SFspidur said:

The criticism I think is that they've focused on that perhaps to the detriment of the academic mission. They've been in a strong growth mode and accept ~80% of applicants. They also had some accreditation issues within the past few years.

But I have no first-hand experience and have never set foot on campus or have any recollection of speaking with anyone who's gone there. It's just the general impression I get from those here in NC who have some familiarity.

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we visited. I think they're growing the best way possible. can't be easy to change perception.

per wikipedia, they were a 1450 student not highly regarded college in 2005. so how do you change that? they decided to grow fast, taking on a ton of debt. no idea why debt and low endowment is so important in school rankings but it is. and taking on the Field of Dreams "if you build it, they will come" motto, they built it really, really nice. now they're over 6,000 students. their academic reputation will take longer to change, but to attract good students they don't charge as high a tuition as most, and offer a lot of scholarships to better students (who wouldn't get academic money at higher reputation schools). smart, because any school is only as good as the students they attract.

I just don't see beautiful buildings and grounds as a negative, yet I have heard it called a country club like nice things is a bad thing. in comparsion, I'm amazed that some schools as far south as Virginia still don't have air conditioning in all their dorms or at least didn't a few years ago. by now, that's unacceptable to me for the price you pay.

Really interesting (and encouraging) to see Aoki go to Bilka for the second straight day to get the rubber match. First time he has been used twice in an A10 series (though the low pitch count Saturday definitely helps). He continues his A10 Pitcher of the Year campaign with a 2.08 ERA and 0.76 WHIP over 43.1 innings; an incredible transfer for UR.

Five straight road games now for the Spiders, starting with Coppin State (a bottom 10 team in the country in RPI) tomorrow at 3PM, before heading to DC to take on George Washington.

As you can see from this post, lot of positive about Daughtry, but of course defensive concern.

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17) UMass
Minutemen are on the verge of a ten-win season (9-3) for coach Greg Cannella, with victories over Rutgers, St. Joe’s, Dartmouth, Albany, and Vermont. Trace Hogan, Aidan Drunsic, and Robbie Granara are leading the way. The Gorillas face Richmond on Saturday.


14) Saint Joseph’s
Hawks (9-3) have won nine of their last ten games, the latest over Hobart. Richie LaCalandra put up eight points and Ben Dutton scored five times. Hawks face High Point next.


13) Richmond
Spiders (9-3) stung High Point 11-6 on Senior Day to improve to (3-0) in the A10. Going 7-for-21 on face-offs wasn’t ideal, but the defense, led by Mitchell Dunham (6 GBs and 5 CTs), limited High Point to 25 shots. A critical game with UMass is next on the calendar. The Atlantic 10 trio of UMass, St. Joe’s, and Richmond are all having stellar seasons. The A10 winner is a nasty draw in the round of 16.

A good coach wins with his players, a great coach wins with the players he has.

Eight Legger said:

I want the very best 15 players we can find or buy. Mooney thought he had 8 or 9 really good ones last year and was obviously wrong. He might be wrong on all 15 too, but give me the potential that one or two of those pan out as opposed to hoping one of 8 or 9 pan out.

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A good coach is better with average players than an average coach is with good players. We are the latter.

I hope you don’t get paralyzed in your writing hand, that would be awful!

Jarin Stevenson to UNC.

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Keep in mind we’ll probably developmental redshirt 2 of the frosh again next year. I don’t like it, mainly because it means that again we are not getting hs recruits that r good enough to play early. But expecting it at this point based on past year strategy & the couple guard transfers in. Idk what the average is for men’s bball developmental/non medical redshirts is but I’d guess less than 1. If we have 2 which imo is a decently fair assumption that’s 2 less spots available for pt anyway.

SpiderTrap said:

He seem to put up good numbers, but for some reason was coming off the bench and only getting 20 minutes a game for a below .500 Indiana State team - any concern there? Why was that the case? If he was so efficient - why not get the start? Why not get up to 30 minutes?

I like him on paper right now, but as with all transfers - its a wait and see.

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He said he was 30 lbs overweight going into season. I assume stamina reasons & working himself into shape. Once past that his performance justified more time…but maybe his coach decided to keep in same role that was working, esp if prone to fouls. Hopefully he’s past the weight issues.

after how hyped we were on some of the transfers in recent years I will try to keep it within reason (especially when I personally was criticized by a Mooneyite for being overly excited in the offseason for players that turned out to not be good somehow) but this is as close to a home run as we are going to get. Hopefully we know how to use him, won't know until November or December.

The women rolled Davidson today, 4–0, for their 7th straight win. It's their longest win streak since 2016 as they move to 12–6 overall and 4–2 in the A-10.

The men also stomped Fordham, 4–1, losing the doubles point but then winning four straight at singles to move to 9–7 overall and 2–2 in A-10 play.

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He seem to put up good numbers, but for some reason was coming off the bench and only getting 20 minutes a game for a below .500 Indiana State team - any concern there? Why was that the case? If he was so efficient - why not get the start? Why not get up to 30 minutes?

I like him on paper right now, but as with all transfers - its a wait and see.

