Jordan Was Right, Na Nana Boo Boo

For those of you who missed the show on March 25^th, I would like to include the transcripts of the sound bytes played during the show. Little bits of factual information will be included after key points in the transcript, just to drive those points home.

5:28-6:00

Jordan: I am cynical of this Georgetown team because Georgetown…Georgetown has not shown me what they need to show me this year. They won 8 games in a row and that’s excellent, great for them. But they have not shown me the resolve that I think that they need to do well in a tournament. And Tyler’s slapping his head, well, you know, when you’re playing down the stretch and you’re playing without your best player and you need wins and you just fall flat on your face every single game…show me something, get something going, this team is soft…

--Georgetown lost their last 5 games by an average of 15.2 points while scoring just 52.4 points per game--

8:45-9:20

Nick: So, what does VCU have to do to beat Georgetown?

Jordan: Three-pointers. They have to hit their three-pointers because Georgetown cannot guard the perimeter. If VCU hits their three-pointers, then they will win this game.

Nick: It’s that simple? Really?

Jordan: Yeah, I think it is that simple. I think when you look at how Georgetown gets beat, they get beat because they can’t guard people on the perimeter…

Ed: That is not true at all.

Jordan: We have been to soooo many of their basketball games this year and what is it? The opposing teams are always getting wide open three-point looks and they’re hitting them.

Ed: That is not true, that is not true.

Jordan: In Georgetown losses, they hit their three-pointers. Look at the stats, look at the stats.

--In Georgetown losses this year, Georgetown opponents shot a combined 67-179 on three-pointers, a whopping 37.4%. In Georgetown wins, opponents shot 108-345, only 31.3%. The 12-25 (48%) performance by VCU on Friday evening was the only game this year in which Georgetown had allowed an opponent to hit more than 9 three-pointers--

10:38-10:50

Jordan (on what Georgetown has to do to win the game): I think it’s gotta be interior play. I think for Georgetown, in order to succeed in this game, they have to get some sort of presence inside. Julian Vaughn is gone.

11:12-11:49

Jordan: But see in case you haven’t noticed, the big men have been bad during our losing streak…

Tyler: Because they don’t have Chris Wright…

Jordan: I don’t think you can completely blame Julian Vaughn’s lack of ability to hit a shot on Chris Wright not getting him the ball. Julian Vaughn cannot hit a shot, and that’s why…

Ed: Julian Vaughn does not have opportunities to hit shots…

Jordan: Julian Vaughn takes ten shots a game! I think that’s plenty of opportunities. If you hit one of those shots, that’s not very good…

Ed: And they’re all poor quality shots…

Jordan: No, when you’re on the interior, there are no open looks. You’re never gonna get an “open look” unless it’s a dunk with nobody around you…

--During Georgetown’s 5-game losing streak to end the season, Julian Vaughn shot a miserable 2-21 to end the season. In fact, Julian Vaughn went from 6:47 into the FIRST Cincinnati game to 5:05 left in the 1^st half against VCU without making a shot. His scoring draught spanned 168 minutes and 8 seconds of basketball. To top it all off, Georgetown’s three big men, Lubick, Vaughn, and Sims, combined for an astonishing 13 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 8 turnovers, 7 fouls, and TWO points--

12:08-12:26

Jordan: You’ve got to hit shots on the interior in order to keep your exterior game from becoming way too exposed. In case we haven’t noticed, Georgetown isn’t exactly good at hitting three-pointers lately either. So if you can’t score inside and you can’t score outside, you’re not gonna score at all.

--In Georgetown’s last 7 games, they shot a dismal 40-148 (27%) on three-pointers, capped by their 5-26 performance against VCU--