Live Game Thread - DePaul Blue Demons (10-5, 1-2) @ #24 Seton Hall Pirates (14-2, 3-1) - 7:00PM (ESPN3)
by GonzoBallSHU on Jan 10, 2012 6:00 PM EST
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| Game #17 |
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vs. | |
| (10-5, 1-2) | (14-2, 2-1) | |
| January 10th, 2012 | ||
| The Prudential Center, Newark, NY |
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| 7:00PM | ||
| ESPN3 | ||
| Probable Starters | ||
| Brandon Young | PG | Jordan Theodore |
| Jeremiah Kelly | SG | Aaron Cosby |
| Jamee Crocket | SF | Fuquan Edwin |
| Cleveland Melvin |
PF | Patrik Auda |
| Krys Faber |
C | Herb Pope |
| Opening Line (Seton Hall -12.5) |
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The 24th ranked Seton Hall Pirates will attempt to stay undefeated at home, while also recording their fourth conference victory of the season as they welcome the DePaul Blue Demons to the Rock, this evening. The Associated Press got their voting right yesterday, because, you know, they actually watch the games, whereas the Coaches absolutely butchered their USA Today/ESPN today rankings. Despite getting robbed, on second thought, splitting the polls might actually be a positive for these young Pirates. The players receive a sense of gratification that their hard work is being recognized while keeping confidence high, but it does leave a chip on their shoulders as some folks still aren't buying in. That's not to say they wouldn't be as prepared if they were ranked in both polls, but I don't think it's uncommon for collegiate athletes to kick it up an extra notch when they feel slighted.
Ranked or unranked, it's imperative that Pirates keep their heads down, stay focused and get back to playing good basketball. I say, "get back," as they clearly didn't have their best stuff and shot poorly in Providence. As mentioned Saturday night, good teams will win those games, but good teams don't find themselves in that position regularly. Seton Hall will need to play at a higher level offensively than what we saw against the Friars because as Jordan Theodore stated, they've now got the target on their back. The Pirates begin a four game stretch where they'll be favored in every contest, including two road tilts, but as Coach Willard pointed out, they've suddenly became a, "good win," instead of a, "bad loss." Their opponents will come out swinging.
As always, Let's Go Hall!
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Great win
Don’t worry about the lapse in the middle of the 2nd half, it happens in most games and good teams make adjustments, take control back and win. Just as the Hall did tonight.
Work the bench
Good time at the Rock tonight. Despite some sloppy play, we took care of business at home once again. I would have liked to see the bench get more work, though. I believe the starting 5 was on the court with 2:30 to play and a 20-point lead. Karlis sat most of the game and Grennan only appeared at the very end, with Dill. Good atmosphere at the Rock and another BE win.
by goNYgo on Jan 10, 2012 10:23 PM EST via mobile reply actions
REAL BAD TV feed 2night
it looked like there were a lot of empty seats @ the ROCK and that the crowd was NOT really into the game … the announcers stated that there was a section across from ‘da Hall bench that were vocal, but it just didn’t feel like we had a ton of folks there …
Sure wish I could have made the trip down to Tampa this Friday night … but next year I’ll have both Tampa & Orlando to travel to when ’da Hall comes south … looking forward to our Pirate Ship picking up the Booty and sailing home w/#16 … WOW … 16-2 w/a dozen games till the BET … just WILD and GR8 to be a Pirate … GO HALL!
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