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33 minutes ago, Chris Datres said:

You were able to watch Winthrop(!) on ESPNU last nite.  Ridiculous. 

Another place this league fails is the scheduling.  With 5 pairs of teams that are relatively close (NE-Hofstra, Drexel-UD, us-JMU, Elon-W&M, UNCW-CofC), what’s wrong with having road buddies and exchanging games on a weekend like the Pac 12 and Ivy League does?  It’s dumb to play home last nite and all the way down at UNCW tomorrow. 

This begins next year.  5 years worth to start

Nice win. Glad we got their big guy in foul trouble and out. He was torching us 

...as I was saying.  Heard it long ago in Richmond and jmu boards during summer and football season.  He’s in charge and dropped the ball. 

Shame really cause I for one like to watch other caa games and it makes it much more difficult

Because the new commissioner sucks.   Quarters and semis will be on Comcast. Finals on cbssportsnet

This team can beat Anyone and lose to anyone in the caa any given night.   It’s a toss up 

Wm has only lost 5 games in the last 2.5 years at home.(us twice, Hofstra twice and Drexel??!) So this is a very very nice win 

2 hours ago, mat1992 said:

That's just as dumb as your hack a Hofstra player strategy. So let me guess this straight, a road game does not include a bus trip. Brilliant. Only plane trips. So if we take a bus trip to Georgetown and win on the road or Maryland, that doesn't count because we didn't sleep at a hotel.

Hacking a 33% ft shooter to break momentum in single bonus, dumb? Sure ok. So is sitting your most dynamic player, a head case or not, all second half.  We hack gustys we win that game

Traveling 2 miles down the road isn’t a road game.  We stay at hotels on the road (real road) that we further away. Again sleeping in your own bed and not traveling the day before is huge.

And this was a huge win. Wm is a good team they have not played anyone good in the caa but they can flat out score.  A real road win against a good team after one of the worst losses in 5 years? They showed something today 

Last year at elon c of c. Uncw wm Ne jmu 0-6. One “far” caa win, Hofstra  

8 minutes ago, Chris Datres said:

Amazing what happens when the shots go in and guys step it up an extra notch on the defensive end.  For the first 10 minutes, it looked like more of the same -- W&M couldn't miss from 3 and their big guy was torturing us.  Then Starr and Zane and Morsell go crazy from outside and guys at the other end are keeping the Tribe off the scoreboard.  Great bounceback win here, especially putting 99 on the board.  The guys looked like they had a lot more pep on the bench when the runs were occurring.  Perhaps there's a bit more spirit within the team.  Could be a big turning point if they can maintain the momentum.  Nice to get that 2nd road win of the season (bus trips across town still count).

They don’t. Traveling and sleeping away from home is a road game.

but a great bounce back. Who is that player number 23? He looks as though he coulda been useful Thursday 

Wow just wow

Plenty of chances to.  Talking first half as well.  We had opportunities to, not bush league. It’s strategy

He was in both halves during the single bonus.152-387.  Sabety, with a smaller sample size is 36-72 for his career. 

Awful coaching and strategy when we got to 6 fouls in each half.  You can get 3 empty possessions each half. Just foul!  It’s like they don’t watch tape. 

Tunsrall. Rolle prohete could have come in and did the job. 

Jmu is bad and wm can shoot lights out. Then winning may be better for us on Saturday?

The ft excuse is old. Everyone missing fts at this level.  When in the past we shot 15 more a game shooting 65 % was fine. 

We are 189 out of 351 at 70.4% 

maybe run offense and get the ball inside and play arguable your second best player

1 minute ago, mat1992 said:

That's the way to be optimistic. Tribe shot 8-of-26 against JMU from 3-pt range shot they'll probably shoot 18 of 26. But seriously, they don't defend. We should put up 80 on them but might give up 85.

And they still won.. 

Hofstra plays no defense either and we scored 30 in a half against them at home   Truth hurts, we may not win a road game outside of bus day trip all year

5 minutes ago, TSU88 said:

Saturday now takes on the feel of being a must win. Lose & we’re 2-4 & W&M would be 6-0. While catching them wouldn’t be impossible, it would be quite the uphill battle. I’ll hope for the best but I fully expect the worst. Would love to be proven wrong. 

The way we defend the 3? Against a legit big man?  Tribe by 25. 

We have not won a road game all year

24 minutes ago, Royal Tiger said:

I will not write about the atrocity of the defensive effort that there was no need to shy away from helping on Wright-Foreman time and time again.  I will not write about the lack of coaching on the final possession / zero IQ from Brian Starr, throwing up a CYO airball 3 with 8 seconds left and shot clock off in a tie game with Gustys fouled out and four of their other players including the aforementioned WF with 4 fouls.

However, I will speak about the coaching decision that cost us the game tonight and could cost a regular season title.  With 12 minutes left in the game Skerry subbed out Morsell who did not see the floor for the remainder of the game.  In those last 12 minutes, we made 4 fgs (all in the paint) while Mike sat visibly upset on the bench.  Newsflash Skerry, this did not work last year, and will certainly not work this year in his senior year.  Will not be surprised to see Mike and the team come out and lay an egg @ W&M less than 48 hours from now after this heartbreaking loss that certainly could have been avoided, officially kissing goodbye any chance at a #1 seed in a year where with our toughest roadtrip behind us and a wide open CAA (W&M is 5-0, but have played just 1 game against probably the top 7 teams).  Leaving Mike in the game we most certainly would have made more than 4 shots, 4! vs probably the WORST defensive team in the CAA after the under 12 media. And if not, he certainly would have been able to get to the line and make a few FT's.  This would have put us 3-2 tied for 2nd and setting up a game that wasn't necessarily must win vs a team who we are more talented than (but much worse coached then). But if we were to win would have put us in the drivers seat for a regular season title and the all important # 1 seed.

