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This is loooong long overdue. Whole production team needs a revamp + investment... In time. Was hoping Flo would do that... But they dont run their own production they basically just bought the right to put a paywall in front of the each schools existing subpar production

I mentioned this in the chat but the one commentator said Howard is no longer with the team. For whatever thats worth

Agreed, I know this has been mentioned but two back to back W's in elimination games. Credit where credit is due

Was at both of these games. The Temple game was really a great one.. Wonder if we could pull that attendance #. That was all due to their brand name and winning made it a great game. Also, was with all UMD students at the Terps game, boy were they perplexed at half lol

Agreed. I think he adds value. But lets see how it plays out and obviously I (most of us) are not privy to team dynamics

What a game (albeit in an empty arena) but they looked good.. After our 10-1 start team the other year Ill try to reserve getting my hopes up too quickly though. GW could just be bad lol

Sounds like respect for us

Comments: I'm assuming we agreed to a home-and-home with the Tigers last season itself, otherwise I'm not sure this is an ideal first game to start the season. The tweet below sums up my reaction: Anthony Giordano @GoSBU93 Oct 30 Replying to @A10Talk Why the hell is GW opening AT Towson? Unlike last year where McNeil was the only returning player of significance, Towson brings back virtually everyone on their team (29th nationally in minutes continuity), and while McNeil was a rotation player, he might have been the worst shooter they had so it might help them that his eligibility has expired. We also have the extra challenge of trying to beat them at their place. It has been 10 years since we last began a season on the road (2009-10, when we defeated another CAA team, UNC Wilmington, 76-71 behind Aaron Ware's 16 point effort, maybe the second best victory against the Seahawks). Anyways, back to the Tigers. In what has been coined "Skerry Ball" (it only makes sense we are facing them not even a week after Halloween), the Tigers look for shots closer to the hoop, using their bruising frontline to clean up the glass and generate second chance opportunities off any misses. The Tigers ranked 37th in the country in offensive rebounds per game and 32nd in rebound margin, while finishing 340th last year in three point attempts, and 333rd in three point field goals per game, four categories which reflect these traits. Offensively, the Tigers were guilty of taking inefficient midrange jumpers like us last year, and the lack of ball movement resulted in them being one of the worst teams in assists per game (347th nationally). Defensively, their perimeter shell was softer than they usually are, finishing 319th in steals per game and 345th in turnovers forced. While their interior rim protection was fairly good as always, teams were never taken out of their comfort zone operating in the halfcourt with the mediocre defense along the perimeter. Towson will be led by a senior-laden backcourt of Tobias 'T.J.' Howard and Brian Fobbs, both who previously spent time at the JUCO level. If you squint enough, you can definitely see Fobbs as a poor man's James Harden. Although the refs did not blow the whistle every time he drove to the rim like they do for Harden (Fobbs averaged just over three free throws a game) he converted them at a good rate, and shares the same height as JH, with both players standing at 6'5". The lefty from upstate NY can also stroke it from deep. This is important because Towson, as mentioned previously, is not a team that aims to beat you from deep (the Fobbs and Howard pairing accounted for 62% of Towson's total 3PA). For a Towson team that couldn't get much going offensively, Fobbs was a bright light. Howard, a former Western Kentucky Hilltopper, is no slouch from deep either, but faces competition from younger guys like Jakigh Dottin and Jason Gibson, two guys Skerry has been high on this offseason. Nick Timberlake is a SG worth mentioning who will provide the Tigers some much needed shooting. Limited to just 9 games last year before going down with a foot injury, Timberlake came off the bench and scored 10 points (4-5 FG, 2-3 3-pt) in 24 minutes during last year's contest. In the frontcourt, Towson will be led by two more seniors, Nakye Sanders and Dennis Tunstall. Sanders (a guy we have faced a ton of times now after he started his career at Duquesne) has the more offensive upside of the two, but both guys possess strong rebounding and shot blocking abilities, two traits that you'd expect of a Tigers team. Solomon Uyaelunmo, a former 3-star prospect out of high school, likely continues to see his minutes capped as a backup playing behind both Sanders and Tunstall, but he too has the potential to be a monster rebounder. Skerry also had glowing remarks for freshman Charles Thompson, which leads me to believe he too will see minutes as a backup in year one. Solomon's brother, Victor Uyaelunmo, also joined the team this offseason but will sit out a year. The former 4-star prospect is one of three players who decided to return to the east coast after stints out west. While Victor (USC) and Demetrius Mims (Long Beach State) will be sitting out the year, Juwan Gray (San Diego) is eligible this year as a wing that can pull up from deep or beat this man getting to the hoop while having the length and athleticism to be a pest in Skerry's defensive scheme. Gray may be the x-factor on this year's Towson team and someone to watch out for in Tuesday's tilt. While it does appear the Tigers have the personnel to play faster this year, Skerry has never had a track record of ever playing at a fast pace in his Towson tenure. It will be interesting to see JC's schemes go against Skerry, as GW and Towson could not be more different in identity. Whichever team is able to enforce their style of play will likely come out on top. This is a game where I'd expect to see a lot of minutes for Arnaldo, Javier, Ace, and Chase if he's healthy. While many teams in the CAA saw their best players graduate, Towson is one of the few teams that has a ton of continuity which should work in their favor. This will be a tough test, especially to begin the year. I have a feeling we may come up a bit short, but would love to be wrong. Predicted Score: Towson 73, GW 68. 29% chance to win (Bart Torvik). ESPN says we have a 41.1% chance to win which sounds about right. The line has Towson 6.5 point favorites which sounds a tad high.

