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WE GAVE UP 20 MOTHERFVCKING POINTS IN THE FIRST SIX MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF. SWEET MOTHER OF GOD.
WE GAVE UP 20 MOTHERFVCKING POINTS IN THE FIRST SIX MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF. SWEET MOTHER OF GOD.
Thank You sir, may I have another!
Thank You sir, may I have another!
Thank You sir, may I have another!
I think that’s about when our own Spiders men’s basketball twitter gave up. 2 whole 2nd half game updates.
This never would of happened had we taken the pulse....
I guess a long bus ride home. Did we stop for gas? I am sure nothing was left in the tank.
Well a small part of the campus is Henrico. When I got busted for underage drinking once at the apartments I can tell u I was glad about that!
05, so what is your opinion on Mooney. I know on social media you have been very pro program. I have tried to be positive about the team. What do you think about Mooney? I think he can be pretty decent if he recruits like he did his first 3 years, but barring that he is average at best. And he has not shown the motivation to string together recruiting classes, or adapt quickly enough to bringing in transfers. He seems to recruit just enough to be "competitive". What you think? This board is not associated with the school so I would think you could opine.
Rumors of VCU alum putting up an Extend Mooney billboard this morning
I still go to the games only because my wife and kids like to go. Years ago I used to be really in to it. Almost got thrown out one night for yelling at a ref. Now I go and eat some popcorn, look at my phone and talk to some friends. I don't keep up with the score because I am beyond caring anymore. Mooney has sucked all the life out of this program and this lousy administration has sat on their collective asses and allowed it to happen. Win, lose, I really don't give a sh## anymore.
This game was really just a dose of reality for the Spiders and program as a whole. We will still get over 20 wins this season and probably get over 10 wins in the A10 (probably closer to 11-12), but it just doesn't seem like we can beat the top level teams in the league. So we will probably finish around 4th-5th in the league and get an NIT bid.
If I would have told anyone on this board - final record before A10 tourney will be 21-10 and 11-7 in the league - would you take that? I think most would - given the last 2 seasons. And you rightfully would have assumed that we would have some good wins in there - somewhere. But truth of the matter is - we are trending right to the 4th-5th spot in the league (behind Dayton, VCU, URI, and Duquesne).
Just enough wins and an NIT bid (hopefully we win a game or two there) to show the future is bright. Which I will discuss on that thread.
If I would have told anyone on this board - final record before A10 tourney will be 21-10 and 11-7 in the league - would you take that? I think most would - given the last 2 seasons. And you rightfully would have assumed that we would have some good wins in there - somewhere. But truth of the matter is - we are trending right to the 4th-5th spot in the league (behind Dayton, VCU, URI, and Duquesne).
Just enough wins and an NIT bid (hopefully we win a game or two there) to show the future is bright. Which I will discuss on that thread.
but this is the greatest class ever. And this is where we are topping out. Look at that.
Y'all know I am far from an apologist, but I will point out that we should be favored in every game the rest of the way.
After last night's beat down, they might make us a home dog to VCU, but other than that we've already played the top teams in the conference.
I don't know what to make of Duquesne - they beat SLU but lose to UMass. Who the **** knows. They're barely 6th in the conference in NET.
This year's team has shown the ability to put away the terrible teams on our schedule (first two OT squeakers excepted), and our next two opponents are in that category.
The flipside is that we have very few resume-building opportunities left. We've squandered 3 of 4 in conference.
After last night's beat down, they might make us a home dog to VCU, but other than that we've already played the top teams in the conference.
I don't know what to make of Duquesne - they beat SLU but lose to UMass. Who the **** knows. They're barely 6th in the conference in NET.
This year's team has shown the ability to put away the terrible teams on our schedule (first two OT squeakers excepted), and our next two opponents are in that category.
The flipside is that we have very few resume-building opportunities left. We've squandered 3 of 4 in conference.
338 out of 353 D1 teams- that's the Spiders' rank in team offensive rebounding. It never changes. One guy shoots, everyone stands and watches. If anything changes now, I would love to see the Spiders offensive plan change to crash the boards when a shot goes up. I can't wait for the "one and done" era to be over.
Greatest class ever is what was sold to us, but I don't think anyone bought it. Just as this was the best schedule ever - no one bought that either.
It is a good team and class - but not the greatest.
I would argue the sweet 16 team class and even the 2004 team who beat Kansas was a better class/team.
It is a good team and class - but not the greatest.
I would argue the sweet 16 team class and even the 2004 team who beat Kansas was a better class/team.
simple words are , 2 big games and nothing shows up . some excuses no excuses good excuses bad excuses we still lose two big games nobody likes that . I like how VCU wins with many different coaches maybe we need a scientist like Tesla to do some numbers and make some kind of coil that blocks bad waves during the halftime,
The Mooney venting is appropriate because we were tied at half, had a chance to adjust, and got smoked in the second half. We were thoroughly outcoached. Rhoades' gameplan to smother Gilyard and make him get the ball out of his hands was simple but genius. He didn't care about Grant scoring because they could match our inside scoring on the other end.
