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Opening Night Lineup - Just for fun

spiderstudent17
I am in the camp that we should try something different in terms of line-ups. I get that our coaching staff sees these guys every day in practice, but there is a difference in how players perform in real game situations vs. practice. A player can make a bunch of 3's in practice all they want, but if they aren't producing even remotely close to that level during the game then it doesn't really matter what they did in practice, and we should give another person an opportunity to see what they can do.
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Opening Night Lineup - Just for fun

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VT4700 said:
I also think Tanner's defense has been fine ( he had 5 steals last game and has not been getting beat much), but his offense has been non existent. He has to impact the game more if he is gonna get the minutes he is getting. Against D1 teams, he is 2-13 ( 1-5 from 3). He played 37 minutes last game, scored 2 points and didn't even get to the line. And that is against Bucknell and not even one of the better A-10 teams. I would love for him to find something and turn things around, but it looks like we have another Noyes here.
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Yep, Tanner is giving me some Noyes vibes too. You can't play 37 minutes in a game and score 2 points.
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Opening Night Lineup - Just for fun

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spiderman said:
I'm hopeful AP can be great but I can't move him into the starting lineup when he's shooting 18% from 3, 20% from 2, and 50% from the line! plus the dumb technical. let him have a great game off the bench first please. it'll happen.

I'm not as down on Tanner as some of you. he should be more aggressive shooting from outside. he needs to listen to the analytics and stop with the midrange pullups. but I disagree with the talk that his defense is so bad. he's defending. plus he and Roche are the only 2 guys hitting a respectable percentage from 3.
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I also think Tanner's defense has been fine ( he had 5 steals last game and has not been getting beat much), but his offense has been non existent. He has to impact the game more if he is gonna get the minutes he is getting. Against D1 teams, he is 2-13 ( 1-5 from 3). He played 37 minutes last game, scored 2 points and didn't even get to the line. And that is against Bucknell and not even one of the better A-10 teams. I would love for him to find something and turn things around, but it looks like we have another Noyes here.
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The official Richmond Women's Top 25 thread

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The other piece that makes coaching changes much easier now with the portal is you can take your players with you. Look at the VA Tech coach who went to Kentucky, took 3 players with him to Kentucky, including the best player - Georgia Amoore.

So not only can coaches leave and not feel AS bad for leaving some kids behind, they can take them with them to their new school and get a little head start implementing their system. Roussell in theory could take Doogan and Ulstrom as two key pieces to get started (and others as well).
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NCAAB Betting 24-25

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spider23 said:
3-0 Evening brings me to 6-4. Though would have been glad to take the L on the Aztecs game if they could have won, but with top scorer out and hobbled starter did not see them having the offense to hang with Gonzaga. It's funny, they have similar freshman class in a big guard/wing and a very athletic, yet developing skill big forward (also a little undersized). They have been getting good time, and are in a four game gauntlet that will get those freshman some great experience. Wish our freshman would be un shirted and get some run. Not sure how in this environment you red shirt.
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Have to wonder if continue to stink, if the decision to redshirt isn't changed.
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Opening Night Lineup - Just for fun

spiderman
I'm hopeful AP can be great but I can't move him into the starting lineup when he's shooting 18% from 3, 20% from 2, and 50% from the line! plus the dumb technical. let him have a great game off the bench first please. it'll happen.

I'm not as down on Tanner as some of you. he should be more aggressive shooting from outside. he needs to listen to the analytics and stop with the midrange pullups. but I disagree with the talk that his defense is so bad. he's defending. plus he and Roche are the only 2 guys hitting a respectable percentage from 3.
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OOC Grade is in!!! No surprise, it's an F

