Spiders4ever said:

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Current record: 2-2

11/11: Rutgers -16.5 over St Pete's

I'll say that I was not impressed with Graham's 2-3 minutes, which is hard to do in so little time. He again got completely shook on a crossover move (again, happened vs Mt. Olive too), and if you watch the conclusion of that play, because he has thoroughly lost his man, that guy runs in for an offensive rebound attempt before Graham had any idea where he is. I noticed this in real time as it was in the foreground of the screen (elbow extended on side of court opposite Spider bench.) So if Graham is not going to be a designated shooter, at this point he - in my opinion - should not be out there. He's getting shook on defense, has been a spotty ballhandler at best and is just in running the offense mode. Value add has been nothing.

4700 - a lot of your questions boil down to rotations and roles, and the fact that no one seems to know what they are yet. I'd have thought that Dusan was a go-to guy for points but he barely got touches. Walz said in an interview the day before the game that his role is to score and he gets up virtually nothing from the floor? What are we doing if there is such a giant contradiction? I'll say again that I thought UR played directly into Marist's game plan of limiting our bigs (including Dusan) from being effective. That's on coaching adjustments to be made if you see it happening but UR never made any adjustments.

I agree that batch substitutions to keep groups of guys together (generally alongside Hunt) seems smart at this point because it was so, so disjointed. I pointed this out in the game thread multiple times in real time, with the subs never allowing a unit to get a rhythm and then if they did (like first few possessions vs the zone) Moon took out the shooters.

I'd have thought summer and preseason was for figuring out units and roles and clarifying hierarchies, but what do I know?

Eight Legger said:

Yes to this. It makes no sense at all. We have heard what a lights-out shooter he is and can be, and then he gets ZERO minutes in a game when we had only one guy making shots in the second half? I don't get it.

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I think the fact he got zero minutes, and no injury was shared - says something about what Mooney is thinking about him. And if we don't see him in a Marist game where we needed shooting - we may never see him.

Eight Legger said:

Right, I'm not surprised the ad worked -- it appealed to a lot of Trump supporters who don't like anything that's different or unusual/uncomfortable. No different from people who didn't want Black people to vote or have basic rights 50 years ago, or those who didn't think gay people should have the right to get married or serve in the military, etc etc. For the party that claims to want government to be hands-off, it's another example of hypocrisy at best and persecution at worst.

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The issues are more of 1) whether a child can make a decision to become a trans with his or her parent's approval, 2) whether such a decision should be made before a child turns 18, 3) whether those procedures should be funded by the government, 3) whether trans athletes should be allowed to compete in womens' sports, 4) whether a trans should use a girl's bathroom when he is not of that gender, 5) whether a trans should be allowed to remain in school, when the trans rapes a girl, 6) whether the rest of us should be canceled or shamed for using the wrong pronoun....

The rush to perform these procedures causes life altering changes in a young person's life.
There is a phenomenon known as sudden onset gender dysphoria. look it up.

#7 in the coaches poll...

Yikes! I am more worried about our offense than defense after this game. Defensively, Marist going 14-28 against us from 3 was the difference, but we did show signs that we can play quality D. Several times, we guarded for 30 seconds and put them against the shot clock. They were only 12-32 (37.5%) from 2. We maybe could have used more full court pressure with traps, and forced a few more turnovers. But, unless we see other teams shoot like this from 3, I will give our D the benefit of the doubt for this one and see if we can have some better showings there. I guess on paper we look like a much better offensive team than defensive team, so I will be expecting more from our offense than defense this year.

Offensively, in the 2nd half, we stunk. I don't know what that was out there. We looked very uncomfortable at times, and the movement did not look consistent. I know we can use OOC to try to see what lineups might click, but it seemed like way too much shuffling of guys in and out, which didn't allow anyone except Hunt, who played 35 minutes, to get into a rhythm. It looks like we have a bench that could almost have everyone come in and play together. Maybe we should try bringing in 4 of 5 guys at a time, at least for a few games OOC, which would allow our starting 5 to play more together and get more comfortable. It just felt like we never found an offensive rhythm in the 2nd half, had too many turnovers, and only went 2-10 from 3 the last 20 minutes after going 6-12 from 3 in the 1st half.

