Mens - A10 1st Round - Wednesday 3/12 11:30 AM - USA network

[spiderman]

Don't think I'd call that a "very open look"....it was a heavily contested 3 over a 6'10 forward. Not a great look at all in my opinion.

agree to disagree. clean line of sight. shot not affected. aren't going to get much better in that situation. he hit more closely contested shots in the game.

I dont think I really want any of our non-Dusan guys driving into size at the rim, either. we don't have many finishers.

 

[GKiller]

I like D’Entremont (zero time until that Loyola game) but it was telling he was only 1 to try for rebound w game on line when O rebound still gives u a chance.

Probably bc he played 4 years where it wasn’t coached out of him.

 

[SFspidur]

He actually said that?? UMass should fire him again.

Indeed. He had to navigate the Hunt injury!

 

[spider23]

"What a job Chris Mooney did this year."

Please pass whatever McCall is smoking.

Relative to Kid Nepotism, not a bad job

 

[Spiders4ever]

I like D’Entremont (zero time until that Loyola game) but it was telling he was only 1 to try for rebound w game on line when O rebound still gives u a chance.

Probably bc he played 4 years where it wasn’t coached out of him.

Yes, a pathetic display.

 

[97spiderfan]

Nite-Nite Mooney. Went down as soft as a newborn baby. As we all knew we would.

 

[ur2K]

Dr. G making excuses for Mooney and why we sucked this year, right on cue...

Was this year Moon's rock bottom?

 

[GKiller]

Was this year Moon's rock bottom?

yes

20 years in

 

[urmite]

yes

20 years in

So far…

 

[MrTbone]

Tyne stuck guarding Bailey - the season in a nutshell...

I was going to post the exact same thing. It's incredible that we're down 2 and absolutely need a stop and this is the matchup we find ourselves with. I mean ffs.

 

[Gallipoli]

NCAA or bust. Which shall it be?

Bust.

 

[Eight Legger]

We went on an amazing run of 0 wins in 1 day! They'll be talking about this for decades in the annals of college sports history.

 

[GKiller]

We went on an amazing run of 0 wins in 1 day! They'll be talking about this for decades in the annals of college sports history.

Should i update another one of Mooney’s metrics - his A10 tourney record?

Underperformance like the others. Tons of early exits.

 

[SFspidur]

Emotional postgame with Hunt talking about his efforts to get back on the court and Walz talking about the leaders he's had like D-Lo and the improvements they made over the year, even if it didn't show up in the results. Walz also took ownership for not doing more to slow down Bailey.

Mooney as usual with no real answers but insisting that we improved over the course of the season.

 

[Eight Legger]

Here are the teams we beat this year along with their records to date:
Mount Olive (12-18 in D2)
Florida Tech (6-22 in D2)
Ball State (14-17)
VMI (15-19)
Maine (20-13)
GW (20-11)
UMass (12-19)
Duquesne (13-18)
Fordham (11-20)
LaSalle (13-18)

Combined record: 136-175

We beat two teams with winning records all year. Maine is actually in the America East title game, so we are a giant stain on their season.

 

[SpiderRick]

The worse part is that None of us are surprised with yet ANOTHER game lost in the last 5 minutes.
Is Hardt even alive? What the f××k does he do other than sending out emails begging for money.

 

[Section9.RowD]

Emotional postgame with Hunt talking about his efforts to get back on the court and Walz talking about the leaders he's had like D-Lo and the improvements they made over the year, even if it didn't show up in the results. Walz also took ownership for not doing more to slow down Bailey.

Mooney as usual with no real answers but insisting that we improved over the course of the season.

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Love Mike Walz. Such raw emotion and I'm sure most of us have felt the same way about the end of a crappy team season at some point many years back during out athletic journeys. Sure hope (and do think) he will come back for senior year.

 

[whampas]

The worse part is that None of us are surprised with yet ANOTHER game lost in the last 5 minutes.
Is Hardt even alive? What the f××k does he do other than sending out emails begging for money.

He doesn’t dunk so I guess he eats cookies. Oh, ......

