I will be there - figured I would reach out before getting tix and finalizing hotel to see if anyone else is thinking of going since most of normal folks can’t make this early mid season mid week game.
Charlotte Game (and travel) thread - Wed 11/13 7pm ESPN+
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I live in Rock Hill, SC about 30 miles north, I will be there.
Thx you're right - corrected - typos tend to happen more for me when I writing when I'm the elliptical during lunch time workout
Hope to see you there Greg. My freshman year Spider roommate in '92-93 was also from Rock Hill as his mother was an administrator at Winthrop at the time.
Same here, I was one of the basketball managers from 76 - 78. I haven’t purchased my ticket yet but when I do, I will give you my seat number for sure!
See you when we beat the '49ers back to the 19th or 20th century
Tickets purchased 7 rows back I think from Spiders bench ... still debating about staying in downtown Charlotte and ubering up or full service Marriott right near campus
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Next Wed night, Section 9 will be in Section 103 .. Row G behind I think the Spiders bench for this game with a fellow Class of '96 Spider who lives in Charlotte who I haven't seen since graduation but reached out to - LFG
3 game winning streak for Section9 watching Spiders live in North Carolina (2 Davidson & NC State) so clearly Vegas at Spiders +2.5 doesn't know I am going.
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Does the patented Moon "I need to find him minutes" line come out after this game when he decides to go 9 deep and one guy only gets 3m?
On paper - should be a game we win, but same could be said for Marist.
They have played 2 tough opponents in Georgia (exhibition) and Utah State, so they won't be worried about facing little old Richmond. 3 point shooting might be the key, as it looks like they have 3 capable deep shooters in Rolf, Braswell, and Johnson and maybe even Graves. We let Marist shoot 50% on us and if we let Charlotte shoot 40% or better - it might be a tough night for us as not sure we can keep up.
Still expect the Spiders to come out and win this one.
UR 78 Charlotte 71
They have played 2 tough opponents in Georgia (exhibition) and Utah State, so they won't be worried about facing little old Richmond. 3 point shooting might be the key, as it looks like they have 3 capable deep shooters in Rolf, Braswell, and Johnson and maybe even Graves. We let Marist shoot 50% on us and if we let Charlotte shoot 40% or better - it might be a tough night for us as not sure we can keep up.
Still expect the Spiders to come out and win this one.
UR 78 Charlotte 71
I think this game will tell us if the Marist game was more of a brand new teams first time together and things didn't jell OR we have serious roster issues and our preseason rankings from most of the A-10 experts are valid.
I still like our roster, I think we have talent and depth. What I question after Marist is whether or not our genius 56% percenter coach can effectively manage the roster and deploy the talent in rotations that actually work. In Game 1, I didn't see any semblance of a rotation, it was just lets throw guys out there and see what happens type of approach.
I still like our roster, I think we have talent and depth. What I question after Marist is whether or not our genius 56% percenter coach can effectively manage the roster and deploy the talent in rotations that actually work. In Game 1, I didn't see any semblance of a rotation, it was just lets throw guys out there and see what happens type of approach.
I wouldn’t call this a “should” win on paper. It was our 2nd most difficult ooc game on paper I believe actually. And Vegas has us as underdogs. Had we beat Marist solidly maybe it’s a pick ‘em line. But Charlotte is mid tier AAC team. Got blown out by Utah St. so possibly they’re worse than expected idk. Ppl saying as much about us. Both teams should be highly motivated based on their last games. We can have expectations of winning & need to win coming off Marist - and I’m counting on Spiders bounce back game myself- but objectively also hard to put as a should win on paper imo. Unless Charlotte is down some guys early I don’t know about.
I am saying should win and predicting win for my own good. I picked spiders to go 11-2 in the OOC and beat Auburn. I don't like my chances if they start 1-2 and have to run the table here on out to fulfill that.
I agree with 97. Is this a talented bunch that didn't come together for their first (real) game or do we have deeper issues? I hope its the former, and that we come out with a strong W tonight. One thing I liked from Saturday was D-Lo's aggression on the Court, and his postgame comments. I feel like his leadership will have these guys hungry to bounce back.
It is very possible we are looking at a repeat of last season - a disappointing OOC and then maybe we catch fire in the A10. I say that because I think there is still an issue of guys figuring out their roles on this team. DLO is our number 1 - we all know that. But after that, it is a lot of question marks - not in terms of talent, but in what we need each guy to do.
That could be a reason I see us underperforming in the OOC, but like last year - we figure out at the end of OOC and go on a streak early in the A10. Our schedule could setup for that - we finish with W&M, VMI, and FGCU before opening A10 play.
That could be a reason I see us underperforming in the OOC, but like last year - we figure out at the end of OOC and go on a streak early in the A10. Our schedule could setup for that - we finish with W&M, VMI, and FGCU before opening A10 play.
what percentage of teams are figuring out roles?
Most of them
Most of them
Most of them are - but the problem we have is we really only have 1 player we can lean on while we figure that out - and that is DLO. He is the only returner in our system with great experience and put up good numbers last year. Yes - we have Tyne, Walz, Roche etc - but they were not major contributors last year so you can't rely on them, this is their first year playing a big role.
Oct 15 used to be the 1st full practice.
this team has been on campus together since probably June 1.
if we haven't figured things out by now, we're doing it wrong.
this team has been on campus together since probably June 1.
if we haven't figured things out by now, we're doing it wrong.
Maybe 1500 ppl here not including their band of 75 - green seats but better than the green and yellow hellhole of the Patriot Center
Yet again we're getting no offensive production from the C position, which is leading to our offense not producing good looks. Can't make our FT's when we do draw contact. Feels like this game is only close because Charlotte is missing their open 3's, and that's not going to hold much longer.
This is even uglier live
we might not win 10 games this year
Walz needs to at least try to score in the post. Our entire offense is centered around the defense having to key on the C as the focal point. He's not even looking at the rim most possesions.
For a good 3pt shooting team, we are pretty bad at shooting 3s
I think that was the worst half of Richmond basketball I've watched since we were down 40-14 vs. Cincinnati back in 2017. We look inept offensively.
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