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Gosh that win had to kill ya ! (“Act like you’ve been there before” ; nice quote on the live chat ; Captain Miserable) congrats to rest ; WHAT A WIN !!!

If you downplay and belittle a win, you either bet on Wilmington or you’re just a miserable person. Like, how can one put asterisks on a buzzer-beating win? It’s a tired act and one that shouldn’t be quoted so others don’t have to see it unless they choose to.

So, I’m driving yesterday when I get a phone call. I recognized the prefix (704) as being associated with TU, so I decide to answer. And who’s on the other end of the line but Charles Thompson, calling to thank me for being a season ticket holder, as part of a campaign where players are calling season ticket holders. We had a brief conversation and I must say he was extremely articulate and personable, and I came away thinking what an excellent ambassador he is not just for the team, but the university as well. I have no doubt he will be a success in whatever endeavors he pursues once he leaves TU

C’mon man, that’s weak. We just went on the road, against a ranked team, in front of the largest crowd in their history, spotted them a 17-point lead, and then ripped their hearts out with a stunning 34-0 run, and this snarky response is the best you can do? Would have been better if you just exercised your right to remain silent 🤫

The back and forth of this game reminded me a little of that wild Coastal Carolina OT win years and years ago. Kudos to the kids for never giving up on it even though they kept allowing scores. Bad news though...this just gave UNH the tiebreaker for a playoff bid over us if it comes down to that. IYKYK

I still think it’s too early to proclaim Shinnick a bad hire. Things weren’t always rosy with Gordy and Rob and there were some mind boggling losses with them as well. I’m one of those that pretty much wrote this season off before it began. Need I remind you that Ambrose went 3-19 in his first 2 seasons.

Why do you conflate two issues? Not a single, solitary post on this board has even remotely tried to rationalize the ridiculous extension he got. That being said, is it the player’s fault that he got it? Should we take no pleasure in beating UNCW? Nobody, I repeat nobody, has any false allusions about this team. I grudgingly defend your right to express your opinions, but you really do at times sap the energy from this forum and I suspect you’ve so worn down some folks that they no longer post, or worse, no longer even read posts on here. We get it, Skerry can’t win close games; can’t win in the conference tournament; can’t recruit a PG; plays a desultory style of basketball and certainly didn’t deserve the 8-year extension, or the last secretive one. I mean, nobody’s disputing any of these things-you’re arguing with phantoms. You’ve made your points, ad nauseum. ENOUGH!!!

Honestly not sure why the university kept it quiet. They also kept the COVID extension quiet, which means that back-to-back one-year extensions were kept quiet. I talked to Pat today and he told me that he isn't interested with the attention that comes with announcing contract extensions. I get that, but students' athletics fees go toward paying salaries for coaches... right? I'd think the public has a right to know when coaches are getting extended. Not announcing it only makes matters worse for them because now it seems like a secretive move where they have no control over the narrative.

Yeah, I don’t get grousing about beating Morgan, Coppin and UMBC. It makes perfect sense to play those schools. I mean, with Coppin and UMBC this year, it’s 2 no cost “road games.” Frankly, we ought to play Loyola too, unless they’re afraid to get their Patriot League asses whipped. So why bitch about beating up on these teams? Not every game can be vs Houston, CU, NTSU, WF or SDSU. You can’t win with some folks. If we beat the locals, it’s “well, they stink.” If we were to lose to the locals it would be “the sky is falling.”

Getting ready to make the 3.5 hour drive from Minneapolis in about an hour. I hope it goes better than my trips to Chicago for the Northern Iowa and to Rhode Island for Bryant games last year. If it could match my experience in Philadelphia during the Penn win last year that would be great.

Putting this nicely, we completely fumbled all the good momentum that was built in the early 2010s over the past 10 years. Coastal Athletic Association will be back at 10 team in a couple years unless add any more crap like Morgan or NJIT: Hampton, NCAT, Campbell, Stony Brook, Drexel, Elon, Monmouth, Hofstra, Northeastern, and us. Can't expect anyone within our institution to react other than do nothing and be happy with whatever hand we're dealt.

Personally very encouraged by Coach Shinnick’s first season. Now knowing what he has to work with in terms of his team’s talent & deficiencies he can better address their needs in the offseason. His energy and enthusiasm seems genuine and that’s refreshing. I’m curious to see if the entire staff comes back in tact or if he makes any changes among his assistants. Go Tigers!

