Friday, March 18, 2011

Recap: VCU 74, Georgetown 56

Image from here.
It turns out, Chris Wright wasn't the answer.

The Georgetown Hoyas succumbed to a barrage of open 3FGs by the VCU Rams while failing to do much of anything on the offensive end, losing in a rout, 74-56.

Storyline #1:
The Rams made 11 or their first 19 shots from behind the arc, including 5 of their first 7 to start the Vesper half, in moving out to a 18 point lead with 11:13 left in the game.  Meanwhile, outside of Hollis Thompson [4-6 3FG], the Hoyas managed to shoot 1 for 20 from 3FG for the game (inside of Hollis Thompson, it's too dark to shoot).

Storyline #2:
With less than a minute left in the first half, Georgetown trailed VCU by 6 points when Chris Wright missed the front end of a 1-and-1.  Over the next 21 possessions for each team (14+ minutes of game time), the Rams outscored the Hoyas 33-14 and had built an insurmountable 25 point lead with only 7 minutes left in the game.  Eight of the Hoyas' 21 possessions during that stretch resulted in a turnover.

Storyline #3:
The Hoyas ended the game with only three more field goals made [20] than turnovers committed [17].


But the stat of the night for Hoya fans is likely what time they turned the game off.


At this point, Coach John Thompson III has a public relations problem that he's going to have to deal with:  the reputation of having teams that either implode [2009, 2011] or suffer a bad upset in their final game of the season [2008, 2010].  One of those is a tough label to shake, but the combination can be - dare I say - professionally fatal.  How JT3 deals with tonight's embarrassing effort, and the implications it has for his career, will be interesting to say the least. 

As for the players, it should be noted that the four seniors - Austin Freeman, Chris Wright, Julian Vaughn and Ryan Dougherty - have all been outstanding representatives of the university both as players and as students.  At different times, they all brought excitement and joy to Hoya fans this season (remember Ryan's layup against Appalachian State?).

I do feel sorry for those guys, because the legacy of flaming out by the end of the season is likely the one that most fans will associate with them, rather than any successes that they had.  I'm quite certain that they are at least as upset about the way Georgetown's season (and their careers) ended as any fan.


With the graduation of the three senior starters, the Hoyas will enter next season with few expectations of success.  Hollis Thompson comported himself well tonight and it looks like it will be his team to lead for the next two years


For the last time this season, let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Home                            Visitor   
.            Georgetown                      Virginia Commonwealth         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            30        33        62
 
Points          24        32        56          35        39        74   

Effic.         81.2      97.5      89.8       118.4     118.9     118.7  
 
eFG%           38.0      48.1      43.3        52.2      57.1      54.5  
TO%            30.5      24.4      27.3        10.2       9.1       9.6  
OR%            44.4      25.0      35.3        31.2      18.8      25.0  
FTA/FGA        28.0      22.2      25.0        73.9     104.8      88.6  

Assist Rate    77.8      45.5      60.0        66.7      88.9      77.8  
Block Rate      9.1       0.0       5.3        15.4      15.4      15.4  
Steal Rate      6.8       3.0       4.8        10.2      12.2      11.2  
 
2FG%           61.5      53.8      57.7        27.3      37.5      31.6  
3FG%            8.3      28.6      19.2        50.0      46.2      48.0  
FT%            71.4     100.0      84.6        64.7      68.2      66.7

Final thoughts and the full stats breakdown tomorrow.


INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Vaughn, Julian         18   39.1   57.8    4.1      16   105.8    3.4      -1.3  
Lubick, Nate           45    9.5   15.4    0.7      39   123.6    9.6      -6.8  
Freeman, Austin        53   24.0   76.1    9.7      50   122.1   12.2      -4.2  
Clark, Jason           58   15.2   97.6    8.6      57   121.7   13.9      -3.7  
Wright, Chris          53   26.1   41.9    5.8      48   116.8   11.2      -7.9  
Thompson, Hollis       50   20.0  184.7   18.5      50   102.2   10.2      +8.3  
Sanford, Vee            8   16.4   55.1    0.7      10    84.0    1.7      -0.7  
Dougherty, Ryan         0     -     -      0.0       0   121.3    0.0      +0.0  
Sims, Henry             7    0.0    -      0.0       7   140.1    2.0      -2.0  
Benimon, Jerrelle       6    0.0    -      0.0      10    78.0    1.6      -1.6  
Starks, Markel         17   20.5  112.5    3.9      18    96.1    3.5      +0.5  
TOTALS                 63          84.4   51.9      61   113.5   69.2     -17.5  

Virginia Commonwealth Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Skeen, Jamie           58   24.5  106.3   15.1      60    97.5   11.7      +2.3  
Haley, D.J              8   12.5    0.0    0.0       8   -22.9   -0.4      +0.3  
Rodriguez, Joey        52   25.2  151.1   19.8      52    85.3    8.9      +9.8  
Burgess, Bradford      56   18.8  127.2   13.4      56    81.4    9.1      +4.6  
Nixon, Ed              37   16.6   83.1    5.1      40    81.5    6.5      -0.7  
Theus, Darius          15   19.6   31.9    0.9      18   108.5    3.9      -2.6  
Brandenberg, Rob       20   10.0    0.0    0.0      21    31.1    1.3      -1.0  
Daniels, Troy           1   100.0   0.0    0.0       2     0.0    0.0      +0.0  
Veal, Toby              3   33.3  100.0    1.0       4   100.0    0.8      +0.1  
Rozzell, Brandon       45   15.4  216.2   15.0      43   101.1    8.7      +7.1  
Hinton, David           0     -     -      0.0       0    88.9    0.0      +0.0  
Reddic, Juvonte        10   10.0    0.0    0.0      11   122.1    2.7      -2.0  
TOTALS                 61         117.5   70.4      63    84.5   53.2     +19.0



