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For those of us going to the game, who have to go to work Monday morning, the 2:30 start time is definitely better. I’m not getting home until around midnight if we’re the 8:30 game Not that many of our students are going to the game in any event, but an earlier start would be better for students with early classes on Monday morning

As a 3 seed, we wouldn’t have to play C of C or Hofstra until the finals, assuming of course we made it that far. At least I think that’s the case As a 4 or 5 seed, I would think we’d to play Hofstra in the semis, if we win our 1st game Also makes a huge difference in what time we play on Sunday. 4/5 game is at 2:30; 3/6 game is at 8:30pm

So, if we W tomorrow, we play NE in the 3-6 matchup. If we L tomorrow, we play DE in the 4-5 game, is that right?

We should probably table this conversation until after the conference tournament. He has a good, not great, regular season conference record, since his 2nd season. He has a lousy conference tournament record. But, the whole narrative would change if we make a run in the tournament. Or, if we go one & done....

These plus/minus numbers from last night are eye-opening, Timberlake a +23, Thompson a +19 & Dottin a +17. I’m guessing Tunstall was one of the starters who was a -9

I was thinking of a tactful way to post the following observation last night, but I couldn’t come up with anything-we are a much better team on offense (at least we were last night) when Tunstall is on the bench.

I see what you did there.

I’ve noticed Skerry is not well thought of on message boards of other CAA teams

That’s a funny quote, but insulting at the same time. There’s some truth to it, but it’s not like every basket last night was a put back after a missed shot

NE PG, Tyson Walker, was quite good vs us last game. If I recall, he scored 17. If he doesn’t play Sunday that would be a plus for us

I went to the game we played there vs Liberty. It’s not a bad little venue. I think it might seat more than 3,600. It’s not in a good neighborhood, but DC police had a presence in the area when I went. I felt safe. I’m assuming they’ll have even a bigger presence for the tournament

All the more reason to try to get some of our students there. Attendance will probably be “meh,” but W&M & DE might have decent turnouts. Not sure about C of C or Hofstra

Our athletic department should look into chartering some buses to get some students down to DC.

I assume Murphy is redshirting. He’s only played 4 games all season

As soon as I saw “Max & Eddie” I immediately knew they’d be blatant homers & I hit the mute button

Lets win Sunday & get 3rd place. I think that would put us in a rematch with NE in round 1. Not the worst scenario, as hopefully NE will have only a small contingent of fans in DC. Then if we could get a W in round one, we would avoid Hofstra in the semi’s

So, help me out here. NE is crushing JMU tonight, & will go to 9-8. But we’re 11-6, so even if we lose to NE on Sunday, they can’t catch us. I know we can’t finish 1st, but I think we also can’t drop to 6th. If we win Sunday, & W&M loses at home to Elon (unlikely) where does that leave us? In that scenario, both W&M & us would be 12-6.

So, what happens if we beat NE on Sunday & somehow W&M loses at home Saturday to Elon? We’d both be 12-6 & split during the regular season. Who gets the tiebreaker & 2nd place?

Watched it on FloSports (sound muted). Wow, just wow. Helluva team effort. Should be a big confidence boost going into NE on Sunday. Our big 2 got one big bucket after another, but I thought our bench was superb. Thompson with 7 boards and 6 points, Timberlake with 12 points & 6 boards and I think Dottin played his best game as a Tiger-6 points, 8 boards and 5 assists. Buie killed us earlier in the season; tonight our D forced him into a 2-14 shooting performance. We also dominated them on the boards. With DE’s L tonight, I believe we’re in sole possession of 3rd place. Let’s bottle tonight and we’ll be in great shape Sunday & in DC

I doubt NE is losing at home tonight vs JMU. A W & they go to 9-8 DE plays C of C tonight, so either DE drops to 10-7 or C of C drops to 9-8

I think Frying, er, I mean Flying, Dutchmen was a better nickname than Pride

You’re not saying Buie’s social security number is 000-00-0002, are you?😆

The improvement in foul shooting has been extremely impressive. Didn’t realize we were 15th in the nation. Credit to the players and the coaching staff

We’re 2-6 this year, going into these last 2 games, vs the other top 6 teams. TU2012’s statistical breakdown as to our record vs top 3 conference teams since 2014 is sobering (11W vs 31L). Objectively speaking, it’s hard to imagine we’re going to win 3 in a row in the conference tournament. Of course, you can’t win 3 in a row unless you win the 1st one, so I’ll see where we are after the 1st game of the tournament. Its amazing to me that since the 08-09 season, the lowest seeded team to make the conference final is a #4 seed. Law of averages being what it is, that’s got to give, eventually

We rule the PIGS 🐖!!!!