These guys need to play like a group that hasn’t won anything, b/c that’s what it is.
Wasn’t this year supposed to be different?
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Burton played like it, at least. Too bad a sixth year senior doesn't know not to taunt in crunch time on the road in potentially one of the biggest OOC road wins of his career.
PA, I don't understand why you are surprised by the results this year. This is Mooney ball. Same players (who I think are NCAA calibre as a group) and same coach ( who has proven for most of nearly 2 decades that he is not very good at coaching) and this is what you get. I have quit attending games, didn't watch today's game because I was doing other things, and have zero expectations for Spider Basketball with CM in charge. That's how to not get frustrated and angry after predictable Mooney losses. It's a shame, but as a fan I just got tired of caring more about winning that the UR admin.
I can’t believe that people are surprised. I hope I’m wrong but I’m guessing we finish the season on the outside looking in for the NCAA and snag an NIT birth. We’re not bad enough to fire the coach (based on our AD’s standards) but we’re not good enough to make the NCAA tourney. It sucks.
Y’all ready for a deep run in the nit? Gonna be talking about this season for years.
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Teams like UR don’t get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to selection time, because we’ve not done anything in 10 years to earn it. We’ve dropped two key early season resume building games, yes its early, but they are going to have to do something to overcome those two losses against good teams.
The way the A10 is building resumes, the only way another team not the Bonnie's make it is to win the tournament. I can't count on Mooney putting together a string of games in the tournament to pull it off. He's Chokey McChoker when it comes to that, especially with the "Most Experienced Team in NCAA History".
The way to overcome this start is to win the rest of our OOC games OR to go 15-3 or better in a10 play OR to win the a10 tournament. However, given our track record of virtually never doing any of those things, all seem highly unlikely.
So you are saying you are not that confident that we will win 15 of the next 16?
Bonnies beating Marquette by 25 right now. They are what UR should be. Actually UR has more experience than them and are still a mediocre team. God I hate mooney.
Coaching matters. Schmidt's teams play great defense and rebound. They are fun to watch.
It is kind of amazing, it just seems that Mooney is regressing every year. He is still young but he seems very slow to adapt, very slow to assess and make changes.
Yes, coaching matters immensely. Watched some high level games this weekend with Purdue, Villanova, Tennessee and UNC. UNC has some talent, and they do have quite a few transfers they are working in - but the level of purpose, execution and strategy from Painter and Wright's team vs Hubert was stark. Even Tennessee blasted UNC, looked like similar talent between those teams. Purdue is super loaded, I would not doubt if they cut down nets this year. The embarrassment of riches of big men on Purdue is crazy. They start a 7'4 guy, who is not a stiff, can play a little. His back up is a monster, unstoppable, pretty much fouled out Carolina's front court and Villanova's big man. And the PF is 6'10, athletic, and shoots FT's like layups. So that does make the coaching easier, but still great execution and changes by Painter throughout the game.
Another side note, Justin McCoy would have been much better off transferring to Richmond. UNC brought in two big man transfers. McCoy must play just a couple minutes a game of mop up duty. I know he would not be a savior on our team, but would be a very capable complement inside to Cayo and Golden. Again, we are sorely lacking on interior depth.
Yes, coaching matters immensely. Watched some high level games this weekend with Purdue, Villanova, Tennessee and UNC. UNC has some talent, and they do have quite a few transfers they are working in - but the level of purpose, execution and strategy from Painter and Wright's team vs Hubert was stark. Even Tennessee blasted UNC, looked like similar talent between those teams. Purdue is super loaded, I would not doubt if they cut down nets this year. The embarrassment of riches of big men on Purdue is crazy. They start a 7'4 guy, who is not a stiff, can play a little. His back up is a monster, unstoppable, pretty much fouled out Carolina's front court and Villanova's big man. And the PF is 6'10, athletic, and shoots FT's like layups. So that does make the coaching easier, but still great execution and changes by Painter throughout the game.
Another side note, Justin McCoy would have been much better off transferring to Richmond. UNC brought in two big man transfers. McCoy must play just a couple minutes a game of mop up duty. I know he would not be a savior on our team, but would be a very capable complement inside to Cayo and Golden. Again, we are sorely lacking on interior depth.
This team just crumbles at the end. The runs other squads go on to finish games is both ridiculous and unacceptable. Our inability to finish off an opponent puts us in harms way every week.
Let's hope they show some grit tonight versus Hofstra. We've all seen this movie before...
Let's hope they show some grit tonight versus Hofstra. We've all seen this movie before...
St. Bonaventure destroyed Marquette. I don't know how good Marquette is (though they were 5-0 coming into last night), but the Bonnies looked like a legit top # 15.
Of course, anything can happen in a single game, but based upon what I have seen to date, there is a HUGE gap between them and the rest of the A-10 this year.
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