How can Walz and Beagle play a combined 40 minutes and go 0-1? At least Beagle got to the line 6 times, making 4, but Walz didn't even do that. What the heck? This is from a position in our offense that always has the ball and we always expect to score double digit points. This is way concerning and simply cannot happen again.

Hunt was great offensively. We need everyone to match his aggressiveness. He kept attacking and made shots and drew fouls. But, he can't do it himself. I'm still not sure Tyne is the ideal guard to start with Hunt. It was nice to see him make a couple 3s, but overall he went 2-8 with 3 turnovers and only 1 assist. White showed a few positives and did not have a turnover in 26 minutes. Hopefully, we will see more scoring from him as he gets more comfortable. I think he and Hunt would be our best 2 starters, with Tyne providing some good energy off the bench.

Dusan was nonexistent at times. We are gonna need him to score. Be aggressive. Drive to the hoop, draw some fouls and shoot more 3s (0-1 from 3 is not helping us at all).

Tanner and Roche did okay. If neither is gonna get more than 21 minutes ( Tanner 21, Roche 17), then having them combine for 13 points and 5 rebounds doesn't hurt our chances to win. I don't think they played much together out there. If they did, we would want more scoring from them, but we can win with what they gave us.

AP showed a good stroke with his 3s, but whatever that was at the end of the game cannot happen again. It just can't. If it does, I don't know how we can even have him out there because a stupid technical like that can cost you a game. And, who knows how this one would have turned out had he kept his emotions in check. He also needs to be more patient with his shot. We need his 3s out there, but there were a couple ill advised shots he took.

Really interesting that Graham got a couple minutes and I guess is ahead of GW3 in the rotation. I think if GW3's shooting is as good as we heard all pre season, we need to find a way to get him some minutes.

This was a terrible loss, but on to the next one. All you can do is try to get better and hope to have some good rhythm and confidence going into A10 play. I think Hunt will use his leadership to get some of these guys more aggressive.

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Eight Legger said:

Glad to see him doing well there, but not surprised. But at the same time, probably going to be a long year for them. They were picked bottom three in the 16-team SEC by most prognosticators.

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Yes definitely glad Dji so far doing well. Though probably will be long year for team unless coach performs some magic. Kenpom has LSU 8-10 in conference play but individually with 13 SEC losses.

spider23 said:

I have no idea how hard we tried to retain Dji, but that should have been a top priority day 1 in the off-season.

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We don't know how hard and also don't know how much Dji wanted to stay at mid-level play? Unless SDad discussed it already. if so my bad. @SpiderDad75 wish and hope nothing but the best of a season for Dji!

fatherspider said:

Well, following a Chris Mooney team throughout a season is typically an exercise in frustration and futility, ending mostly is disappointment. Yesterday was really a blessing because it will be a very quick death this year. Marist? At home? Lol. Could be a Mooney new low, which is saying a lot.

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Oh, Mooney has gone much lower with early season debacles. Longwood and Delaware come to mind.

KE Spider said:

Just read an article about the ad you reference. Never saw it personally, but don't watch much TV. Article said it polled as Trump's most effective ad of the campaign. Called it devastating. It resonated with people, most of whom are quite uncomfortable with "transgenderology."

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Yep, Republicans are scared to death of those trans people, much more so than the threat of gun violence in our schools.

Democrats have abandoned the working and middle classes. It is now the party of the wealthy elite, highly educated, the LGBTQ crowd, extreme environmentalists, and wealthy Hollywood actors. Trump received the vote of 45% of hispanics and 20% of black men. The Democratic Party cannot connect with the rest of us.

Sounds like Golden is fighting it - which is a bit strange. If their are text messages or pictures involved - that will be difficult to fight. But he stated he is looking to file a defamation suit.

