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Seen this rodeo before but will take it like usual..lol

Looks like this team has found their January/February run. Hopefully it carries beyond that.

Yes. We are on the upward caa part of the skerry cycle. There will be a quick drop, losing a game or two to bad teams, then a slight uptick again right before the tournament, that gives everyone some false sense of hope. Only to crash down in an epic collapse in March. Agree. Was shocked when I saw the box score and play by play. He has been dreadful this season so it’s gotta be a good feeling for him to have a very solid game for once. winning on the road is tough and even more so at the DAC. So yesterday was a very good win in that respect. Again, I really like this schedule that they have. Can they take advantage? The last two games scoring 76 and 80 are the outliers on the season. This team is closer to the 62 ppg team the first 14 games of the year than the close to 80 one. Though I feel we are more in the 67-69 point per game range.

I’ll give credit where credit is due. Tonight’s game is usually the type we lose. Instead it was UNCW who yakked a 7 point lead with a little over 3 minutes left. If you would have told me before the game that DWill and TT would combine for 9-38 shooting, I would have told you we would lose by 30. Go figure. Credit to Hicks, Samb, who had a nice little spurt in the first half, and, to all people, Tarke, who actually made a few plays. Let’s temper this though with the fact that UNCW is not the same team as last year, when Trazarian (sp) White was tearing up the CAA (he’s now getting paid quite handsomely to avg 10 ppg for TCU). Also, as alluded to earlier, our shooting was woeful. Anyway, take the W and on to C of C. Frankly, no matter what happens in Charleston, the road trip is already a success. Forgot to mention that Suliaman was a bad man on that put back dunk

With W&M’s L today, we’re tied with them for 2nd place in the conference. A little early to be scoreboard watching, I suppose. Then again, after Thursday’s game, we’ll have played basically 40% of our conference games

https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=550192 In a game that set offensive basketball back about 60 years, Towson found a way to beat Stony Brook 53-49 on Saturday afternoon to improve to 5-1 in the CAA. The Tigers were down once again in the first half by six (25-19) despite shooting 3-of-22 from the three-point line and 12-of-23 (52.2%) from the free throw line, beat the Seawolves, who made 12 of 12 from the line, but just 5-of-22 from three-point range (0-7 2nd half). Mekhi Lowery led the way with 13 points, six rebounds and three assists, while Christian May, who is still struggling with his shot (2-8 FG) held CJ Luster (15ppg) to two points in 19 minutes.

I'm not upset about being 5-1. Don't get me wrong. I'll take it and It's fine. I just don't like the way we're playing. It's not even just boring. It's maddening to watch. We've had to come back in every game to win a close games. I guess the fact that we complained about losing so many close games a couple of seasons ago doesn't really hold with this squad, so I'll give them credit for having intestinal fortitude in conference play. T But we shouldn't need to come back from nine down or whatever it was in the 2nd half to beat freakin' Stony Brook at home. I wasn't surprised that we barely won today, but a bit surprised we put up 54 points against a dreadful defense. And we were so much better at Drexel on offense at a tough place to play and playing like this today against a bad team makes no sense. If we're playing like this in late February, we're not going to be in first or second place or fourth. This is a bad league. We need to take advantage. Charleston is winning games but they aren't playing a lot of D. W&M will play UNCW on Monday at 1pm or watching the repeat if it's on Flor. Will be DVRing that since I'm not off. That's a big one. Are they for real? Tough place to play (except for us). Also, we're in mid-January and it feels that this season has gone on for years. That might be just me because I was sick for about a month and missed the UMBC game (awful). We are certainly playing a bit better since non-conference though I think we played our asses off in Canada w/o TT and CMay. Just couldn't get over the hump.