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Could be because of foul trouble. He had the 2nd most fouls on the team, and a good amount of 3, 4, and even 5 foul games.

spider23 said:

Guards - Tyne , David Thomas, Will Johnston, Kirby Mooney, Argabright, Harper,

Forwards - Robinson, Daughtry, AP, Tanner, McGlothin, Richardson

Center - Walz , Beagle

Feeling like this is a more competitive roster if stay healthy. Not saying top of the A10, but more competitive. Guards - GW3 never got a chance, White was always gimpy when he played, and Dlo was solid but injured early. I think both Johnston and Thomas can contribute a lot more. Johnston looks pretty decent and very durable - which would be great.
Forwards - Lose Dusan, add Daughtry. Though not as flashy as Dusan, I am very hopeful Daughtry is just a better all around player and can bring a little toughness. No idea from highlights only, but have to be hopeful here. If JRob or McGlothin can bring something I think will be better. And as down on AP, I do think he has potential to take a jump, essentially has not played competitive real games for a few years before last. Hope Tanner realizes he needs to take a step up to stay on floor.

Centers - Hopefully something clicks for Walz and/or Beagle. Walz looked really good at times, but it always seems to be when it doesn't matter. Need him to be a force from day 1. Walk the walk, I no longer care that you sound good in interviews. Period. Or that you take responsibility when your head coach won't. Show it on the court!

Need one more player. I think a Dji clone would be nice.

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I think Richardson is a guard. Not that it matters much because he could see time with 2 other guards out there. The roster looks crowded at guard, but I think we still need to add a proven one who can shoot. Johnston was a great add and should be our best player and lead us in minutes and scoring, but who is our other guy, or in a 3 guard lineup, guys there? Tyne has the experience, but also was 38-140 (27.1%) from 3 last year, and despite playing the most minutes, only had the 4th most assists with only 45 to go along with 51 turnovers. Compare that to Johnston, who was 68-186 (36.6%) from 3, and had a very impressive 101 assists to only 39 turnovers. I would love our backcourt if we could find another Johnston type out there.

At forward, Daughtry was a huge add. If Johnston will be our best player, he will be our 2nd best. He brings much needed size and athleticism. He doesn't shoot a lot of 3s, so we will need our wing guy who starts with him to be able to provide outside shooting. Hopefully, if we don't add anyone here, someone already on the roster can separate themselves from the rest and be a key guy for us here.

Walz and Beagle will give us 40 minutes at the 5. We need consistency from them. Too many times, they both disappeared and were non factors out there.

There is definitely more hope with the roster now than a few weeks ago. I also feel Thomas could be a factor for us, so we have added 2 starters and a likely rotation piece so far. Like others have said, we will need others to step up. Maybe guys like Tanner and AP can have more success and shoot much better from 3 with better guys like Johnston and Daughtry out there. If they get minutes, we need 3s from them. I think last year was tough on everyone, so let's hope we see major improvement from numerous guys out there. If Tyne gets good minutes again, he has to shoot way better and give us a better assist to turnover ratio. He has not shot well each of his first 2 years, and if this continues, we need someone else to step up and get his minutes, which is why I still have a guard who can shoot on my hope we add list.

urfan1 said:

Saw a Collective email today, said we have 2 slots, they cannot be counting walk-ons.

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Yeah walk ons do count to the roster limit. And I don’t see Kirby Mooney moving on anywhere right now. But if we have 2 means someone is transferring that isn’t yet announced. Or Collective made a mistake which is possible.

Spiders use 7 pitchers to take the series with a 3–1 win. Pacheco with a solo shot and an RBI single to lead the way on the offensive side.

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Saw a Collective email today, said we have 2 slots, they cannot be counting walk-ons.

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That is funny. Good play by Geriot, though Reed has not done much in college. Guy has a nice looking shot, but not sure he has the same fire as Dan.

Hah, Geriot lands Matt Reed.

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Don’t know if we have any spots left at the moment, but Deywilk Tavares out of Charleston…

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Tavarez to Loyola Chicago.

As it currently stands, I think the core of the team next year is Johnston, Daughtry and Walz. I *think* with the right 2 and 3 in the mix along with this core we stand a chance at top 4 in the A10. Barring some completely transformative offseason for Tyne/Tanner/AP, or some insane performance from one of our freshmen, I am not sure we have the right 2 and 3 on our roster right now. I think with the roster right now we would finish in the 6-10 range in the A10.

Camden headed to Cal.

Austin Ball to IU Indy.

MrTbone said:

Generally true but you also need developmental guys somewhere. CMs system is more dependent on guys who have been in the system for a year or more to be closer to their max productivity.

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Developmental guys are either ones who redshirt or maybe 10th or 11th guy on the bench. If someone is not redshirting or even getting garbage minutes at the end of games, then I don’t see things changing much in the future. That’s already happening right now with guys 12-13 on our bench. Adding a 14-15 scholarship player will only make that situation worse. I’d rather spend the time, money, and energy getting fewer players but are more confident they can make an 8 or 9 man rotation vs. more scholarship players who are less talented, hoping we find a diamond in the rough.

GKiller said:

So with 1 less walk on are people still for using that spot for a new 2nd walk on versus a 14th scholarship player? I’ve proposed in past using more bullets because Moon shoots so many blanks. Increase our luck quotient. So try for a good player on ship for the open spot. Also because UR views as true operational cost vs. pay to play.

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Realistically by conference play, only 8 or 9 guys are getting minutes a game. I’d rather concentrate our efforts and finances on getting fewer but more impact players than spreading it out to more scholarships and likely diluting the talent anyway. We don’t have a roster of impact players now. If our 12th or 13th guy aren’t playing, I can’t imagine it’ll be any better with the 14th or 15th guy anyway.