Brief hiccup where the Spiders were missing the most wide open threes I’ve ever seen while W&M was hitting easy layups at the other end saw the lead dwindle a bit, but the Spiders buckled down and pushed the lead back to 14 halfway through the third.

Spiders asserted themselves in the second and head into halftime up 38–24. Tribe are a bad three-point shooting team and they’re jacking them up, going 3-for-14.

Spiders are spreading the wealth as usual with no one in double figures yet, but overall shooting 62% and 55% from deep.

The ladies go on a 12-4 run to close the half and are up 38-24. So far we’re out-rebounding the Tribe 21-9

In addition to having the #81 ranked player in the class of 2026, looks like we have the #81 ranked player in class of 2025 in Vincent Gaylord. He is a face-off specialist which is great to see since FOs have been our Achilles heel.

if you didn't watch the game how do you know they weren't blind kids in wheelchairs? seems a logical jump I'm not willing to make by my read of the box score.

seriously though, Wood, I think you're making another logical jump in your take on the negativity by saying that people are rooting for losses. Most fans just want to win and win big. I don't think many are rooting for UR losses like you say. The negativity stems from the fact that people have lost hope - some long since - that Mooney is the coach to be able to consistently win and win big. I've said dozens of times if the program could win consistently at a .650 (Brian Gregory level) clip - essentially around the same level as last year - AND take the team to more NCAAs, I'm more than happy to have it be under Mooney. He runs a clean program, players like him, seems like a nice guy. It's just that, well, he doesn't win like that or go to many NCAAs. So if you factor that in and then start losing to Marist and Bucknell in the same season, yeah, there should be heat.

Tribe is scrapping…forcing some turnovers with pressure while hitting some shots now. 18–16 after 1.

You did by attending as a young tot. No doubt helped fuel your love of the Red and Blue and all your contributions to the board. Well played all these years later!

We’re 214 in KenPom after the Maine victory.

We’re 11th out of 14 in Virginia Division 1

SFspidur said:

You should binge the non-Spider games in the event plus whatever else is on Flo over the next month to bring your per-game cost way way down.

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Binge watching Flo, isn’t that some sort of torture treatment? /s

plydogg said:

I’m going to pretend you didn’t say that so I can pretend to justify my purchase.

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You should binge the non-Spider games in the event plus whatever else is on Flo over the next month to bring your per-game cost way way down.

SFspidur said:

Flo is streaming the football game for free on YouTube, so you don't need the sub for that.

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I’m going to pretend you didn’t say that so I can pretend to justify my purchase.

spiderman said:

I'm happy we won. well ... more relieved. but watching it, there wasn't very much to be excited about or to think we've turned a corner yet.
we beat Maine by 4 at home. Roche made shots. that's the one positive I take from the game. I wouldn't say anyone else exceeded expectations.

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I’m relieved we won as well. Hopefully this was a get right game to get the monkey off our back. It looks like team chemistry is still pretty low, and I think that plays a big part in why the offense has been so discombobulated and our defense has been so porous. I just wonder what’s going to happen when some of these guys start to gain some confidence and feel comfortable with each other.

52 tix +75% of Sec 209(NW corner) remain unsold

WM side(all east side) sold out.

Flo is streaming the football game for free on YouTube, so you don't need the sub for that.

Wood Hall said:

As I said, I thought perhaps some would simply be happy we won. Obviously, that wasn't the case.

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I'm happy we won. well ... more relieved. but watching it, there wasn't very much to be excited about or to think we've turned a corner yet.
we beat Maine by 4 at home. Roche made shots. that's the one positive I take from the game. I wouldn't say anyone else exceeded expectations.

plydogg said:

Every Econ teacher I had at Richmond said never assume. When you assume you make an ASS of U and ME.

“Our opponent shot a miserable 6-for-30 from 3, that's 20% Someone must have been doing something right.”

For all you know our opponents were blind kids in wheelchairs, you didn’t watch so you don’t know what happened!!!

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Was Maine blind kids in wheelchairs? No. If they were I expect I'd have heard about it someplace.

I didn't go to the SBA. I went to RC, where my professors taught me the value of critical thinking. Drawing a conclusion with plenty of supporting evidence is not assuming; it's using numerous facts to reach a reasonable conclusion.

I do know what happened. We won the game. Maine shot 20% from 3, and only 36% overall. It had far more possessions, given it had only six turnovers and we had only four steals, yet was unable to take advantage of the added opportunities. It had only seven assists. We had 15 turnovers, but Maine turned them into a mere seven points. We protected our own backboard, with 33 defensive rebounds to Maine's seven ORs. Poor shooting numbers, low assist totals, outrebounded by 10 indicates we did something right defensively.

As I said, I thought perhaps some would simply be happy we won. Obviously, that wasn't the case.

As far as the idiotic "Mooney cheerleader" comment, I'm a fan of the Spiders. When they win, I'm happy. As long as he's the coach, I want him to win as many games as possible. When he is no longer the coach, I'll do the same for the next guy. I don't want him to lose, unlike some here.

I can confirm that I was able to sign up for $20 through that link and have access.

Be sure to cancel (you should be able to cancel right away and still have access through the full 30 day period)

urfan1 said:

I'm missing link. all I get is screen shot of pricing. Can you repost? Thanks!

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Gallipoli said:

Great work Mojo.

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

Go Spiders!

I'm missing link. all I get is screen shot of pricing. Can you repost? Thanks!

Great work Mojo.

Thanks for that link MD. I’ll be using that to save $10.

Also just a reminder to everybody that the football game against William & Mary this Saturday is on Flo. If you sign up you might as well do it now (or by kickoff) and you’ll get that game + all 4 basketball games

Will Mooney get another lifetime extension for barely beating Maine?