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9 years of out of conference games

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41 minutes ago, Chris Datres said:

Why would the Twerps or GTown have any interest in helping an area school?  They’re not falling over themselves to go to Mason, GW, or American either.  It’s all in the coach’s scheduling philosophy.  Roy isn’t afraid.  Bobby Hurley isn’t afraid.  Turgeon and Ewing seem like they have the old-school mentality of only playing a road game if the conference schedules it or it’s part of some ‘challenge’.  

For the same reason state FBS schools should bring in state FCS schools for paydays before bringing in out of staters. All part of the same university system. 

How is that working for the two programs?

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36 minutes ago, Chris Datres said:

Why would the Twerps or GTown have any interest in helping an area school?  They’re not falling over themselves to go to Mason, GW, or American either.  It’s all in the coach’s scheduling philosophy.  Roy isn’t afraid.  Bobby Hurley isn’t afraid.  Turgeon and Ewing seem like they have the old-school mentality of only playing a road game if the conference schedules it or it’s part of some ‘challenge’.  

Roy would only play a school like UNCW if the assistant was a former Tar Heel player or coach. Some coaches will do that; others won’t like Turgeon. Why? Because Turgeon is already under fire and has nothing to gain. Roy has rings. He can pretty much do what he wants. Turgeon didn’t even schedule a road game in non-conference play. Get another coach there and maybe he feels differently. Like Gary Williams, who at least would play Towson in Baltimore until Truax got fired.

I don’t think Maryland has ever played a local Baltimore team in the road as long as they all went D1.

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1 hour ago, mat1992 said:

Roy would only play a school like UNCW if the assistant was a former Tar Heel player or coach. Some coaches will do that; others won’t like Turgeon. Why? Because Turgeon is already under fire and has nothing to gain. Roy has rings. He can pretty much do what he wants. Turgeon didn’t even schedule a road game in non-conference play. Get another coach there and maybe he feels differently. Like Gary Williams, who at least would play Towson in Baltimore until Truax got fired.

I don’t think Maryland has ever played a local Baltimore team in the road as long as they all went D1.

UNC also played at Wofford (a year after losing at home to them, and not just skipping the return game) and Davidson in recent years. Penn State played at Duquense.  Understand that Maryland as they are a bubble NCAA team typically wouldnt want to play a road game. 

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Just now, El Tigre Oro said:

This goes back to the other thread. We have not positioned ourselves into that legit #2 Maryland school, like we should, based on our enrollment. 
 

I agree with this. And honestly it doesn’t matter who we play. We need to win the conference. That’s the priority and that’s what will get us games against the likes of UMD more often and hopefully at SECU every once in a while. But we need to focus on the conference and winning the tourney. That’s the next step in progressing this program

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20 hours ago, mat1992 said:

Roy would only play a school like UNCW if the assistant was a former Tar Heel player or coach. Some coaches will do that; others won’t like Turgeon. Why? Because Turgeon is already under fire and has nothing to gain. Roy has rings. He can pretty much do what he wants. Turgeon didn’t even schedule a road game in non-conference play. Get another coach there and maybe he feels differently. Like Gary Williams, who at least would play Towson in Baltimore until Truax got fired.

I don’t think Maryland has ever played a local Baltimore team in the road as long as they all went D1.

I totally agree with you on all of this.  But to my point that should not reflect poorly on Skerry and staff.  He's playing the hand he's dealt.

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"24-3 against in state opponents" since 2012-13! Take that Goucher, Frostburg State, St. Marys, Coppin, Morgan and Loyola! "Kings of Baltimore!" Something to be proud of! Who needs the CAA title?!

But seriously, the SID, who not only composes weirdly written write ups for reviews and lead up stories, does't check facts.  Losses to UMBC, Loyola, UMD and Morgan.. that is 4

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43 minutes ago, TuTigers2012 said:

"24-3 against in state opponents" since 2012-13! Take that Goucher, Frostburg State, St. Marys, Coppin, Morgan and Loyola! "Kings of Baltimore!" Something to be proud of! Who needs the CAA title?!

But seriously, the SID, who not only composes weirdly written write ups for reviews and lead up stories, does't check facts.  Losses to UMBC, Loyola, UMD and Morgan.. that is 4

If feel you...bro

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I can’t help feel like the expectations are somewhat high for people at Towson. Yes we are D1, and yes we have a chance at making the tourney. But I think we have to be realistic when it comes to Towson Basketball. 

While the CAA is a higher end mid major. But we are on the low side of it. Meaning that all good players who come here are using us as trampolines to go power 5, or head cases that power 5s don’t want to deal with (see Benimon). People rarely pronounce “Towson” correctly, but you expect us to attract star recruits that have multifaceted games. If they could do that, they wouldn’t be at Towson. 

 

Second off, do we need a coaching change? While we do need a change of pace offensively, you can’t deny that Skerry has a solid defensive gameplay night in and night out. However, his offensive scheme is atrocious. A change in offensive scheme, (More Princeton Offense, Launch and Board) is the only way Towson is going to be successful. Maybe try handing an assistant coach more of the offensive scheme? Do you guys think Skerry would take a demotion to an assistant coach that specializes in defense haha?

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