Women's Basketball
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Mid level womens hoops coaches don't really get their deals published, but I would speculate that he's on a year to year contract, maybe?
The program took a big hit by the very sad and premature accidental death of Ginny Doyle.She was the real recruiter.
The 3/4/5 position is and will be lacking player ability going forward.Playing 5 guards,you can't win much.Injuries have really nothing to do with the team problems now or going forward.
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The team would've been way better with Tolson and the European girl this year. But yea, recurring theme.
All the injured players were/are guards.It's a nice form of camouflage and excuse for losing-not really making it.
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Tuuli has been back for about 2 or 3 weeks, but she hardly leaves the bench. Not sure if the injury is still bothering her or she's lost her game. She didn't get off the bench against St. Joe's on Sunday. She's been practicing with the forwards as they are so short handed.
I'm not sure if Lauren could medical redshirt seeing as if she only played in 8 games this year (less than half), but she's choosing to move on.
Shafer recruited 3 non-guards that are now Sophomores. A couple of them are serviceable but not world beaters, and the other one isn't even on the bench anymore. Ebony coaches up the tall girls. She does the best she can do with what she has.
I don't know whats going to happen to Shafer, but he's probably been given a couple of extra years after the tragedy to get the team together. No NCAAS in 11 years. That's really the bottom line. Again, much lIke the Mooney situation, Gill hasn't really had to make a tough decision since he's been here. Not sure what he'll do in this case.
Rams trample Spiders in A-10 women's tournament
By VIC DORR JR. Richmond Times-Dispatch|6 hours ago
The third meeting of the season between the VCU and University of Richmond women's basketball teams can be distilled to this: The Rams bought in and the Spiders checked out.
A relentless defensive effort, complemented nicely by balanced offense, carried the Rams to a 62-42 victory over UR in Thursday's second round of the Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament at the Richmond Coliseum. Today's 2 p.m. quarterfinal date with No. 4-seeded St. Bonaventure stands between VCU and possible insertion into the NCAA at-large discussion.
Thursday's conversation focused primarily upon VCU's defense and rebounding. The Rams, athletic and assertive, rank 25th nationally in scoring defense. They have held 15 opponents to fewer than 50 points.
"The players have absolutely bought in" to the emphasis on pressure defense, said Rams coach Beth O'Boyle.
"We take a lot of pride in it. We look at the numbers after every game. They understand that defense equals wins. The winning part is something they really enjoy."
VCU (22-8) had a monopoly on enjoyment for much of Thursday's second half. The Spiders, who split their regular-season series with VCU, shot 17.8 percent in the third quarter and 28.6 percent for the game. VCU led by 7 at intermission and wasn't threatened thereafter.
"They speed you up," said guard Janelle Hubbard, who led the Spiders with 17 points. "They play hard, aggressive, attacking defense and they make you play faster than maybe you want to play. I think maybe that's what happened to us today. They're very, very good at that."
Dividends were plentiful. Richmond, playing its second game in 24 hours, was ill-equipped to handle VCU's preferred pace. VCU isn't a formidable offensive team when required to run half-court sets and shoot from the perimeter. But when permitted to run the floor in transition, it can score in bunches.
"Our defense generates our offense," Rams wing guard Adaeze Alaeze said. "Without it, we can't get out and run in transition, and we can't do what we want to do - which is attack (the rim). When we're playing great team defense, we feel like there's nothing we can't do. For us, team defense leads to team offense. And when you're playing both, great things can happen."
Said O'Boyle: "So many teams like to shoot a lot of 3-pointers. We almost have to plead with our players not to shoot (from 3-point range). We're so athletic. When we drive aggressively and play with an 'attack' mentality, that's how fouls happen."
Fouls and balanced production. Four Rams contributed double-digit offense to Thursday's victory. Guard Isis Thorpe led the procession with 13 points. Alaeze and post player Curteeona Brelove added 12. Ashlep Pegram, a guard from Meadowbrook, scored 10 - all in the second half.
VCU's 50-28 advantage on the glass flung open the stable doors. Forward Jessica Ogunnorin pulled down 14 rebounds. Brelove grabbed 10. O'Boyle, aware Richmond was playing its second game in 24 hours, said she stressed defense and rebounding when talking beforehand.
"Make or miss, we wanted the ball out and up the floor as quickly as possible," she said.
VCU ambushed St. Bonaventure 52-47 last month in the Siegel Center. The Bonnies shot 36 percent in that game.
More of the same will be necessary today, O'Boyle said.
"They're very talented," she said. "They run that motion offense about as well as anyone in the league."
