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    16 minutes ago, TuTigers2012 said:

    Need those businesses.  Hunt valley bagels (much better than the things Thb calls bagels) is an alum. The Bricks are   Can we get some money there?  How about our friend Fran?

    I can only hope that whoever runs our collective is given a list of prospective donors to reach out to. Maybe there are some donors who voluntarily give, but we should aggressively pursue alums, particularly those who are well heeled 

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    9 minutes ago, TuTigers2012 said:

    Jerry deng out of Hampton is in the portal. I’d offer. We can poach all the HBCUS! first Watson than tarke (ugh).  
    or Jacob crews out of UT Martin. Maybe Holden can help us?  Definitely their best player since cam.  (More or not we would have not shot)

    I have some plain bagels in my fridge, that I’m willing to toss into the NIL pot. If the player is good enough, I’d even be willing to up the ante to chocolate chip bagels (my personal favorite) and cream cheese 

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    1 hour ago, omniland said:

    There are approximately 362 division 1 basketball programs.  You need very few players on a basketball team, unlike in football, to make a splash in a particular year (a splash is not a championship).  Who knows how NIL  will shake out but I can’t see how a program like Towson will benefit.  The resources just are not there.  Be careful what you wish for in dismissing Skerry and the players you guys are mentioning.  Every coach for those 362 programs wants to keep their job and fights like hell to pick off players and scrambles up whatever resources they can to pull this player from here and this player from there. Is there any doubt that the corruption of the last 40 years with essentially the same division FBS football teams dominating each and every year was not a coincidence?  The same teams don’t win for that long because they just have a great coach.  They buy mother’s a new home and they buy family new vehicles and many other ways.  Now NIL is expanding the corruption and schools like Alabama know that the gravy train is over and Alabama will lose players they never would have lost in the past for the foreseeable future. 

    My point is, is that no one knows how this will shake out because we are in the wild wild west stage.  Money is being thrown all over the place and I don’t know who you are going to bring in here that is going to be able to satisfy you guys in this type of environment for any extended period of time, because I think it can easily get substantially worse for a program like Towson.  The days of complaining that we need this type of player or a coach that understands this or that, I think may be over because it just may not matter more than who can pay off the most players.  I don’t believe you can get a Gary Neal, Jerrelle Benimon and Terrance West to come to Towson or certainly stay.   Those days seem to be over.  You may get lucky and get this kid to come here and the team then has a decent year but Towson dominating in the CAA seems highly unlikely and not because of Skerry.  I’m not sure Skerry hasn’t done a heck of a job so far.  I look at that Delaware performance against Hofstra.  Just a terrible display of basketball from a school that has a lot more resources than us and I wonder what you guys would say about the Delaware coach if you were fans?  They got smoked by an average Hofstra team when it mattered.  That game was not competitive.

    I certainly wouldn’t want to coach in college sports in this environment and I think a lot of veteran coach's agree with me.  If you are a young coach and doesn't have money you join the corruption because that is the current system.  You keep moving from program to program seeking out a place that has more resources.  Resources are going to convince young coaches to take a job.  Experienced coaches that have made their money are going to retire.

    If this is the case, just give him a lifetime contract and be done with it.

    Last night’s debacle had nothing to do with NIL, and a great deal to do with dubious coaching decisions.

    Change always brings concerns of the unknown, but change sometimes is necessary, even if it’s just for the sake of change itself. I’d rather take a risk than continue on the path we’ve been on. The bottom line is getting to the NCAA tournament. Anything short of that is just window dressing. Stony Brook, which I doubt is dripping with NIL money (maybe I’m wrong) is in the championship game in only its second year in the conference. Our coach has failed to make it this far in 13 years. 

     

     

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    6 minutes ago, Bay Area Tiger said:

    We need NIL money to land any significant transfers going forward.  They aren’t coming to play for Pat knowing their stats will shrink playing in this offense.  
    I pray our trio stays but I’m gonna assume we lose at least of one of them as they want to move up the ranks.  We had that game tonight and we let them off the ropes.   

