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George Washington III - Michigan Transfer - Commit

Does he just transfer again and leave UR. I mean - we are 1-3, winless against D1, we play a Double OT game against Bucknell and lose a guard to injury and he still can't see the floor.

Why would a guy - who was a top 100 recruit, went to Michigan for 1 year, and then transferred to UR - stick around much longer? Unless the NIL package he is getting is so good (hard to believe) - then I can't imagine him sticking around past this year.
Why are you sticking around, inquiring minds want to know???

Future Spider basketball GM nominations?

Mooney would not OK any active social media that would in any way raise expectations. Like a new practice facility, Hardt will awaken to this position 4 to 5 years down the road when only Richmond and Merrimack are the last two D1 schools without one.
Agree - we will never lead in anything. We will wait till at least half or more of the A10 hire a GM before we think of doing so. By that time - teams will be on to the next thing, and we will be catching up.
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George Washington III - Michigan Transfer - Commit

7) Michigan practices weren’t as good as Trap thought
Does he just transfer again and leave UR. I mean - we are 1-3, winless against D1, we play a Double OT game against Bucknell and lose a guard to injury and he still can't see the floor.

Why would a guy - who was a top 100 recruit, went to Michigan for 1 year, and then transferred to UR - stick around much longer? Unless the NIL package he is getting is so good (hard to believe) - then I can't imagine him sticking around past this year.

We have a very good football program

Here’s a list of our commits for this class so far. I imagine they would know of our league change by now. In my opinion, this class looks to be just as good, if not better, of a recruiting class that I can recall since following UR. Speaking of which, does anyone know when signing day is for football and if any of these verbal commits signed their NLI?

  • Freshmen Commits
    D1 Football (early period) signing dayDecember 4, 2024-December 6, 2024
  1. Jack Callaghan - 4/15/24 - QB - Collegiate School, Richmond, VA - 6'2"/210
  2. Christian Soltis - 6/27/24 - LB - The Hun School, Princeton, NJ - 6'3"/225
  3. Jackson Thorne - 6/29/24 - LB -Independence HS, Ashburn, VA - 6'1"/220
  4. John Insinga - 7/1/24 - DE/WR - Hun School, Greenwich, CT - 6'3"/224
  5. Matthew Martin - 7/1/24 - OLB/TE/WR - Atlee HS, Mechanicsville, VA - 6'4"/207
  6. Jack Reece - 7/2/24 - DE/DT/G/C/T - Chatham HS, Chatham, VA - 6'3"/285
  7. Moses Bailey - 7/11/24 - DE/MLB - St Francis Academy, North Laurel, MD - 6'3"/240
  8. Elijah Lee - 7/16/24 - DB/RB - Randallstown HS, Baltimore, MD - 5'11"/172
  9. Michael Creamer - 7/22/24 - RB/SS - Stafford HS, Stafford, VA - 6'0"/210
  10. Isaiah Davis - 7/23/24 - RB/SS - Cleveland HS, Cleveland, TN - 5'11"/175 - REOPENED
  11. Charles Kaludis - 7/24/24 - TE/DE - Suffield Academy, Suffield, CT - 6'4"/235
  12. Jeremiah Washington - 7/25/24 - WR/CB - Choate Rosemary Hall HS, Wallingford, CT (Ancaster, Ontario, Canada) - 5'10"/170
  13. Brady McIntyre - 7/28/24 - OG - Mechanicsville HS, Mechanicsville, VA - 6'5"/305
  14. Tramayne Bullock, Jr. - 8/1/24 - CB/S/WR - Episcopal School, Alexandria, VA - 6'2"/175
  15. Caleb Watts - 8/4/24 - G/T/DT - Prince George HS, Prince George, VA - 6’4”/300
  16. Devin Geronomi - 8/6/24 - WR/DB - White Knoll HS, Lexington, SC - 6'1"/170
  17. Bryce Lee - 8/27/24 - DL - Independence HS, Charlotte, NC - 6'3"/255
  18. Donovan Higgins - 9/5/24 - WR - Pearl-Cohn HS, Nashville, TN - 6’0”/183
  19. Tanner Wheeler - 9/29/24 - DE/TE - Freedom HS, Bethlehem, PA - 6'5"/265

We have a very good football program

That last part is really the key factor: Will we be able to retain the kind of recruits we get now once we move leagues. I tend to agree with you that we mostly will, based more upon the university that we are and the history of our program. If we can walk into the Patriot and maintain this level of talent and play, win 2 or 3 titles in a row and make some playoff noise, it will negate any perceived drop-down in league affiliation.
Here’s a list of our commits for this class so far. I imagine they would know of our league change by now. In my opinion, this class looks to be just as good, if not better, of a recruiting class that I can recall since following UR. Speaking of which, does anyone know when signing day is for football and if any of these verbal commits signed their NLI?

