How I see the coming season.
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That seems to show the Kenpom 100 banner that teams should really want. O+D<100
Interesting how large the gaps are. Both O & D appear to be either good or not, very little middle ground.
Both 2014 and last year I think our offensive number changed significantly though out the year.
Defense is the bigger impact I don't care how much taller we might be. Buckingham was one of the top 10 rebounders in the A-10 last year. Rebounding and being able to stop dribble drive. Whenever, you come off a 12 win season and you lose two key STARTERS it's going to leave impact.
Things I think about this thread:
- 4700 is underselling what Buck meant to the team
- sometimes kids make mistakes, so I'm not mad at Buck for making a mistake in the middle of the year, just as I wasn't mad at Mooney for holding him accountable
- Jacob will be way better just from being comfortable in the knowledge that he has the authority within the team dynamics to do so -- it looked like it took half a year for him to feel comfortable doing that (I think the JMU shot was a decent fulcrum point).
- This in turn will make us a better team, because I want Jacob making decisions and calling his own number whenever the situation calls for it
- We WILL miss Buck's effort, intensity, and rebounding
- We will miss Khwan's athleticism in getting to the hole, and his security as a viable backup ball handler
- Others are underselling what we may be getting in a few of our new players
- 4700 is underselling what Buck meant to the team
- sometimes kids make mistakes, so I'm not mad at Buck for making a mistake in the middle of the year, just as I wasn't mad at Mooney for holding him accountable
- Jacob will be way better just from being comfortable in the knowledge that he has the authority within the team dynamics to do so -- it looked like it took half a year for him to feel comfortable doing that (I think the JMU shot was a decent fulcrum point).
- This in turn will make us a better team, because I want Jacob making decisions and calling his own number whenever the situation calls for it
- We WILL miss Buck's effort, intensity, and rebounding
- We will miss Khwan's athleticism in getting to the hole, and his security as a viable backup ball handler
- Others are underselling what we may be getting in a few of our new players
Brunt left after the 2015 season and our defense has gone to crap since. Is that a coincidence or was Brunt a big part of our defensive coaching.
Philly, You make a lot of sense. I am guilty as charged being one of the guys that gets optimistic every year. I get sucker punched by the poor coaching and lack of development every season, yet here I am hoping for a different result. I guess I will go that route again this season, as I really think our admin and athletic department are very happy with the status quo. No need for me to feel otherwise. So hopefully Woj and Gustavson are the second coming. Cayo becomes a 10ppg scorer and stays out of foul trouble, etc. I am banking on it.
Because of the nature of college basketball every player is and has to be replaceable, in the best of circumstances they are only here 4 years. Putting the pieces together each year is the coach's job.
How many times can you guys speculate on next season before next season actually starts? I guess endless guestimation/speculation keeps you busy and out of trouble.
How many times can you guys speculate on next season before next season actually starts? I guess endless guestimation/speculation keeps you busy and out of trouble.
I really liked the starting 5 last year. They were very young and greatly improved throughout the season. Losing Khwan and Buck really hurts us when I felt we would finally have some depth. I still feel we may have some good ones in this next crop. Mooney will have to improve his recent history of coming out of the gates unprepared.
Very interested to hear from you guys about who will emerge as the true leader of this team. Nick is the heir apparent, but will he want the job. Maybe Grant? My gut says it will be Jacob. He has the intelligence, attitude, awareness, confidence combined with that certain something a true leader has. Maybe they will all lead by committee, each bringing something to the table. It will be interesting to watch.
Very interested to hear from you guys about who will emerge as the true leader of this team. Nick is the heir apparent, but will he want the job. Maybe Grant? My gut says it will be Jacob. He has the intelligence, attitude, awareness, confidence combined with that certain something a true leader has. Maybe they will all lead by committee, each bringing something to the table. It will be interesting to watch.
Until we look prepared to start a season I am not jumping on the bandwagon.
Losing by twenty points to Delaware and Jacksonville State on your home floor. I never will forget considering neither of these teams played in the postseason last year.
Losing by twenty points to Delaware and Jacksonville State on your home floor. I never will forget considering neither of these teams played in the postseason last year.
Man, that was last year. Let sleeping dog lay where they are. You need to let go of the past.
Yes they are triumvirate. However MOONEY, HARDT, QUEALLY Are the TRIUMVIRATE holding back Fezz and program.
ideally your PG is your leader. I think we have the right one, too. tough to lead as a freshman, but it's his team now.
Agree that we will see more of a "my team" approach from Gilyard this season, he has what it takes. You could see that he was (properly I think) walking the tightrope last year, trying not to step on the toes of those ahead of him in class. I predict that he is more comfortable taking charge this year, and that he will be even better in the role his final 2 seasons.
If we can actually develop some depth on the bench that would be a huge improvement. Also maybe we should switch to a zone defense? Cause the foot speed is definitely going to be lacking...
Jake is the man, Golden is the primary target on most possesions, but there were games when Sherrod seemed to take over when nothing else was working. But why the hell did it happen so late in games? Need to get him going sooner this year!
Oh man, you guys will be excited, but I'm most definitely not. VCU-UR games will be much more competitive this year...check out the news. Bummer...
Oops, wrote down Jenkins when I meant Evans. I’ll go ahead and delete that last post of mine
New players and inexperienced players are not just a plug n play solution. We've now got the same problem and as much as we want to believe we'll get a freshman that will fill a Jr's role it's not going to happen. It's a rarity when teams at our mid major level get a freshman that is starter material. Let's all be real. I am.
You can think whatever you want to believe, that's your right. I am going to believe in our players until they prove me wrong.
Well, we did a lot better the year before when we had seniors starting at their positions... The only key players that changed between 2017 to 2018 were our center (TJ to GG) and point guard (SDJ to JG). We did so much better with seniors in those positions even though the freshmen that took over did show promise. This is actually a very good example of how talented freshmen are no substitute for experience.
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If mooney would simplify his system then maybe freshmen (in general) would play a more significant role.
And I believe in mine too, but losing a key player can't be ignored. As much as I'd like to think it's going to be fine, I'm likely going to be disappointed. Better to temper expectations I think. This could be wrong thinking I guess. I could be proven wrong and I'll be happy to be so.
And you'll get it! Kid can flat out play and he's just getting into his 3rd year groove.
Grant is one of those special freshmen that go ballistic. He'll win an awful lot of games for you. No doubt this kid is special. I don't think you guys get it. I WANT UR to be strong. The A10 needs to be strong. I don't want to see another barely average A10. It's not good for anyone in it.
Agree DaMan, I would love to see UR, VCU, Davidson, St Joes and a couple others knocking on the door of the top 25 every season. This is one reason so disappointed in Mooney. Would really think with VCU rolling every year, he would be spending 24 hours a day to catch and defeat them. Instead he is doing mansiere commercials now I think. And he is company of the rich man instead of the rolnik, and got a little happy and complacent.
Usually seniors and upperclassmen do the best under Mooney. Going to a 20 win season almost seems unrealistic. When you figure how POOR out of conference play has been the past few years.
