01-04-2019, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris R
St. Joe couldnt hit the broad side of a barn, something they are incapable of doing any time we play them on Hawk Hill. They play like Kansas at home every time we to have to go there, throwing down dunks, running and gunning, and forcing us into bad shots and awful foul trouble. In other words, basically what GW, UMass, and LaSalle also do to us on their home floors -- overwhelm.
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I thought the very same thing while watching last night. I think part of it is...we're Dayton, not GMU, or GW, or Lasalle, or Fordham. When those teams play on Hawk Hill SJU squeezes 1500 fans into their 5000 seat gym. With us it's 5001, and many wearing Flyer red and blue, which amps up the atmosphere. Having said that, it was nice to see the Martelli get every call in the book at the start of the second half (SJU was in the bonus with 15...FIFTEEN minutes left in the game) and still watch his team get thrashed, all the while Phil flapping his arms in disgust on the sideline as if auditioning for the Hawk standing in the corner.
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