Eight Legger said:

I didn't see the game, but it seemingly exemplified their obvious problem: no frontcourt. Clark and Fermin: 57 minutes, 3 for 10, 7 points and 8 fouls. Pretty pathetic. They could be starting for us with lines like that. Bamisile 3 of 13 from three. As a team 9 for 37. They have two very good guards and a lot of undisciplined inconsistency after that. Sometimes, the two guards will be enough. Other times against teams with quality frontcourt players, they will be at a massive disadvantage.

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Nevada was down as much as 15 early in the second half, but came back to knock off VCU, 64–61. Starting bigs still not doing much. Clark had 7 boards and 4 assists but shot 1-for-9 (8 of those from three). Fermin had 2 points and no boards before fouling out.

Long Time Spider Fan said:

Trump himself was the biggest leaker during his own prior administration. Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian officials in an Oval Office meeting with them, forcing the CIA to extract a key Moscow source developed over years. On two occasions, Trump revealed classified information on his Twitter feed. In 2017, he revealed a CIA program in Syria, and in August 2019, he posted a classified satellite photo of a site in Iran that revealed U.S. satellite surveillance. In a 2017 phone call, Trump told the Philippines President that the US had positioned 2 nuclear submarines off the coast of North Korea. Only the captains and crews of nuclear submarines are supposed to even know where they are located, but that didn't stop Trump. He likes to be the bigshot but he can't help himself because he has no concept of national security. He was the rogue leaker during his own administration but claims he hates leakers.

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And these are only some of the leaks we know of now. Now that his SC has given him immunity lord help us, who knows what he is capable of doing.

Tell it to Kavanaugh, et al too. Condemn both sides on this BS. Not a one sided game.

BTW - Thump hates pizza, puppies, nuns, babies (he doesn't bite them), and the deaf and blind too. Jeez, listen to yourself.

Let's get the Spider's last CAA season done with an undefeated conference record.

A hard fought battle is a given. W&M playing for a possible playoff slot with a convincing win. This along with Loudon's ability to motivate players. Going to come out foaming at the mouth (overplay and too much emotion can lead to big plays). Hit them long early.

Spiders, play your game, 1-0 this week. Win and chances of a first round playoff bye increase, win big chances even better. Lot to play for just as with the Tribe.

Who proves they can run consistently early, should be a clue to the outcome. See this as a line play game, most tough ones are. If comes down to passing, give Cam advantage over Wilson.

Worthy opponent with much to play for in a a rivalry game, but believe we have the better team. Spiders 27 - Tribe 21.

Go Spiders!

Beagle has a move - back guys down and do pivot fakes, which mostly leads to little jump hooks, but occasionally can catch a guy napping and go left hand. His 8 dribbles to back a guy down remind me of Cayo a bit.

Walz doesn't have any go to post move. Seems like if he's flat footed with back to basket he wants to shoot a classic turnaround jumper, which needless to say, has fallen out of analytics favor. But he just doesn't look like Grant, TJ, Quinn etc did when they were looking to score and I think it's because he hasn't developed a single go-to shot down low..

LongTimeSpiderFan said:

Nice review. I have a little difference of opinion with your number 2 above. I think this might be the best group of transfers we ever got BUT it's hard to say cuz CMs offense can't get anyone open...which he has pretty consistently done over the years. Beagle is fine but still doesn't require double teaming. To be honest (fair or unfair) CM was hoping Walz would get some offense and use Beagle as a backup. But Walz is so useless out there it's painful because he seems like a heckava good kid. Mooney has played smaller men than Neskovich at that spot ...at Air Force at least. Please get someone in there so the offense can run, THEN we'll see how good the shooters are. I said before that Neskovich and Beagle need to share that job. But it's tough to keep Walz on the bench because CMs not wanting to hurt someone's ego...he seems more apt to hurt the team as a whole than a single player.

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During the offseason and knowing Walz would be starting center, I stated we probably could get 10 points a game out of him at center position. I don’t think that’s unrealistic. I also said he needed to look to shoot more as opposed to being primarily a distributor. I thought starting this year would make a difference. However, so far this year looks a lot like last year. He plays a lot with back to goal and there are shots, but he’s not looking. Unless things change, I’m seeing more productivity out of Beagle. I like his aggressiveness and desire to score.

Be there if you can, but don't forget this one will be on MASN also.

urfan1 said:

Wood and 72, I was there also

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I was also there in the end zone! That was a crazy accident. The angels were looking over that Spider that day!

If I recall correctly, the Spiders were still feeling a little ornery that day from the tough loss to ECU two games earlier. In my opinion that was the best pre FCS Richmond team ever, and sadly we didn't even win the SOCON Championship.

Go Spiders!

LSU had a rough 2nd half after being up by 1 at halftime and lost to Pitt 74-63. They look real sloppy at times.

Dji got his 2nd and 3rd foul around the 16 minute mark of the 2nd half and set for a long while. Finished 3/6 shooting with 6 points, 2 boards, 2 assists.

spider23 said:

1) Mooney - Poor messaging and lack of urgency. This seems to be a carry over from the last win last season to secure the A10 co-regular season. Sideline demeanor seems lax compared to when he has a good team that he thinks should win. Last year he was prowling sideline and on the ref ALL game every game.
2) Portal misses, I was too dumb to look up the old portal threads, but we seemed to land shooters/offensive guys as opposed to all around players this time. We had that one guy tartgetted as Dji replacement, plus Matt Knowling who were were in the final group for, but NIL money won the day I guess - who knows. Beagle looks solid, but not real steady with the ball. But Neako and Glou look very one dimensional as forwards so far.
3) Defense - just looks poor so far, can't keep guys in front of us. Wide open shooters. Shutter to see what good comp does to us.
4) Offense - still holding out hope here - but guys have to do it in games. I mean we have not been playing a very high comp level, so hard to see how it picks up against A10 competition. Hoping the lights goes on and something clicks, but just not great so far.

