Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Your Mother's a Hoya

Seems like SU's victory over Georgetown clinched a tournament berth, and even I would have to agree that they are in.
A win over Villanova could give them a first round Big East bye and they could once again ride a late season surge to a 5 seed or better. Most likely SU will end up as a 7 or 8 and lose in the first round, maybe second.
But this team is starting to come together at the right time and some of the younger players are contributing.
However, Boeheim is basically down to 6 men right now (Roberts, Watkins, Nichols, Rautins, Harris - five names ending in S - plus Devendorf).
I love what I have seen from Rautins. He is hitting about 60% from 3 over his last 5 games.
I also like the way Harris is developing, I've spent the whole season saying he looks like a woman and plays like a girl but he is finally getting tough rebounds.
Harris and Devendorf are way too turnover prone and force too many passes and too many drives.
Nichols never seems to have a good first half and the announcers always say some variation of "SU is down 4 with almost no production from the Big East's leading scorer."
Then he scores 14 in the second half and has 20 again.
Watkins and Roberts are finally learning their roles and executing them well and showing me something, especially Roberts who has been playing with an injured knee.

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