 

[GKiller]

Here are the teams we beat this year along with their records to date:
Mount Olive (12-18 in D2)
Florida Tech (6-22 in D2)
Ball State (14-17)
VMI (15-19)
Maine (20-13)
GW (20-11)
UMass (12-19)
Duquesne (13-18)
Fordham (11-20)
LaSalle (13-18)

Combined record: 136-175

We beat two teams with winning records all year. Maine is actually in the America East title game, so we are a giant stain on their season.

Embarrassing. 5 game losing streak to end year. 59 point combined loss to VCU. Etc etc.

Maine coach is on the RADAR btw. Even tho a loss to us this year usually means firing or retirement

 

[SFspidur]

Painful climb toward the 1,500-win mark for the program. Stuck on 1,499 for at least the next 8 months.

 

[UR79&Peanuts]

Please Richmond give Mooney a GM
job🏀🕸️🕷️

 

[GKiller]

Remember that Moon had no minutes for D’Entremont more than halfway thru season!

Thinking about this further…how the heck could Moon have slotted Graham over D’Entremont?

D’Entremont besides designing Washington DC was our best glue guy imo.

 

[Section9.RowD]

Anyone remember if we tried to get Kochera when he transferred from W&M - pretty solid contributor the last 3 years and we might have gone better than 1-2 against his old school

 

[SFspidur]

Anyone remember if we tried to get Kochera when he transferred from W&M - pretty solid contributor the last 3 years and we might have gone better than 1-2 against his old school

I am not aware of us having been involved with Kochera. We certainly should have been, and I think GKiller said so at the time.

 

[SpiderGuy]

6 foot. Are they measuring our guards in platform shoes or something?

Also Tyne on Bailey. Makes sense.

 

[SpiderGuy]

How in the hell did we let Tyne get on Bailey

Coach’s choice.

 

[SpiderGuy]

First half - commentators kept saying wide open 3 when Davidson lit it up. All season long. Horrible philosophy by Mooney.

Also made mention of small guards covering their much taller players. Another horrible philosophy of Mooney.

Etc, etc, etc.

Just glad the season is over. Mooney really makes it painful to watch.

 

[urmite]

Here are the teams we beat this year along with their records to date:
Mount Olive (12-18 in D2)
Florida Tech (6-22 in D2)
Ball State (14-17)
VMI (15-19)
Maine (20-13)
GW (20-11)
UMass (12-19)
Duquesne (13-18)
Fordham (11-20)
LaSalle (13-18)

Combined record: 136-175

We beat two teams with winning records all year. Maine is actually in the America East title game, so we are a giant stain on their season.

Richmond Spiders NET Team Sheet at Bracketologists

bracketologists.com

 

[97spiderfan]

Mooney is never asked a hard question, hell even an insightful one would be nice.

 

[GKiller]

I am not aware of us having been involved with Kochera. We certainly should have been, and I think GKiller said so at the time.

Good memory. I might have to take it easy on your Wicked viewing party!

Yes I was on Kochera. like bobby buckets I can spot guys we should take instead of Davidson. It's a worthless talent.

Also, do know who told me Kochera wouldn't play here?....VT4700. said he wouldn't beat out Roche.

 

[Section9.RowD]

Good memory. I might have to take it easy on your Wicked viewing party!

Yes I was on Kochera. like bobby buckets I can spot guys we should take instead of Davidson. It's a worthless talent.

Also, do know who told me Kochera wouldn't play here?....VT4700. said he wouldn't beat out Roche.

that was the comparison I was doing in the last few minutes - Glad to see Jason graduate a Spider but assume Roche was picked by our staff over Kuchera - Kuchera was CAA rookie of the year in '21 while Roche was Southern rookie of the year in '22 and both had 3 years eligibility left in the spring of '22 - both around 6'5 etc - have to think Jason w/o many of the injuries would have had closer #s at Richmond to what Kochera did at Davidson ...

 

[Gallipoli]

They should have shut down Reid Bailey and forced the rest of the team to beat us. Bailey had 25, Kochera had 22, and Laput had 11. No one else was even close to double figures for Davidson.

 

[GKiller]

here's a very good high res video of final play...tho missing the inbounds.