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spiderstudent17 said:
I will say, I have always felt that one indicator of a great program/coach at the mid-major level is how often its coaches move up to the higher level. Its certainly not the only factor, but it is a sign of success in my opinion. For instance, VCU has had Shaka, Will Wade, and Mike Rhoades all come and go to higher level programs in the past 10-15 years. Typically the coaches that have stayed at one program have had tremendous national level success like Coach K, Roy Williams, Boheim, Mark Few. Mooney is certainly not in that category. But there is a category below that where guys like McKillop and Mark Schmidt from the A10 are in, where I think UR administration feels Mooney falls into. When we think of other coaches at UR like Roussell for women basketball, Chemotti for men's lacrosse, or even Allison Kwolek who left WLax to be coach at Clemson, their names will likely be at least mentioned as an option to fill coaching positions vacancies at bigger name programs every year.
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Yeah, and not 1 higher level program has even inquired about Mooney for the good part of the last decade. Wonder why???
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Mens 2024 - 2025 Polls/Rankings/Awards

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I do think we are capable of shooting better than 26% from 3 but at some point we have to accept that maybe it won’t be that much better and that this is the norm this year. The way we shoot in practice/scrimmages is not the same as an actual game. As a team, we need to be more dynamic in our scoring than hinging on the 3 ball to win us games. It has not so far and against weaker competition too.

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

spiderstudent17
I will say, I have always felt that one indicator of a great program/coach at the mid-major level is how often its coaches move up to the higher level. Its certainly not the only factor, but it is a sign of success in my opinion. For instance, VCU has had Shaka, Will Wade, and Mike Rhoades all come and go to higher level programs in the past 10-15 years. Typically the coaches that have stayed at one program have had tremendous national level success like Coach K, Roy Williams, Boheim, Mark Few. Mooney is certainly not in that category. But there is a category below that where guys like McKillop and Mark Schmidt from the A10 are in, where I think UR administration feels Mooney falls into. When we think of other coaches at UR like Roussell for women basketball, Chemotti for men's lacrosse, or even Allison Kwolek who left WLax to be coach at Clemson, their names will likely be at least mentioned as an option to fill coaching positions vacancies at bigger name programs every year.
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The official Richmond Women's Top 25 thread

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2 stinkin' votes in the AP poll.

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The official page for the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA women's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2023-24 season.
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Shoutout to Mitchell Northam of WUNC for being a certified ball knower and putting us at #25. He used to cover HS sports on the Eastern Shore of MD where I grew up.
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Charlotte Game (and travel) thread - Wed 11/13 7pm ESPN+

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SFspidur said:
TJ has a reflection on Mooney in the latest edition of the alumni magazine...the first Richmond game he ever watched was the Mooney Meltdown™ against Charlotte. 😂

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Mooney’s moment

Newly minted Hall of Famer T.J. CLine, ’17, reflects on the impact of head coach Chris Mooney, who is starting his 20th season at Richmond.
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This quote, "My first impression of Mooney was this guy really wants to win" from TJ is kind of stunning. TJ probably doesn't know of the rest of the story around the game with Charlotte. Mooney apologizing for this passion the next day and then completely changing his sideline demeanor after that game from a coach that coached with passion to one that we have today.

I think Mooney learned probably the most valuable lesson he ever learned about the state of UR athletics that day. In that, if you wanna coach here for a long time, you need to present and project as this buttoned up/polished intellectual looking guy, who is above the fray of showing "sophomoric" emotion in a sports ball game. W are Ivy league wannabes and the Ivy's don't care that much about competitive athletics nor can we.
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NCAAB Betting 24-25

spider23
spider23 said:
Gonzaga -9.5 over Aztecs.
McNeese -4.5
Delaware +3.5 hosting Bryant
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3-0 Evening brings me to 6-4. Though would have been glad to take the L on the Aztecs game if they could have won, but with top scorer out and hobbled starter did not see them having the offense to hang with Gonzaga. It's funny, they have similar freshman class in a big guard/wing and a very athletic, yet developing skill big forward (also a little undersized). They have been getting good time, and are in a four game gauntlet that will get those freshman some great experience. Wish our freshman would be un shirted and get some run. Not sure how in this environment you red shirt.
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