SO proud of this team. Watching this team from 6 years ago when it was broken down to where it is now is nothing short of remarkable. Looking forward to this weekend.

8legs1dream said:

give each fan a promotional jar of pickles as they entire the arena, throw them at Mooney.

everybody wins

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Better yet, everyone gets one pickle for the "pick your coach" pickle toss.

Gallipoli said:

I would love to see us play Mt. Olive again. Their pickles are the bomb.

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give each fan a promotional jar of pickles as they enter the arena, throw them at Mooney.

everybody wins

spiderman said:

could we see an even lighter OOC schedule? is that possible?

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More D3 schools?

Eight Legger said:

We just scheduled another game for last November today.

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I would love to see us play Mt. Olive again. Their pickles are the bomb.

I didn't think Roussell would win COY since he won it last year, but is there a better coach in the conference? I don't think so.

Topolski comes on and retires the side in the third, and now the Spiders are rolling in the bottom of the inning as the Towson pitcher can't find the plate again...BB, wild pitch, BB, Bernstein double to plate one, HBP, BB to plate another one. 10–2 Spiders, bases still loaded with no outs. New pitcher coming on for the Tigers.

Edit: Spiders score another one on a fielder's choice before Towson can end it.

Towson loaded the bases with no outs...single, steal, BB, bunt single. Fortunately we got a double play which only scored one run and then a fly out to end it. 4–2 Spiders.

New pitcher coming on for Towson, we'll see if he has any better control.

Edit: Well, I guess he's getting it over the plate, but that just means we can hit it now. Double and a single, and then an error on a fielder's choice plates both of those runners. 6–2 Spiders.

Edit 2: O'Brien homer makes it 8–2.

Congratulations and well deserved! Give Roussell and staff the raise they deserve.

Doogan wins POY!

Roussell COY, Doogan and Ullstrom on 1st team, Budnik 2nd team.

Budnik and Doogan All-Academic.


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We got off to a bit of a rough start with Peacock giving up a single and a double to plate a run and then a HBP, but that was all the damage.

Towson pitcher struggling mightily though...HBP, BB, K, double steal, BB, BB to force in a tying run, and then another HBP to force in a second one. Bases still loaded with one out.

Edit: WP lets another one in.

Edit 2: Spiders push it to 4–1 on a fielder's choice before Pacheco strikes out to end the inning.

Just like on Sunday, the ESPN+ stream is suddenly unavailable right before first pitch. This is now two straight home games with this issue. That's unacceptable, especially for how we'll we've been playing. This team deserves to have as many eyes on it as possible.

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spiderman said:

I do wonder size-wise if he could play with Tyne ... but that's never held Mooney back.
we better be strong defensively on the wing if they play together.

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Tyne will probably transfer to Toronto Tech.

SpiderTrap said:

Good question - anyone have any idea what games we have under contract for next season? I have to assume we are not in line for a high level tourney invite.

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heck, we didn't have the schedule for this past season fully locked in until like a month before the season started right?

High praise coming from Quint-

If Richmond makes the NCAA Tournament, they’ll be a total nightmare to play in the first round.

Eight Legger said:

Once Mooney gets ahold of him, he'll redshirt next year, score 5 ppg the following year and transfer to Florida Tech after that.

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I do wonder size-wise if he could play with Tyne ... but that's never held Mooney back.
we better be strong defensively on the wing if they play together.

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And really - all he has to do next year is win a few more games than he did this year. If the team next year goes 15-17, that is not a good year - but the narrative will be - improvement, look at the turnaround.

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could we see an even lighter OOC schedule? is that possible?

Nevermind paying non-revenue players...we don't even stand a chance at keeping up with the big boys on scholarships alone. Texas is going from 266 to 466 scholarships with the move from scholarship limits to roster caps.

More than doubling baseball scholarships from the previous limit of 11.7 to 25.

68 full rides for women's rowing.

Yes, Texas is an extreme example given their resources, but they won't be the only ones pumping more money into scholarships as a baseline before you even account for paying athletes above and beyond.

It's possible to remain competitive in conference, but truly playing on a national stage is only going to get tougher.

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So that would put all sports in the Patriot league and hoops (men and women) stay in the A10?

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I think there will be new leagues (I have seen the name super league used) that would be the new governing body for football and basketball. I would guess that there may have to be 2 separate ones since more colleges/universities are likely interested in basketball. However it is just as probable that the Power conference leaders cut out the small guys. One would think within the super league(s) would be divisions just like the NBA or NFL.

All I am certain of is that this whole thing is going to take years to get settled.

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Potentially - but I have heard on a number of talk shows that coaches are suggesting different conferences for different sports at one school. So your mostly non-revenue sports could play in a more regional conference affiliation. But your big time sports - football and basketball could play in other conferences. They would like to get rid of the entire school plays in one conference, and it might go sport by sport. I don't think it goes to that level of sport by sport, but I could see your bigger sports - football and basketball - having the ability to join a conference all on its own.

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I've always thought they should do that.

UConn is in a tough spot with that though because they need to throw enough cash at football to hopefully get it relevant enough to gain interest from the mega conferences.

spiderjpo said:

Since PQ is so close with the Mooney family hopefully they will sit down and have a crucial conversation that it is time his money be spent on a new best friend in order to give our program a fresh start.

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"friendly family dinner conversation"

7-10 from 3, 32 points, 10 assists.
averaging 20.2 ppg, 4.3 apg, 2.6 spg

Really good discussion here. Great points all around but nothing really changes until Mooney is gone.

Gallipoli said:

That was yesterday's news. I would expect the Russians to say that.

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If you don't think Russia is celebrating and is thrilled with everything Trump is doing, you've got your head in the sand or some other dark and lonely space.