Looking into next season - men's basketball

[spiderstudent17]

was thinking about this. I've probably never seen a Rutgers game in my life, but was just looking at a mock NBA draft that had Rutgers guys going #2 and #3. and they had other players that have since transferred to U of Washington, Georgetown and Dayton.

how did a team with 2 of the top players in the country and apparently some solid guys around them go 8-12 in the B10 and 15-17 overall?

only guess is that no matter how much talent you have, you have to be old. maybe you can't win when your best 3 players are freshmen, no matter how good they are.

Ya, I would agree that the difference between 17-18 year olds and 22-23 year olds now is big enough that the physicality, strength, and experience of the older players can make up a talent difference against most young players. Especially in a team that is well coached and play well together. Same idea with St. Joe’s who have NBA first rounder in Fleming and other NBA prospects in Reynolds and Brown and yet still finished 6th in the A10. Also with us when we had Golden, Gilly, Sherod, Cayo who were older and more experienced than Kentucky and beat them at Rupp arena.

 

[spider23]

only guess is that no matter how much talent you have, you have to be old. maybe you can't win when your best 3 players are freshmen, no matter how good they are.

I do think this is more true today than ever before. NIL is keeping a lot of the top talent (other than lottery types, or surefire first rounders) in college. I am also seeing an influx of European/Latin American/other countries semi pro players coming to American colleges. Seems like a big increase in numbers. So the HS player has be really good to have a chance in this environment, playing agains 22-26 year olds, and seasoned overseas players.

 

[Spider-Law]

Didn’t know which thread to put this and didn’t want to create one, but here’s a wonderful article on the collegian about a student’s love for spider men’s basketball. Joy to read it and glad that such wonderful memories are made and felt by students today. Made me nostalgic about my own fond memories and love for Spider basketball that I’m sure everyone here also shares that feeling. Coaching change or not, I think we can all agree that Spider basketball is not where it needs to be right now and has to do better next year. It’s too important to this University, alums, and community for it not to be the case.

OPINION: A love letter to Spider basketball

It’s hard to describe exactly how much University of Richmond basketball means to me.

www.thecollegianur.com

I really enjoyed this article. I identify with this kid. I did NOT follow college basketball when I was in high school, even though Richmond beat South Carolina in March 1998, when I was a senior in HS deciding where to go to undergrad. BUT, I was intoxicated once I went to my first game at the Robins Center in the late fall of 1998. And there have been so many moments in the 25+ years since. Warms my old man heart to see a younger generation of students finding the romance in the program as well.

(I also remember our CURRENT FBI DIRECTOR, and my UR classmate, Kash Patel, shirtless spelling out Richmond at games to pump up the crowd....)

 

[urmite]

I really enjoyed this article. I identify with this kid. I did NOT follow college basketball when I was in high school, even though Richmond beat South Carolina in March 1998, when I was a senior in HS deciding where to go to undergrad. BUT, I was intoxicated once I went to my first game at the Robins Center in the late fall of 1998. And there have been so many moments in the 25+ years since. Warms my old man heart to see a younger generation of students finding the romance in the program as well.

(I also remember our CURRENT FBI DIRECTOR, and my UR classmate, Kash Patel, shirtless spelling out Richmond at games to pump up the crowd....)

Just wait until you see him do it this season…

 

[AnnapSpider]

I can’t resist.
Do you think he has a picture of the “billboard” on his wall?