Also kudos to Bigs at the free throw line. Without those, we would all be in the bathroom puking right now
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Also kudos to Bigs at the free throw line. Without those, we would all be in the bathroom puking right now
Glad I could help by not being there. But hated it too.
Only consolation is there must be a convention at my hotel, there are over 400 25-30 year old women here. Now that the game is over, maybe I can go find out why…
Only consolation is there must be a convention at my hotel, there are over 400 25-30 year old women here. Now that the game is over, maybe I can go find out why…
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Yes. Bigs has been big all year. Had no worries with him or Hunt at the line.
What a great team effort all around. Really proud of these guys. Big Time.
For those not able to attend the game, it was electrifying. a majority wore white, complete sellout, extremely load, fan rushed the floor. Awesome!
Yeah I tried to convince them I was a student but failed
Probably from jumping up and down while making 8-13 from 3 last two games. Was hoping he’d make another 7 tonight.
This team has made a believer of me. Outstanding game and a great win. It's the toughest team Mooney has put on the court. We're winning games down the stretch that we would have found ways to lose in the past. Mentally and physically tough bunch. Easy to root for these guys.
He kills me sometimes with some of the 3s he takes and doesn’t always close out on defense. But guy is a baller and am glad to have him on the team!
Echo many of the things said. We had some dawgs out there! Dji all game. Bigs 15 boards. Dlo big plays. But whole team really. Let’s have this W drive us farther.
I’m so proud of this team! Tremendous defense and effort! And the students were awesome. Great, great school spirit! Those highly questionable whistles were making me nervous. But great clutch free throw shooting by our Spiders preserved our lead and win.
Awesome night! Great atmosphere. Proud of the team. Go Spiders 🕷️
She’s starting to remind me of VCU Tori
Ha I thought same watching it live. Maybe a make up call after that soft 4th foul they gave him. Tho last 2 fouls called on Quinn were soft too.
Props to you for sparking 16 straight FT makes before a miss by Bigs late.
Same as what others said - Dji and Hunt were both huge on defense and offense both today. This was as good a half as Hunt could play IMO. Big 3, big and-1, big FTs, great defense, kept guys composed. Made the long pass to Dji for the dunk. Huge. Dji didn't force offense and came up big when needed, and was the menace in UR's switching defense.
Jordan hit a massive jumper to push the lead up to 5, shot it over Holmes. That shot got a bit lost in all the fouls and such at the end but was a giant score to keep UR's cushion in place.
Quinn was big on both ends in the first half to keep Holmes in check and keep UR from scoring single digits.
Bigs rebounding/FT makes were huge.
Roche 5 big first half points.
I also thought that Moon coached an A game today. Very rare I think a coach does almost everything well, but the defensive gameplan was great, and the decision to go King/Dji/Roche/Bigs/Quinn was a key move late in the first half for 5-6 minutes where UR took control of the game flow. That was the best offensive lineup possible and what was needed at that point. Tight rotation 2nd half, 7 guys and some offense/defense subs. The only thing preventing an A+ was the lack of timeout on the 5 second violation. Yes, he was at the other end of the court but could have instructed whomever was the deep man to call it if any issue, and I do think his mandate to hoard timeouts trickles down in key moments where players don't instinctively use them in spots.
Massive win, just gigantic.
Like I still haven’t “seen all I need to see”. Can I have some more?
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I saw that and yelled it to the refs, but they were too busy calling phantom fouls. I’ve seen that double dribble a few times this year and never called.
I scared the dog and the cat is down a life or two with that and the last call on Quinn.
Man, don't get me started on how refs can establish for an entire half how they're calling a game, only to completely reverse it in the 2nd half. Feel like I've seen this over and over where 2nd half gets lots of calls early on and then spirals downhill. I think I even mentioned it in one of our recent games (Dukes?) where DUQ got called for 3 early fouls in 2nd half and then I knew it would come back on UR (it did.)
The last foul on Dji where the guy didn't control the rebound was insanely bad. Announcers grimaced at that one and said no foul. It changed the endgame from what could have been an easier close out, to one where UD got free points and kept scrapping. UD fans can look at that and the other foul on Dji (where he got knocked down and a guy landed on him and he got the foul) and keep their complaints to themselves.
But I think UR wins this game no matter how it was reffed. Won the first half with no calls being made, even 2nd half with all the fouls. Dayton wasn't getting anything when they were letting it play, UR had it on lockdown.
The last foul on Dji where the guy didn't control the rebound was insanely bad. Announcers grimaced at that one and said no foul. It changed the endgame from what could have been an easier close out, to one where UD got free points and kept scrapping. UD fans can look at that and the other foul on Dji (where he got knocked down and a guy landed on him and he got the foul) and keep their complaints to themselves.
But I think UR wins this game no matter how it was reffed. Won the first half with no calls being made, even 2nd half with all the fouls. Dayton wasn't getting anything when they were letting it play, UR had it on lockdown.
Yeah I think refs have eliminated that call for most part similar to the 3 step gather into a jump shot.
Are there only 5 A10 teams with 3 losses or less? And 3 of the other 4 have a loss to us?
My wife pulled that off and I was wearing the student shirt. Great atmosphere at Robins, fans were into the game, and great seeing the students in large numbers and having fun rushing the floor! Great win!
yes. separation is what UR needs. Pile wins. Would have liked a VCU loss today for that reason too but DC ran some awful offense when the going got tough late and gave themselves almost no shot to win in the end.
Correct. And since we have the tiebreaker over Dayton, we essentially have a two-game lead now.
Guess no suprise but Grant should have been called for a technical when game was winding down and we had the ball out of bounds. He ran past midcourt to yell in the refs ear gesturing the ball was off us. Caused a delay and the refs reviewed a very obvious call and awarded the ball to us as they had already done.
Exactly right. We just need to keep balling. Every game. Great game tonight. So damn proud of this team and the job Chris is doing.
That was our defense. He is normally dominant in the paint
It doesn't always show up in the stat sheet, but Dji may be the best defender in the A10 this season, at the very least most underrated. If he isnt on the all defensive team something is amiss. I haven't seen anyone better yet that disrupts an offense thus far. So many times he cut off easy layups tonight and pushed penetration sideways and blowing up a play call. Seemed to be everywhere at times. 4 of his 12 points were absolute beauties, that layup with his opposite hand under the basket was a thing of beauty as well as the crowd charging dunk.
Well damn, that was a lot of fun even though we didn't win by 36. I'll let it slide this once though. This team is breaking every mold of predictability that had been established in most of Mooney's years here, and I'm absolutely loving it. Let's go win the whole damn thing now.
I'm okay with it. Gives them a false sense of self. I'm sure they're looking forward to next week.
