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Women vs W&M - 11/21

Another dominating and impressive performance for the ladies. Its such a stark contrast to the men at the moment. Just everything about the way they play is impressive. And listening to the coaches is such a huge difference. And don't even get me started on my reaction when they start discussing the ladies' upcoming schedule. The last 6 games of the ladies OOC are Oklahoma St., Georgetown, Columbia (NCAA at-large last year), Texas, Tennessee, and Alabama. 2 of those are at home (including #4 Texas), 3 are true neutral sites and one (Columbia) is technically neutral but its in Henrico, so not really neutral. ZERO of them are true road games. Have the Mooney men EVER (you know before it got so hard to schedule) had a schedule so impressive.

I feel certain that I will be watching more of the women the rest of the way then the men!

Gripes so Far

Watching Drake v UMiami in CofC Classic.

Drake would punish us by 25.They’re beating Canes by 10 with 4 min

How can Drake be so very good and we not so much?
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Yes it's crazy what you can do when you go out and get an up and coming coach. Guess what, if he does really really well you lose him, but now your program has buzz and you get another up and comer. I actually suggested this as our strategy after seeing what JB did here following JW. But instead we went with slow decay with a few bumps in performance. Oh well, someone wake Hardt and tell him time to go home.
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Mens: Maine @RC - Wed 11/20 7pm ESPN+

if you didn't watch the game how do you know they weren't blind kids in wheelchairs? seems a logical jump I'm not willing to make by my read of the box score.

seriously though, Wood, I think you're making another logical jump in your take on the negativity by saying that people are rooting for losses. Most fans just want to win and win big. I don't think many are rooting for UR losses like you say. The negativity stems from the fact that people have lost hope - some long since - that Mooney is the coach to be able to consistently win and win big. I've said dozens of times if the program could win consistently at a .650 (Brian Gregory level) clip - essentially around the same level as last year - AND take the team to more NCAAs, I'm more than happy to have it be under Mooney. He runs a clean program, players like him, seems like a nice guy. It's just that, well, he doesn't win like that or go to many NCAAs. So if you factor that in and then start losing to Marist and Bucknell in the same season, yeah, there should be heat.
Most here want Mooney gone. The only way that happens, without another serious health scare, is if we keep losing.

Probably best if I just check out of basketball threads for a while.

I think there are some who want Huesman gone, too, but he keeps winning and thwarting their plans.
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Mens: Maine @RC - Wed 11/20 7pm ESPN+

I don't watch every baseball or football game either. But when I look at a box score and see that the pitchers only gave up 3-4 hits, I can logically assume that was good pitching. When I see a team only scored 10 points, I can assume someone played good defense.

Our opponent shot a miserable 6-for-30 from 3, that's 20% Someone must have been doing something right.

At this point, Mooney could invent a vaccine that cured cancer and some here would complain the shot hurt too much.
His vaccine would prevent running a good basketball program
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