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2 hours ago, Chris Datres said:

We've done so well with me not being able to watch or listen to the game live that I think I'll do it again for the semifinal game too unless it rains here which is not in the forecast.

Impressive effort by the freshmen to carry the day, especially Williamson.  Big step up by Tarke to sort of jumpstart things in the 2nd half and get us rolling.  The 3-pt defense since the 12:00 mark of the 2nd half vs W&M has been very impressive.  That'll be ultra necessary against Charleston as they'll whip it around the perimeter like they did against us in the home game.  Only way we're gonna beat them is if we keep up this same defensive effort and if we shoot like we did at their place.  Charleston's that white whale that for the most part we haven't been able to take down in a big spot.  We've proven they're beatable.  Just have to play that same game from January.

Oh, and that's another 20-win season.  Of course, there will be those who will foolishly place asterisks on it and that's their agenda.  Would you prefer the consistent 20-loss seasons from 1998-2011?

Yep ….. agree.    Ho-Hum; another 20 wins ! 😂 

(at Towson; nottttt Duke 😂)

Bring on da Cougars ! 

Ok…. Fair, So You do give credit ( 2012 just can't ever get there )…. Cheers, you get it.  And yeah …. It’s kinda a big deal.  I love (degree soon I hope 😂) Towson; but …. Let’s be real.  If Kansas wants any of our guys - that’s a good, no…. Great thing 

Absolutely could lose the first game ……

and

…… it’s also da same team that won AT C of C.

sooooo; yeah, I think the Tigers can win this thing (prob 6 teams that can).   
 

I’m buying beers in DC  if (when) we get to the finals (TY Bitcoin  🚀) …. Will send my coordinates WHEN we get there.   Sorry to be so positive , but that’s loving sports/ being a fan.  Most of y’all dismiss the 18-20 reg season wins anyways 😂 ….. so, LFG.   NOW you can check in.  Playoffs !   Next game(s) (per the negative Nancy’s) is ALL THAT MATTERS.  
 

#TIGERSROARINDC

5th seed ….. not great.  I was hoping for 3 or 4.   
but ….

can we scroll back ?  We did u have them ?

Ahhhhh, you know Timber plays at KANSAS now (bit diff than Towson,  right ?  ) And ….. do you know how many other D1 offers he had ?    
I mean ……

if you are gonna kill the coaches for the “misses” you THINK they’ve made , I wonder why they don’t get credit for wins like ( ya know , a guy at KANSAS) 😂 

10 hours ago, Bay Area Tiger said:

Just watched..  I appreciate his efforts but no one cares we’ve won 18 games or more 9 of the past 11 seasons if we win tomorrow night.  Sustainability of a program is great if you know bigger things are ahead but we don’t know that.  Have some nice parts but nothing indicates we will win the CAA anytime soon.  

Jeez, No doubt dancing would be DA BEST - but count me in da minority ( I guess 🤷‍♂️ ); cause ya - I DO care about winning 18+ a year, almost every year …… 

10 hours ago, TuTigers2012 said:

16-11 winning season! Throw the damn parade! Give the life time extension!
 In all seriousness good game especially by our role players.  Tejada was great offensively. And lowery did a number on rice.  Love a game when 24 doesn’t shoot and think he’s lebron james. Also messiah was great offensively atleast, when he actually payed 
too bad we hacked up a game Saturday or the games against Charleston and uncw could have been interesting. 

“Throw the parade…./ give the ext “ …

23 hours ago, TSU88 said:

let’s assume we don’t make it to a conference championship game this season, and the 3 after, which would take us to the end of Skerry’s contract, absent another extension. Notice I didn’t say he actually wins the game, but I set the bar at him simply getting us to the finals. Would you advocate that he get yet another extension? 

No …. Prob no reason to extend if no finals .  But ( and I’ve seen the Kentucky message boards, I get fans being unreasonable) my question / thoughts are : what makes ya think Towson doesn’t go da other way ….BACK to da bottom of the barrel again?  Like …. You know ; 1-30, on probation laughing-stock ?   I wanna dance too, who doesn’t - but I just think we got a system NOW that gives us a chance every year …. Charles doesn’t sprain his ankle ; C of C doesn’t bury those 3 ballz last year ; …. You guys actually happy ?   IDK.   I get it …. Dance or die .  But ….it could (has) been wayyyyy worse (how soon they forget ) 🤷‍♂️.  #InMatt(andPARR)ITrust

2 hours ago, TigerFan54 said:

I met the new prez at the UNCW game. He seemed to think the world of PS. I told him I wasn't a fan, but he didn't ask me to elaborate.

