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Also. Lots of shots were short tonight especially by betrand and Gibson. Fatigue may be setting in with them playing more than they ever have before. But William and Mary is a good defense team now. Have to give them some credit as their guards were relentless on the permitter and got away with lots of physical play. Defense and physical play from the geeks?! What is the world coming to?!

Death. Taxes. Towson losing a semi big game, when receiving more media attention. This isn’t a hoops problem but seems like almost all the programs as a whole. Sorry everyone, but it’s true.

I think you missed my point. As I was agreeing with you and the dunking during warmups. He was lazy with it very nonchalant. If I was a coach I wouldn’t want my stat player doing it that much. To be fair he got a lot better and more athletic in his 4 years there. If I was a Wm fan I would be so maddened that he doesn’t own the paint. Or that they don’t go inside to him more often and play through him. Speaking of that. Why did we just try once in the easy part of the second half to go at him?! (The sanders turnover). He had 2 fouls already!

What happened with his shot?! It didn’t look like that last week at Drexel. His form was more than adequate then. Congrats to Brian. Betrand needs to get that mid range pull up/floater game working again.

What a pathetic effort by both the players and staff tonight. Offense was awful. With that said, as bad as we played we were still in the game under 8 TO. Bigs gave us nothing but fouls tonight. I didn’t want to be the one who said we peaked, there’s still games left.. but they could have. Not having gray to atleast spread the floor tonight and take away the two 6’11 guys out of the paint. Somme questionable calls and crews who swallow their whistle hurts us as we rely on tight calls and getting to the line. Chris you should have seen knights pregame warmups. 75% were dunks. 360 off the bounce windmills etc. Crazy magic number is 1 to clinch 6 seed. A win Saturday and Delaware win clinches 5 seed at worst which is a meh spot to be in

TU18, since you are semi new to the boards, we frequently mention attendance. Winning more consistently and winning bigger games will help some, but it is what it is at this point. Student attendance has been pitiful and has consistently gotten worse since year 1 of SECU. Even in the old Towson Center days, we have 50 or so students standing behind the hoop with the band on the wooden bleachers and a few hundred (250-400) sitting behind the visitors bench. That was a crappy arena and for crappy teams. Why haven't they come over to SECU? It's not further than the TC. Promotions/prizes are just as good. Team is better. Facility much better. What was the vibe around campus when you graduated about athletics? How did they market the programs/games to you guys? Did you go to games? The A-10 does have better name recognition than the CAA especially in the past 5-10 years. They are a better conference that gets multiple teams in the NCAA Tournament and wins games there. 2019-2, 2018-3, 2017-3, 2016-3, 2015-3, 2014-4, 2013-5. Basketball is also almost all of those schools #1 program and a priority. In the CAA we have schools that value other programs such as NE-Hockey, JMU- Football, Towson-Lacrosse. The football aspect also hurts the CAA as most A-10 schools do not have football. Going back to 2015 Championship, only 1 of the teams participating in it had a football program and the last team to win the CAA Title with a football program was Delaware in 2014... As Mat said, VCU went to a Final Four. They also have a ton of students and play games on TV.

A win tonight clinches a top 6 spot. As does both a Drexel and Elon loss.

Also, Fobbs is only 11 points away from reaching 1,000 in his career at Towson. He would be the 27th player all time to reach that number. All in less than 2 years.

The time and day are weird.. however we never draw much (1000 max) on a nice Saturday afternoon, so it really doesn't matter much. The few die-hard football fans will be there no matter when its played. Hope Miller can win the job and be successful. Would be an even better story if he can do as much good on the field as he does off of it.

Is this considered a rebuilding year? I know nothing about lacrosse and it seems like we lost some big names from last season. But a loss to mount st marys doesnt seem good. Have our lacrosse teams ever both started 0-2 before??

Yeah I know haha. Kind of wish it was the Saturday one this week. 2 pm on a Saturday would be a decent crowd. I bet a lot of nerds would come up for a Saturday game

I’ll raise you. If we get 4000 there and win. I’ll buy everyone on this board a beer at Saturday’s game and not post for a week

Jesus Tim, why did you start this shit??! The "Horse" who...never-mind. I'll be nice... 5,000 is laughable.. Maybe 5,000 combined between our last 3 home CAA games.

Yes, more is needed. I doubt 1,200 students on campus know the AD's name let alone what he looks like. A for effort though...

We hardly agree on a lot Mat, but this is pretty spot on. I would go.. 1st Team: Knight-POY Riller (close second) Buie Darling Roland (Most valuable to their team) ** Could go to any of these, Like the standings its pretty wide open** 2nd team: Fobbs Pemberton Wynter Sheffield Van Vliet 3rd team: Betrand Butler Lewis Galloway Allen Sims and Brace can sneak in too Defensive Team: Tunstall Knight Mutts Buie (DPOTY) Winter Galloway Rookies: Walker (ROTY) McIntosh Woods Phillips Gibson/Ervin for the last spot. I'll give it to Gibson for a homer pick. Coach of the Year: Need to wait until the season is over. But if Elon can finish 9-9, 8-10, I'd go with Schrage, but Inglesby or Fischer could win it too. Yes FBS or Bust, I didn't choose Coen.

Just what could have been if we didn't play like crap in the second half against Charleston at home. Would be really in the thick of things and have lots of ties in tiebreakers that would make it crazy. Honestly, besides JMU, any of the other 9 can win a game or two in DC and honestly there are 6-7 with a true chance to make the title game. Pair that with it being a centralized (to the conference, not to ANYTHING else) location and it being a tiny arena, should be a wild tournament. Also, you provided a lot of information there. Just wanted to share this cool site for anyone interested in scenarios, for all sports: http://playoffstatus.com/colonialathleticbasketball/towsonstandings.html

Also, Hofstra isn’t a bottom two team. sorry chief

Bahaha and we got absolutely steamrolled by them at home. They have a better NET and RPI. Along with winning the conference last year, lost the best player in the conf to graduation, 2 sudden transfers and their only big to injury. So your point.. No it does not but being a bigger fan does. And much more than you. “FBS or bust” hoping that name is more of a joke than your posts

LOL. read the other threads. I’ve given skerry credit for winning close games and a winning streak. Something he’s never done before. Prove to us that you can lead us in a tourney run and then let’s talk. I’m a bigger fan that anyone and want us to win exceeding whose expectations?? With what we had back and what other teams didn’t top 3 should have been a given Don’t be a clown. Look a their stats. They should be way better than their record. Lost every game by 1-2 and blow out others. He has one good player and is still in thick of a top 3-4 record...

Prove us doubters wrong in the tournament. I have little faith in him because facts and history are just that. With that being said I’ll be there all tournament long, as usual, win or lose. Should be a competitive one

I feel like fobbs is better overall than Zane. Better defender. Way better rebounder. More coachable and better teammate. Can Solomon, victor and Charles give more than frosh Charles, Dennis And sanders? Probably

Not sure how it’s confusing. NE is a better team and had had very bad luck this year. Charleston is a one man show. Just happens that they had the best shooting day of their lives against us

Didn’t watch this one but looks like a hell of a defensive and rebounding effort against a long bad shooting team. Finally won in a place we don’t win!! Keep stacking wins. Just wish we would have won the Charleston game

Anyone making the trip?

Well obviously. But if Sanders/Tunstall get into foul trouble it limits what they can do. Grays loss also hurts late in games. When you can go Fobbs, Gibson, Betrand, Gray out there thats 4 80% + FT shooters.