JC should think about trying to play man. Why is he so set on playing zone all the time!?

this is definitely more zone than we saw all of last year. word was that you'll never see a JC team play zone. Curious why he's breaking it out now.

Feels like defense is terrible, turnovers are terrible and they shouldn't be in the game at all... And then you look at the box and if they were just 75% from the line rather than 60% this would be a 1 possession ballgame with 2 minutes left

Yikes, bishop...

hope bishop gets an earful after this

Mentz...we don't lack height.  Brelsford at 6'4", Nelson at 6'1" and Bishop at 6'2" are our only players under 6'5".  We play a zone because our players cannot defend.   

Last edited by Long Suffering Fan (11/25/2020 1:57 pm)

Beyond happy to see them back out on the court, but man was this a disappointing effort all around. Bishop is a ball hog. Went iso way too much. Navy picked the zone to pieces. I get JC likes to have the team work things out on the court but use a TO every now and then. Sometimes you need to tide the other team's momentum. One last parting thought... make a free throw. 

Well, put that one in the "bad performance all around" file. Aside from wearing clean uniforms and showing up on the Chesapeake on time, what did GW do well? Coaching decisions in the last 90 seconds may have been what put me over the edge (how can you cut it to a five-point deficit and eat all three time outs? Why was JNJr on the court to commit a foul when he was the one player in foul trouble?).
What you see is what you get.
Now I need to go restock my liquor cabinet before getting locked down all weekend, something I was hoping this game would not necessitate.

Last edited by GW Alum Abroad (11/25/2020 2:03 pm)

Final score was way closer than the actual game was. 2 awful possessions down the stretch to cut the lead to 1 possession and we throw them away. Some of those TOs were unacceptable and the missed FTs were atrocious (missed 9 lost by 7). 

Some other notes:
- Why did we play in a zone for the entire game when it was clear that it wasn't working and our bigs couldn't find defend the mid-range or rotate fast enough to cover the dunks?
- Where was Maceo Jack during that game? Seems like he barely got on the floor during the 2nd half which was very surprising for me
- There's a clear lack of defensive talent inside the paint. I know Paar has some offensive capabilities in the paint, but they were non-existent for this entire game. He was invisible for a large majority of the game
- Outside of Battle (and Bishop to some extent) our 3 point shooting this afternoon was very disappointing. 
- Can't rely on JNJ, Bishop, and Battle to put up nearly 60 ppg. Need to find scoring somewhere else
- On a positive note, Battle and JNJ looked very good offensively. Nice to see them making things happen. Battle looked a little quicker which was a concern last year
- 10 rebounds for Moyer was nice, but doesn't seem to bring much to the table offensively

Overall, the talent is there. Just need to gel defensively and find an interior scoring option.

Navy led this game from start to finish!! The play of Jamison Battle was one of the few bright spots today, everything else like shooting, defense, offensive sets was bad. There is a chance that Navy could be very good this year, so this loss may not look that bad down the line, the announcers seemed to indicate that there were high expectations for Navy