You mean the President wasn’t overly concerned with the opinion of a ( I assume-  random; non basketball professional , non major donor ) fan / alum…. When measured against a staff that took the program from dumpster-fire / probation status to top handful of the league EVERY year while graduating ALL their players ?   Shocking .  Although- Adam Silver ignores my ALL STAR tweak suggestions ; so ….. 🤷‍♂️ 

I’d like to win them ALL too (reg season AND tournaments) but , like ……. Anyone here REALLY not OK with being in 3rd place right now?   
 

this team is gonna be in the mix , have a CHANCE …… AGAIN…. To make a run in DC.  
 

but yeah….. let’s complain about the substitution patterns 😂.     ( and what else ….?).  
 

Parr > Embid

2 hours ago, TuTigers2012 said:

Like Charleston last year (and this) the sum of our whole is greater than the parts. But it’s a heck of a lot easier winning 3 games in 3 days with a guy who can give up 20+ those nights 

Semi - agree (for once ?) love to have that semi-automatic goto guy (usually a grd at mid major) …for tournament-time.   But; if you tell me Tark, May, and Dwill keep progressing (front court aside , which I love ) ….. LFG; who should we be scared of ?  Make / miss tournament/ league / game - but I KNOW 💯 we will defend and rebound .   We getting sneaky good!  Even you gotta (albeit half) smile !     Now FUKK NORTHEASTERN

1 hour ago, TuTigers2012 said:

Uncw stormed the court… I’m probably in the minority here since we have some on here that want to book hotels in march for beating Arcadia, but a court storming for that?!  In mid January?! Come on 

I’d say bad was we got very three happy to start the second half and were something like 2-11 to begin.  Can’t do that against the better teams. Seems like we just stopped running sets. 

I’m doing a 180 on you 2012!  True skillz to find the turd in an otherwise meadow of roses.  Amazing week for da program (C of C road win, thrashing of da camels ) & your dirty diaper stink is still strong.  Credit where credit is due.  
If we slay the dragonsThur, and you still have a dump in yur pants ( fire the coach, May not that guy, Charlie needs to be , blah blah blah) I’m sending you an edible arrangement:  DM me address 

GoTigers!

on da road....major win.   wow.  all this means; is.....we can....can get it done for one wkend in DC.  CAA is gonna be fun  

love this squad

1 hour ago, TuTigers2012 said:

Playing at home is much different than on the road. Gonna have to steal 1-2 road games to finish .500 in league play. A team full of role players, playing well at home isn’t surprising. 
Great drive and find by tarke after his defender fell down and even better shot by Tejada. 
White was an animal and our defense on him wasn’t awful but not great either. Phillips hurt helped us. So did the fact they’ve been on the road forever. 
 

Shorten the rotation a bit which helps. Can’t finish down low still and 4 spot is a major concern. 

nice bounce back from Charles. Just wish we didn’t give one away on Thursday.  

think we will be a solid home team And a very poor road team (0-7 and counting)

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 !!!

10 minutes ago, Bay Area Tiger said:

He’s reading it all and ready to give this message board a nice big shit burger to eat come March.   This is Pat’s year….

