Bigelow can be a very effective 4 for us without bombing away threes. Love his game, just needs to be used a bit differently on offense.
Next Year Roster
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lol, let Coach Fezz work with him!I am pretty sure you pointed this out before the season. If they want to give you a stipend to be a part time shooting coach I am OK with it. I mean he shoots 80% from FT line, and has had a good year shooting the three previously. Maybe it is something as small as this that could correct him. Lord knows current coaches couldn't find anything.
If coach fezz gets on staff I fear that spells doom for JayNel.
I truly hope our Mooney fans understand that if Roche could create his own shots and shoot 40% that he would be playing for Duke or Gonzaga. He cannot, so he plays for the Citadel and Richmond. He needs help getting his open shots. Roche brings a quick release and deadly accuracy to the table. Mooney just needs to get him a little space. Possibly let him shoot in transition before we start the Globetrotter's circus act!
Exactly on Roche. He is not going to be Curtis Blair, David Gonzo, or Blake Franchise, but he is a hard worker, and can shoot it. We should be able to find a way to incorporate him a little more and get him shots.
per 40 minutes, Roche got up just about as many 3 pointers this year as he did when running around hunting shots at the Citadel. 9.5 3's per 40 lead our team. the problem is he didn't play enough minutes. early on you could argue he was new to the system. later you could argue he didn't shoot well enough in conference (31.3%) to warrant a lot of minutes.
as our roster stands, he's almost got to play a lot next season. I assume we won't play Nelson alongside Bailey as there's just not enough shooting with them together and with Quinn and Bigelow upfront. we almost HAVE to play shooters at the 2 and 3 spots. so pick 2 out of Roche, Randolph, Noyes, Smith and Tanner ... or someone we get in the portal.
as our roster stands, he's almost got to play a lot next season. I assume we won't play Nelson alongside Bailey as there's just not enough shooting with them together and with Quinn and Bigelow upfront. we almost HAVE to play shooters at the 2 and 3 spots. so pick 2 out of Roche, Randolph, Noyes, Smith and Tanner ... or someone we get in the portal.
sman, any chance you have handy Roche's attempts OOC and in conference play? I'm curious about the volume of each.
OOC: 283 minutes in 13 games (21.8 mpg), 30 of 64 from deep (46.9%)
A-10 including tournament: 288 minutes in 19 games (15.2 mpg), 22 of 71 from deep (31.0%)
A-10 including tournament: 288 minutes in 19 games (15.2 mpg), 22 of 71 from deep (31.0%)
this makes so little sense to me.
I know last offseason there were whole threads about "if Goose had hit 2 more 3s he would have been 35%" but for Roche that kind of thing actually applies. He's shown he can shoot 40% from 3. IMO you have to keep playing him and letting him shoot, even if slumping a bit. This team was desperate for 3 point shooting. I recall the one game where he hit one as shot clock expired (waved off), another with toe on line (for a 2) and another was waived off bc of an off ball foul.
Especially with Nelson's minutes decreasing, there should have been more minutes available.
I don't get it.
Obviously the A-10 coaches know the Globetrotter routine fairly well. Let's set a pick for once!!
Hahaha. I thought about responding, but.... in truth, I'm not all that confident we'll win more than 14 games next year, even allowing for the influx of a couple transfers. So, that makes us about 14-18 or so, and I figured it wasn't worth arguing.
We'll win more than 10. That's about as comfortable as I get.
Sad outlook, but thanks. I’ll save a bunch on premium tickets, pregame spider club drinks/food, and great parking. I will watch the team lose from my recliner and also save fuel on the hour and one half round trip. And how did I forget, savings on Spider Club donations. Thanks knee, I’m feeling better. Where do I send your fee?
If we have an OOC as weak as Fordham's next year we'll break double digit wins. Otherwise, I don't see it.
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Knee, we are losing 3 seniors that lost to William and Mary. I don’t see how we break single digits. There aren’t any worse OOC teams to play!
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My connections in the AD have leaked an early draft of next season's non-conference schedule to me:
The Lamar Cardinals and the Louisville Cardinals would have been an epic battle this year.My connections in the AD have leaked an early draft of next season's non-conference schedule to me:
We already play 3 or 4 of those. 😂My connections in the AD have leaked an early draft of next season's non-conference schedule to me:
Should win 54% against this scheduleMy connections in the AD have leaked an early draft of next season's non-conference schedule to me:
Well, I know we will break single digits because of one simple fact: you think we won't, and you are always, always wrong.
Assuming no surprises, I expect Quinn to lead the team in points, assists, blocks, and potentially rebounds next year.
Somehow we also beat 2 NCAA teams by 30...
We will win more than 10, just because we are an A-10 school and at least half (probably more next year) of our OOC schedule will be against lower mid major, aka, teams with less talent than us. It is almost impossible for a program like UR to have less than 10 wins per year, it would have to be some type of complete rebuild type of situation, which isn't happening next year.
If we can land King and Maddox, thing we will have taken care of number 1 and 2 on my list.
Because that post is from six weeks ago when we still had Nelson.
