Ferrum Spider said:

Of all the players Mooney has had trouble replacing or finding, I think a player like Gonzo is his biggest struggle. Tall lanky SG who can handle, defend and has range. Put him on any of those teams that were close to NCAAs and would elevate them to a NCAA lock. You could argue maybe Darien Brothers, but there is quite a gap in that talent level that isn't present with KA2/KA3/CL/JK, TEEJ/Grant, etc.

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And I would say another player that's been tough to find is the Ryan Butler type. Not a prolific scorer, but a good shooter, ballhandler, passer and a great defender who with his length could guard all 5 positions on defense back when the defense was switching on every screen.

1. Anderson
2. Harper
3. Cline
4. Gilyard
5. Golden
6. Allen
7. Ced L
8. Shawndre Jones
9. K Anthony
10. Gonzalvez
11. Geriot
12. Brothers
13. Burton(tie)
13. King(tie)
14, Francis
15. Quinn
16. Garrett
17. Bucknor
18. Sherod
19. Andre "Goose" Gustafson (best on ball defender of Mooney era)
20. Buckingham

Captain Anderson said:

I'll be there as always. Hoping we get a better crowd this Saturday but not holding my breath. VPI plays on Thursday night, UVA is at Clemson, and the weather forecast looks great so no reason not to have some local folks show up for what is a big game. Fingers crossed that we get some injured players back for this one. Back in the City Stadium days this would have been a well attended contest but my guess is that aluminum will out number actual bodies in the stands. Go spiders.

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fan2011 said:

Preseason was 126, final was 89. Not a huge swing. A10 was very, very weak last year. Kenpoms numbers are more about the conference improving than Richmond being worse.

Additionally, it is very hard for computer models to take into account every piece of info for every team. All they have is past on court performance for the players on the team, and historical team performance. When there are so many unknowns on the roster they tend to just use historical performance over the past 5 or so years. That is what is giving us these rankings.

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Do these numbers I compiled seem correct for the A10?
2019-2020
KenPom 1-50 2 teams
51-100 5 teams
101-179 3 teams average 154
180-364 4 teams average 231.8

2020-2021
KenPom 1-50 2 teams
51-100 4 teams
101-179 4 teams average 124.3
180-364 4 teams average 234.8

2021-2022
KenPom 1-50 2 teams
51-100 4 teams
101-179 4 teams average 145.3
180-364 4 teams average 230.0

2022-2023
KenPom 1-50 0 teams
51-100 3 teams
101-179 5 teams average 140
180-364 7 teams average 222

2023-2024
KenPom 1-50 1 teams
51-10 7 teams average 85.2
101-179 2 teams average 113.5
180-364 4 teams average 177.4

9 in top 102 last season?

Preseason
2024-2025
KenPom 1-50 2 teams
51-100 3 teams
101-179 10 teams average 135.1
180-364 0 teams

Wood Hall said:

Or Trump, who was totally incoherent at tonight's town meeting.

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Clinton may have lost a step or two but he still runs laps around Trump.

KE Spider said:

Anyone see the Bill Clinton video campaigning for Dem ticket? Jeez, looks/acts like he ought be sharing a nursing home room with Biden.

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Here's a summary of Trump's town hall in PA last night:

"In Oaks, Pennsylvania, tonight, Trump was supposed to take questions from preselected attendees at a town hall with North Dakota governor Kristi Noem. He did, at first, although his answers were all over the place and he urged people to vote on January 5. But then, in the hot and crowded space, two people needed medical attention. Slurring, Trump then said: “Let’s not do any more questions. Let’s just listen to music. Let’s make it into a music. Who the hell wants to hear questions, right?” And then he stood on stage and swayed for 39 minutes of songs from his personal playlist before seeming to recall that he was supposed to be talking about the election, which he suddenly told the confused crowd was “the most important election in the history of our country” before turning back to the music."

I certainly hope all the Trump voters show up to vote on January 5 as he implored them to do. Biden and Clinton in a nursing home? Trump has lost it, if he ever had it, and is in worse shape than Biden.

I'll be there as always. Hoping we get a better crowd this Saturday but not holding my breath. VPI plays on Thursday night, UVA is at Clemson, and the weather forecast looks great so no reason not to have some local folks show up for what is a big game. Fingers crossed that we get some injured players back for this one. Back in the City Stadium days this would have been a well attended contest but my guess is that aluminum will out number actual bodies in the stands. Go spiders.

Hawaii moving the rest of the sports it can from Big West to Mountain West, joining its football program there.