Iowa Game Observations
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Connor McCaffery is living in La La land. In the press conference he said that they played by far their worst game of the season and that it was a good season because “nobody thought we were even going to make the tournament.
Didn’t say a good word or compliment about Richmond, the only one to not do so. When he talked about our strategy he said it with disdain like we were lucky to win and played dirty to do so.
Didn’t say a good word or compliment about Richmond, the only one to not do so. When he talked about our strategy he said it with disdain like we were lucky to win and played dirty to do so.
you can play physical and not foul, just play smart
No one actually hates Mooney! Results and accountability are what everyone wants,........
I will say every year we see how critical guard play is this time of year. We have Gilly and other teams do not.
Yea Wood and that is why many of us are having crow as our main course!
More TV, more exposure, more recruiting options and yes administration, more applications.
I guess he took his Wilson Basketball and went to another court to practice for next season.
You are 100% correct. No one hates Mooney. Some just hate gaps of 11 years in not going to an NCAA Tournament and don't see that as an acceptable standard. To hide behind terminology of "Mooney haters" is to dismiss the failures of the last 11 years. Please let it not be another 11 year cycle.
Also, no one has ownership on love of our basketball program. Those of us who are season ticket holders, who have stayed true & supportive of this program, yet "have the audacity" to question or criticize aspects of the program or Mooney's actions / inactions love this program just as much as those who carry water for Mooney.
really? anyone defending Mooney the past few years got attacked here by the masses. and you wonder why they posted less often?
And rightfully so
.Will say Mooney has an opportunity to strike while the iron is hot now, and get a couple more impact players. Though I imagine we will have to figure out who is coming back and if there will be any additional spots.
Well I hear Keegan is turning down the NBA and transferring here instead, that should help...And rightfully so
Will say Mooney has an opportunity to strike while the iron is hot now, and get a couple more impact players. Though I imagine we will have to figure out who is coming back and if there will be any additional spots.
Hmmm - he and Burton will be fun to see on the court together … we can also teach him some physical defense strategies
Again, there was no guarantee we were going to make the field in 2020. We could have fallen on our face in the A-10 tourney. We would probably have had a deep run in the NIT, though.
we would have had to play our way out of the field. we'd have been a heavy favorite in our early A10 tournament games. but regardless, it was a good season.
"11 years" is the common saying here and it does sounds more dramatic, but we didn't make 9 tournaments. we made 2, missed 9, made 1. so 3 in 12 years.
no, it's not what any of us wanted. I want 12 in 12 years. I'd settle for 6. there were some close calls. 3 NIT quarter finals. only 2 losing seasons. there was a lull in recruiting that set us back. but we're on the right track and have been for a few years now.
Definitely a good season, and in the Tournament at the time everything stopped.
I believe we were KenPom #46 and first game would have been winner of #70 Davidson vs #181 LaSalle.
Not sure we would have been heavily favored. But since we had beaten Davidson by 17 in our final home game, maybe we should have been.
I would say 3.7 in 13?
2 IN/8 OUT/70%/1 OUT/1 IN
Approaching the 1 in 4 we would like, but the Distribution is closer to
2 In 6 Out than 1 In 3 Out???
I would be perfectly happy with 6 in 12 years. What is interesting, I posted in one of the threads the numbers for Davidson, VCU, SDSU, St. Mary's - programs I like to compare to. Those numbers - I used Mooney's first year as starting point - are pretty dramatic (to use your term) compared to Richmond. And most of those programs in down years have way way more NIT's. Which seems to point to big fall offs, basically depending on a few years to rebuild every time.
Here are the numbers -
ST. Mary's - 7 NCAA's (and 7 NIT's) - 14 combined
SDSU - 10 NCAA's (and 4 NIT's) - 14 Combined
Richmond - 3 NCAA's (and 3 NIT's) - 6 Combined
VCU - 11 ncaa (and 2 NIT) - 13 Combined
Davidson - 8 NCAA's (and 5 NIT) - 13 Combined
Maybe overlooked but Jacob had no steals. I prefer his whole game team display to his individual headhunting stat. Helps total team defense effort.
They're all dining on filet of crow tonight with a bottle of Ripple to wash it down.
This may be partially because of Iowa. They are #22 in not getting it stolen, and #1 in not throwing it away.
Providence is #141 in not stolen, #95 in not throwing it away...
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Gilly was definitely hunting steals a few times. Iowa just did a good job not giving it up.
Had a busy day at work today so I am just now catching up on all of the posts.
I was very impressed with our defense yesterday, felt like we had control of most of the game except that one stretch where they had 11 in a row.
I was less impressed with our offense--got good looks but wow if shots had fallen we could have won by double digits.
We will need Grant's offense to return tomorrow.
I was very impressed with our defense yesterday, felt like we had control of most of the game except that one stretch where they had 11 in a row.
I was less impressed with our offense--got good looks but wow if shots had fallen we could have won by double digits.
We will need Grant's offense to return tomorrow.
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Thx good for live streaming but just has highlights after game is over not a replay.
Grant, yes. Believe Super Senior Sherod has a role to play too if we are to advance. Has been ice cold for games. He is due to find his zone and rain in some threes. Now is the time, Nick.
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