    I wasn’t worried about Williamson possibly bolting, that is until he avg’d 15 or so ppg in the tournament. Hopefully, people don’t start whispering in his ear that he’s too good to stay here. Same concern with Tejada; not so much as to Lowery.

    The concerning part, aside from our “coach for life,” is that that our limited NIL has to be split two ways: (1) to buy portal players; and (2) to retain existing players. 

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    22 minutes ago, mat1992 said:

    Finished at 20-14 and 13-8 in the CAA counting the tournament. Probably a tad better than I thought they'd finish. In the CAA Tournament, I thought we saw the future in three strong freshmen and then many questions after that. Charles Thompson gave what he had but it's time to move on. He also was suspended for the first half of the W&M game, had a Flagrant foul that was shaky against UNCW and then fouled out against Charleston. That Ante Brzovic dunk that basically won the game and was a huge mistake (apparently made by Sulaiman not helping out) was partially due to CT not being on the floor. He directed everyone and knew where to be.

    I'm not going to destroy these kids because I know they played hard and are feeling like crap after this loss. But facts are facts. This is a business now. Some are getting NIL money even if it's small or just bagels or whatever. Yes, I'm not saying the coach is not responsible for all of this, in terms of recruiting, gameplan, development, end of games coaching. Of course, he's culpable.

    *Christian May came into this tournament as the leading scorer. He had two decent shooting games against UNCW and NC A&T on the road (6-of-15 3pt) after going 1 for his last 14 from 3pt. In three games in the CAA Tournament, he went 1 for 9 from 3 point range and the one banked in. He did not take a 3 against UNCW, but also shot just 5 for 17 from the field in three games. Took just 17 shots in around 28 minutes per game.

    *Dylan Williamson. Breakout star for Towson. For some reason, didn't get to the FT line against Charleston and that hurt because he was 17-for-17 from the line in two games. He went from around 62% from the line to 68%. He averaged around 15 points in three games. He made 11 of 28 from the field and 7 of 13 from the three-point line with five assists and two turnovers.

    *Tyler Tejada shot 11 of 27 from the field and 5 of 14 from beyond the arc with 10 rebounds. Not great numbers but was certainly aggressive and scored 31 points in three games. Had 16 against Charleston in the semis.

    *Nendah Tarke had an erratic season and that continued in the tournament when he scored 29 points in two games, but went 0-8 when it mattered against Charleston, Wound up going 9 for 31 overall and 2 for 13 from 3-point range. Also 9 for 14 from the line. Did not get to the line against Charleston. Had just three assists in three games with seven turnovers. In his last eight games, he went 5 of 31 from three-point range.

    *Tomiwa Sulaiman started out with 12 points against W&M and then started the next two games and scored just three points. He was 3 for 3 from three-point range so you'd think they'd try to get him one or two looks against Charleston but no. He shot 6 of 9 from the field, but had just seven rebounds in three games. Assuming he returns, needs to improve on the boards, but he's a role player. 

    *Messiah Jones scored just eight points in three games on four of 12 from the field and took no three-point shots even though he shot 39.3% from beyond the arc, small sample size at 11 of 28, but that was the best mark on the team. Had seven rebounds in the semifinals and 12 in three games. 

    *Charles Thompson should not be included here since he's gone, but he was decent in this tournament scoring 32 points on 11 of 16 shooting. Also 10 of 13 from the line though he missed two FTs against Charleston. Had 17 rebounds in three games, seven assists and three blocks. He should have had more attempts in the paint.

    *Mekhi Lowery's impact on this team can't be judged by numbers. Defensively, he was everywhere with four blocks and two steals. Scored 10 points and that was in the UNCW game. Was 5 of 7 from the field. So took just one shot in the other two games.