2024 🕺

Love da positivity !  And let’s be honest; really only need to serve up 3 or 4 shitburgers (unfortunately; it’s those that scream/cry da loudest) rest of us are amped for league play !   #2024🕺 

15 hours ago, TSU88 said:

Reality check time: he’s got 3 years, after this season, left on his contract and he’s not getting bought out. I don’t know what’s going to happen when we start the real season, i.e., conference play. If the CAA is as weak as some believe, we might be able to hold our heads above water. I don’t have any inside information, but I’m going to assume Tarke’s not going to see the court this season. Without him, we may have one of the worst offenses in the country. And as high as I am on Cole, he’s a completely unknown commodity. The real villain here isn’t Skerry (not his fault on Conway, Tarke, Watson) but rather Tim Leonard, for giving Skerry that insane 8-year extension, which we now wear like an albatross around our necks 

"we may have one of the worst offenses in the country"     seriously?    lol, the sky is NOT fallin.  did anyone think we were gonna come 3-0 outta dis thing?   1-2 woulda been huge, but looking at the field; 0-3 was the play; and ....here we are.  jeez - back away from the ledge.    get some reps, get healthy, get some guys cleared (hopefully) and bring on league play.  all the folks who say "20+ wins dont matter, its only the conf playoffs" kick and scream when we lose to da big boyz in the reg season.    VENMO me if you wanna bet the Morgan St game..............

2 hours ago, TuTigers2012 said:

I was joking ..

in fairness to Blounge; it does appear you forgot the first rule of joking (again) .......

23 hours ago, TuTigers2012 said:

An obvious parody account on twitter…

I can’t imagine how unhappy this made you …. 

3 hours ago, Tiger93 said:

Not disputing any of this, just responding to the joke with a joke of my own. I am only a defender of Skerry in the sense of firing a coach who has won 46 games in the and gone 27-9 in conference play the last two years seems extremely absurd on the surface, but I do understand the ultimate balance sheet and the frustration of how long it has been since we appeared in the NCAA Tournament. I just don't engage in this argument much because I know where you stand and you know where I stand. It doesn't help to put words in people's mouths, which often happens on both ends here so I won't do it.

I respect the viewpoints and understand why everyone feels this way, I just don't agree at this particular time with your course of action (I was a lot closer to all of you after 2020-21 even thought COVID was an unfair time to do it). Believe me when I tell you I have done as much or more research on the futility of this program to get to a conference tournament final (as it pertains to the conference and nationally) over the last 30 years than anyone here. It is more than just Skerry, but having been here for nearly half of that timeframe now he certainly wears a decent amount of the failure of it despite the fact that he has done the best job of anyone this side of terry Truax to make this program respectable.

Ultimately, there is a point in time where the absurdity needs to end in terms of the NCAA Tournament drought. As I have said and will continue to say, it is borderline idiotic to chase out a coach that has done what Skerry has done the last two years. Where I completely agree with you all is these type of conference seasons and being in the mix for a tournament appearance (semis or better in the conference) is the minimum standard I expect next year no matter how many players we lose.

Whether that is realistic or not, that is what the modern-day college basketball landscape is like. If we take a step back there are 4-5 programs ready to leap over us, and that is where I draw the line of unacceptable. I imagine that is close to where Steve Eigonbrot is as a person that has to make logical decisions about these types of things. 

ok....so your comment of "research", got my (albeit tiny) brain thinking....and consulting professor Google (plse let me know if the following research is off; i mean dat)

Towson hoops:  1979/80 - now.....44 years Div 1 hoops. Have we always been D1?  i think so.  sucks no NCAA tournament; we are part of a shitty trivia question im sure

572-738 43%  #losers

79-83, Agnoti in 4 seasons = .250%

83-98 Traux, 14 seasons = .499%

97-01 Jaskulski 4 seasons = .327%

02-04 Hunt 3 seasons (why so fast?) = .276%

05-11 kennedy 7 seasons = .330% (ran into, probation?  WTF)

11-23 Skerry 12 seasons   = .511%

so... i'm trying to figure out why this group *  (*well, like 4-5 sad lads) wanna run the guy w/ the best record, EVER, outta the school.  SMH.  1-31 to 18-13; is the GREATEST turnaround in the history of D1 basketball?  is this still true/still stand?  WTF?    helloooooo    towson, not UCLA

then i peel da onion a bit more and say....WTF.  if you eliminate Skerry year 1 (1-31)  (ya know, the year they were on PROBATION) (pretty sure that has practice hr restrictions/ recruiting restrictions...thats on the "other/previous pat" btw -)....and eliminate the covid year ( maybe a stretch - but....work wit me, as the players ALL got a muligan on Covid, what if this staff did too?)  (4-14)......i'm no math major -doesnt skerry & this staff record become  like 75% ?     can someone plse fact check this?  year 1 out, covid out?  and.......75% ?    WTF?  