Worst "portal era" Mooney fears coming to light so far - inability to adapt to talent and adapt.

thinking 80s fan and PQ are holding out payments the way guys are playing.

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Nice review. I have a little difference of opinion with your number 2 above. I think this might be the best group of transfers we ever got BUT it's hard to say cuz CMs offense can't get anyone open...which he has pretty consistently done over the years. Beagle is fine but still doesn't require double teaming. To be honest (fair or unfair) CM was hoping Walz would get some offense and use Beagle as a backup. But Walz is so useless out there it's painful because he seems like a heckava good kid. Mooney has played smaller men than Neskovich at that spot ...at Air Force at least. Please get someone in there so the offense can run, THEN we'll see how good the shooters are. I said before that Neskovich and Beagle need to share that job. But it's tough to keep Walz on the bench because CMs not wanting to hurt someone's ego...he seems more apt to hurt the team as a whole than a single player.

Gallipoli said:

The real death threats were against the President-elect of the United States. He survived two assassination attempts from domestic sources and a very real threat from the Iranians.

MTG for Education Secretary!!

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Tell that to the poll workers, the judges, the law clerks, and the prosecutors, who along with their families, had to endure harassment, nut cases showing up at their homes, and vile phone calls, emails and texts, as a direct result of the language Trump used against them. Trump had the secret service and FBI protecting him, these people had little, if any, protection. Keep on defending your cult leader and your hero Trump.

This is a new era for college basketball. Mooney has to realize that he's not going to have 2, 3, or 4 years to teach players his self described complicated system. He's got to simplify and dumb down everything so the turnstile players can latch on.

Anachnid said:

Even when the orange man is grifting he gives something in return, Bibles, tennis shores, digital cards. But UR athletics? They killed the social organization supporting athletics. Just did a quick check, Clemson still as iptay, UVA the Vsaf, tech the Hokie Club and all still give return benefits to donors. UR?

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Our benefit is unlimited emails begging for money.

urfan1 said:

Wood and 72, I was there also

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As was I.

Even when the orange man is grifting he gives something in return, Bibles, tennis shores, digital cards. But UR athletics? They killed the social organization supporting athletics. Just did a quick check, Clemson still as iptay, UVA the Vsaf, tech the Hokie Club and all still give return benefits to donors. UR?

Very generic and bland. I think maybe something like this would have gone out - maybe with a more personal touch, right before the football playoff game - can say something like your contributions to the Spider Fund and Collective have helped the football team achieve great success, but to continue - we need your support.

I guess Hardt was getting bored and needed to write something?

72Spider said:

Remember it well. I was in those stands as well.

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Wood Hall said:

He scored one TD right in front of our end-zone seats, hit the DB at about the 5-yard line and knocked him into the end zone. Some dude from UR fell out of the back of the grandstand that day and dropped about 15 feet but wasn't hurt at all. As I remember it I wasn't feeling much pain either than day; I had a friend from my hometown who went to W&M and we all went to a friend's frat house for the postgame.

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Remember it well. I was in those stands as well.

There may be a glimmer of hope over on the Reservation. But in trolling their message board... we see some depressing comments:

"Chance to make them share the CAA title. Chance to tie the series back up. Chance to end the season, and a few remarkable careers, on a high note. Chance to win the Capital Cup. Chance to put on tape for NFL scouts, and roster spots next season. A lot to play for this weekend." [it is sad to see what they have fallen to]

"This is our chance to bring some shine to the program after a remarkably disappointing season. Let’s kick UR’s butt as they fully walk out the CAA door, give our ‘25 recruits a shot in the arm, and send our departing [edit: I think he means their "dearly departed"] on their way on a high note."

"Jim Mora is screaming in my ear as I type. Maybe a win tomorrow also means that the season is not over."

"I agree that Richmond has had a bunch of tight wins against underwhelming teams (which is one reason that I am hopeful for the Tribe this weekend)."

"I also think that the fact that W&M was not one of the four unranked teams to move into the Top 25 tells us all that we need to know about how we will be treated by the committee (assuming we beat Richmond). Our only hope is that we win and New Hampshire loses and it wouldn't hurt if one or more of N. Arizona, UT Martin, and E. Kentucky also lose. Then the committee would be forced to take us."

"Even a win over Richmond won’t be enough to get William & Mary into the playoffs. A loss to Stony Brook puts the Tribe behind the Seawolves and the Seawolves may already be behind New Hampshire who beat it. That puts William & Mary behind two CAA bubble teams, and that’s not including Villanova. There might just not be enough spots for the Tribe to get in."

mojo-spider said:

did any of those basketball guys you invited wander over? our football team is a group of guys they could get behind!

Go Spiders!

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Bring it on! I am pumped for this game. It's all the marbles.

La Salle isn't having a good time in Daytona...just fell to UIC, 96–83.

Yes, walking distance to Torrey Pines and clothing-optional Black's Beach.

D2 guys are more fluid, don't need 2 years to adjust to the System.