karen there is risk reward in everything they do. running sprints, lifting weights, intrasquad scrimmage. Sherod blew his knew out practice.
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karen there is risk reward in everything they do. running sprints, lifting weights, intrasquad scrimmage. Sherod blew his knew out practice.
Agree, St Mary's is a little down this year, but there are a pretty large group of mid majors we could aspire to, and St. Mary's is definitely one.
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they have one feather in their cap that we would especially like to have, a Final Four tournament win over VCU.
If by "St. Mary's" you actually mean "Butler", then you are dead on.
They also won the NBA championship over the Lakers last year, I think?
I had this same thought. Of course, the usual excuse is that the scout team knows the plays and tendencies etc. But in this case, it definitely would be less risky to play a full regulation inter-squad game.
So the instructions to players were to lay in bed and eat bon bons all day. Give me a break. Other teams like Villanova were out for a longer period of time and were able to play their normally scheduled next game. I am sure there are ways to get work in. It just takes effort.
Agreed. It is weak. If this isn’t a sign of total desperation, I don’t know what is.
On top of all that, I find it very hard to believe that the team will be “into” playing this game. I would expect to see a marginal amount of effort. It is simple human nature against an inferior opponent. Then there is the question of how much difference can one “tune up” game make. In an earlier post, I cited the results of such DIII games at the beginning of the previous two seasons, which definitely do not show any true benefits.
Good luck Spiders. I will listen to the game out of pure curiosity.
?????? And yeah, I know, I suffer from a public college education, but what are you talking about?
The most important thing for the regatta is that we need a win. Losing games doesn’t help us. If a D3 game is what we need, fine.
My annoyance is purely that we broke a long silence to say “we’re scheduling the best games we can” and then have a D3 game. The communication “strategy” is what kills me. Just be transparent, we’re looking for wins.
My annoyance is purely that we broke a long silence to say “we’re scheduling the best games we can” and then have a D3 game. The communication “strategy” is what kills me. Just be transparent, we’re looking for wins.
Maybe OOC opponents don’t want to play us, you know, with not being to keep COVID out of our program.
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no, SMC defeated VCU in an NCAA tournament game. That is what I am talking about. Although as a card carrying Mooneyphile you probably couldn't care less about silly things like March Madness appearances and winning big games over our rivals.
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I get not scheduling a Top 25 team for a tuneup game, but DIVISION III?
Hell we've got 2 D-II schools within 30 miles. I bet either one of those would LOVE to play Richmond.
Hell we've got 2 D-II schools within 30 miles. I bet either one of those would LOVE to play Richmond.
be careful don't tell any vdu fans but our master plan is to infect their team and cause them to miss the A-10 tourny
Man I wish UR would take athletics a little more seriously. This rivalry could be a lot more fun if they did. It’s hard to even hate y’all so much because I respect the commitment to basketball success that is backed by the whole university. I think most people on here thought vcu would be the program that wouldn’t take cOViD seriously and have to miss a bunch of time as a result because of the stereotypes most people think of when they think of vcu. UR shows once again that they are very far behind vcu in all aspects of running a legitimate basketball program.
Don’t worry about it, all VCU NCAA trips run together...
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Please point me to the ""final four tournament win" that St. Mary's has over VCU. I'll wait.
And you have me pegged wrong. I'd actually support a coaching change, for much the same reason that in soccer they recommend not having the same coach for more than one or two world cup cycles. The message gets stale.
I just seem like a Mooneyphile by comparison, because I don't write "it's Mooney's fault", "I guess we better get the auto-bid", and "looks like the #bestclassever forgot to get off the bus!" every time someone misses a jump shot.
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Saint Mary's 85-77 VCU (Mar 16, 2017) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Saint Mary's Gaels vs. VCU Rams NCAAM game, final score 85-77, from March 16, 2017 on ESPN.
anything else I can help you google?
this weekend is our open date. We know why they didn’t but they could have pushed for a10 game instead. Which would have aligned w what Mooney said. There is a credibility/messaging problem there r countless examples w Mooney & Hardt.
