All we need now is Marjorie Taylor Green as head of the Department of Education.

Trump is going to nominate Matt Gaetz to be his Attorney General. Great, now we have a Pedo nominated for AG. The other ones I understand, but not this one. Matt Gaetz, really?


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urmite said:

Is that a teal filter?

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and the Spider gate needs a paint job. looks shabby.

Most of them are - but the problem we have is we really only have 1 player we can lean on while we figure that out - and that is DLO. He is the only returner in our system with great experience and put up good numbers last year. Yes - we have Tyne, Walz, Roche etc - but they were not major contributors last year so you can't rely on them, this is their first year playing a big role.

Tonight:

St. Bonaventure (-2.5) at Florida Gulf Coast
Richmond (+1.5) at Charlotte
Ball State at Dayton (-16.5)
Central Michigan at George Mason (-14.5)
Merrimack at VCU (-16.5)
UMass (+1.5) vs. Louisiana Tech (neutral site)

Is that a teal filter?

I remember like it was yesterday, it took a while to get over it!

And apparently we've received the fax. 🤣

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Speaking of bad technicals, we play Charlotte tonight

what percentage of teams are figuring out roles?

Most of them

urfan1 said:

11 on 2 deep, but understand ankle may be issue.

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The 2 deep isn't accurate. Huesman flat out said he's not playing.

11 on 2 deep, but understand ankle may be issue.

GKiller said:

what happened to DeGennaro during Campbell game? He is out. But Gouveia the OL will back this week. Those were 2 specifically asked about in Huesman presser.

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It looked like he rolled his ankle. He tried to come back in, but he couldn't.

UR issued Game notes

sans #11

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/...uments/2024/11/12/Game-Notes-2024-Hampton.pdf

It is very possible we are looking at a repeat of last season - a disappointing OOC and then maybe we catch fire in the A10. I say that because I think there is still an issue of guys figuring out their roles on this team. DLO is our number 1 - we all know that. But after that, it is a lot of question marks - not in terms of talent, but in what we need each guy to do.

That could be a reason I see us underperforming in the OOC, but like last year - we figure out at the end of OOC and go on a streak early in the A10. Our schedule could setup for that - we finish with W&M, VMI, and FGCU before opening A10 play.

spiderman said:

doesn't have to be a taller guard. just somone who stays near a guy like Pascarielli. my biggest long time criticism of our defense is that we overhelp off of the wrong guys.

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Yep, Pascarelli is maybe 6'3. Maybe. He made 5 3s and only 2 2s. If our small guards can't guard a 6'3 (maybe) 3 point guy, it's gonna be a terrible year. Hopefully, we correct some of the mistakes we made and get a lot better. Guard size had nothing to do with the Marist game.

This is transitive, I know. But we all know Marist lost to Harvard by 13 before they played us. Well, fortunately, Harvard usually has a solid squad so maybe Harvard is good this year, you may tell yourself.

Except, after beating Marist by 13, Harvard went out and lost to Navy (5) and American (12) their next 2 games. THarvard was American only win of the season those far, American lost to Siena and LaSalle. Harvard was also Navy's only win having lost to St. Joes and Rider.

So, if you are looking at this list of teams and saying so what, the only thing you can draw is that they are all a put of shit team from low major conferences and all this tells me is that our 7 point loss to Marist looks even worse now.

Hopefully, we beat Charlotte and right the ship tonight.

Spider Bob79 said:

Your probably right. All they have is Roche at 6 ft 5 and Tanner and 6 ft 6.

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we could try that. but if either of those guys were on Pascarelli he would have been up top with ball as iso or P&R. Then he's the one driving to rim or kicking to the other 3 ball shooter. It's early but looks like a roster flaw. we may need to mix up defenses more.

CarolinaSpider said:

I am more worried about our depth and injury status.

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what happened to DeGennaro during Campbell game? He is out. But Gouveia the OL will back this week. Those were 2 specifically asked about in Huesman presser.

doesn't have to be a taller guard. just somone who stays near a guy like Pascarelli.
my biggest long time criticism of our defense is that we overhelp off of the wrong guys.

97spiderfan said:

I think this game will tell us if the Marist game was more of a brand new teams first time together and things didn't jell OR we have serious roster issues and our preseason rankings from most of the A-10 experts are valid.

I still like our roster, I think we have talent and depth. What I question after Marist is whether or not our genius 56% percenter coach can effectively manage the roster and deploy the talent in rotations that actually work. In Game 1, I didn't see any semblance of a rotation, it was just lets throw guys out there and see what happens type of approach.

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I agree with 97. Is this a talented bunch that didn't come together for their first (real) game or do we have deeper issues? I hope its the former, and that we come out with a strong W tonight. One thing I liked from Saturday was D-Lo's aggression on the Court, and his postgame comments. I feel like his leadership will have these guys hungry to bounce back.

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Who? We don’t have a taller guard. That’s 1 of the issues. I guess GW is a little bigger but he’s not really in rotation right now. Tanner not a guard defensively & analytics said he was our worst defender that game if u put much stock into those things. We don’t have guys like Goose and Dji on roster who gave us flexibility to defend both guards and bigger wings.

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Your probably right. All they have is Roche at 6 ft 5 and Tanner and 6 ft 6.