Gibby is now a HS coach https://x.com/towson_mbb/status/1725556448854237280?s=46&t=nScacl1TWT-KyOwj5stBaw

It’s hard to tell when you’re joking vs when you are actively trying to scare away towson fans and call for the football program to be disbanded

Second part Charles Thompson and Radhir Hicks have entered the meeting. Pat Skerry on both players “I meant what I said earlier. These guys have done outstanding jobs as leaders since Memorial Day. We have really good quarterbacking play in Radhir, who has changed his body. He shot really well this weekend. Charles has had as good an off-season as anyone we’ve ever had. These two guys have a big responsibility. They are just outstanding people as well as good players.” Charles on coming back to Towson “I was going to be a football guy at first. Skerry convinced me to play basketball in college. When I was in high school, I remember how Skerry was hitting me up every day. He said, ‘I want you here.’ That played a huge role in my decision. I love the guy. He showed faith in me since Day 1. He told me when I was 17 that I didn’t have to score a basket to play for him as long as I played hard and rebounded. That’s been the truth since today. He hasn’t lied to me since I’ve been here so here I am.” On Canada trip Radhir “We had a great time. We got to travel and get some early games in. We saw a different country and Montreal was a whole new world for us. They speak more French. It was a cool trip.” Charles “Toronto was more like kind of like a New York a bit. Montreal felt like we’re not in America.” How did it help them improve as a team? Charles “It’s hard playing against each other all summer. At one point, we know how we play against each other. We don’t know how other teams play or how we’re going to play together. It was nice being able to see how other guys play off each other. We had lineups with like Me, Messiah, CMay, Radhir and Tyler Tejada. Then we had Tomiwa (Sulaiman) at the 4 and 3. We were able to different things over Canada. It helped us jell early on. We have a bunch of new guys.” Hicks “It’s always nice to get game reps and play against other bodies and react to see how we do.” On 3 pointers Skerry “We led the CAA (Conference play) in three-point shooting last year and we were first or second the year before. From an analytical stand point, what we’d like to do is that 35% of our shots be threes. We’d like to make 35-36% of those shots. We’re trying to get take 10% of our shots from 8 feet to the 3-point line. We want red-zone shots (0-8ft) and 3-pointers.” Skerry on NIT ruling “It’s a bad rule right now. Hopefully, it’s a short-term thing. Heard the rumblings that Fox Sports is trying to take some teams….it’s a terrible rule. You won’t have the best teams in the country playing. If you have teams playing below .500 playing postseason basketball, that’s really bad. I think you’ll see the CBI get a lot stronger moving forward. The negative to that. I’m on the NABC congress, I represent our conference. There was zero talk about that. The customer service from the NCAA was incredibly disappointing.” Richard Kent on NIT “They are going to take the two highest NET teams from the Power 6 conferences who are not in the NCAA Tournament. You can take a 13-19 Penn State team who has a NET of 68 and not take a 28-5 team that has a NET of 75, that lost in the CAA Final. Which I think is unmitigated nonsense.” Charlie and Rad on new guys Charles on Sulaiman “My new guy is Tomiwa. I thought he was more of a 4 or a 5. When he got here, he just shoots the ball really well. If you contest T’s shot and he misses, that’s not because of you, but because of what T did. He’s always shot-ready. He plays defense really hard.” Radhir on Makhi Lowery “Ki is a great defender and great athlete. On offense, he creates a lot of opportunities. He’s a good playmaker and has great size. He’s definitely a player to look out for.” (Datres) What was the No. 1 thing they looked to improve in the offseason? Charlie “Decision-making. I’m going to have the ball in my hands a lot. It’s not a secret. I have to make better decisions with the ball. Less turnovers. Knowing when I want to hit my shots, when to pass out of the post and how I want to get the ball. I’m far along with that and I’ll be ready when the season starts next week.” Radhir “My outside shot. I put a lot of reps this summer. Went to the gym a lot. Put a lot of work in.” What’s the status of Nendah Tarke Skerry “Bullis School. He’s practicing with us. He’s a good player. Terry Porter and Steve are working on it. We’re in the middle of a waiver process. We filed it the day after Labor Day. Very frustrating. We have not had any bad news. I’m guardedly optimistic that the right thing will happen. I’m not going into the details. It’s an interesting story. We certainly need him and we certainly need him. He’ll be able to make an impact. He’s got good size. He’s excellent defensively. Pass it, drive it. Would certainly help us. I wouldn’t be surprised that mid-week on how far the NCAA is behind on waivers. They implemented this transfer rule and they had to think there would be waivers and they must not be staffed well. There are a lot of big non-conference games where teams are waiting on kids.” On deadline for Tarke? “It could drag into the season based on what happened in football. We hope not. I will say Terry and Steve have worked very hard on it and are using every available resource. We haven’t heard any negative news. We’re hopeful that it’s sooner than later.” In the CAA, who is he most concerned about? “All of them. I hope our conference has a really good non-conference run. Those league games will come more meaningful. Those top four teams when they played, those were high-level games. We had a down year that there wasn’t as much parity. It’s way too early, who is going to be great and not being great. One of our things are interesting. I wouldn’t judge a lot from non-conference. There are 3-4 teams that schedule aggressively. There are some teams that are good that don’t schedule aggressively. Now, we had 14 teams. Unbalanced scheduling. Hofstra had a tremendous year. The way it broke for them, it wasn’t as challenging for Charleston, UNCW or Delaware.” Me on what they accomplished in the closed scrimmages “We’re looking for a measure of consistency. What I like about the group is that when we lock in on something, we get better at that. We have to make sure that we don’t slip in other areas. Both games were very, very close. Some of that was good. Some of that was disappointing. Both teams were good. The hope that we could go on the road. Colorado will be on the road. You always have a lot of regrets as a coach. We’ve had a lot of close games in those big opponent games on the road. We have to play at a high level. Energy, toughness and execution. The hope that playing some good teams would helps us get ready for us.” On close games “The entire season. Starting with me, we didn’t do a good enough job in those. I expect this group to be in a lot of close games. We’re built for that. Hopefully, we’ll be successful in that. We’re really committed defensively. It’s a connected group. Starting with Charlie and Rad, the way they talk to each other. We have to make sure that we have that Towson toughness and physically impose our will. I’d like another 30 days of practice. It’s almost go time. We have another week of practice. We have to make some strides in a couple of areas.” On Jaiden Cole “He’s been practicing in and out. It likes he’s grown since he’s gotten here. He can really shoot the ball. There’s a window for him to get in the mix and help us out. Like anything you know, when you try and put him in with the rest of the team, it’s getting him back 100%. We’re behind schedule there. I feel for Jaiden because he’s a gym-rate. I’m disappointed that he’s behind schedule.” On Chase Paar “I’m proud of him. He’s lost about 27 pounds. He’s tried to lean out. He’s been practicing every day. We slowly got him back, He can certainly help us. He’s a high IQ guy and has been through a lot. He’s actually shown a lot of courage this year. He has a slight tear in his knee and has been gutting it out. The fact that he’s lost a lot of weight has helped him.”