The problem with that is that every other A10 team already was scheduled to play either tonight or tomorrow. Dayton-St. Joe's is the only one that's not happening, but I think that wasn't announced until right around the same time we announced the St. Mary's game. So realistically we would have had no one in the A10 to play.
Perhaps. But scheduling changes have been made in past by A10 and they are going to be made down the stretch here by A10. Have to be fluid on scheduling we've heard that all along. Things can be moved around. Had we pushed for it maybe something gets rearranged. Maybe not but moot point bc we didn't push for it. And that's fine but no need to sell us. Like Mooney trying to sell us that he doesn't know what spooked SLU leaving. We want the best possible opponents...when it is absolutely convenient for us even tho we're the ones who have had 3 covid pauses.
I said there is a risk everytime they take the court, just like in any other game. But if they are going to take the risk - I would rather it be in a game that counts and matters. I don't want anyone to get injured or get COVID, but if I had to choose - I would rather it be in a game that matters - like VCU or another D1 game that hits our resume, rather than a glorified scrimmage mid-season.
The difference between Final Four and First Round?
I haven't heard of our league or any other ones cancelling a regularly scheduled game where both teams were cleared to play in order to schedule a game between one of those teams and another team. Has that happened?
Saint Mary's 85-77 VCU (Mar 16, 2017) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Saint Mary's Gaels vs. VCU Rams NCAAM game, final score 85-77, from March 16, 2017 on ESPN.www.espn.com
anything else I can help you google?
Thank you for proving my point.
That game did not occur in the final four. It occurred in the first round of the tournament. You wrote, in post #84 above, "they have one feather in their cap that we would especially like to have, a Final Four tournament win over VCU."
I bolded the important part, since you seem to be pretty slow on the uptake. If you said "a tournament win", I would not have replied, because that would have been a correct statement. But you didn't say that. You said a FINAL FOUR tournament win. And then you attempted to lob an insult about me somehow only caring about Chris Mooney and that I "couldn't care less about silly things like March Madness appearances" because I can tell the difference between the first round of the tournament and the Final Four.
So maybe it is you that couldn't care less about silly things like March Madness, since the distinction between a first round game and a final four game seems to be beyond your comprehension.
8legs1dream
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"Final Four Tournament" is the entire tournament you moron and you ****ing knew that. Guarantee you I have attended more NCAA tournament games than you have and then you try to sit there and lecture me on stupid semantics like this. That's rich.
Enjoy the last bit of attention you will get from me sweetheart.
Enjoy the last bit of attention you will get from me sweetheart.
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Yeah-the difference between Saint Mary’s college of Maryland, which is the Division III team y’all are scrimmaging, and the Division I Saint Mary’s College of California, which is the actual team that beat VCU in the NCAA tournament you cite. But what do I know? I graduated from a public university.Saint Mary's 85-77 VCU (Mar 16, 2017) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Saint Mary's Gaels vs. VCU Rams NCAAM game, final score 85-77, from March 16, 2017 on ESPN.
anything else I can help you google?
so when you attend a 1st round game, do you claim to have been to the Final Four?
no, the tournament is not referred to as the "Final Four Tournament".
Ever.
there are many terrific public universities. nobody here has ever insinuated otherwise.
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if you go back to my initial post that sent all the glue sniffers such as yourself into an uproar you will see that I was replying to someone that was talking about Saint Mary's College. If you are still confused little Lamb please visit this for further help -- https://subscriptions.hookedonphonics.com/read-with-hop/reader-today-leader-tomorrow?utm_source=GWO
Apparently, the pissy weather is carrying over to the board this morning.
I'd be willing to have a jury of our peers decide this one. I'll put up a vote. The person who wins gets exactly one post to just go off on the other, and the person who loses may only like the post and may not reply, and then we virtually shake hands and move on. Agree?
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