You're lucky you didn't have to watch that dreck. Really, 5-1 is nice, but it's not enjoyable basketball when we can't put the ball through the hoop. I'll take Drexel and NE wins with slightly better D. It's a lot more fun to win 75-70 than 54-50. And I'll agree with 2012 that this type of basketball won't work for 3 days in D.C. And I don't just mean today's awful offensive display. They have to start playing better basketball. I get that you can't play a perfect basketball game for 40 minutes. How about a strong 25? I'd also like to see more intensity. We have a lot of calm guys. That's fine for winning games late but how about starting out with some passion? We've had 2,000 people and 2,600 people without students in the last two home games. It's not Charleston but it beats the NE crowd last week. A decent crowd should have you amped to play the game no matter who you're playing. Didn't see that even against Hofstra. You don't have to shoot 50% from the field to dive on the floor for a 50-50 ball. It's why I constantly complain about starting Hicks and falling in a hole early. It's not that he doesn't hustle. He just can't shoot. Let's take a look at the numbers. In 15mpg, he's averaging 2.7ppg, 1.0apg, 31.7% FG, 25% 3pt (9-36) and has gone to the line just 3 times. Has 11 turnovers in 19 games. To his credit, he has stayed healthy.

There were better highlights from the mascot game at halftime, where Doc the Tiger scored more points than practically everyone on our team

What a comeback! Great team win, it’s gonna take all 10 guys contributing positively to make it work. Hats off to a gritty win, dagger clutch 3 by Dylan, best game of Messiah Jones’ time here, Mekhi making big blocks, Tyler knocking down shots. Also hats off to Dr. Eigenbrot who was personally handing out free slices of pizza to students and fans at the game last light. Faculty and staff were treated to free tickets and a Jimmy’s famous seafood truck! Great win for the program to build off of

Nice win on "national" tv last night. Stayed in the fight while Hofstra couldn't miss in the first half. Big shots and free throws down the stretch which we all have seen us not convert in the past. This team will continue to be a head scratcher and even though I bitch and moan about this program from time to time it always feels good to win.

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Good comeback, this team is super confusing but they seem to know how to get a dub. Like others have mentioned they are winning games that usually don't go our way. Good win fellas!

unrelated, but the site is showing its lost its security certificate, essentially dubbing it a dangerous site which can compromise the computer.

Talk about moving up the coaching ladder quickly. Former Towson DL https://x.com/mikegarafolo/status/1879292324888646115?s=46&t=nScacl1TWT-KyOwj5stBaw

Could you and TUTigers2012 just stop this ceaseless nonsense? We get it, you got us in the dance and he’s got us crashing & burning in the conference tournament (truth is probably somewhere in between). I’m not saying either of you should stop posting, but this tit-for-tat between you two is a bore, tbh

Still trying to process this win after seeing a lot of playoff football today. These last two wins were not Skerry-like. Winning games where the offense shined and the defense was not good has not been the formula. But it's good that we can score 80 points against NE and 93 points in 45 minutes at Drexel, who had one of the best defenses (statistically) in the nation. I'll be honest, while I like a solid defense, I'm weary of rock fights. Watching us average 86.5 points per game in the last two games is a pleasant change. When Dylan plays that well offensively, Towson is tough to beat. I still like them to push the pace when he's on the floor. Starting Hicks in the second half is not the answer because I know he's going to start against Hofstra. You don't want to get down 6 points (as we did today) because the start of the 2nd half usually sets the tone for the rest of the game. I also think, aside from the defensive mistakes, it's a team that PS is trying to figure out. Even though Lowery struggled today, if you play him 12 minutes, you're risking that kind of shaky defense. But you can also have more shooters when Sulaiman gives you something from the perimeter along with Tejada and Williamson. May, despite today's 1 for 5, has shot the ball better in conference play (7 for 16 3pt). I thought the rebounding (43-31) helped make up for some defensive deficiencies though you can't keep allowing the opponent to shoot over 40% (41.7%) from three and 47% from the field. Tejada showed today, despite some lapses defensively and other stuff, that he can do more than shoot. Grabbing nine boards was huge and at 6-9, 220, there's no reason why he can't grab 5-6 per game. If he went to the offensive glass, he'd be able to score a bit more and I know in a way, he's trying to become more valuable. Every college player is now looking for NIL, whether it's here or elsewhere. TT is going to make some nice coin next season. As for Tarke, he's never been a strong 3-point shooter. His best season was 33.3% at Coppin State. I don't expect him to shoot that number this season, but I do expect him to attack the rim and get to the line, even if he's a meh FT shooter (67.5% this year, 70%) last season. That's a lot better than he shot at Coppin. Defend, rebound, attack downhill and make a trey or two with better shot selection is fine. And the key? Come off the bench. Tarke has been great the last two games coming off the bench. He's playing more minutes than he did as a starter. The team is still a bit perplexing, but they are 3-1 in the CAA. That's a lot better than a lot of folks on here thought they'd be after a bad non-conference slate. Season Stats Rank POINTS/G 66.2 52 FG % 40.3 48 3PT % 28.5 23