HD BOX SCORE

Virginia Commonwealth vs Georgetown
3/18/01 9:10 pm at United Center     Chicago, IL
Final score: Virginia Commonwealth 74, Georgetown 56

Virginia Commonwealth   Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Skeen, Jamie           38:04  +18  12/74  2- 6  1- 1  5- 9  7/41  2/15  0/60  1/58  0/26  3/29  2/32   1
Haley, D.J             06:28  + 4   0/ 7  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 7  0/ 2  1/ 8  0/ 8  0/ 4  0/ 5  1/ 8   1
Rodriguez, Joey        33:36  +21  17/69  1- 3  2- 6  9- 9  9/37  7/14  2/52  2/52  0/20  0/25  2/27   2
Burgess, Bradford      35:35  +23  12/72  1- 3  2- 4  4- 7  7/38  3/15  1/56  0/56  4/24  2/26  6/31   3
Nixon, Ed              23:16  +10   5/42  0- 2  1- 1  2- 2  3/25  1/ 7  1/40  2/37  0/17  1/21  0/23   1
Theus, Darius          10:25  -10   1/ 9  0- 0  0- 0  1- 6  0/11  0/ 3  0/18  0/15  0/ 8  0/10  0/ 9   2
Brandenberg, Rob       13:36  +13   0/21  0- 1  0- 2  0- 0  3/15  0/ 5  0/21  0/20  0/ 6  0/12  3/14   1
Daniels, Troy          01:09  + 0   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 2  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 1  1/ 2   0
Veal, Toby             02:12  - 3   1/ 1  0- 0  0- 0  1- 2  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 4  0/ 3  0/ 1  0/ 2  0/ 1   0
Rozzell, Brandon       28:11  +13  26/61  2- 3  6-10  4- 4 13/34  1/ 8  2/43  0/45  0/21  0/23  2/20   2
Hinton, David          00:24  + 0   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0   0
Reddic, Juvonte        07:04  + 1   0/14  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 9  0/ 3  0/11  1/10  0/ 3  0/ 6  0/ 3   3
TOTALS                 40:00       74     6-19 12-25 26-39    44 14/18  7/63  6/61  4/26  8/32 22/34  16
.                                        0.316 0.480 0.667       0.778 0.111 0.098 0.154 0.250 0.647    

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Vaughn, Julian         13:23  - 6   2/16  1- 3  0- 0  0- 0  3/19  1/ 5  0/16  4/18  0/ 7  4/13  4/10   3
Lubick, Nate           26:23  - 9   0/40  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/33  0/13  0/39  4/45  0/11  1/21  4/20   4
Freeman, Austin        32:56  -20  10/47  3- 7  0- 7  4- 4 14/44  2/13  0/50  0/53  0/14  1/29  5/24   4
Clark, Jason           36:30  -20   9/51  4- 5  0- 3  1- 1  8/50  2/15  1/57  3/58  0/17  1/32  1/30   4
Wright, Chris          32:57  -15   6/41  3- 7  0- 6  0- 1 13/42  3/11  0/48  4/53  0/15  0/30  2/28   4
Thompson, Hollis       31:34  -12  26/46  4- 4  4- 6  6- 7 10/40  1/ 9  2/50  2/50  0/14  2/25  5/25   4
Sanford, Vee           05:03  - 3   0/ 7  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  1/ 6  1/ 3  0/10  0/ 8  0/ 2  0/ 5  1/ 5   1
Dougherty, Ryan        00:24  + 0   0/ 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 0   0
Sims, Henry            04:31  - 4   0/ 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 6  0/ 2  0/ 7  0/ 7  1/ 3  0/ 5  0/ 4   0
Benimon, Jerrelle      04:09  - 5   0/ 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 6  0/ 2  0/10  0/ 6  0/ 3  0/ 4  1/ 5   1
Starks, Markel         12:10  + 4   3/22  0- 0  1- 3  0- 0  3/14  2/ 7  0/18  0/17  0/ 9  0/ 6  1/ 9   1
TOTALS                 40:00       56    15-26  5-26 11-13    52 12/20  3/61 17/63  1/19 12/34 24/32  26
.                                        0.577 0.192 0.846       0.600 0.049 0.270 0.053 0.353 0.750    

Efficiency: Virginia Commonwealth 1.213, Georgetown 0.889
eFG%: Virginia Commonwealth 0.545, Georgetown 0.433
Substitutions: Virginia Commonwealth 36, Georgetown 53

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Virginia Commonwealth 0-0, Georgetown 1-1
Layups/Tips: Virginia Commonwealth 6-14, Georgetown 11-16
Jumpers: Virginia Commonwealth 0-5, Georgetown 3-9

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Virginia Commonwealth 3 (6.2), Georgetown 7 (15.6)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Virginia Commonwealth 6 (85.7), Georgetown 5 (166.7)
Seconds per poss: Virginia Commonwealth 21.0, Georgetown 17.3


4 comments:

  1. Way to go VCU! Congratulations on the impressive win! I guess the Rams really do belong in the tournament after all! That means three 11-seeds defeated 6-seeds this year, and that is the third time that has happened in the Round of 64.

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  2. I'm afraid to check Casual. Thanks for being a the rock of sanity all season. Here's to next year...

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  3. Are we going to get another post as a season recap? I'd especially like to see what happened down the stretch with players like Austin, Jason and Julian. They seemed to wear down big time compared to the 10-1 start.

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  4. Oh, eventually. I haven't had much free time these days - stats pages aren't even finalized yet.

    Look for something next week.

    Cheers and thanks for reading!

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