Unfortunately, as mentioned Skerry's ego got in the way, possibly derailing the season.  Will be very interesting to see how they respond Saturday and if Skerry can actually steal a win.  I can count on my hands the number of times in the 6.5 years Skerry has won a game where we had less talent. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. 

2011-2012 - 1 win

2012-13 - banned from postseason, but still probably had the best team in the conference and unable to win the regular season - 2 good wins @ Vermont and @ Oregon State

2013-14 - by far the most talented in the conference and came up short - however did not win any game that we shouldn't have won

2014-15 - rebuilding year, still only good win was @ Hofstra

2015-16 - decent bounce back year, won the games we should have but only unexpected wins were @ W&M and home vs UNCW

2016-17 - once again won the games we were expected to, maybe won 1 that we weren't Iona?, but still were not able to get over the hump

2017-18 - could be the most talented team in the conference with Charleston, would not say that we have an unexpected win yet

That totals 7 games that Skerry has won that he shouldn't have in almost 7 years.  The point of this? 1. We all know Skerry can recruit (minus a PG) and get the guys to play hard for the most part, however you are not an in game coach, you have not proven that you can out coach someone and "stolen" wins have been few and far between.  The BS of keeping Mike on the bench tonight was beyond dumb, and could have devastating effects on the season. Should this have a spiraling effect like last year or miss out on regular season champs by 1 game like in 2013-14, please remember this game and make sure this mistake does not happen again trying to prove a point in a pivotal conference game.  Do not try and send a message to a senior, who if he hasn't responded to it by now, will not, that's just not the type of kid who he is and he is vital to the success that we want to get to. 

2. I think we are all appreciative of Skerry bringing a level of basketball to Towson that we have never seen before, however it is time to demand more than just being good and getting 20 wins.  We gave him a pass in 2013-14 not getting a regular season title or championship game appearance.  A pass was given in 15-16, thinking one year away, still exited with a disappointing quarterfinal game in the last year the tournament was in Baltimore.  Pass given once again last year despite being an upper class team (UNCW very talented).  This year ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, once again a senior led team, although Zane and Justin are both soph's, 4 seniors and them that have more than enough talent to capture that elusive title and spot in the dance.  I don't want to hear that Charleston is too good, because at the end of the day nights like tonight CANNOT happen if we want to get the #1 seed.  A game that we have in the bag, up 10, get in Mike arguably your 1a scorer when you're having trouble making shots and FT's and seal it up and go down to Williamsburg riding a 3 game winning streak looking to send a message that the Tigers are the team to beat in the CAA.  Instead we are left with the atrocity that happened tonight wondering how and if they will be able to bounce back on Saturday to make things interesting or just settle for a 3 seed again. Prove us wrong Skerry, outcoach Shaver, but I think we all know how this will go...

 

Great post.  Surprised some are criticizing skerry  here. He and rob are off limits.  And someone sticking up for mike??!!  Welcome. Most everyone here dislikes him. My god he needs to be on the court especially at the end. He is clutch.

just like rob, skerry has taken this team far but i just don’t know if we ever will take the next step 

Coaching coaching coaching.  Said to others around me hold the ball for 17 seconds and chuck it up to the rafters.  

Hofsrta had 3 players with 4 fouls and one fouled out.  OT would have won the game. 

Mike didn’t get the ball becuse skerry benched him the second half

9 more years of being more talented and decent to ok but never taking the next step  500 in conference seems the ceiling 

Can someone ask skerry how he got outcoached by joe milahich. Jesus Christ.  

Hofstra. And the Oregon state game has to be number one. We went from like 4-38 with skerry to a solid program.  Being a road game magnifies  that 

No doubt.  Top 5 or higher   Under skerry we have won games we should have and lost games we should have.  

Not a knock but we have been what we’ve been. There aren’t many that stick out.  Wm at home last year?  Home win on senior night vs Delaware with benimon and co? 

28 minutes ago, mat1992 said:

That Mike dunk was with about 7 seconds left. Eff them if you think a guy who shot 2-of-15 from the field was going to dribble out the clock at home with a chance to please the fans and himself. We were up 9 not 30.

Agree this isn’t jmu and a 10th place team that we were up 30 on.  I like it and it may be a springboard for us. Let’s just hope we get a chance to settle this in March 

Haha I know. The mike dunk at the end set them off. I think this helps, as they definitely see us as a thrreat.  

We we played great the first half with mike and morman in foul trouble. Eddie did a good job with Brantley as well. Thought the refs called to many t’s on bs and didn’t call a lot of contact down low on both teams.  

Charlesron has 3 really good players. All 3 are better than our top guys but 4-9/10 we have Them beat. 

Id love for a round 3 on day March 6th

Anyone else see the chippyness especially at the end?!

I like that they had mike posting up a lot this game.