Up17 with 2 minutes left and Knothead isn’t emptying the bench….typical
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Yeah if there's ever a time to get Wilson, Bailey, Randolph, etc. some more game time it seems like up 17 with under 4 minutes left would be the time.
Can’t take the starters out…gotta maximize the SRS.
Maybe Mooney was scared to call a timeout to make subs because he didn't want to get slapped in the handshake line. Can't really blame him if that's the case.
Can’t take a whole lot from this game considering how bad GW has been against decent competition, but glad to see we took care of business.
Very solid win tonight by the Spiders. GW entered the game with a winning record in the A10 conference. Many players had strong games:
1. Cayo 19 points on 9-11 with 8 rebounds
2. Grant15 points on 6-11 with 6 rebounds and 6 assists
3. Gilly 15 on 4-7 3s, 5 rebounds, 3 assist, no turnovers
4. Burton 17 on 5-8 shooting
5. Grace, solid overall play.
3 more to go!
1. Cayo 19 points on 9-11 with 8 rebounds
2. Grant15 points on 6-11 with 6 rebounds and 6 assists
3. Gilly 15 on 4-7 3s, 5 rebounds, 3 assist, no turnovers
4. Burton 17 on 5-8 shooting
5. Grace, solid overall play.
3 more to go!
I have seen enough of Wilson for this year. Let some other kids play.
GW was one of the worst defensive teams I have seen this season
Agreed. They are a poor team. We made their offense look decent.
As usual, we shoot threes well against terrible teams but can’t hit any against good teams. Story of our season.
GW is a mid pack team. We win most games against mid pack to lower pack teams other than weak St J. We have trouble against teams we r supposed to be equivalents of. The next 3 games will speak loudly. Good and expected win against a fair team tonight.
Inconsistency of Cayo has to be considered one of the biggest factors in our underperformance this season. Huge game tonight for Nate.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
Happy that we helped clear up the A10 middle of the pack pecking order 💪💪
Hate to say it but games like this are what saves Mooney’s job. Great performance from the super senior “best class ever”, 18 wins and competing better than ever.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
20 is the magic number, if he can get to 20 wins then he will coach here for 20 years.
I gotta be honest, I'm not now, and never really have been, all that impressed with Jamion Christian as a coach.
Our defense is terrible , the mistakes made by players who have played 500 college games is big surprise to me
Mooney is the third greatest pitfall to plague our great city.
1. Benedict Arnold’s Raid on Richmond-1781
2. The designing of the combined Sewer System-late 1800s
3. ………..
1. Benedict Arnold’s Raid on Richmond-1781
2. The designing of the combined Sewer System-late 1800s
3. ………..
He didn’t have 12 but he had 7 points, 7 rebounds, and as many assists as Tyler Burton had
I will gladly take the win and glad we didn't completely fold after the VCU debacle. But if we could play/shoot that well every night, things would be a lot different....
Grace had 5 early points then lined up a 3 from the top of the key - all I could think about was - he is going for 12!!!!
H ended up with 7.
Perfect game for the Spiders after the VCU loss. Play a team who plays worse defense than us and allows us to run our offense and get any shot we want. Sort of like the UMASS game early in the season coming off the St. Joes and St. Louis losses.
I didn't feel like we came out of the gate with great intensity, we just made shots and that gave our guys confidence.
GW will be a team to watch next season. They basically return everyone and if they could get any sort of help off the bench and play an ounce of defense, they could be a top 4 team next year. Interesting enough - their quick turnaround has been really due to transfers they have taken on. Even this year - they have faired well in the A10 given their easier schedule of playing Duquesne, Fordham, and Mason twice. They are sad to say very similar to us. They beat the teams below them, but can't beat the top teams like St. Louis, Dayton, VCU, Davidson. But with a record of now 7-7 in the league, but a finishing slate of Mason, Duquesne, and Fordham - they have a shot to be right with us in the standings.
We will probably be battling them for the 6th/7th spot in the standings for the A10 tourney.
I didn't feel like we came out of the gate with great intensity, we just made shots and that gave our guys confidence.
GW will be a team to watch next season. They basically return everyone and if they could get any sort of help off the bench and play an ounce of defense, they could be a top 4 team next year. Interesting enough - their quick turnaround has been really due to transfers they have taken on. Even this year - they have faired well in the A10 given their easier schedule of playing Duquesne, Fordham, and Mason twice. They are sad to say very similar to us. They beat the teams below them, but can't beat the top teams like St. Louis, Dayton, VCU, Davidson. But with a record of now 7-7 in the league, but a finishing slate of Mason, Duquesne, and Fordham - they have a shot to be right with us in the standings.
We will probably be battling them for the 6th/7th spot in the standings for the A10 tourney.
Basically this year we’ve seen that teams can be completely remade with all new players in one year (GW, Mason) and basically do as well as our super senior, overly experienced group of Mooney System experts. If ever there was an argument for starting over…
The designing of the combined Sewer System-late 1800s---Can you send me some info to help me research this? Thats an interesting topic
The other good news about transfers too - once you get them as a transfer, they are unlikely to transfer again - simply because they have already used their 1 time transfer. Only risk of losing them is when they graduate and can become graduate transfer if they have eligibility left. So really - if you can get a kid as a SOPH into your program - its a pretty good deal. You likely get 3 good years out of them.
Yes GW is "not in the team or coaches head" like VCU so we can play more relaxed and normal................and score some ponts..................
See all good points 80. This works better than starting a thread about the above. I understand it must be frustrating to see so many negative threads but Spider b-ball presently is all that. Only need one individual gone and you’ll see a 180 turn.
This is a point that we don’t talk about enough. Vcu is absolutely in mooney and the teams heads as are some of the other top teams in the A10. This definitely plays an impact. Look at uva football for example; you can’t tell me that Virginia Tech isn’t in their heads. That kind of stuff causes you to play scared and make mind numbing decisions like throwing a pass to your tackle with the game on the line (uva).
Yes in lots of ways the teams are a mirror image of each other. More of our shots were made which gave us the win. More than once last night GW raced down the court and jacked up an ill advised three with no one under the basket for any chance of a rebound which we have seen far too often on our own part.
Yes the football rivalry you mentioned and our basketball rivalry are very similiar in that regard. Not much of a rivalry in either case when one team owns the other and they both know it. Part of why I think in our games against VCU we should clear the bench when we are getting pounded. Score may be a little worse but hopefully the subs wouldn't be playing as "scared" ...............It is to the point that Richmond pretty much chalks up a "loss" in their mind before the game even starts...why in the world would you not try something different when what you are doing has the same result time after time after time.(7-22)....a charitable thing to call that mindset is "inflexibility"....I am certain we can all think of less charitable descriptions!
Lol, Doc. I can think of many more but I can’t argue with the list you have.
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