We run too much of our normal O motion imo. The shot is not a bad one given the situation, it's makeable, but it's contested very well and not easy with Artis size and that length coming at u. Plus he's off balance.

But the biggest takeway is what i mentioned b4 that I saw live & u can see it clearly here. seconds left and Walz 1st instinct is to retreat, u can see him rocking back. I like Walz he's our best returning piece imo, that instinct is too ingrained by Moon philosphy. And Tanner and Tyne stand there watching too. No move to go rebound a potential miss when there's enough time for a put back or get fouled, in an elimination game. we talk about their effort....that's either lack of it OR u r coached out of instincts. Only D'Entremont our D3 player is looking to rebound.

Also did we have like no fans at the game in DC? even the "real fans" bailed. Although I think our board are the real fans. Even behind bench in our section there is nobody. Davidson has lot more. Maybe some on other side idk. i get it Wednesday matinee. I actually watched the game in a casino sportbook on a giant screen. There was 1 other person in there when it started! I figured it would be empty. & with a 11:30 start on Wednesday a lock to be up there center court. That was all glorious. But not for in person. You'd think a little more than that. not noticeable to the ivory tower anyway.

 

[Eight Legger]

Mooney is never asked a hard question, hell even an insightful one would be nice.

“Coach Mooney, as the winningest coach in Richmond history, how excited are you to have improved from losing 54-98 to Auburn to today only losing 65-69 to such a great team like Davidson?”

 

[MrTbone]

that was the comparison I was doing in the last few minutes - Glad to see Jason graduate a Spider but assume Roche was picked by our staff over Kuchera - Kuchera was CAA rookie of the year in '21 while Roche was Southern rookie of the year in '22 and both had 3 years eligibility left in the spring of '22 - both around 6'5 etc - have to think Jason w/o many of the injuries would have had closer #s at Richmond to what Kochera did at Davidson ...

It felt to me like Roche suffered a bit from substitution fatigue where he’d miss a couple shots and then not be able to get back in the game. I also think the CM system didn’t suit him great, it’s reads to me that CM wants a certain number of passes before anyone shoots and I suspect that too often Roche passed up a more open shot earlier in the distribution and instead took contested shots later in the clock.

Purely anecdotal but just what I felt like I saw a lot of the time. And not just with him, but I think it worked against him more than most.

 

[Section9.RowD]

“Coach Mooney, as the winningest coach in Richmond history, how excited are you to have improved from losing 54-98 to Auburn to today only losing 65-69 to such a great team like Davidson?”

Pulitzer winning question

 

[Ferrum Spider]

Was this year Moon's rock bottom?

so far.....theres always next year!

 

[72Spider]

It felt to me like Roche suffered a bit from substitution fatigue where he’d miss a couple shots and then not be able to get back in the game. I also think the CM system didn’t suit him great, it’s reads to me that CM wants a certain number of passes before anyone shoots and I suspect that too often Roche passed up a more open shot earlier in the distribution and instead took contested shots later in the clock.

Purely anecdotal but just what I felt like I saw a lot of the time. And not just with him, but I think it worked against him more than most.

Always looked to me that he struggled to get open

 

[Mo 2.0]

Also did we have like no fans at the game in DC? even the "real fans" bailed. Although I think our board are the real fans. Even behind bench in our section there is nobody. Davidson has lot more. Maybe some on other side idk. i get it Wednesday matinee. I actually watched the game in a casino sportbook on a giant screen. There was 1 other person in there when it started! I figured it would be empty. & with a 11:30 start on Wednesday a lock to be up there center court. That was all glorious. But not for in person. You'd think a little more than that. not noticeable to the ivory tower anyway.

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This is what struck me too. We are "one of the best programs in the country" but we are playing at 11:30 Wednesday in a cavernous NBA arena in front of a bunch of DC-area school children who were offered a field trip to see college basketball. Look at the uniformity of the blue and yellow colors worn in the audience. They are school kids.

There are literally 2 rows of fans behind our bench and half of them probably had tickets comped by our travelling party.

Home for dinner at the house on the Wednesday of Championship Week with the season over. "One of the best programs in the country".