Mooney teams are just incapable of avoiding bad losses. Every single year we have at least a couple. Great teams don’t do that, but we do. It’s just really disappointing but no one can be surprised by it at this point.
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You guys really should focus more on our head to head record vs Davidson.
at least some of you have adopted Mountain West teams to fall back on.
Or you could follow the women's team a bit more. After losing to VCU by 24 in December in the Robins Center, the women just beat VCU 69-64.
I agree with 1. Probably being a split w SLU.
but it’s hard to believe in a 50-1 shot.
Even the very few Moon apologists on here likely can’t conceive of that. They have abandoned the regatta.
Are there any teams in the MWC that have had one coach and missed the NCAA for the past decade? Asking for a friend.
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The following MWC teams have earned a trip to the NCAA tournament more recently than us:
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Nevada
New Mexico
San Diego State
UNLV
Utah State
Wyoming
The two remaining teams in the conference not on this list have a head coach that has only been there one season (in his second stint with the team) and the other 4 seasons although one of them is a "Princeton Offense disciple" so that has to count for something 😂
The reason I go through the effort to list things out like this is to show how maddeningly ludicrous it is that nearly everyone and their dog finds a way into the damn tournament except for Moonpie
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And SDSU not having a super year, but love to watch the defensive intensity and ball movement. And their 60 year old coach has been adapting and shook up the line up a bit. I do love how the whole staff and bench is up and going crazy on a defensive stop and shot clock violation. I don't think they will make the NCAA this season, but Dutcher will not sugar coat or blame covid, he will take the blame and say it is unacceptable.
Since October 2011, we have won 5 of 13. 2 Fordhams, 2 Duquesnes, and our best win a 19-13 GW.
If there is an A-10 Tournament we will see what happens this year.
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Wow, I didn't realize it was that bad. I figured at least in one of the NIT seasons we beat someone in the A10.
KenPom database keeps changing. I think it is 2 Fordham & 2 Duquesne...anyone have the right games?
I have
2012 LaSalle Loss
2013 Charlotte Meltdown Loss
2014 13-16 Duquesne Win (Unnamed Loss)
2015 Unnamed Loss
2016 Fordham Win, Dayton Loss
2017 GW win (Unnamed Loss)
2018 #201 Duquesne Win, SBU Loss
2019 Fordham Win, SLU Loss
8legs1dream
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2012 LaSalle == L
2013 Charlotte == L
2014 Duq == W, VCU == L
2015 VCU == L
2016 Fordham == W, Dayton == L
2017 GW == W, VCU == L
2018 Duq == W, SBU == L
2019 Fordham == W, SLU == L
We all knew Mooney was bad in A10 tourney but that is hard to look at. We also only got by that GW game as a favorite in last seconds with "Khwan Fore steals the ball"
That is truly horrific. And I was at some of those games but still didn't realize how ugly it is. Woof.
Definitely not pretty, but really the only two losses that stand out to me are the VCU losses in 15 and 17. Those are the ones we needed to get to go where we want to go. Just those two wins I think would have eliminated a lot of frustration in the past nine years. But, the bottom line is we needed them and didn't get it done. So, it is time to deliver this year and win the thing.
Yeah...but even worse is that we were eliminated twice by those clowns AND it cost us tourney berths. Double whammy. The teams we have beaten were all garbage, and that GW game was way closer than it needed to be, too.
Don’t discount Jesse Pistokache’s big Simon Says win in 2017. That was our most impressive conference tournament win since 2011.
Only the 2015 vcu game would have put UR in the tournament with a win. 2017 UR would have had to win the auto bid because Mooney and his team crapped the bed in the non conference. I’ve made this point before too but the 2015 vcu lost shouldn’t have even mattered if UR just could have beaten jmu and GMU who were both horrible that year.
Mighty Utah State drops its second in a row, this one to now 6-6 (and #153 NET) UNLV, 59-56. VCU's glass-encased golden trophy win is beginning to look like more like it's made from pyrite. This knocks Utah State down to a Q2 win. Boohoo.
Oh hi, hater! Just getting ready to beat you guys twice in a week. We got cocky against SBU, they played on another level and whooped us, we made up for it against Dayton.
How was La Salle?
See y'all soon!
If Mooney gets spanked by VCU and his pal Rhoadsy, it may be time for him to resign.
Looking at Dayton's body of work, I guess Grant should resign now!
When Mooney gets spanked by VCU (yet again), he won't resign. He and Hardt will order a pizza and write their Philly consultant another retention check.
Alabama is tearing up the SEC, and is favored by 6.5-7 over Kentucky tonight. Looks like we scheduled them a year early.
They've really been sowing their Oats in league play this year.
It's 36-31 Dayton lead at halftime. Kentucky blows another game they could have won. At Alabama. Such a terrible year to schedule Kentucky....
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sure wish we could have been the Billikens first game back after a 35 day layoff
So you are doubtful that we hold SLU to 2 offensive rebounds and 3 made threes?
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