine davis today? Did not see him on the bench.
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Post by SICguy84 on Jan 18, 2014 16:56:25 GMT -5
Back from the game. Great, great day. The look on the face of Temple peeps was priceless once TD3 was made his free throws. The place was packed, loud, and fun yet respectful. New Deck was pack when I arrived around 10am. Walked up to Mad Mex but it was closed, bad move. Mex could have made a bundle today. Settled for the BBQ place next to Deck for a beer. Could not see any LAS rollouts so a comprehensive rollout review would be much appreciated. Very proud of our university today. Now lets continue in the A10 and kick the real sons of bitches, SJU of PA.
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Post by SICguy84 on Jan 18, 2014 17:18:52 GMT -5
FYI Replay avail to watch on espn.com.
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Post by durenduren on Jan 18, 2014 17:37:56 GMT -5
Heard La Salle rollouts were a joke. Didn't see them myself.
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Post by theneumann64 on Jan 18, 2014 19:25:44 GMT -5
From who? Read stlexplorer's post. They were mostly all pretty damn good. Temple's on the other hand were essentially the same thing 7 times.
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Post by lasalle89 on Jan 18, 2014 19:56:17 GMT -5
Just watched the game. Great game. We are playing with confidence. Playing the way we thought they were going to play from day one. Zack and Wright have become real bigs for us. Blocking shots, posting up, and just dominating the paint. When we hit our threes we are really tough to handle. I see passion. I see confidence. We need to keep winning and knock off UMass and St Louis. Let's keep it going. Nice win Explorers. Crowd was into it. It was loud and u could feel the electric atmosphere through the TV.
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Post by SICguy84 on Jan 18, 2014 20:10:47 GMT -5
Loonardi brought nothing to the broadcast. Sorry just had to vent that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 20:38:58 GMT -5
Can I get a couple of rule clarifications? There were just a lot of bang bang plays, and I'm going to see if it's more or less obvious on tape.
1. When we were inbounding the ball under the basket, a Temple player clearly had most of one of his feet out of bounds impeding the inbounder. Usually, an official stands there and enforces this space but the refs turned a blind eye to this. When this happens, isn't it illegal? and if so, shouldn't our inbounder point to the floor and try to get that rightful space back?
2. When we knocked the ball out of bounds 26 seconds before halftime, how did this constitute a new shot clock? G wanted an explanation from the refs and got one. I don't know what the explanation could have been, but we did not have possession, it was just a tip out of bounds, from my view. We could have gotten the ball back here.
3. These refs seemed to want to call everything a jump ball, and I tend not to like that. There were some head scratches by both fans after some of these calls.
4. At one point in the first half, La Salle had 7 fouls and Temple had 5. The ref crew consistently avoided calling handchecks on Temple. Then, at the end of the game they didn't even call Temple's intended fouls to send Zack to the line and maybe even Duren, killing plenty more clock and sending Tyrone Garland to the line, eventually instead. This may have hurt Temple.
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Post by virginia61 on Jan 18, 2014 21:26:09 GMT -5
Props to Temple for a good crowd even though they are having a tough year
shame on La Salle and St Joe for not figuring out how to at least get one of their two games at the Palaestra
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Post by theneumann64 on Jan 18, 2014 21:57:17 GMT -5
Just watching the GameDay stuff now. You could see stuff at the game, but hear none of it. The coaches interview in the ESPNU hour is very goo.d The really go in-depth with G and Dunphy about their teams. I was bit worried the tone would be a little condescending towards the Palestra/ Big 5 in terms of being some sort of quaint relic, but they didn't just focus on the building, they went in to each guy's team a little too. And Davis asked good questions regarding the background/history that wasn't just perfunctory. Good stuff.
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Post by SICguy84 on Jan 18, 2014 22:14:12 GMT -5
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Post by theneumann64 on Jan 18, 2014 22:24:30 GMT -5
Kinda wish I didn't know that. Today was essentially perfect for me, but that would have made it perfect-er.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 22:29:29 GMT -5
I have a real problem. I can't even enjoy a good win without being critical. Kids played great, though.
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Post by coqui900 on Jan 18, 2014 23:30:33 GMT -5
Today was awesome.
What I liked about the game was how everyone who got minutes did something positive. JW dominated down low early and a few other stretches. Sammy made some huge shots and played good D. Garland got us the momentum back at halftime. DJ made a big shot. Rohan grabbed a few boards. Zack was the best player on the court for a big stretch in the second half. Khalid had a big steal. And Tyreek drove the car the whole way and pulled it into the garage for the win.
Just a great game. There were a few mistakes, naturally -- Wright got busted on defense a few times, free throws, Garland forcing a few shots, etc. But that's college basketball.
The atmosphere was fantastic. It was one of the best live sporting events I'll ever go to. Great crowd for both side. It was pure electricity and the reason why I love Philadelphia so much. No other city in the country can give you a scene like today.
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Post by crayzeeguy on Jan 18, 2014 23:51:41 GMT -5
Just got back home and a few thoughts before bed...
-New deck was packed by 9:30am. Crowd was about 70-30 La Salle. Felt like an Erin Express from back in the day. Helped set the tone for the day.
