I think what Non-Homer was saying is that we had a 7% chance of winning the A-10 tournament and about a 17% chance of beating Iowa. Only these 5 miracle wins saved Mooney from being fired, this year or next year for sure. I see your and his side to this. There was a very fine line between disaster and success this year, and I am very happy for the young men that pulled it off.
I think negative people will just always be negative. Not a lot can change that.
I agree 2011... there can be no question the five wins in eight days was the greatest stretch in our basketball history...my memories of 1984, 1988, 1991, 1998 and 2011 are sketchy, but I believe the excitement and passion of the reawakened fan base for the "Giant Killers" was unmatched as well...perhaps we benefitted from some pent up demand!
I would agree if you had said that the 5-game stretch produced some of the most improbable results in Richmond basketball history.
Actually If I was going to compare, it wouldn't be at the end of a season.
Temple was 5-8 after we beat them, and finished 15-14. X was 10-7 after we beat them, and dropped their next 2 to fall to 10-9 and 2-5 in the A-10. GW was 11-8 after we beat them. It was a nice stretch because it included Kansas, but I don't think there is any way those 4 games compare to the run we just had, especially the timing of the runs.
I will never forget seeing these 5 wins in person.... insanely exciting and emotional .. (yes I have forgotten the Providence game) ...
Just because there results were improbable doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be appreciated.
I'm not taking anything away from the recent week+1.
I think each game in the 2022 run being an elimination game, securing a bid, and knocking VCU out of the NCAAs contribute to the run being great as well.I'm not taking anything away from the recent week+1.
I'm just saying 2004 is the other memorable week. We were 8-8 1-3 before that one.
2022 We just beat Kenpom 132 URI, 63 VCU, 44 Dayton, 40 Davidson, 13 Iowa all neutral
2004 We lost to 74 Dayton home, Beat 90 Temple, 18 Kansas, 21 Xavier all away, 50 GW home, before losing in OT at 74 Dayton.
If both were NET instead of Kenpom, with the Quad system, I don't see either run looking too bad.
Why do you persist in thinking it will be another 10 years?. I’d bet Mooney doesn’t even think, or want that.
So I believe he gets an extension, maybe even a raise and for reasons previously stated those are likely justified.
Not only that, but they relentless attacked the positive ones who thought this team could.
How were we "extremely fortunate" to win the tourney? Did we get lucky? Did we play poorly, and the other teams all just stunk up the court? So, when teams beat us, it is because either our coach or our players stink, maybe even both, but when we beat other teams, including the top 3 A-10 teams back to back to back, we are "extremely fortunate"???
Extremely fortunate = Lucky as hell
True, but I think a few of us have been more than fair with any kind of "I told you so". Reading the board in January and February would have made a whole year of I told you so posts justifiable. If you want to think the very few I told you so posts, if you can even call them that, compares to months and months of daily attacks, fine, keep thinking that. I will choose to think otherwise.
How many teams have won the A10 tournament by winning four games to do so? I’ll give you a hint: one team had done that in the previous ten A10 tournaments, so it’s extremely uncommon.
I think it may have been, too. The 1988 team did take out a #4 and a #5 at the NCAA, though.
I 100% get the probability, but if you can't see how silly it sounds to say we were "extremely fortunate" to win the A-10 tourney, I can't really help you. If you see Jacob, Grant, and the others, make sure you tell them how "extremely fortunate" they were to win the A-10 tourney. See if they agree with you.
It’s not silly, it’s super pragmatic. It’s far sillier to think that somehow that magical run was either likely or repeatable. It’s not a knock on the guys in spite of your assertion that I’m making it so, I’m proud of what they did. Yet it was still fortunate just going off the numbers.
absolutely possible and I'm glad you did. others here may not have. some were hoping for a quick exit to end the misery and move on.
seriously. if anyone said anything that didn't bash Mooney, they were accused of suporting him at the expense of the program or being a "truther".
I think that’s true, but even you came around to the point that you thought it was time to move on.
You guys are now being inflammatory
. Fan1 always censoring me and sman and 4700 keep stirring things up. I have been trying to let this drop but u guys that put Mooney above program cannot. I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt but we cannot undo the decade of mooniocrity.
yes, I grew tired of the fight and wanted peace in the stands and on the board!
I am sure we will end up being second on many player’s transfer lists, but you know we competed.
Stop playing the victim card. It’s exhausting. Welcome to the internet — some people were sarcastic about your posts.
I don’t mind reading your posts. I enjoy them and find many of them informative — you’re definitely a top poster on here. But you do play the victim card too often and take things on here personally which you should adjust as it’s either in good fun or comes from somebody that you should just dismiss.