if this is true (and again, I think year 1 100% should be out....and global pandemic thingy kinda real, but i get everyone had that -so im 50/50).... shouldnt you guys be building a fcuking statue (albeit short one) for SKerry.  are y'all insane?  i think these numbers check out.  look, im bias to teams dat WIN consistently , play real defense, play hard and rebound...  get in the mix (almost) EVERY year, and have a chance....a yearly chance!(   I guess some don't give a shiat about consistency, and it's ncaa tournament or nothing - bring me da shiny toy.  I like shiny things too, but this program was a JOKE before this group. A F*cKING JOKE., no consistency.   Seriously, a joke.  https://grantland.com/features/visit-worst-team-men-college-basketball/

 Now, ask any coach, player, fan of the CAA what they think about playing Towson NOW (and im even not talking about graduation rate, autism acceptance and other stuff that never existed prior to) . i know this is a futile post - haters gonna hate. "we havent danced, blahblha"  ....coach has takin us as far as he can (lol, where ya thinking you are going w/out him?) but im curious (not really) to what said haters think if they look (really )looked at the numbers?; again....this aint ever gonna be Gonzaga.  who da fcuk is gonna do better?  this aint a destination job.  

100% sucks we aint been dancing, but i dont get da lack of self awareness.  fire da coach i say IF you can get phil jackson, rick pitino, dean smith, (or their budgets  #NIL)...but otherwise; as my grandfather said, "they actually made chicken salad, outta chicken shit".     i'm shocked (not really, #poopinpants message boards love to complain, see kentucky lol)) the 4-5 sadlads just dont get it.  ....y'all just dont get it (yep, you 2 really end of day)  2012 & tualum hang out? 

onto the portal........onto next year.....hope NT & CH cash big checks ballin.  #may....CT?....conway!   loved the journey this year, bummed wit the end.  but....I can still see the forest thru da trees/idiots

On 2/26/2023 at 7:16 AM, TuTigers2012 said:

Lol. I can’t tell if your an actual Towson person, or some other fan just trying to troll. 
 

No one in the last decade plus has said we are going to be or should be the Gonzaga of the east. Let’s be honest, us real fans, aren’t even asking for multiple trips to the tourney and to win games there, we aren’t even asking to win the CAAT. We just want to play in the finals, something every other caa team has done in the last decade, besides us. 
 

20 win seasons are great. We didn’t have a lot prior to pat and now have 3 in his 12 years. 3. So let’s not pretend that we are always winning 20+. If winning 20 is the goal, we need to reevaluate things. 

Oh by the way, there’s a lot of hawks fans that want siddle gone.  Same up in Newark with inglesby. There are rumblings out of Boston to look for a coen replacement (Hopefully!) and pride fans were questioning if Mr. Flying Dutchman was the right guy for the job as recent as November. Those coaches have had way more success than pat. 

def fan...buying your beers in DC if (when?) we git to Tuesday !!!!

7 minutes ago, Royal Tiger said:

You play to win the tournament, not the game. IMHO tonight's win was a strong indication of the low basketball IQ this staff has. Oustide of those of you who hang a banner for 20 wins, nobody will remember this game in a week.  Praise the fight, celebrate the win, 57 points will be lucky to lose by single digits next weekend. We were set up perfectly for a path of Drexel who has been horrid outside of the DAC (maybe even Monmouth or Hampton who they recently lost to both), shut down Hofstra on fresher legs who we've outplayed 7 of the last 8 halves, then go to battle with 30 win Charleston who may have had that false safety net belief judging by press clippings of "30 wins and make it to finals, we deserve to be in". Instead we have maybe finally fully healthy defending champs with a great guard and big of their own. Maybe they'll slip up, oh great then we have Coen and Co, sure he'll be an easy tournament matchup for us. If can get by quarters then have the battle with Charleston going for that magic number 30. If pull the shocker there after what is likely to be extremely physical, then less than 24 hours later have to shut down 2x POY and his Robin.