-The atmosphere in the Palestra was electric. For events I've attended, second to only Game 5 of the 98 World Series in terms of crowd energy throughout the game.
- Sat right by Lt. Col. LeVien (sp?) and the posse of Glitter Bros. Good to see them keeping with the now famous get ups.
- Good to see Legler get a touch emotional when he was briefly honored by the PA guy. L-Train looked like he wanted to remain anonymous when he was called out.
- Good to see our student section cheer on the half time entertainment. Must make the kids excited to be cheered on by a few thousand fans.
- I'll try not to be to critical but our bigs need to be a bit tougher down low on the defensive end. The guards played some solid shut down style D in the second half
- I hate missed free throws and layups.
- Some poor passes and some questionable shots, but they are progressing as the season goes on.
- Really good to see some unheralded starters step up in DJ and Mills. A good team effort on the offensive and defensive end.
- Good to see the fun continue post game at the various bars.
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Post by theneumann64 on Jan 19, 2014 0:28:23 GMT -5
Just got back home and a few thoughts before bed... -The atmosphere in the Palestra was electric. For events I've attended, second to only Game 5 of the 98 World Series in terms of crowd energy throughout the game. How were things in an empty Jack Murphy Stadium for that game? Considering the Yankees had completed the 4 game sweep the night before? .........I'm sure you meant '08, but I figured I'd jab you before you had a chance to notice the mistake.
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Post by durenduren on Jan 19, 2014 0:50:26 GMT -5
Kinda drunk, but commenting on crazeeguys's comment regarding our bigs needing to be tougher...
Steve and Jerrell, I think there were some major moments when I saw them wanting it, taking some real man-sized plays on both offense and defense. Considering it was Lee they were pinned up against, with staying out of foul trouble a major priority, I think they did pretty well.
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Post by coqui900 on Jan 19, 2014 1:59:19 GMT -5
I'm watching the replay. The end of the first half saw Duren/Garland/Lewis/DJ/Zack on the court. Lewis was the difference. He closed out a bunch on Pepper. He corralled their guards and forced them into really awful spots on the court. He just takes away seconds on the shot clock when guarding dribblers.
Next time we play, keep an eye on what he does. He's REALLY good defensively.
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Post by sweat83 on Jan 19, 2014 7:25:17 GMT -5
I'm watching the replay. The end of the first half saw Duren/Garland/Lewis/DJ/Zack on the court. Lewis was the difference. He closed out a bunch on Pepper. He corralled their guards and forced them into really awful spots on the court. He just takes away seconds on the shot clock when guarding dribblers. Next time we play, keep an eye on what he does. He's REALLY good defensively. The more I see of Lewis, the more I like him. Defense, dishing the ball, driving to the basket. We are in great shape with him at the guard spot the next year. Is he eligible in '15-16?
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Post by durenduren on Jan 19, 2014 8:41:05 GMT -5
I'm watching the replay. The end of the first half saw Duren/Garland/Lewis/DJ/Zack on the court. Lewis was the difference. He closed out a bunch on Pepper. He corralled their guards and forced them into really awful spots on the court. He just takes away seconds on the shot clock when guarding dribblers. Next time we play, keep an eye on what he does. He's REALLY good defensively. There was a few possessions that he shut down Pepper and friends for the entire duration of the shot clock in the first half. He makes everyone on our squad look slow on defense in comparison, there's just so much foot and hand movement.
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Post by jellybean on Jan 19, 2014 8:48:55 GMT -5
Props to Temple for a good crowd even though they are having a tough year shame on La Salle and St Joe for not figuring out how to at least get one of their two games at the Palaestra Read in between the lines from G's comments this week about playing SJU at the Palestra. I think we know where the blame lies.
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Post by jellybean on Jan 19, 2014 9:03:10 GMT -5
The game at the Palestra was great. The students were awesome. I got there around 9am and the students were there in force and loud. Great rollouts. Some people (La Salle) thought the rollouts about the elimination of TU sports was in poor taste. I thought it wasn't directed at the athletes but the TU Administration.
Matthew Quick (La Salle grad and author of Silver Lining Playbook) was all over the Palestra with his little daughter. She was wearing a La Salle Tom Gola #15 uniform. Great to see the support. Glitter Boys were awesome too. Plenty of La Salle people at the Palestra that you never see at Gola.
The bars and restaurants were packed well after the game. I heard that some older grads hired a small bus to drive them around.
Shame on the A10 for not allowing the streamers. Funny the AAC wasn't mentioned. What was the issue anyway? Weak by the Commish.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Jan 19, 2014 9:18:07 GMT -5
I'm watching the replay. The end of the first half saw Duren/Garland/Lewis/DJ/Zack on the court. Lewis was the difference. He closed out a bunch on Pepper. He corralled their guards and forced them into really awful spots on the court. He just takes away seconds on the shot clock when guarding dribblers. Next time we play, keep an eye on what he does. He's REALLY good defensively. Is he eligible in '15-16? Should be. He spent his freshman year at Delaware and then would have three with La Salle.
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