https://gwhoops.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=174 - someone on their board posted a really good in depth piece about us

Truly truly the head of greek life NEEDS to be involved. BUT the school has to let them be. During my time at Towson. Wherever greek life went, the rest of the students followed. Bar, party, tailgate. I personally set up the last tailgate in Dec of 2016. I have a picture somewhere of the facebook event I created (maybe like 400 said they are going and it popped off) and reached out to social chairs of each frat / sorority. People legitimately just didnt know we could tailgate again. And that was a couple years after the debacle. Its simple but things like ALLOWING student groups like greek life to fly their flags and represent their organization. small details that I still blame deb morarity (sp) for. Dont know if she is even still there. But its about forming those relationships.

No way. I work in digital marketing if people are paying 10k on a placement in the Sun they are missing out on some other great opps

SB will be fighting for their playoff hopes this weekend as well ..

Dropped out of the top 25 - per Athlon one https://athlonsports.com/college-football/fcs-rankings-top-25-power-poll-following-week-10-2019

Not the same at all. I think we all understand that. But winning conference offensive player OTY and having a strong end of the season here. Definitely at least worth a look. Havent really seen him push the ball downfield though

Wow

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi at #47

https://www.flofootball.com/articles/6587782-towson-delaware-square-off-in-de-facto-elimination-game

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/united-states-of-college-basketball-where-every-team-ranks-in-each-state-from-top-to-bottom/

Noticed on GW boards we actually have a way better RPI.. lol if I read it correctly didnt cross reference online yet

I mentioned this previously but I dont see how its sad. Its not ideal. But he is from Baltimore City. Of course he wants to play in the NFL. But he's mixing his two worlds of understanding the hood and he has plenty of exposure and NFL friends. Its honestly not a bad avenue. (Mind you I understand this isnt the best but you have to start somewhere).. IMO and I'll yield on this convo moving forward.

First game against GW at home only a week away.. May have to come out for that!

He didnt graduate. Also Im going to be working with him soon as a photographer haha

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/fcs-coaches-poll also yeah this poll shows me the lack of truly quality teams in the FCS this year. Two 4-4 teams and a handful of 3 loss teams. We can win out - its a realistic goal in my mind

https://www.whsv.com/content/sports/JMU-Football-Opponent-Report-Towson-563807781.html

https://www.flofootball.com/articles/6586498-preseason-favorites-collide-in-harrisonburg-as-towson-takes-on-jmu ..... please no rain