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If I were the SB coach, I wouldn’t call Skerry for any tips on how to close out the game

Avert your eyes Tigers Fans (at least to the ones that don't already have their heads in the sand about this program). Had some extra time in the office today and did some stat digging. Some of these are depressing and mind numbing. There have been some nice comeback wins along the way, and I am sure the Pat supporters will post them (Hope you do!), but this is about the blown leads, close losses, almost had it, and what should have been. From the last few regular seasons. ^^ (because we can't do asterisks on here!) is the highest % in the second half, not always at time of biggest lead. CAA Tournament Losses (All 11) ^^ (Again no asterisks here!) Does Not Include 2020/2021 COVID Game. That was a blow out the entire game. In our CAAT Games since Benimon we have scored: 56, 66, 67, 86, 72, 68, 56, 48, 62, 73, 66, 59, 82, 60, 69^ ^OT game, 62 in Regulation. More games under 57 then over 81... We can have the best defense around, but with scoring numbers like those, you aren't going to win multiple games many times.

Looks like Pure Raw Juice, is now sponsoring some of the men's and women's players.

CofC looked like they had about 8 assistant coaches. One was kinda fat lol

You scared her one night; Skerry has horrified us in the conference tournament for 12 years. All things considered, you’ve gotten the worst end of the deal

Well,TL never restored all of the scholarships from the Loeshke purge. Over the past 2 years, there has been an incremental return of some of the funding. I expect that Steve will be fully funding the program again, by the end of this year.

Another year, another final appearance with no finals for the 32nd straight year. I'm going to use some analytics. According to BasketballReference.com, somewhat similar to KenPom. Towson went 20-14 with a 11-7 conference record. A SRS (Simple Rating System) of 0.63 (148th) and a SOS of -1.83 (182nd). The also had an ORtg of 105.6 (191st) and a DRtg of 99.6 (76th) For example, Charleston had a SOS of -2.71 (216th) and a SRS of 4.48 (113th) with an ORtg of 114.6 (27th) and a DRtg of 103.1 (163rd). (All out of 362 teams). In terms of overall stats, Towson shot 42.3% from the field (295th), made 24.1FG per game (319th), shot 47.2% from 2-point range (315th) and 32.8% (255th) from beyond the arc. They had 381 assists (259th) and 11.2 assists per game (322nd), 6.2 steals per game (225th), 4.2 blocks per game (70th), 12.1 turnovers per game (141st), 6.4 3 pointers made per game (291st) and 19.4 3-pointers attempted per game (285th) with 67.5 points per game. In conference, not counting tournament games, they averaged 10.8 turnovers per game (4th), 3.9 blocks (2nd), shot 33.7% from 3pt (7th), 47.5% from 2pt (11th), 42.7% from the field (9th) and 68.1 points per game. They also finished 13th in free throw shooting % (67.6%). In conference, they allowed teams to shoot 41.7% from the field (3rd), 46.5% from 2 point (2nd), 33.1% from 3pt (5th). Individual players Christian May: Shot 38.9% FG, 44.9% 2pt, 34.1% 3pt, 61.8% FT, 4.1rpg, 1.6TPG, , 10.8ppg Conference: Shot 38.4% FG, 44.6% 2pt, 34% 3pt, 71.8% FT, 4.3rpg, 1.7 TPG, 11.1ppg Nendah Tarke: Shot 32.9% FG, 37.1% 2pt, 27.7% 3pt, 70.2% FT, 5.1rpg, 2.2apg, 1.5spg, 1.6TPG, 9.8ppg Conference Shot 34.7% FG, 37.7% 2pt, 30.6% 3pt, 75.8% FT, 5.3rpg, 2.4apg, 1.2spg, 1.7TPG, 10.4ppg Dylan Williamson: Shot 40.3% FG, 46.3% 2pt, 33.8% 3pt, 68.1% FT, 2.9apg, 1spg, 1.5TPG, 10.2ppg Conference: Shot 41.5% FG, 47.6% 2pt, 35.1% 3pt, 48.6% FT, 2.8apg, 1.6 TPG, 9.8ppg Charles Thompson: Shot 50.6% FG, 50.6% 2pt, 59.9% FT, 8.2rpg, 1.4bpg, 2.1apg, 1.6TPG, 9.8ppg Conference: Shot: 55.6% FG (same 2pt), 55.4% FT, 8.6rpg, 1.4bpg, 2.5apg, 2TPG, 10.2ppg Tyler Tejada: Shot: 41.7% FG, 46.6% 2pg, 35.2% 3pt, 84.3% FT, 3.3rpg, 0.8apg, 1.4TPG, 10.1ppg Conference: Shot 42% FG, 44.4% 2pt, 39.4% 3pt, 92.6% FT, 2.9rpg, 1.6rpg, 9.8ppg Tomiwa Sulaiman: Shot 46.6% FG, 52.4 2pt, 33.3% 3pt, 83.7% FG, 4.1rpg, 0.7 TPG, 5.7ppg Conference: Shot 40.7% FG, 47.6% 2pg, 21.7% 3pt, 84.4% FT, 4.5rpg, 5.7ppg Messiah Jones: Shot 49.3% FG, 51.8% 2pt, 39.3% 3pt, 70% FT, 3.7rpg, 1TPG, 5.4ppg Conference: Shot 61.3% FG, 62.7% 2pt, 54.5% 3pt, 80% FT, 3.1rpg, 5.2ppg Mekhi Lowery: Shot 44.2% FG, 46% 2pg, 40% FT, 3.7rpg, 1.2apg, 1bpg, 3.4ppg Conference: Shot 28.6% FG, 30.4% 2pg, 0% 3pt, 47.6% FT, 3.1rpg, 0.9bpg, 1.4apg, 2.1TPG In terms of individual metrics Best ORTg Sulaiman 121.9 Jones 112.7 Tejada 110.1 Williamson 110.1 Thompson 109.1 Paar 107.1 May 104.6 Lowery 102.7 Tarke 100.8 Best DRTg of regulars Nendah Tarke 96.0 Charles Thompson 96.1 Mekhi Lowery 96.1 Tomiwa Sulaiman 99.7 Chase Paar 110.2 Messiah Jones 102.9 Tyler Tejada 104.3 Dylan Williamson 104.5 Christian May 104.8 Yes, take some of this with a grain of salt, but Tarke has the best defensive rating and worst offensive rating. May has the worst defensive rating somehow but in conference play is higher than Jones, Williamson and Tejada.

They have and that's because their coach is able to cultivate that talent and assimilate it within the team he has. We bring in a POY and an All-American in consecutive years and their play here makes you wonder how in the world they earned those awards.

Kelsey should give half his salary to Skerry. After all, he couldn’t have done it without a big assist from Skerry

After giving it some more thought, this whole Pat Skerry contract extension could really come back to bite Steve and impact the trajectory of his own career. How will potential future employers view Steve’s decision to extend a coach who is just north of .500 with ZERO NCAA Tournament appearances over the course of 13(?) seasons? ”So Steve, in your opinion it made sense to extend Pat Skerry, based on what exactly? Would you use those same standards/criteria here at University X when evaluating our coaches?” Steve has hitched his wagon to Skerry with no clear or practical contract exit strategy. No one will be able to bail Steve out of this other than Skerry and that’s highly unlikely. What if the Tigers take a massive step backwards next season and only win 10-12 games? These two are married to one another….for better or for worse.