March Madness: Spiders vs Georgia Tech
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Only off by a decimal point shift.
That's awesome. I started the cheer. So glad it could be heard on TV.
Good stuff Mr. The Spider section could be seen well on TV. Not to derail too much, but we're there any fans saying things like Aaron is great!, I wish we could get a new coach on the men's side?
Also, not noted much but this is also coach Roussell’s first D1 NCAA tournament win. Congratulations coach, completely deserved.
Great video, and great calls from Blaine McCormick. Really glad we’ve connected with him to do some of the broadcasts that Bob can’t. He’s super talented and would be an excellent full-time voice for us when the time comes, although I expect he’ll have many higher level opportunities.
The ladies really looked like they were having fun during the game and enjoying the moment.
What an awesome video the ladies! Shock the world!
Not much talk of men's hoops that I heard. Someone mentioned that they hope the men can get back to the tourny soon. Each of us were in Buffalo 3 years ago so we shared stories of our trips.
The kids and I were talking about if Mooney and Roussell were given same players/talent and played each other one side would win by 50. No mention of which side would win in that scenario. 😉
Also, Kevin Hallock made a point to come over and speak with me. Appreciated the kind gesture. I will ask him about what efforts can be made to keep Aaron when I speak with him on Sunday.
I wasn’t in the Richmond section behind the bench but was the sole Spider fan cheering from across the other side of the court. I think I may have been the only one not in that section from my glances around. I ran into a lot of Spiders pre/post-game and said hello, so there’s a chance we crossed paths.
Very happy to be a supporter of this program 9and baseball too). It feels as if my money is being used properly. Time to shock the women's basketball world.
We have come so far from that horrible Saturday morning 11 years ago.
We have come so far from that horrible Saturday morning 11 years ago.
Totally - lots of hot air balloons near where I live and every one reminds me of the untimely death of Ginny Doyle. Easy to imagine how happy she would be today...................and Natalie Lewis would be happy as well.............
Wonder when we last had a player go for 30 and 15. The game notes ahead of last night listed the last 20/15 game, and that was Okoro a decade ago when she went for 27 and 15.
Hey Ply, humor an old man and snap a few pictures of the UCLA cheerleaders while you're there. I know, I know, think what you want. I lost all my filters years ago.
Ask him what efforts can be made to move on from Mooney!
I disagree a bit. As far as 8/9, 10, or 11. Maybe some years, but not hurting us here. & yeah seeding does matter that's why u should always be trying for highest seed possible.
An 11 seed wasn't even in question (only ignorantly to very few media/posters) so no need to consider this year. I posted pre-selection we were more likley as 8/9 than 11. And if u r gaming it to be a 11 seed that's dumb because those r bubble teams and u r putting yourself at risk.
we r +14.5 vs. UCLA. A longshot for sure but it's not crazy high. Look at 10 seed Oregon. +14.5 vs Duke. 9 seed IU is +22.5 vs South Carolina. Louisville 10 seed is +12.5 vs TCU. We can look at others tomorrow. I guarantee we'd be a bigger dog vs. UConn.
The difference is negligible, we might be benefiiting. Maybe some years it's different but there's only 1 bracket this year. Liked our draw, liked we got trip to LA, like our TV slots, and liked we crushed GT.
I realize women 1 seeds r usually roll early and u meant on a macro level. UCLA could blow us out, but they might more vulnerable than some others idk. the upside is big tomorrow, and I don't think the matchup is any harder than if we were a 10 (where we could have easily had a tougher 1st game).
overall we should never be afraid to play these teams. Men included (spiderstudent17).
can u fill me in on who he is. I thought Robert Fish did a lot of the SpiderTV women's games.
I don't know if this is contrarian but I don't mind at all. we knew likely coming too. Would 8:30 or 9 pm EST be better and more ideal? Yes. but...
Besides the LA location and respect we got as 8 (and decent bracket for when u have to face a 1, no disrespect to UCLA) the TV times were up there.
There will be only 1 other game going on at same time tomorrow. The 1 mens game. We got ESPN, the main channel. More visibility. And the late time has some uniqueness. It's rare for UR. 1 we usually don't ever get night slots for the men. Besides the midnight madness game vs JMU it might be 1 of our latest start times. It will finish earlier than most NFL night games.
But I think being one of the only games nationally is tops & we should embrace. For 1 more coffee. Plus I figured all PalmTree Spiders were retired early!
Is that the last one for both men and women?
And I’m wonder what the 8/9 record is vs 1 and 10/7 vs 2 for the women …
Wood I was thinking about that the other day. What a tragic day in UR history.
I really liked McCormick and his enthusiasm.
His primary gig is as color guy for the Flying Squirrels. Has been there a few seasons now. Really good broadcaster.
Yeah he sounded good. He was doing the radio call, right?
Maybe I'll see you tomorrow. I'm the one with the twin boys, age 11. Did you come out to the pre-game event at Broxton Brewery on Friday?
I think he could coach both teams. Small scheduling issues, but we could work it out. 😉
Not complaining. Let's just take down ucla! Just sayin' I think the 1 seeds are a level higher than the 2s or 3s in women's hoops. Would have been very happy, for instance, to take the 7 seed from Michigan State, and play Harvard and then NC State. Note: GaTech's last loss before us was to #2 seed NC State by 1 point.
I was definitely not thinking we would end up as an 11 seed. I was hoping for a 6 seed actually if we could have won the A10 tourny.
I'm disappointed in the late start because I have to hit the road afterwards to begin my drive back to Colorado! But I'll take it, and can drive all night after we win!
Just for a little perspective on what our team accomplished, George Mason lost to Florida State 94-59.
I wasn’t able to make it to the pre-game event Friday due to work. I’ll definitely keep an eye out for you and say hello if I run into you. Hoping for a great game!
GMU played well till Q4 where they scored less than 10 and gave up 31. First three quarters were close.
