that made me laugh actually.

agree on 23's comment above. last year, the UR defense could switch all screens not involving Neal and Bigelow/Dji could pick up the guards no problem. This year, it's two small guards flanked by wings/forwards who appear to all be sub-par defenders, and when Beagle is in, a big who isn't good on defense either. Tonight it led to nonstop breakdowns, open shots, 2nd chance points and getting trolled by Rothstein.

Last year appears like the aberration. Extend Moon (retroactive to last year's success, which will be cited for 4+ more years.)

spider23 said:

YESSSSSIRRRR
Keep hitting our overs until we try to play some defense.

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maybe if I can get my house paid off over the course of the next few months it won't be a lost season after all.

First time I’ve seen many of our new guys play and I’m not impressed. They just don’t look that talented or athletic. This is going to be a long year.

spider23 said:

Richmond/Marist. Over 136.5

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YESSSSSIRRRR
Keep hitting our overs until we try to play some defense.

PhillySpider said:

everything about the "bad" mooney teams all wrapped up in one game. The single worst thing about this is how little impact last year seems to have had on Moon and his philosophy. We were an "anti-moon" team year. Defensively oriented, not totally three dependent at all, actually rebounded (at least defensively) etc. and surprised everyone. Looking at this team, its like that never happened. We can't keep anyone in front of us and our help and recover and flying dutchmen kicks in.

Don't love that at the first sign of trouble we turn to 3 point shooters who dont offer much else and, as it turns out, don't actually shoot the three all that great either

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Exactly. Last year was apparently the result of accidentally recruiting tough athletic defenders. Bigs was basically a perimeter shooter at Wofford. And the player from WCU was a last last second pick up. Boydens emphasis on defense has not been put on the backbone, but thrown entirely out of the kitchen.

6m left first half - 37-28 Spiders
5m left second half - 67-59 Marist

Outscored 39-22 over 21 minutes of play throughout the middle of the game. By Marist. Who just lost to Harvard by 13.

I'd say that I can't wrap my head around it, but of course I can because we have a leafy campus and a coach-for-life who wins at a 55% clip. Nothing will ever change. I don't know why I expect it.

My expectations are clarly the issue with my enjoyment of the program.

Marist, a team from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and who has not had an NCAA appearance since the 80's waltzed into our house and thumped us and were making it look quite easy at times. If we can't handle a sorry team like this the A10 will be an outright bloodbath.

Fire Bennett, Extend Mooney though!

LOL. Some never learn.

everything about the "bad" mooney teams all wrapped up in one game. The single worst thing about this is how little impact last year seems to have had on Moon and his philosophy. We were an "anti-moon" team year. Defensively oriented, not totally three dependent at all, actually rebounded (at least defensively) etc. and surprised everyone. Looking at this team, its like that never happened. We can't keep anyone in front of us and our help and recover and flying dutchmen kicks in.

Don't love that at the first sign of trouble we turn to 3 point shooters who dont offer much else and, as it turns out, don't actually shoot the three all that great either

brooklyn brownstone said:

Also, to get on the players a bit - the defense by the guards and most egregiously, the wings, was an absolute horror show. And Beagle was brutal too, couldn't handle a switch the entire game. Marist did whatever they wanted and had free looks from 3 all game, then just got all the offensive rebounds they needed when they missed.

Can't state enough what a clownshow it is to start 0-1 vs D1 with this OOC schedule.

Clown.

Show.

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I know this is our 2nd home game but this feels like a typical Mooney loss or bad game to start the season.

Also, to get on the players a bit - the defense by the guards and most egregiously, the wings, was an absolute horror show. And Beagle was brutal too, couldn't handle a switch the entire game. Marist did whatever they wanted and had free looks from 3 all game, then just got all the offensive rebounds they needed when they missed.

Can't state enough what a clownshow it is to start 0-1 vs D1 with this OOC schedule.

Clown.

Show.

Richmond 27, Campbell 24
Box Score

Brandon Peskin kicked a game-winning 36-yard field goal with one second to play as Richmond (8-2, 6-0 CAA) took over sole possession of first place in the CAA with a 27-24 victory at Campbell (3-7, 1-5 CAA).

Campbell built a 17-7 halftime lead behind a 90-yard kickoff return for a TD by Randall King and a 40-yard Connor Lytton field goal. The Spiders pulled even in the third quarter on a 1-yard scoring run from Zach Palmer-Smith and a 36-yard Peskin field goal. The Camels went back on top as Sincere Brown caught a 14-yard TD pass from Mike Chandler II with 9:59 remaining, but Richmond responded with a 76-yard drive and tied the game on a 9-yard TD pass from Cam Coleman to Ja’Vion Griffin. The Spiders’ defense was able to make a 4th-down stop with 1:56 to go, and then drove into position for Peskin’s game-winning kick. Coleman passed for 252 yards and 2 TD’s and added 55 yards on the ground, while Matthew Traynor led the Spiders’ defense with 12 tackles, 2.0 TFL’s and an interception. For Campbell, Chandler passed for 128 yards and a TD and ran for 121 yards and a TD.

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Marist clearly looked like the better team. Faster, more athletic, and wanted it more. Our defense is horrid.

Tyne gets too out of control, and obviously most everybody had trouble shooting. D-Lo clearly tried to put the team on his back as a leader should…valiant effort, but not enough.

Mooniocrity = Complacency.

God that was bad. Had opportunity for $5 tickets. Glad I didn’t waste my money. Watched the women’s game and was solidly entertained.

Well after this game we now know that there are no free wins on this schedule. Buckle up.

Mooney. Zero adjustments, zero idea of his best lineups. Maybe he was too busy finalizing the schedule until last Friday.

Never started shooting 3s down 5 inside the last minute of play. You can't be down 5 and take only 2s while the other team makes all their FTs. I guess Moon wasn't a math major.

What a disappointment. What a joke.

0-1 vs D1.

OOC Grade - F. Will stay this way unless the next 12 games are wins.

I believe this is our first buy-game loss since December 2020 vs. Hofstra. I didn’t really expect this team to be that good, but definitely didn’t think we’d be losing buy-games bad. Ugh. Looks like we’re back to 2017-2019.

Mooney was outpimped tonight. Shameful loss.

Mooney with his pimp jacket on secure in the fact that we’ll never fire him.

"We competed."

I'll save everyone the aftermath. That's the quote.

That was just weak, other than DLo.

Was at this game. We were just on a different level. It was good to work a lot of different players into the lineup to see what we have. I see a deep bench. We have what it takes to go back to back A10 champs.

Terrible technical on AP, can't do that.

But this OOC is officially in shambles, regardless if Marist blows the game.