Time to start our soon to be epic winning streak .. Charlotte's NET is 98 - slightly higher than I expected.
Charlotte Game Thread - Sat 7pm - MASN/ESPN+
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Ha, was just about to start a thread - was surprised to see the game is tomorrow. I think lack of discussion about this game on here is indicative of the oomph factor - that is looking so good in the bad games and then losing 4 out of 5 vs the decent teams on our schedule so far. After this game, two games against terrible teams in Buffalo and Lafayette. We should be 8-5 going into a HUGE A10 opener vs Bona. If I recall, Moon has a pretty good record vs Schmidt. Hoping he doesnt give them 3 days shooting practice in the RC again this year. Schmidt definitely gamed him there.
Does Moon have a good record vs Schmidt? I seem to recall was a little below .500 against him. I think I did a breakdown of Moon’s record vs the dregs of the league and vs everyone else and Bona was a team he was slightly worse than even against, but I could be mistaken. He feasts against the dregs and is poor vs most of the better teams, that I do know.
Nice piece on Kevin Smith coming back to town.
richmond.com
It's UR homecoming for Kevin Smith, Charlotte aide, favorite of Chris Mooney
Returning to UR means reconnecting with “a place that changed my life, changed my trajectory,” Kevin Smith said.
Dunk, pass and eat cookies. I assume he is the reason we have this game.
12-13 overall but lost 8 of last 9 if I can count correctly so time to win this year ..
That's exactly what will be happening. They play VCU on 1/3. They will not go back to Bona but stay in Richmond.
Fire alarm drill time @ Westin on Broad
While I was a big fan of Kevin Smith's basketball skills and abilities, I think the mental part of the game was where he really impacted winning. He played with an edge and brought it every minute. I wouldn't mind seeing Harris get a few more minutes. Of everyone on the team, I think Harris and Dlo probably have this mentality the most.
maybe our toughest “winnable” test of the year? By this I mean this might be the first game we’re single digit favorites Vs a being a heavy favorite or underdog. Drop this and we really stink. I’m guessing line will be Spiders -5.5
Honestly, I don't think we have any wins against decent teams. UNLV unfortunately isn't good. 200+ NET when I checked the other day. All of the other victories are 300+ in the NET I believe.
Not sure how good they are but did you check their NET after beating Creighton by 15?
Nice piece on Kevin Smith coming back to town.
It's UR homecoming for Kevin Smith, Charlotte aide, favorite of Chris Mooney
Returning to UR means reconnecting with “a place that changed my life, changed my trajectory,” Kevin Smith said.
My freshman or sophomore year at Richmond, I was playing pickup basketball at the Weinstein Center when Kevin Smith walked in and asked if he could jump in a game (he was on the staff at this point, 2014 or 2015). Thankfully he ended up on my team. Early in the game, I had the ball on a fast break and I saw him running ahead on my right and pointing to the sky. I threw up the worst alley-oop pass of all time, but he reached way back behind his head to grab it and threw it down. Made me feel like Chris Paul running the show for the Lob City Clippers 😂.
Never saw him again after that. Won't ever forget that memory!
We've done highlights for all of our home games so far.
I think one issue is that ESPN or whoever is airing holds the rights to broadcast footage, so we have to use non-aired camera angles or something for our own highlight videos, which is difficult to do on the road where we're not the ones taking the footage.
Worlds colliding for the first time this year! A home game AND a team equal to us. What will happen?!?!
I'm predicting a 12 point win. Law - take that one to the bank if you need a play tomorrow 
Yep, back when Moon had his mojo too. I recall the Va Tech game. Tech was starting to impose will / go on a run - and drum roll.......Mooney called a time out. Even apparently drew up the play for a pick on Smitty's man and Gonzo tossed him the oop for a monster slam. And just like that, we had the momentum back. SEEEEEEE, sometimes those TO's do work. And work even better if you draw up a nice play to get a score. Hmmmmmmmm.
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Yeah, that type of play probably lacks the "fluidity" or flow we are looking for now.
you remember timeouts and plays called or not called from a dozen years ago???
I can't remember what I did last weekend!
I knew you were going to be impressed with my memory again sman. Cue SF to pull up the game log and invalidate my memory now. Probably an injury timeout or something.
Let me help with that. You probably watched a basketball game where one team was relentless on the offensive boards while the other team turned and ran away from the action. You asked yourself, why? But had no answer. You became confused, you thought you understood the game but obviously not like the Wizard of Westham. As the weekend wore on you kept shaking your head and decided that you're 55% sure it was just a dream. No one would do that.
I see a couple Smith dunks but not after a timeout... 23, go to your room!
1) Not sure about these game logs. One siad Kevin Smith made layup.. We all know he only dunks passes and eats cookies.
2) Probably was just an ad lib by Gonzo anyway
2) Probably was just an ad lib by Gonzo anyway
8legs1dream
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Charlotte has a center that is a legitimately big dude, interested to see how Neal matches up with him tonight
8legs1dream
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9ers looks like absolute garbage the first 8 minutes of the game, then play well for 60 seconds and now they are winning. That’s MooneyBall for you
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Wait a second did the guy that won the “courtside seat upgrade” promotion thing have a Charlotte tshirt on, WTF??!??
We don’t play baseline or corner defense at all. Baseline drive to corner three is money against us every game
So, Charlotte has a low 3 point percentage for the season but they come into the RC and, bingo, they drain 3's. Wonder why.
Wow, what an impressive run to close the half. Incredibly impressive by Tyne. Can't believe he looks that composed as a true freshman. Loved Dji getting that steal and dunk before picking up the cheap foul.
