Louisville at St. John's Preview
by Mike Rutherford on Jan 3, 2012 4:18 PM EST
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PrintLOUISVILLE CARDINALS (12-2, 0-1) AT ST. JOHN'S RED STORM (7-6, 1-1)
Game Time: 7:02 p.m.
Location: Madison Square Garden: New York, N.Y.
Television: ESPNU
Announcers: Adam Amin (play-by-play), Bill Raftery (color analyst).
Officials: John Cahill, Sean Corbin, Tim Clougherty
Favorite: Louisville by 8
Series History: Louisville leads 9-4
Last Meeting: Louisville won 88-63 on 1/19/11 at the KFC Yum Center.
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I need tonight.
Need to get level. Catch my balance. Let me breathe. We didn’t suddnely become a bad team, but I need a visual stimulus to remind me.
by charliestrongmancrush.com on Jan 3, 2012 4:22 PM EST reply actions
My pediction
Siva’s head will be removed from his ass, kyle will be moving without the ball, chris smith has best game yet, and by game’s end the johnnies are just flat out scared of Gorgui. Cards win 82-65
as a result, Russ will have only 12 points and 7 rebounds. Only.
Also not to start an argument on the preview thread, but I don’t think Siva’s head is up there. Just must be off the court somewhere. CRP mentioned his mind was on other things, but didn’t hear anything else after that.
by Justin Gingey Smith on Jan 3, 2012 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
Watched St. John's play UK a month ago
They made Memphis look like an Ivy League team. I expect complete chaos and an opportunity for lots of easy baskets. They have young talent, but there’s no reason why we shouldn’t right the ship tonight. More open threes from the wing, fewer missed layups, withstand a run or two, and we’ll get some of our pre-Christmas swagger back.
The key to the game tonight?
Slightly more disturbing than Brian Brohm's sleeveless shirt.
by noobmaster on Jan 3, 2012 5:14 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
i would like to see a dominant performance from chane i think he and gorgui should have atleast 10 shots apiece if they could get about 35 points and at least 20 rebs combined the outside shooting would improve dramatically
I agree.
I know Chane has had some trouble finishing around the rim so far, but he’s a physical post player with great strength. Our offense needs to get him more looks whether he creates for himself (something I think he’s completely capable of) or not. We absolutely need to develop an inside combo that collapses defenses and opens up outside shots, instead of the one that stands under the basket until someone jacks up a bad shot.
by Get_In_My_BELLY_ on Jan 3, 2012 5:30 PM EST up reply actions
kevin ware
Will look great tonight, I think Rick will use this oppurtunity to motivate Siva by playing ware allot, may be wrong, might not see him at all, but I would like to see one more shot of nunez
by HaHaSypher on Jan 3, 2012 5:19 PM EST via mobile reply actions
After rewatching the second half of the UK game on the treadmill, now I'm really pissed
A few of the reasons we lost this game:
1) Gorgui’s foul trouble. UK shredded our interior D when he went out with 4 fouls. And when he was in the game, Gorgui basically prevented anything easy around the rim. His timing is remarkable.
2) Insufficient activity on the defensive boards, especially when Gorgui was swatting shots. I’m not blaming our guards for this – our forwards were too often caught ball-watching instead of going after the rebound.
3) Failure to take the first good shot, often resulting in a worse shot later in the clock. I’m looking at you, CS5.
4) Absolutely one-sided and horrid officiating down the stretch. I’m not blaming the entire loss on the officials, bit don’t try to tell me that it didn’t make a difference. UK got a string of calls after we tied the game at 40 that were borderline unbelievable, at least if viewed in sequence — Lamb running into his teammate (phantom foul on us), Peyton beating Lamb to the loose ball and being called for what should have been Lamb’s 5th, the clean strip of Davis that was called a foul, etc. Sorry, but we never get home cooking like this against UK, and it makes me want to vomit.
Ok, I’ve now watched the entire replay once, and I’m done complaining about it. I feel better about our team after watching it. Now let’s get 2012 moving in the right direction with a Big East road victory.
I thought the worst non-foul, impact-wise, was the one on Siva beating Lamb to the loose ball
I re-watched the last 5 minutes of the game (local CBS channel didn’t show first 35 minutes, b/c Sat am cartoons > college hoops here) and the foul on Chane when Davis was shooting the three late in the shot clock was likely a phantom one. On the CBS replay angle (camera under the UK basket), it shows Behanan landing next to Davis but not touching him with his torso. Davis fell down and timed it pretty well as it looked like a foul in real time. This fouled Behanan out of the game, after which he sat on the bench.
The camera caught him leaning over to Justice to say “I didn’t touch him, he just fell down.” To which Justice replied, “I know, who cares.” Smart play by Davis, and our shooters have done the same thing at times, just tough luck on the foul being called there. Turned into a 4 point play and ~60 seconds of game clock for UK after Davis missed the 3rd FT & Teague hit a runner after expiring even more time off the clock.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Jan 3, 2012 6:07 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed on the Siva/Lamb play
Haven’t looked at any of the comments related to the game, but that was a crucial call and a four-point swing in a six-point game at the time.
I have my doubts that we would’ve stopped shooting ourselves in the foot and managed to win even if the call went against Lamb, but the point is that any opportunity to do so was lost with that foul. Clark Kellogg was wrong, as is often the case.
Like others, I’m not here to blame the officiating on the ultimate outcome. We didn’t do enough to win the game. That said, another call that I haven’t really heard anyone bring up was the no-call near the end of the first half, when Russ got mugged by Jones around half court. As with the Lamb play, I thought Russ had just as much right to the ball as Jones did. If we get that call, it’s free throws and we have the chance to get the lead, if I remember correctly. Again, that is not the difference in the game, but these little instances where we needed some momentum due to our shooting and rebounding went against us. Hope conversations about this kind of stuff are few and far between for the remainder of the season.
Yep, mosty non-factor fouls big picture
The real fouls & technical by Chane were enough to seal our fate.
by UL is my hot hot sex on Jan 4, 2012 1:41 AM EST up reply actions
CCS and Siva Sr. will fly to New York with a cardboard cutout of Ace Wales mom.
Gotta play well for that.
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