Great. He should be first in something

There you go again, Advocating for the shut down of TU Football. Why don't you just shut your pie hole.

Only Towson fans, many whom asked for Rob Ambrose to get the axe because he was mediocre, arrogant and mean, want to fire his successor and cut the program after four games and one horrible loss. Disappointed? Beyond. Frustrated? Of course. This program has been through so much shit over the past 50+ years that a bad loss or bad season is not going to destroy us.

Actually, the ‘11-‘13 campaigns saw 5k in student attendance. Sure, they may have left at halftime, but it was a great atmosphere. Tailgating means everything to college football and the general student population. Winning is not as big a factor as you may believe. Nobody cares about Towson vs Norfolk or Bryant or Monmouth. The average student would have some interest in a game against ‘Nova, JMU, Richmond, W&M, ODU and Delaware. The current CAA not a sustainable model.

I attended TU about the same years you did. I was also apart of that marketing team. We definitely had the tools that made it easy to market sports but we also put in work work. We contacted every football alum with letters and calls to assure they attended the Lehigh game. We were miles better than what we have now. We hit endless community events, had a social media plan, and put docs page to use. We had a presence on campus with posters, fliers, and player participation. Sports had a slight increase in attendance before the winning. We had great leaders too, Mike Hollis was an engine. It shows because he’s worked in the NBA with the nets and is now working in the NHL. As soon as he left I started to see marketing decisions that made zero sense. Waddell came and we went into overdrive, he didn’t play around but was great. He once sent an intern home for wearing Terp gear and I loved it. The Waddell & Hollis combo was unmatched.

Oh yeah miss Debbie (I think that’s her name) was always a sweetheart. Like an IHOP/Waffle House waitress asking “how you babies doin?”

Nice win. Clearly making progress each week with signs of improvement across most (not all) position groups. Will this most likely be a 3 or 4 win season? Yes. Is that unexpected or unacceptable for a first-year coach? Of course not. Still very bullish on Shinnick and his long-term plan. Go Tigers!

If I said 75% you would have called me crazy. Ton of things to work as a team however shooting free throws can be done individually and on their own time as well. We just beat a solid UMASS team at home and played “4” freshman for a combined total of 82 minutes. Jan 4th CAA play begins. We can be a top 4 team in this conference!

Huge win for Towson, a big response after last game's loss against Albany. Still have to figure out how to win at home, but the team has some really good momentum with two wins in its last three games against top-15 teams. Going to need all the momentum they can get ahead of rival #7 Delaware next weekend.