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tu_fan

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  1. tu_fan

    A message from D.C.

    Am I the only one that things that Dan should promote the team more often through social media? For someone that I imagine wants to compete for this promotion, he does not seem to have much of a social media presence. Waddell was a rabid advocate, including posting on this board as TU_Marketing (or similar to that). It feels to me that Dan is missing an opportunity to show leadership.....
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    MLax thread for 2022 and 2023

    How is face-off ignored each year? I just don't understand the approach by Nads here....
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    2022 transfers, commits and offers

    what type of QB? Dual threat??
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    General MBB thread 2021-22

    I think UNCW is playing over their heads. They can't shoot. I would put them above Charleston, but below us, Hofstra, Delaware & Drexel.
  5. Williamson and May seem like great gets. We need one more big to take the pressure off of Thompson and we should have a really strong team next year.
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    General MBB thread 2021-22

    While I can't argue with you, I'll take Skerry over PK, Hunt, or any other coach heading back to Truax.....If Skerry can get shooters and passers, and then impress upon them his style of defense and rebounding, it's a winning formula. I would cringe at Spiro's post game interviews with Skerry where we would lose, while out-rebounding the other team, but have 3 assists.....And rather than ever mentioning spacing, ball movement our outside shooting, Skerry would provide his canned answers that "we need to guard & defend better," when the real issue was offensive style and skill. He was (and perhaps still is) such a one trick pony, to a fault, and it carried over to his recruiting, much to our detriment. Skerry is a defensive whiz. If he commits to finding scorers, shooters, and passers, and then imparts his defensive style, we will win. This year is the first year I have ever heard Skerry say things like....."I was proud of the ball movement" or "we are going to shoot 3s" etc. Maybe he and his staff have FINALLY connected the dots...... I graduated in 1994. It's been heartbreaking to see how utterly pathetic our teams have been the last 25 years. In my mind this season has already been a smashing success as the team is a joy to watch. You could see it the first game against Albany where those of us in the chat were like, "who is this team...".....I've had more pleasure watching these guys share the ball, shoot lights out, not need to rely on one specific player (like a gary neal, fobbs, martin, JB, etc.), while the rest of the team was awful, each and every night. I realize there is more to be done, but after having sand kicked in our faces for 25 years, it's great to see a team win, in some cases dominate, and do so in a way that is beautiful basketball.
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    Gibson leads MBB over W&M 91-69

    We are now top 50 in the nation in 3pt %, ranked right in between Kansas & Gonzaga....
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    Gibson leads MBB over W&M 91-69

    I told you guys this is the best TU hoops team in 20+ years....Keep the train rolling guys!
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    General MBB thread 2021-22

    Elon hammering JMU right now 43-23. Elon has 16 assists on 16 FGs.....Mc'Intosh 5 - 5 from 3 so far.
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    W&M preview

    If Gibson and Nolan remain out, I'd take the points in a heartbeat...
  11. That pass was really risky, and CT did a good job of handling the pass and getting the layup...Still that was Magic / Ja Morant vision and he put a bit of english on the pass, ended up being a thing of beauty. Cam is just an absolute joy....
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    General MBB thread 2021-22

    Bieku is a typical Skerry recruit in that he's offensively challenged. Gibson, who sort of fell in Skerry's lap as an uncommitted senior is the only offensively geared freshman recruit we've had in quite a few years. I like Hicks, but again, he's also challenged offensively......The other recruits the last 2 years never see the floor....He and his staff nailed the transfer class, but to continue this turn around he needs to focus on getting talented scorers & passers
  13. For their game scheduled against Loyola that was cancelled. Any chance we could take them up on this? If Cam were healthy, I really like our chances.
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    MLax Preview Thread

    Didn't we land a 5 start recruit?
  15. 11-7 is attainable? We're statistically a top 2 CAA team after playing one of the best OOC schedules. I think 15-3 in conference is attainable.
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    Stat Update II

    And starting with the Ohio road trip, we have hit on 47.2 of our 3's over the last 5 games.
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    Stat Update II

    The 37.1% 3 point percentage is #1 in the CAA and top 50 in the country.
  18. I'm so glad they were able to play this game, with COVID creating so much havoc. This will be a nice Net ranking boost, beating a "quad 2" team at their place. We are now shooting over 37% as a team (from 3), and that's remarkable given how bad we were the first few games of the year. This team is special, I could see that when we played Albany. The ball movement and unselfish play is something I've always admired with other teams, and it's a joy to watch. It's the best Towson team in 20 years and the numbers are bearing that out. Navy is decent, and this was yet another win where we led wire to wire. 18 assists to 3. To me, it's this type of passing that has been the missing link, and what has made this season so enjoyable so far.
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    Don't Look Now, But....

    Joe Lunardi has us in the NCAA field in his latest bracektology as a 16 seed playing Gonzaga! I realize it's way too soon to get caught up in things like this, but one can dream. We have looked really good this year though, and I'll stand by the comments I made in the chat that this is the best Towson team I've seen in ~20 years (even better than the Bennimon teams)....
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    Don't Look Now, But....

    UNCG has gone to OT in about half of their games....Most all of the games they have played have been extremely close....
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    Gibson named CAA Player of the Week

    He was sensational on this recent road trip.
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    MBB falls to No. 21 Ohio State 85-74

    This was a great effort. We went toe to toe with a top team in the country on their court. We blitzed them with a 20-5 run in the first half and had great ball movement and shot reasonably well. I wish he had a little more size in the front court as that hurt us in this game and in the Pitt game. Team looks really good and showed up during the road trip where we never trailed against Kent and we led for chunks of the OSU game. Look forward to the Coppin game.
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    General MBB thread 2021-22

    Not that it matters much at this part of the season, but we are 73 in Net ranking. Tops in the CAA.
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    Holden leads MBB over Penn 76-61

    Penn took a very good Utah State team to OT. Projected top 2 in the Ivy, and the Ivy is much improved in basketball..... Not sure if any of you listened to Skerry and Spiro's video where they recapped Pitt and discussed the Penn game. This was one of the few times I've heard Skerry mention offense in detail.....He emphasized spacing and ball movement as opposed to his canned response of "guard and rebound." It seems that Skerry gets it this year and that you can still preach rebounding and guarding, but that will only get you so far without skill. This team looks better than any other Skerry team - including when we had Benimon. Even those teams lacked guard play and ball movement like this team has displayed. One last point on Skerry, he also emphasized getting the team on national TV - I love this vision, I feel it didn't really exist before.... Holden is unbelievable- what a skill set. He can bring the ball up the court. He's unselfish. He rebounds. He can shoot, AND he might be our best passer. Nolan has a ton of talent and athleticism and will find his way. Rizzuto will turn it around. These 3 transfers (+ Hicks) have breathed a ton of life into a program that has been arguably one of the worst D1 programs over the course of the last 20-25 years.
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    Penn preview

    Please tell me it's not COVID related!

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