Yet the very basis of your argument/post was easily fact checked and proven wildly inaccurate by noted researcher GKiller.
Damn u just beat me by a second and I'm envious of your brevity
Yet the very basis of your argument/post was easily fact checked and proven wildly inaccurate by noted researcher GKiller.
This made me laugh out loud. Yes, that would be great, but I'd put my money on us being 2-2 after the first 4.Agree Trap, we have every opportunity to win some games, and potentially start 4-0.
It has happened once, in the 16-17 season where we actually started 5-0 believe it or not 😱When is the last time Mooney started 4-0 in the A-10? My money is on never.
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!!!!! in my best KG voice.It has happened once, in the 16-17 season where we actually started 5-0 believe it or not 😱
take SF's editing for message board dummies course and you'll get there.Damn u just beat me by a second and I'm envious of your brevity
What happens if we go 0 and 4? Not suggesting we will, just wondering.What will be interesting is that I think we have a chance to get off to a good start in A10 play.
The Bonnies will be a tough opener, but given the game is at home - that is a winnable game.
Then we get the @Loyola, Mason at home, and @ Duquesne. I picked us to go 2-2 in that stretch, but we could be 3-1 or 4-0 as that is not a tough opening round of games. If we go 4-0 - look out. Raises, extensions, bubble talk for NCAA tourney.
Just as possible as 4-0 for sure. What we know from watching Mooney though is he is a .500 type of guy, which is why I like my 2-2 prediction. It is our DNA.What happens if we go 0 and 4? Not suggesting we will, just wondering.
0-4. Wouldn't matter. Cause at some point in the year - they will win 3-4 in row get back to .500.What happens if we go 0 and 4? Not suggesting we will, just wondering.
Correct. If we go 9-9 as many on here predict, we will be 17-14, which guess what will mean a .548 winning percentage. It will be the embodiment of Mooney, completely average, not bad enough to rouse Hardt out of his big luxurious perch to make a change, not nearly good enough to give even optimistic Spider fans hope for the future especially given who we lose. A perfectly mediocre Mooney season. At least Moondog will bank another cool 1.5 million to be completely average at his job.*.550
It truly is depressing at times. Sometimes a competition on who can be the most negative on our basketball program.My goodness, this board sucks.
we haven't won on the road. Neutral sights aren't road gamesWe were underdogs for all of our away games, but we did not lose them all. We beat UNLV. We also beat the spread on many of the away games. This helped us have a NET around a 100, which is not great, but pretty good.
I referred to away games as not at the Robin Center.we haven't won on the road. Neutral sights aren't road games
You're right!! Well said. It's often a direct reflection of the way its basketball program is run.My goodness, this board sucks.
No, the season is not successful just because we finish better than 11th. What kind of attitude is that? We aren't evaluating the program based on how bad a bunch of writers thought we would be -- we are evaluating it on performance. Did we win a lot of games or not? Did we win the regular season or finish in the top four? Did we win the conference tournament? Did we make the NCAAs or NIT? Those are the metrics for evaluation, every single year.Most people forecasts are for U of R to either be 500 in conference play or having a losing record. As a result, if the team ends up having a winning record it is an indication the coach staff did a great job.
It's a loser attitude, but it probably aligns very closely with the attitude in the Robins Center and UR administration.No, the season is not successful just because we finish better than 11th. What kind of attitude is that?
Any serious A10 program doesn't base success on this, but I think UR does. They clearly don't care about A10 regular season or tournament championships, beating VCU, or NCAA tournament appearances. If they did, we wouldn't have a coach with such a terrible record in all these categories still as head coach for nearly 20 years. Your priorities are not the priorities at UR. It sucks, but it makes UR basketball a lot easier to understand and makes me not follow the program nearly as closely as I once did. Most of us on this board care more about winning than the school does. That's the reality.We aren't evaluating the program based on how bad a bunch of writers thought we would be -- we are evaluating it on performance. Did we win a lot of games or not? Did we win the regular season or finish in the top four? Did we win the conference tournament? Did we make the NCAAs or NIT? Those are the metrics for evaluation, every single year.
Most people on this forum forecasts are for U of R to either be 500 in conference play or have a losing record. As a result, if the team ends up having a winning record it is an indication the coach staff did a great job.
I referred to away games as not at the Robin Center.
Not to mention these writers love to spin zone losses into good things about the team and Mooney as well. O'Connor after the Florida loss, "Richmond falls to Florida by 11, but it was the best the spiders have played" if your team's best performance is a 11 point loss to a non ranked P5 team, then there's an issue.No, the season is not successful just because we finish better than 11th. What kind of attitude is that? We aren't evaluating the program based on how bad a bunch of writers thought we would be -- we are evaluating it on performance. Did we win a lot of games or not? Did we win the regular season or finish in the top four? Did we win the conference tournament? Did we make the NCAAs or NIT? Those are the metrics for evaluation, every single year.
My lord this board has trouble with homonyms. Or should I say this bored has trouble with homonyms.we haven't won on the road. Neutral sights aren't road games
So we are 1) overdue to get it done a second time or 2) the probability is pretty slim based upon continuing results over time.It has happened once, in the 16-17 season where we actually started 5-0 believe it or not 😱
Aa has been mentioned before in a thread I am not going to search for, this board is one of the most active in the A10 as well as more active than many of UR’s opponents. Perhaps you picked the wrong description. You could say it is depressing or you could say that it was overly repetitive but it definitely does not “suck”. There are good posts on here and I wish other programs I follow had such a Forum.My goodness, this board sucks.
We could certainly use some 3s from Noyes, but I'm not sure he will get enough minutes to be a factor from 3, which means to be at our best, we will need Roche to be a big factor in some games this year. Dji has played well, and his play earned him the starting spot, but I expect there will be some games where we might not want high 20s minutes from him without a 3 point game. He is averaging 27 mpg, but attempts less than one 3 a game. Some games that might be fine, but others maybe not.Well, Roche is not shooting terrible percentage - but has not been able to make them in the big games. Bigelow shooting 40% - which I think is better than expected. If nothing else I think we were expecting Noyes to provide a couple three's a game.
Hopefully my pick streak is over now!12-6
Vs SBU - W
@ LoyolaChicago - W
Vs GMU - W
@ Duquesne - W
@ Davidson - L
Vs GWU - W
Vs Dayton - W
@ Fordham - L
@ vcu - W
Vs LaSalle - W
Vs UMass - L
@ GWU - L
@ URI - W
Vs Davidson - W
@ StLouis - L
Vs vcu - W
Vs St Joe's - W
@ GMU - L
There is lots of time left, but if I'm 4700, maybe I at least do some price checks on the current price of crow.Pin it and lets revisit at the end of the year. If I am off base with our 55% winning percentage, I will eat crow. If I'm on target though, maybe you will come around a bit that maybe this Mooney guy isn't much better than average.