I would imagine the assistant coaches are not involved or would hope - in terms of participating in the stalking, pictures, etc. BUT - hard to imagine they didn't know it was going on and stayed quiet or suspected it and didn't do anything about it. That is what is more likely to be the case, and still would look bad on them. Unfortunately - if this comes to light for any of them, it could be a career ender. You pay players or cheat your way to the top - that can be forgiven in due time. But when it comes to harrassing students, especially female students - I don't see a way back from that.

All this means is that Florida could have a job opening soon. Two big schools - UVA and Florida - may be looking for new coaches after this season.

urfan1 said:

Where do you suggest we send suggestions, to have most impact?

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The feedback form for the planning process.

SFspidur said:

That space between the Weinstein Center and Pitt Field was scoped out at one time as a potential location of a new pool should one ever come to fruition.

It is roughly 275 feet between the Weinstein Center gym and the edge of the parking lot at Pitt Field, so there's not enough space for a full football field oriented in that direction. If you orient it in the other direction, it'll cover a huge chunk of the lot. Some schools have gotten away with smaller 70–80 yard fields in their practice facilities.

I know it's possible to elevate indoor fields, but it's pretty uncommon, particularly at that size. A lot of these have ceiling heights of 65–80 feet, so putting them on top of anything just pushes a monstrous warehouse-type building even higher.

It's been 13 years since the last campus plan, and the next one is scheduled to be unveiled in the spring, so get your suggestions in before they finalize things!

Campus Plan

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Where do you suggest we send suggestions, to have most impact?

Unless Marist goes on to win their league and get an NCAA bid - this is not a good loss or just a decent loss. Some things to be concerned about in our first real game (Mount Olive was basically an exhibition).

1) Defense - giving up 79 points is bad enough, but letting them shoot 50% from 3 is no good. Was Marist just hot that night - maybe? But I don't feel like we adjusted or made it difficult. I felt for the most part, they were able to get good open looks, and give credit to them - they knocked them down. To beat good teams on the road - you need to make shots, and the 3 point shot is a great equalizer. They hit their 3's - we shot

2) Scoring Drought - we experienced our classic scoring drought for 5 minutes in the 2nd half, this is where Marist took the lead and got too far ahead. What I take away from this is we have Hunt - but we need a viable and consistent 2nd and 3rd option - too early to tell who that will be, but something we need to figure out in these early games so roles can be established and players know what to expect.

3) Pressure Defense - Not sure about everyone else, but I didn't think we pressured Marist as much as we should have or could have. It was clear from some of their turnovers, they may have trouble with it. And if Mooney is going to play 9 guys - why not step up the pressure a bit. I felt like we pressed, but after 1 pass, we just fall back and it was more of token pressure than anything. Sure - this is good from time to time, but where was the full court pressure to try and cause turnovers and speed the game up? Again - only first game, so we may see it later - but something I think with our guard depth and big guys, we can have stretches - 2-3 minutes at a time, where we really force the pressure. Thought it might have helped with Marist as I thought they were weak handling the ball.

For some it is truly a medical issue, the right would have you believe it is only a "woke" choice.

Truth here, I believe

Just read an article about the ad you reference. Never saw it personally, but don't watch much TV. Article said it polled as Trump's most effective ad of the campaign. Called it devastating. It resonated with people, most of whom are quite uncomfortable with "transgenderology."

Gallipoli said:

The Biden Administration goes out the same way it came in- signaling that Russia can do whatever it wants in Ukraine. Russia has amassed 50,000 Troops to invade Kursk. What now Joe?

Putin 'has amassed 50k troops in Kursk ahead of counteroffensive in DAYS'

VLADIMIR Putin has amassed 40,000 of his soldiers and 10,000 North Koreans as he plots to attack Kursk in just days, a report claims. The Kremlin leader is set to try and claw back the area of Russ…

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He will continue supporting Ukraine's sovereignty, and Trump will urge them to give up because they cannot win.

The Biden Administration goes out the same way it came in- signaling that Russia can do whatever it wants in Ukraine. Russia has amassed 50,000 Troops to invade Kursk. What now Joe?

The Charge fall in a rematch with the Mad Ants. Gilly with just 5 points on 1-of-6 shooting, but 5 assists, 3 steals, and 3 boards with no turnovers. Here's his lone field goal, a transition three:

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