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Monets for nothing, Lautrecs for free!
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Monets for nothing, Lautrecs for free!
yep went very quickly from his 9 seed to next four out. can't mess around and lose games u shouldn't like USU. Gotta get Drake to help make up for it.
Behind a team that got waxed at home by Navy and blown out on the road by Houston. Yeesh.
Yeah that's why his claim the brackets are based on what the committee would do today is so dubious. That's not even applicable so early in year. He's obviously doing some forecasting which is fine, any early season brackets have to be prediction based. And he seems to lost a lot of confidence in the Spiders already.
Will ACC struggles continue, will Kentucky have the rebound champ, and other early-season surprises
Hopefully some of these don't turn into ill-advised hot takes by the end of March.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
I still cannot wrap my head around how much Mason's coach has accomplished in so little time. I hope they make the NCAA's and a P5 comes and steals him after this season.
Lunardi's now bumped us off completely. A win over Drake would sure be helpful for getting back in the conversation.
Men's Bracketology: Kentucky and the Champions Classic prove why November games matter
Duke and Alabama are proof that early-season matchups can affect March seeding. They drop off the top line -- to the delight of UConn and Auburn.
www.espn.com
Lunardi's now bumped us off completely. A win over Drake would sure be helpful for getting back in the conversation.
Men's Bracketology: Kentucky and the Champions Classic prove why November games matter
Duke and Alabama are proof that early-season matchups can affect March seeding. They drop off the top line -- to the delight of UConn and Auburn.www.espn.com
Did our check not clear this month?
Win over Drake is a must. 2-2 ain't going to cut it. It would be a very long climb from there. You can pretty much kiss realistic at large chances goodbye starting 2-2. Hard to envision us getting to 10-3 OOC when you start 2-2.
Plus add in that Drake could be a bid competitor and they'd have the head to head.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
yes we need to beat Drake. but there's no conversation yet. it's 11/19. if there's a conversation on 11/19 based on Lunardi's updates, then Lunardi wins.
Key game. Would be a really good win. But, not a must win. No 4th game of the season is a must win. It's just not. If we win, does that mean we can now afford to lose to Maryland or NC State? Well, can't we lose this one and then beat Md. or NC State? It's 1 game out of 31. Let's go get it, but it does not end any at large chances if we don't.
He's already won, years ago.
But to be clear, I'm not specifically talking about exactly where we are in Bracketology. I just want the publicity that comes with generally being talked about as a bubble-or-better team all season long.
This year *could* provide us with a realistic chance to actually win the A10 tourney. Doesn't seem like we've had one of those since the only time we won it.
sure I guess u can say there is no must win game until the a10 tourney when u don’t have a bid wrapped up. Sf gets it there is a lot of value in being talked about & ppl viewing us as a ncaa team.
plus we r not going for sneaking in we r going for best seed position possible w this kind of team.
yes we could lose & still get a bid. Yes lots of games r huge when u need to get quality wins & avoid bad losses. But fact is u start 2-2 are you going to win next 8/9? Not likely.
We lost to VCU in OT in the semis in 2017, and the 2020 team had won 9 of 10 going in. But, other than those, the tourney has been a struggle since winning it.
Yeah, and I guess what I mostly meant is that there appears to be only one really good team so far (Bona), whereas most years there seem to be two or three. It's never easy to win a tournament, but if we are playing by the end of the year the way I hope we are and think we can be, the path might be cleaner than it's been in awhile.
Every game matters a ton, I don’t care if it’s the 4th game or 30th. If it’s winnable we must go win it.
And to SFs point, we want to be as far above that bubble convo for as long as possible. We don’t do that starting 1-1, 2-2, etc.
And to SFs point, we want to be as far above that bubble convo for as long as possible. We don’t do that starting 1-1, 2-2, etc.
Lunardi update today. Spoiler alert: We did not get back into the bubble conversation.
He's got Bona up to a 4 seed.
He's got Bona up to a 4 seed.
Men's Bracketology: Kentucky and the Champions Classic prove why November games matter
Duke and Alabama are proof that early-season matchups can affect March seeding. They drop off the top line -- to the delight of UConn and Auburn.
www.espn.com
It is sad. The oldest team in D-1 - literally. How must the “men” feel?
Have u forgotten we r the “comeback kids”?
Two comebacks from 14 points down as double digit favorites at home. One was against NCCU as a 27 point favorite. Amazing! Update Mooney’s Wikipedia.
Lunardi update today. Spoiler alert: We did not get back into the bubble conversation.
He's got Bona up to a 4 seed.
Men's Bracketology: Kentucky and the Champions Classic prove why November games matter
Duke and Alabama are proof that early-season matchups can affect March seeding. They drop off the top line -- to the delight of UConn and Auburn.www.espn.com
Silver lining....We r next four out on NIT bracketology.
I'd like to drink some Kool Aid laced with cyanide right now.
Ok...but but but...we do play Fordham this season. Each game matters. Maybe we get up to last four in NIT or a high seed CBI.
Is it a problem for Hardt if we don’t make ncaa this year with most experienced team ever? Or does he have the 2019-20 “on the bubble we’ll never know” season to hide CM behind.
Getting a bit ahead probably but hard to see any at large chance at this point already.
Getting a bit ahead probably but hard to see any at large chance at this point already.
Hardt doesn't care about winning. He's made that perfectly clear. He is a loser.
Barring an epiphany from Mooney and/or the team, Spids are looking at a high seed NIT berth at best.
Elegant offense does not overcome below average rebounding and below average defense. Close program followers figured this out years ago. Mooney system is good for slightly over 50% wins and has been easily exploited by numerous opponents over the years.
Why he has been here for nearly two decades tells you all you need to know about UR's commitment to excel academically and athletically. School is a one trick pony.
Elegant offense does not overcome below average rebounding and below average defense. Close program followers figured this out years ago. Mooney system is good for slightly over 50% wins and has been easily exploited by numerous opponents over the years.
Why he has been here for nearly two decades tells you all you need to know about UR's commitment to excel academically and athletically. School is a one trick pony.
Competitive is subjective….winning and losing is reality.. UR admin likes the subjective,…… pathetic
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
Game story isn’t even up on the site. PR staff probably needed to hit the water slide a few times before the plane left. https://richmondspiders.com/sports/mens-basketball
Calling Mooney’s defense and rebounding simply “below average” instead of atrocious and despicable might be the best compliment he’s received all season
They probably drank a bunch of beer watching the Ohio State Michigan game and then carried the buzz into the Iron Bowl like the rest of us.
VT is working on it on the bus to the airport.
8legs1dream
Graduate Assistant
Looks to me that we are the “get behind kids”.
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