But what exactly could we do about that? Gilyard is our only healthy ballhandler. Gus is close, but struggled, and Wojcik can't beat VCU's press. The inconvenient fact is we were out-personneled. They had better players than us, and their players played better. I look forward to getting another shot at them in the RC with Blake back in the lineup.
But what exactly could we do about that? Gilyard is our only healthy ballhandler. Gus is close, but struggled, and Wojcik can't beat VCU's press. The inconvenient fact is we were out-personneled. They had better players than us, and their players played better. I look forward to getting another shot at them in the RC with Blake back in the lineup.
i suggest we might recruit another ballhandler? Guys get hurt, that’s why it’s worthy of filling all open scholarship spots. Especially when your two primary guards will graduate next year.
Don't forget the other adjustment Rhodes made at halftime - he started the kid Douglas in the 2nd half - seeing that we could stop 2 big men in their line-up. Douglas had a very good 2nd half - 7 points, 11 minutes, 6 rebounds with 3 offensive. I agree they had the better personnel.
Funny how at the beginning of the year (and every year it seems like) we talk about the depth this team will have. But with 1 injury - we are knocked down to basically 7 guys last night. Burton only got 7 minutes - so he would be the 8th. But only bench guys were Sal and Jake. What happened to Grace? Why Burton only 7 minutes - especially when the game was out of reach - down 16 with 2-3 minutes left, at least give him some garbage time to get some experience with this VCU rivalry and limit possible injury to another starter.
Funny how at the beginning of the year (and every year it seems like) we talk about the depth this team will have. But with 1 injury - we are knocked down to basically 7 guys last night. Burton only got 7 minutes - so he would be the 8th. But only bench guys were Sal and Jake. What happened to Grace? Why Burton only 7 minutes - especially when the game was out of reach - down 16 with 2-3 minutes left, at least give him some garbage time to get some experience with this VCU rivalry and limit possible injury to another starter.
I'm floored by Burton not getting more time. & I mean overall not last night. The 7 mins I don't even know what to say. Been asking to increase his minutes all year I think a lot of us have.
Seen this 1 other time and that's when Ole Jer wasn't giving Jermaine Bucknor enough time early on when he clearly deserved it. Buck (the original Buck!) went on to have a really good career. They both do subtle things that don't always end up in the box score too.
Burtons lack of playing time last night is inexplicable. Especially when it was obvious to anyone watching that Sherod didn’t have it last night. Burton has the athletic ability to play in that game. It’s classic Mooney though. Stay with the upperclassmen.
Don’t we have a PG coming in as a freshman next year? A year too late, but he is coming...
Yep, that’ll help next year. Might’ve helped last night.
These are woulda/shoulda comments of course, but we do have an open scholarship.
Can you imagine if the A-10 still had the good teams like Xavier, Temple, and Butler? We would be fighting with the other A-10 scrubs for the 8th spot every year.
I never understood longing for the days of Butler being in the conference. They were only here 1 year! They never played a conference game in RC.
OK, this is the venting thread, so I'm just gonna vent - it is about college basketball, but not Spider basketball.
REPLAY IS RUINING SPORTS.
I was just watching Yale-Harvard. Yale comes all the way back from 12 down late to narrow the gap to 1, but can't quite get over the hump. They foul down 2 and the Harvard player makes it a 4 point game with just a few seconds to go. Yale tears down the court, and the guy banks in a 3 - and gets fouled!!! We are about to have one of the most OMG endings you'll ever see. But the refs go over to the replay screen to determine how much time was left when he got fouled. They were there.....for.....over.......5......minutes. To determine that the clock - which the timekeeper had already reset to 2.1.......was correct! I guess the TK took one look at the replay and knew instantly. Not the refs, though! This poor kid, who just sank the shot of his life........had to wait...and wait..... It was a better ice job than anything Amaker could have come up with. What happened next? You guessed it.....he shorted the FT badly.
Don't make the kid wait over 5 minutes to shoot his potential miracle game-tying FT. Don't ruin one of those celebratory moments that only sports can give fans by making us stare at the backs of officials huddled over the scorers table. C'mon sports....be better.
VENT OVER
REPLAY IS RUINING SPORTS.
I was just watching Yale-Harvard. Yale comes all the way back from 12 down late to narrow the gap to 1, but can't quite get over the hump. They foul down 2 and the Harvard player makes it a 4 point game with just a few seconds to go. Yale tears down the court, and the guy banks in a 3 - and gets fouled!!! We are about to have one of the most OMG endings you'll ever see. But the refs go over to the replay screen to determine how much time was left when he got fouled. They were there.....for.....over.......5......minutes. To determine that the clock - which the timekeeper had already reset to 2.1.......was correct! I guess the TK took one look at the replay and knew instantly. Not the refs, though! This poor kid, who just sank the shot of his life........had to wait...and wait..... It was a better ice job than anything Amaker could have come up with. What happened next? You guessed it.....he shorted the FT badly.
Don't make the kid wait over 5 minutes to shoot his potential miracle game-tying FT. Don't ruin one of those celebratory moments that only sports can give fans by making us stare at the backs of officials huddled over the scorers table. C'mon sports....be better.
VENT OVER
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