Last time we all got up in arms about Grant not dunking, he went to try and dunk in transition against UMASS, got fouled from behind, fractured his finger, and our season officially went to shit. So I'm a little gun shy on this particular topic.think I've only seen Grant dunk in transition. I agree a one handed catch/dunk on an inbounds play in HS shouldn't happen in college. but I'm glad this kid can do it anyway.
my concern here is more with his shooting form than athleticism. I don't think he's a perimeter shooter despite the makes in a highlight reel. but that's ok.
you find some funny things to get aggravated about with Mooney!
You need to turn in your Spider Card! With fans like you, enemies we don’t need for sure.WTF is mooney wearing in that video? Some neon blue green shirt. Sorry it aggravates me. The trying to be innovative Hannibal lecter mask is one thing & will always be funny to look at. But rep the brand. First it was the Abercrombie & Fitch sweater vest on national TV vs KY. But other examples too. I think every other coach in D1 reps their brand whenever possible if not in a suit on gameday. Moon out there at practice like it’s 80s night.
another example of how bad our contract is. We pay him 1.3 milly a year & it won’t even make him wear U of R gear. Geez.
You need to turn in your Spider Card! With fans like you, enemies we don’t need for sure.
Best post in two weeks. Hell yeah!!
This is really well described and detailed. Can’t wait to see his game this year.Doesn't surprise me that he will add something else to his game. Since he got here, he has continued to just add more and more elements to his game. Post up moves, ball handling, free throw shooting. If he wants to add some athletic dunks, I'm all for it. He has turned himself into one heck of a player, and will likely face a lot of double teams this year, opening up some threes for Nick and others.
do we know Lunardi is on our payroll?
I'm not debating that we had hired him. I was asking if anyone knew if we still used him. Haven't heard anything about his involvement in a long time. GK remembers a Hardt comment but not sure how long ago that was from.
I also wondered out loud if his pay was anything substantial. I often read here about him being "on our payroll", and some insinuate that they expect more than schedule consulting for that pay.
The Atlantic 10 will have no more than two teams in the 2022 NCAA Tournament
Murphy’s Law has hit this conference with season-ending injuries to Saint Louis’ Javonte Perkins and VCU’s Jamir Watkins and Jarren McAllister. The Atlantic 10 simply can’t absorb hits of that magnitude to two programs who were picked in the top four of the league’s preseason poll. This conference has been trending towards eventually becoming a one-bid league, but a loaded team at St. Bonaventure and an extremely experienced squad at Richmond should find a way into the bracket on Selection Sunday. Anything beyond that would be a massive surprise.
that's a tough road, but sign me up.And his bracketology has also been updated...Spiders as a 9-seed playing UVA for a shot at Kansas. Oof.
Well...that will make the "Final Four" games seem easier…that's a tough road, but sign me up.
How much will the defense have to improve over 2019-2020?We better be much improved defensively if we want to make the NCAA tournament. It has to improve significantly. I will have to see it to believe it with CM.
I agree we need to improve defensively from last year, but we saw major improvement two years ago with a lot of the same players, and Bailey and Wilson seem very good defensively. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.We better be much improved defensively if we want to make the NCAA tournament. It has to improve significantly. I will have to see it to believe it with CM.
If we play at that level this year, we will win 24+ games like we did then.How much will the defense have to improve over 2019-2020?
Really? Kenpom had us at 54th defensively that year. With our offense, I would take that every year. 0OC we held Wisconsin to 52 and BC to 44. IC, we held teams to the 50s seven times and 11 times held teams to 64 or less.Significantly
Didn't Dire Straits have a song years ago with a lyric something like "Mooney for nothing and three pointers are free"?We better be much improved defensively if we want to make the NCAA tournament. It has to improve significantly. I will have to see it to believe it with CM.