    Good analysis. I might catch some flak for this, but what the hell…yes, we won 20 games, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that 3 of those wins were over Concordia (no, maybe it was Arcadia. Concordia is my dental insurance); UMBC & Coppin. 

    Let’s also keep in mind that our record vs the top 4 teams in the CAA (C of C, Hofstra, Drexel and UNCW) was a pedestrian 4-4. 

    Other than DWill, the offensive stats in the tournament for the players who might be back next season are sobering. While I don’t know this for a fact, my assumption is we may not have enough assets to bring in an impact player via the portal. If we’re going to bring in more Sylla’s, Sulaiman’s, Rizzuto’s, Russell’s, then there’s not much hope. 

    2 questions as I see it: (1) can Skerry bring in any impact transfers; (2) can this coaching staff develop the players who are going to return? My opinion on these questions, based on the last 13 years, is probably obvious 

     


     

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    Just now, AtlantaTiger said:

    I honestly don’t mean to be a Debbie Downer, but to be speculating on who comes back, who leaves, who starts, etc. is a bit like rearranging the chairs on the Titanic. Have we not learned that the players that come into our program make little or no difference?? As long as the captain of the ship remains Skerry, this ship will ultimately sink. 

    He’s the captain for the foreseeable future 

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    1 minute ago, Bay Area Tiger said:

    Gotta want Tarke back.  Considering how his season started by the NCAA I thought he had a solid season for us.  He’s a glue guy and we can’t come back with no PG’s. 
    May led us in scoring this season and at times was really good defensively. Gotta bring him back.  

    I don’t see Tarke as a PG. You may have a point about his season being sort of doomed from the beginning. If he comes back, I hope he’s coming off the bench. 

    I’m a hard no on May coming back, and it goes beyond the airball. I think he scored 12 points in the tournament. Not 12 per game, but 12 total.

    Bottom line is they’ll probably both be back. Heaven help us if so, because it’ll take divine intervention for us to win with these 2 bricklayers 
     

     

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    4 minutes ago, TuTigers2012 said:

    You’ll be waiting a long time!  I do like Williamson and think under a competent coach, would become that. But he’s at Towson, atleast for now 

    Look, I’ve posed this question before, and I’ll do so again now…who would we want back next year from this team? The list is dwindling. IMHO, it’s down to Lowery, Tejada and Williamson. Can anyone truly say they enthusiastically want May back? Jones? Tarke? Suliaman? Coleman? Cole? (This one pains me, because I held out great hope for him, but no longer, at least not here). 

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    1 minute ago, TuTigers2012 said:

    Not blaming that on May

    Agreed. He’s a kid and at the end of the day it’s just a basketball game. Having said that, I hope he has a good junior and senior season, and gets his degree…at another school. Skerry might want to bring him back, so he can work through any stigma associated with his air ball (I still can’t believe it), but I’m not sure how he does that by coming back. I guess you could say he shouldn’t run away from this & should face any demons he might have head on. I say a change of scenery and fresh start elsewhere would be best for all involved 

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    I think it would be best for May if he had a change of scenery starting next season. It’s too simplistic to blame the loss on him, but his air ball epitomizes the futility of the Skerry era. What did he score in these 3 games, 10 points? And he was our leading scorer in the regular season.

    Look, it is what it is. We will NEVER beat C of C in the conference tournament. They have a million dollar NIL war chest; we maybe have 1/10th of that. Even if Kelsey leaves for greener pastures, we are saddled with Skerry in perpetuity. 

    I’m reconciled to the fact we will not make the NCAA Tournament again in my lifetime 
     

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    11 minutes ago, TigerFan54 said:

    It might be more apt to say “Pat vs. Everyone.” Like him or not, I think we have to resign ourselves to him having, essentially, a lifetime contract. Win or lose tonight, he’ll continue to do enough year in and year out to keep getting extensions. When he decides to retire, we’ll get a new coach.

    A grim vision of a dystopian future 😆. I for one am hoping for an alternate ending. Like a director’s cut, and I’m the director 

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