Embrace it! We earned the 8, now go make the most of it.
There have been several that must have had bad delaysRight off the bat during show too. Boom. But man that video feed must have been on a massive delay at our viewing party. Nothing. They did get a later reaction shot of us tho.
Tarrant and team went thru GaTech and Indiana to get to sweet 16. GT is going to get tired of the Spiders.A W vs GT will be huge for the program!
Very true. I suspect we know and respect UCLA and they know little about us. Gotta jump GT so we can get a shot.Happy for the team! Unfortunately the path to the sweet 16 couldn't be harder.
My freshman yr..I rememberTarrant and team went thru GaTech and Indiana to get to sweet 16. GT is going to get tired of the Spiders.
If W&M gets by High Point, then they get a spider opponent Texas.nothing to worry about. mortal lock. those r bubble games, we're solidly in field.
btw William & Mary 1st ncaa basketball bid, men or women. won CAA as 9 seed. beat the odds. going into NCAA with losing record.
Looking ahead UCLA only lost 2 this season, both to USC. They have 3 players that went to Sidwell Friends in DC, have we ever had anyone from Sidwell Friends?
Is anybody here planning to go to the game? I’ve been waiting for the Spiders to come to LA for a decade. I’m not missing this chance.
This was during my senior year of highschool, before I had been admitted so was not yet following the Spiders.Richmond men played out there at UCLA not too long b4 that must have just missed.
Enjoy. Recommend going to the official open ncaa practice/shoot around. I assume the women have that too.
This was during my senior year of highschool, before I had been admitted so was not yet following the Spiders.
I’m definitely planning on getting there early, I’m really looking forward to it.
I’m surprised you and GK advocate for this type of scheduling because it can only be seen as a win-not lose situation for the UR administration. We win these games it’ll be glowing comments about Mooney and beating the best. If we don’t win the games, it’ll be spun as us willing to go out and play the best, so “kudos to the staff for doing that even though the record doesn’t reflect the effort” and more moral victory comments like that. Similar to Mooney and how he made comments this year about “seeing improvement” despite not winning. This can be made even more easily when it’s against top teams in the country.It's way too hard to schedule for the team you think you have. You have to get every good game you can and build momentum. It's really contingent on having some kind of consistency of success because we are not able to get games now bc we are an anchor and our coaches are not well connected. VCU, St Mary's, SDSU get games bc they will help your ncaa resume and have been winners.
SpiderTrap put it well in the coaching carousel thread and it’s similar to comments I have been making the last year. The administration isn’t viewing Mooney’s tenure as 20 years but smaller stretches of time and the past 5 years have been pretty good all things considered. But the street goes both ways and if we continue to stink, the window of time where we can harp on our A10 tournament championship gets smaller and smaller. Mooney realistically has 2 if not 3 more years here before the thought of letting him go is seriously considered. The other option is he gets tired of this and retires beforehand."and if it happens a 3rd year in a row, then maybe there will be change."
Just kill me now.
It's way too hard to schedule for the team you think you have. You have to get every good game you can and build momentum. It's really contingent on having some kind of consistency of success because we are not able to get games now bc we are an anchor and our coaches are not well connected. VCU, St Mary's, SDSU get games bc they will help your ncaa resume and have been winners.
I’m surprised you and GK advocate for this type of scheduling because it can only be seen as a win-not lose situation for the UR administration. We win these games it’ll be glowing comments about Mooney and beating the best. If we don’t win the games, it’ll be spun as us willing to go out and play the best, so “kudos to the staff for doing that even though the record doesn’t reflect the effort” and more moral victory comments like that. Similar to Mooney and how he made comments this year about “seeing improvement” despite not winning. This can be made even more easily when it’s against top teams in the country.
Notice how no one is buying any of these moral victory/excuse comments this year? Including myself who has advocated for Mooney this past year. Maybe somewhat excuses about injuries on the team, but really not played up as much in years past. This is because everybody knows we stunk this year before/after injuries and with a cream puff schedule. If this happens again next year, there will be pressure and if it happens a 3rd year in a row, then maybe there will be change.
Now, if UR goes out and crushes it with a weak OOC schedule next year, that’s not to say this team is fantastic and Mooney has turned things around completely, but it lends more credence that we can win if we increase the difficulty the year after.
Just listened to a Brian Dutcher interview following their NCAA selection yesterday. He said a few times that every program in the country's goal is to make the NCAA. They schedule to make the NCAA every year. They will play anyone, anywhere, any time. Repeated this mantra about scheduling a few times. And yes, they have a lot more cache than us right now. BUT, LIKE VCU, they had opportunities to slide (when Fisher retired) It's a mentality, you can't just try to pick and choose every year - you don't get it. VCU I'm sure has the same mentality. We won't have it with the Moon, Hardt, PQ triumvirate unfortunately.I’m surprised you and GK advocate for this type of scheduling because it can only be seen as a win-not lose situation for the UR administration. We win these games it’ll be glowing comments about Mooney and beating the best. If we don’t win the games, it’ll be spun as us willing to go out and play the best, so “kudos to the staff for doing that even though the record doesn’t reflect the effort” and more moral victory comments like that. Similar to Mooney and how he made comments this year about “seeing improvement” despite not winning. This can be made even more easily when it’s against top teams in the country.
Notice how no one is buying any of these moral victory/excuse comments this year? Including myself who has advocated for Mooney this past year. Maybe somewhat excuses about injuries on the team, but really not played up as much in years past. This is because everybody knows we stunk this year before/after injuries and with a cream puff schedule. If this happens again next year, there will be pressure and if it happens a 3rd year in a row, then maybe there will be change.
Now, if UR goes out and crushes it with a weak OOC schedule next year, that’s not to say this team is fantastic and Mooney has turned things around completely, but it lends more credence that we can win if we increase the difficulty the year after.
Women got screwed with the seeding and location. BUT - one argument could be, win the A10 tourney, and maybe we don't get this game. Only good news is Georgia Tech has to make the trip out west as well. So both will be dealing with the travel and time zones. Could have been really bad had we matched up with a Cal or Utah. And then getting by first round - getting overall 1 seed. Again - maybe if we won the A10 tourney - we move up to a 7 seed, which again matches you up with a 2 seed anyways.
Key here is - win 1 game. Not sure our women have ever won an NCAA game? So take that first step, win a game and build on that.
2019, 2021, 2023, 2025 not the best…You might be right. I don’t have any insider information with the department, but I do believe that even as flexible as UR admin has been with Mooney that they have their limits. I was told that if Mooney didn’t make the NCAA tournament in 2022 with that team, he would be gone. Don’t know how reliable the source was but I believed it. Regardless, Mooney won and the clock reset. But in this case, the last 5 years have produced solid results, even though our lows have been very low. That limit will be reached again by 2027-2028.