RICHMOND (13-18) - Wike 1, Murphree 0, Powell 2, Hubbard 17, Parson 10, Hudalla 4, Greene 8. Totals 16 6-10 42
VCU (22-8) - Ogunnorin 9, Brelove 12, Alaeze 12, Robinson 4, Thorpe 13, Pegram 10, Goodhope 0, Clay 0, Mitchell 2, Strong 0, Skinner 0. Totals 23 15-20 62
Richmond 11 11 8 12 - 42
VCU 9 20 13 20 - 62
3-point goals: UR - Parson 2, Hubbard, Hudalla. VCU - Thorpe
By VIC DORR JR. Richmond Times-Dispatch|6 hours ago
The third meeting of the season between the VCU and University of Richmond women's basketball teams can be distilled to this: The Rams bought in and the Spiders checked out.
A relentless defensive effort, complemented nicely by balanced offense, carried the Rams to a 62-42 victory over UR in Thursday's second round of the Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament at the Richmond Coliseum. Today's 2 p.m. quarterfinal date with No. 4-seeded St. Bonaventure stands between VCU and possible insertion into the NCAA at-large discussion.
Thursday's conversation focused primarily upon VCU's defense and rebounding. The Rams, athletic and assertive, rank 25th nationally in scoring defense. They have held 15 opponents to fewer than 50 points.
"The players have absolutely bought in" to the emphasis on pressure defense, said Rams coach Beth O'Boyle.
"We take a lot of pride in it. We look at the numbers after every game. They understand that defense equals wins. The winning part is something they really enjoy."
VCU (22-8) had a monopoly on enjoyment for much of Thursday's second half. The Spiders, who split their regular-season series with VCU, shot 17.8 percent in the third quarter and 28.6 percent for the game. VCU led by 7 at intermission and wasn't threatened thereafter.
"They speed you up," said guard Janelle Hubbard, who led the Spiders with 17 points. "They play hard, aggressive, attacking defense and they make you play faster than maybe you want to play. I think maybe that's what happened to us today. They're very, very good at that."
Dividends were plentiful. Richmond, playing its second game in 24 hours, was ill-equipped to handle VCU's preferred pace. VCU isn't a formidable offensive team when required to run half-court sets and shoot from the perimeter. But when permitted to run the floor in transition, it can score in bunches.
"Our defense generates our offense," Rams wing guard Adaeze Alaeze said. "Without it, we can't get out and run in transition, and we can't do what we want to do - which is attack (the rim). When we're playing great team defense, we feel like there's nothing we can't do. For us, team defense leads to team offense. And when you're playing both, great things can happen."
Said O'Boyle: "So many teams like to shoot a lot of 3-pointers. We almost have to plead with our players not to shoot (from 3-point range). We're so athletic. When we drive aggressively and play with an 'attack' mentality, that's how fouls happen."
Fouls and balanced production. Four Rams contributed double-digit offense to Thursday's victory. Guard Isis Thorpe led the procession with 13 points. Alaeze and post player Curteeona Brelove added 12. Ashlep Pegram, a guard from Meadowbrook, scored 10 - all in the second half.
VCU's 50-28 advantage on the glass flung open the stable doors. Forward Jessica Ogunnorin pulled down 14 rebounds. Brelove grabbed 10. O'Boyle, aware Richmond was playing its second game in 24 hours, said she stressed defense and rebounding when talking beforehand.
"Make or miss, we wanted the ball out and up the floor as quickly as possible," she said.
VCU ambushed St. Bonaventure 52-47 last month in the Siegel Center. The Bonnies shot 36 percent in that game.
More of the same will be necessary today, O'Boyle said.
"They're very talented," she said. "They run that motion offense about as well as anyone in the league."
RICHMOND (13-18) - Wike 1, Murphree 0, Powell 2, Hubbard 17, Parson 10, Hudalla 4, Greene 8. Totals 16 6-10 42
VCU (22-8) - Ogunnorin 9, Brelove 12, Alaeze 12, Robinson 4, Thorpe 13, Pegram 10, Goodhope 0, Clay 0, Mitchell 2, Strong 0, Skinner 0. Totals 23 15-20 62
Richmond 11 11 8 12 - 42
VCU 9 20 13 20 - 62
3-point goals: UR - Parson 2, Hubbard, Hudalla. VCU - Thorpe
The announcers were pretty harsh on our team down the stretch, talking about how there was no fire and no one stepping up to lead. No handshakes/fist bumps when players came out of the game and walked down the bench, etc.
Yes, we were down like 15 at that point and a comeback was very unlikely, but still...
Yes, we were down like 15 at that point and a comeback was very unlikely, but still...
We'll see if Shafer gets a pass.It will tell us about whether it really matters or whether anyone really cares.
Mediocrity or even less than mediocre may be the new standard for roundball at UR.
Mediocrity or even less than mediocre may be the new standard for roundball at UR.
I was there yesterday. They just didn't show up. VCU figured out that if you work it inside you can score. Our guards just weren't shooting very well from outside.
It'll be interesting in the next couple of weeks to see if Shafer stays or goes. I think he stays. Gill doesn't want to disrupt the status quo.
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