I expect the members of this board also have to put in the work to gel. Offseason is only 3/8 done.
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Long offseason. I'm working the board like Luka plays defense. I'll try to turn it up in August.
Atlantic 10 Basketball: Way-too-early power rankings for 2024-25 season
After a wild postseason, history was made in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, with Duquesne ending a near 50-year drought to get back in the Big Dance by winning the
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We’re projected 8th in this rankings. I think we’ll exceed that this year even with the A10 increasing in quality top to bottom. Interesting that he says Hunt is the go-to scorer. I like Hunt’s game a lot and he does a ton for us offensively and defensively, I just don’t think he’s a go-to scorer. I think of King, Gilly, Kendall Anthony, SDJ, Kevin Anderson, as go-to scorers as point guards. I think Hunt will play well and can help facilitate the offense at the 2. I think White can potentially be a starter for us. He was the last transfer we brought in, knowing we have Tyne, Hunt, GW3 who could play the point or 2. So the fact we brought him in as a graduate transfer with all the other guards, makes me think we are hoping he becomes more of a day 1 starter. Though that has to be proven in practice.
agreed. not 100% sure who will lead us in scoring this season but I doubt it's Hunt. guess I'd go with Neskovic 1st and White 2nd.
I could see Hunt leading us in scoring. He averaged just under 10 last year, and I think he deferred to King a lot, especially when King was on those heaters. Hunt will play a lot of minutes, and will have the ball in his hands a lot. He can shoot and he can get to the basket. Time will tell with how the new guys do, but I definitely look for Hunt to increase his scoring, and could see us having a balanced scoring attack with Hunt at the top.
pretty tough conference if a team returning Durkin, Bailey and Kochera is projected 13th.
R these guys vcu fans? 3rd & labeled as 1 of 2 w highest ceiling. And best backcourt as I said. Guards game. When I pick them I’m crowning them and a vcu fan lol. But we should also be higher imo. Fwiw I don’t see Hunt as our go to scorer either. I expect him to average what he roughly has in career at Richmond & Wagner.
Good link. Not worth putting any stock in the rankings, but I like getting to know what else happened within the league. Definitely shows how much nearly all teams have changed. It also makes one appreciate what the UR staff, and I assume the collective, have been able to do in the new frontier of D1 basketball. Compare UR’s level of activity to Davidson for example. I think the board would be on fire if UR in the same state as that program.
Atlantic 10 Basketball: Way-too-early power rankings for 2024-25 season
After a wild postseason, history was made in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, with Duquesne ending a near 50-year drought to get back in the Big Dance by winning the
Hunt had some good scoring games and showed he's a capable scorer. I'd say it's hard to project transfers as leading scorers for us this coming season without having seen them play for us. Videos & stat sheets are good starting points, but I'll wait until I see them at the RC on our court.
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I thought it was decent enough, he coached under his dad for what 15 years and I figured he would have as much as access to his dad as he wanted to help ease the transition. Some people got the juice and some people just don't and he might be the latter. Unfortunately for him he probably won't have a 20 year contract to prove it one way or another.
Those rankings are pretty strange. He explains why we have a good chance to compete for the title, then picks us eighth. He explains why vcu has a lot of question marks in the front court, then picks them third. Putting your eggs in the Bamisile basket is a hit-or-miss proposition. They have a nice enough back court, but it's not the best in the league by any stretch. I think we may end up having the deepest back court in the league.
St. Joe's probably has the best back court right now, with Reynolds and Brown, and I'd put Duquesne, Loyola, SLU and maybe even Mason ahead of vcu too.
St. Joe's probably has the best back court right now, with Reynolds and Brown, and I'd put Duquesne, Loyola, SLU and maybe even Mason ahead of vcu too.
If I were a Davidson fan, I would have been upset with the nepotism hire at coach....and given the results since that change was made, I would be even more upset now
I didn't bother to read the Lambs writeup, but I think this statement about the Spiders is pretty fair: "the Spiders’ drop-off from the top shouldn’t be too far and could easily surprise again."
I mean, while I am thrilled with the Portal additions and recruiting overall, we did lose four starters. So, objectively, this being another "new" team in a sense (thanks, Portal era), I think that statement is pretty much accurate. The actual "rankings" are totally arbitrary, but that's the nature of preseason predictions.
8th is a hell of a low spot considering Mooney says "we've been able to keep Richmond as one of the top basketball programs in the nation"
if we continue to be a top program in the nation nobody is picking us 8th in the mediocre A10. Nobody.
if we continue to be a top program in the nation nobody is picking us 8th in the mediocre A10. Nobody.
Some good points here. On paper, this transfer class looks to be much more accomplished, and the guys that are not accomplished were highly thought of recruits that have not had a chance to show their game at this level yet.
Last years team however had great chemistry from day one. And Bigelow came back improved and ready to score and Dji took the next step. And those two played defense and were not afraid to go fight for a rebound. Do we have dem "DAWGS" in this crew?? Will they be able to sacrifice shots and glory for the good of the team? It is really a crapshoot each season now - BUT we bring back our leader in Hunt, and have a stellar recruiting and transfer class - on paper or in my mind anyway.
Last years team however had great chemistry from day one. And Bigelow came back improved and ready to score and Dji took the next step. And those two played defense and were not afraid to go fight for a rebound. Do we have dem "DAWGS" in this crew?? Will they be able to sacrifice shots and glory for the good of the team? It is really a crapshoot each season now - BUT we bring back our leader in Hunt, and have a stellar recruiting and transfer class - on paper or in my mind anyway.
The 2024-2025 roster has been posted online. A few number changes and looks like Soulis did in fact get his redshirt.
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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster - University of Richmond Athletics
The official 2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster for the University of Richmond Spiders
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Yes, anytime a school doesn't do a national search for its head coach, that should be a huge warning sign. And then on top of that they hired the coach's son.
Probably more important for the immediate future is that Robinson is 210 lbs while McGlothin is 180. I always shave an inch of the listed heights too (minimum.) I've been around former players listed at 6'7" who clearly were not.
basketball players are measured in sneakers while regular people kick off their shoes.
Do they just put VCU first to piss us off? I don’t see it. I think they roll the dice on some of these choices
lol, these guys were in their sneakers, as was I.
I first had this experience a long time ago when me and my friends saw Kenny "Sky" Walker outside MSG after a Knicks game. He was listed at 6'7" and he was no more than 6'5" which explains why his career never took off except for the dunk contest. Charles Oakley, on the other hand, was huge.
Oak was also wearing a full length fur coat that day. Legend.
Walker must have kept on growing…
According to wiki, he is now 6’8” 210 and about to turn 60next month…
Maybe that blogger is still upset about the Tweeter backlash he received from the Baileys and Nelsons on his PG rankings a couple years ago. Had us last and turned out correct.
But I don’t really see anyone having VCU less than 3rd or better. Except from our board.
I hope every single preseason ranking puts VCU first and us low. Let the pressure all be on VCU.
Rams still came in 5th in A10 last year, after a worse non conference than us. Not like they won the league or made the tourney. Yeah they made it to the finals of the A10 but they lost. They also lost some guys to the portal. They may turn out to be the consensus preseason favorite but I don’t think they’ll be so much better than the top of the A10
Rothstein hacked by VCU fans.
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Atlantic 10 Offseason Breakdown
Summer time means a look ahead to next season! Each week moving forward, we will preview at least one conference in college basketball from soup to nuts. Check below for today’s breakdown on the Atlantic 10. Atlantic 10 Preseason Power Rankings1. VCUProjected Starting 5:G Zeb JacksonG Joe...
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