Dayton 5
VCU 5
St Louis 4
St Joe's 4
Loyola 2
Davidson 1
St Bona 1

2 home TV games states volumes.

MDspider8 said:

As for the schedule, agreed that it looks to be a cushy start (GW, @UMass, Rhody, @Bona in the first 5 games is pretty nice). That final 4 game stretch is brutal though and it's very possible that we won't be favored to win any of those games come February. Really, the entirety of February should be really chalemging outside of the Fordham and La Salle back to back.

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I’m not sure @GMU and @SBU are easy or are trap games…

Are there only 2 not in top 5? Bonnie’s and Davidson?

GKiller said:

Ha. No skipping like an elevator. I remember as a kid thinking why is there not a 13th floor, wtf is that about.

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Actually there was a 13th floor. Just no stair or elevator that went there…

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cant be shocked we are programmed to not be completely shocked. that said 5 for vcu and 0 for Richmond I don't think is right. Think we deserved 1. But I tried to warn u guys about VCU being the favorite. Obviously they will lean to marquee matchups and base off projections, tho they do miss.

My feeling is the network folks at espn pushed for VCU. Good luck with those that feel like we still have better shot at the BE than VCU. who's corner will the networks be in? In this case tho that's where I think the A10 as a conference needs to exert more for the membership overall.

VCU is just close to a sure thing (but not in a Nicollete Sheridan way). 25-9 vs. UR under Moon, the ncaas, they've been in the A10 final 8 out of 11 times which is insane. We're batting 3 for 18 under Moon. While Richmond puts resources to mens hoops I still feel like we missed going "all in" & these r unfortunate reminders we get often. Really the only way to change that vcu ur perception is on the court.

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I did always think of you as Spidernation's good luck charm.

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Ha. No skipping like an elevator. I remember as a kid thinking why is there not a 13th floor, wtf is that about.

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brooklyn brownstone said:

Well if we can manage a gaudy record by mid Feb those Saint Joe’s,VCU, Dayton games will give the team the chance to prove it is legit. Before an inevitable GooMoos collapse game bc we cut down nets at UD arena

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You know, at the time the net cut didn't get me too stirred up but looking back on it and especially knowing now how the season would play out kind of pisses me off

Gilly has signed an Exhibit 10 deal with the Cavs and will be at their training camp.

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GKiller said:

#13 is my favorite number so I'd tell him to stick with that myself.

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I did always think of you as Spidernation's good luck charm.

VegasSpider said:

Who the hell is #22? No one on roster with that number..... that looks like Goose?

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Jack Graham. 99% sure. Although Goose was practicing with our team last year when finishing up grad school.

Maybe he switched numbers idk. #13 is my favorite number so I'd tell him to stick with that myself.

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Who the hell is #22? No one on roster with that number..... that looks like Goose?

MDspider8 said:

I think the national perception around us is going to be lower than we'd think, mostly because we lost our four best players from last year. Very few, if any media outlets are predicting us to finish in the top-six of the A10, and I'm expecting that we'll be picked somewhere between 7-9 in the preseason poll.

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Still, I think we should be given the benefit of the doubt. The new college landscape comes with a lot of turnover in terms of players leaving/entering, which doesn't mean we won't be good. In fact, we showed last year that we can have immediate success with impactful transfers year 1.

You want tv games? Be high up in preseason rankings of your league. Have expectations to be that good year after year and put that out publicly to the world.

spiderstudent17 said:

Ridiculous that we didn't get any Friday night games after finishing 1st in the regular season last year

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Agreed - even shocked that one of the VCU games didn't get ESPN treatment. One of those games has always been on ESPN2 or ESPNU.

I have two mindsets with this.

First, if teams do get poached by the Big East, I think the A10 is certainly in a stable place with 12-14 teams. With UMass leaving and Temple and Charlotte who left many years ago, every school in the A10 will be basketball centric and not have football heavily influencing decisions. As far as basketball centric conferences go, the A10 is the 2nd best option in the country besides Big East and the Big East won't poach too many teams from the A10 so even if a few leave, for everyone else that remains this is the best option as far as conferences go.

Secondly and more importantly is that I want us to have the mindset that we belong in the Big East and should have a goal to be one of those teams that gets poached. I am not saying that right now our resume is eye-popping and that we are a must-have for them. However, we are a great, small, private academically elite school in similar geographic footprint with the conference. We fit the identity of what the Big East seeks in schools. In terms of basketball pedigree, we definitely need to improve our success in that regard, but we are a solid program that invests a lot in basketball and has good results. We need to take the next step and get towards Dayton/VCU level of success. Remember, we were considered in 2013 originally. I am well aware that there is still a ways to go for this. Regardless of whether we should be in the Big East now or not, I believe that having the mindset to strive towards being one of those teams that moves up to the Big East is something I hope we aspire to. I agree with some posts above, that we shouldn't just wait around and hope things work out. Let's be the creators of our destiny.

As for the schedule, agreed that it looks to be a cushy start (GW, @UMass, Rhody, @Bona in the first 5 games is pretty nice). That final 4 game stretch is brutal though and it's very possible that we won't be favored to win any of those games come February. Really, the entirety of February should be really chalemging outside of the Fordham and La Salle back to back.

Well if we can manage a gaudy record by mid Feb those Saint Joe’s,VCU, Dayton games will give the team the chance to prove it is legit. Before an inevitable GooMoos collapse game bc we cut down nets at UD arena

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Ridiculous that we didn't get any Friday night games after finishing 1st in the regular season last year

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I think the national perception around us is going to be lower than we'd think, mostly because we lost our four best players from last year. Very few, if any media outlets are predicting us to finish in the top-six of the A10, and I'm expecting that we'll be picked somewhere between 7-9 in the preseason poll.

Ridiculous that we didn't get any Friday night games after finishing 1st in the regular season last year

Here is our schedule. We open New Years Eve at home with GW. Did not get any of the 11 national espn games on Friday nights.

On paper the A10 schedule is easier to start potentially allowing us to build momentum, especially if we perform with the bad OOC. It is a hard finish.

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And the tropical storm should be right there on Saturday afternoon.

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Great!

32counter said:

I agree that their 1-3 record is extremely misleading given their difficult OOC.I think we in for a very difficult game.

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And the tropical storm should be right there on Saturday afternoon.