That is last I will bring up tanking, as moot point now. Will be in DC each night we play next week rooting for the best. I don't think some of you realize the magnitude of next weekend. This conference is only adding more teams, as long as Kelsey and Charleston stay, they will be at the top. Uncw and hofstra also likely to stay strong right behind. Delaware cares, will see if W&M recommits to basketball. Monmouth and stony brook had extreme rebuilds this year, but are good programs that will be back. Who knows with portal but next year(s) looks like rebuild for us. It's not unrealistic to be skeptical if we can finish outside of the pig again under skerry. It's now or never Patrick.

"You play to win the tournament, not the game. IMHO tonight's win was a strong indication of the low basketball IQ this staff has. Oustide of those of you who hang a banner for 20 wins, nobody will remember this game in a week.  That is last I will bring up tanking"

WOW. you really wanted to LOSE?  lose on purpose = loser.  what a d-baggery comment post after a great come from behind win on da road (and amazing Cam-show).  i'm da glass half -full guy (mostly cause i keep re-filling) but you are the shit-colored glasses guy fo sure.  anyone here that dumps on 20wins for TOWSON....TOWSON (i've researched the records of the other coaching staffs prior to this one -  do-do); ...i'll be graduated - but it's gonna suck when guys like you run this staff outta town; and we return to shitsville and i gotta be embarrassed for 6-20 seasons.  Have you been to Charleston?....Boston...New York?  my last  president called the large city 20mins from us the murder capital of the USA; GET a GRIP!  aint ever gonna be Gonzaga.  20 wins per year and a CHANCE at the tournament is all you (well, a reasonable person) can ask for.  WE make fun of 20wins now?  lol.  Ask Univ of Pitt (who we almost beat) if they miss they 20+ a year from their last staff, or if they are happy running that guy out cause he never "won a final 4" . SMH, good for SMU (same story here, lower level.   absolute idiots).  

excited for Sunday, super jacked.  i'll be there - and Nick, Cam, CT & crew have a chance (CHANCE - all you can ask, reasonably) to do something special.  Shit on'm if they choke - but the 5'ish miserables/negative nancys here wanna bury them before tip-off?  Fine.  you bring your shovels, i'll bring my pom-poms.  will join the disappointed if we lose, fall short of the big dance (absolute goal fo show).  but will never join the disillusioned.  smh.   

#Cam4Pres  #Nick4NBA #bringbackCT  #MayPOY 

8 hours ago, Bay Area Tiger said:

Tigger Timberlake!  
That’s great.  Happy he’s playing his best basketball right now. 

He keeps this up and he’s maybe playing in Italy or Germany or the G League..  credit to Nic for sticking around and not jumping ship.  

Easily coulda jumped ship for a bigger league. Tuff, mature, proven big time ATHLETE who has  improved his long ball immensely!  (Heck, he dropped a bunch at …. Florida?) He’s 100% bought into this program and staff  -and because of that - he is going to make real money at the next level !  
 too bad so many (well, like 5) of the posters here have not (as I’ve learned more - it was a total shitBag-disaster of a program prior to this regime; now it cranks out 18+ Ws YEARLY!).  
 

This is a VERY good team; with good players to really like ;a  few bounces (yeah, a few - don’t need a ton) and this group can git it done in early March .   F*Ck da 🐉s…..  LFG … #inCamwetrust #Nick4Pres  

2nd in FG Defense (41.9%)

2nd in Rebounding Margin (+4.91)

play defense and rebound; you are (almost) in every game.  (instead of da old "win by da 3, die by da 3").   love the consistency & the number of "W"s this program has stacked in my time here because of that philosophy, and feel like we got a good shot 2put 3 great days together in early March with now better ball movement and SHOOTING.  CT, NT, Cam, C'Way, Russ, May, Hicks, SS and co......This is an easy team to like!

  HUGE one at Hofstra, gotta slow Estrada again (i'll take just unlucky shooting on his end)   #incamwetrust   

🐯- 72

Phoenix -58

Tualum & TuTigers2012; truly only happy - when they unhappy 🤦‍♂️.  
 

Great TEAM win on da road v a video game playa making crazy long ballz.  

Don’t look now “TeamT&T” (da malcontents) but yur “skerry ball” is 5-2 in da league.  Here we F’King Go !!!!!