2024 Richmond Spiders Football - Opponents Countdown - Hampton

You didn't watch the game. Our coaches scouted Hampton. They saw a weakness on the left side of the line. The first play from scrimmage was off the left tackle for almost 60 yards. We scored in the first 2 minutes. But we ran the same play probably 15 times, it stopped working. I kept looking for a play action pass based on that play. It never came. Our strategy was to use ZPS to wear them done. We had a run first game plan. It barely worked.

My wife turned to me and asked why we were running the same play into a crowd of people.

It was 14-0, we were on their 20 yardline, and we ran a designed QB draw to the same spot. Coleman fumbled, they gained momentum and they scored.

My wife turned to me and asked why we were using our QB to run the same play.

On the other side, on one of Hampton's scoring plays, they threw to a receiver 3 times in a row. The first 2 didn't work, but the third time was the charm.

My wife turned to me and asked why we didn't see that coming.
Cam actually ran off right side when he fumbled. When they packed the line, we should have throwing quick slants or ran the ball outside

OOC Grade is in!!! No surprise, it's an F

Mooney has definitely lowered the bar. It's crazy to think about, the excuse mongering and woe is me messaging this dude generated over the years. Just wild.

Take for instance the fact that we can't win an OOC road game. Not like we are playing juggernauts, but moon is always whining about how hard it is to win on the road. He again sets the bar low.
Competing is all that matters, no matter the level of the opponent.

Mens 2024 - 2025 Polls/Rankings/Awards

I had the misfortune of attending the vcu game last night. They shot poorly from three, as they often do, and generally speaking they don't have much of a half court game on offense, but they make up for those deficiencies by being incredibly aggressive and active. This is really nothing new, but the difference between that and the way we play is striking.

They do not get complacent when they are up. They keep attacking. They missed a lot of shots, but guess what? They actually try hard to get offensive rebounds! It's an amazing concept. And it allows them to be sloppy but still win against a bad team by 25 points.
Right. Teams that have a sustained aggressive and defensive mindset have a good base to excel. We have to everything right to win. Exception being last season when we have DAWGS like King, Harris, Dji, and Bigs.
This year our wings need to shoot 6 for 8 from 3 to win that position, because otherwise they are mostly just floating around out on the court.

Mens 2024 - 2025 Polls/Rankings/Awards

I had the misfortune of attending the vcu game last night. They shot poorly from three, as they often do, and generally speaking they don't have much of a half court game on offense, but they make up for those deficiencies by being incredibly aggressive and active. This is really nothing new, but the difference between that and the way we play is striking.

They do not get complacent when they are up. They keep attacking. They missed a lot of shots, but guess what? They actually try hard to get offensive rebounds! It's an amazing concept. And it allows them to be sloppy but still win against a bad team by 25 points.
I hope you were able to get lots of rebates on your trip to Costco.

OOC Grade is in!!! No surprise, it's an F

Mooney has definitely lowered the bar. It's crazy to think about, the excuse mongering and woe is me messaging this dude generated over the years. Just wild.

Take for instance the fact that we can't win an OOC road game. Not like we are playing juggernauts, but moon is always whining about how hard it is to win on the road. He again sets the bar low.

We have a very good football program

The fact that our strength of schedule is 113 out of 129 and we’re still going to be top 10 in the country, win a conference championship, and have good chance of top 8 seed in NCAA shows that it can be done from the Patriot League too because I can’t imagine our strength of schedule being worse than 113 out of 129 in that league. The CAA is a great conference this year but we didn’t play the top teams like URI, Villanova, UNH, Stony Brook, which I am guessing is part of the reason why the administration wanted us to leave.

Also, from a recruiting perspective I imagine telling them our ability to win championships, have high seeding in NCAA tournament (hopefully going on deep runs), sending the occasional guy to NFL (3 players on active roster have been to UR and 2 of them graduated from here), and all the other great things about UR as a school will carry more weight to them than conference affiliation. We’re not recruiting against top FBS school for our guys where conference affiliation, NIL money, etc. becomes a much larger factor. Our typical recruit will have these kinds of offers: Us, William & Mary, Yale, Fordham, Furman, Stony Brook, Air Force. I don’t think - from a recruiting standpoint - there will be much of a drop off from that because of all the other selling points.

'24-'25 Spiders Friends and Family

- Marcus Randolph - Leading scorer with 19 points, 6 rebounds for St Peters who beat one of the. current VCU coach's former teams. Marcus averaging 16 points per game for the season and only Peacock in double digits.
- Andre Weir - Started but just 11 minutes, 2 points for KSU who trounced the Presbyterians
- Jason Nelson - 40 minutes, 10 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds as Youngstown State took Cuse to OT before losing
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