“Ain’t no stopping us now.. we on the move..” 3-1 in the CAA *2 road wins Congrats team and coaches.

Big pickup in the portal. Four star OT Mike Williams who went to Florida https://x.com/mike4kk/status/1877887046586355787?s=46&t=nScacl1TWT-KyOwj5stBaw

I admit I was one who was high on Cole. In retrospect, I must have been high myself. After him and Bieku, Skerry should be barred from recruiting anyone from Canada 🇨🇦

PS says “we have to get Nendah going.” Has he watched the guy? He throws up brick threes and drives rather than dish off, always in hopes of drawing a foul. But more often than not, the shot is a miss and the opponent is going the other way. After watching him for a season and a half, I think we all agree that there’s no “there” there.

“We couldn’t get over the hump….” A perfectly concise summary of Skerry’s time at Towson.

https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=548362&vislive=tows Tomiwa Sulaiman slammed home an offensive rebound with 32 seconds left to lead Towson over UNCW 65-61 in overtime on Thursday night. Towson starts conference play at 1-0 and improved to 6-8 on the season. Tyler Tejada led the Tigers with 21 points. They'll now face Charleston on the road on Saturday at 2pm. Some comments from Pat Skerry after the game on TowsonTigers.com "That's a good team. Well coached. Could have gone either way. Proud of our guys effort. Rebounded and defended it well. Didn't have our best night shooting it. Played against a lot of big teams. That kid Obioha was terrific tonight (for UNCW). Great plays. Big rebounding numbers. May and Sulaiman. Back to playing Towson basketball. " On Sulaiman's dunk "Top 10 Tiger basket of all time. Suliaman with dunk follow." Tejada likes the moment showed it late." "I still know we can shoot the ball better than we're shooting it. Samb and Hicks all night helped us. Abdou was tremendous in the first half. Hicks good minutes all around. Great program win. Great team win. Everyone tried to bury us. Didn't realize we were seeds"

Needed that win. Fun listen and chat with the diehards. “Seeds that were buried” 📻😃 House 💰 come Saturday. No way DWill shoots 2-17 against Charleston.

I know the past doesn't necessarily matter here, but we have won four of the last five the last three seasons and nine of 11 against UNC-W (they had a bad stretch before Takayo Siddle took over after being really good before that). I am not optimistic from what I have seen so far from Towson, but crappy non-conference followed by solid to good conference play has been the pattern for Skerry the last two years. We need to figure out something with this offense, but with the combination of our talent and a weak conference I still expect us to a top 4-5 team in conference play. That is still very disappointing when you line it up with some of the preseason expectations (I don't know if I really ever fully bought into those). I wouldn't feel great about it, but I would take the 5.5 points and Towson tonight. I would absolutely take the under 137.5, because these teams seems to mostly produce rock fights. I expect to see a solid performance tonight.

Nothing I saw in person today was any different than what I’ve seen on TV. At least this time, we made the right defensive plays to hang on to the lead. The offensive end in the last 2 minutes was typically awful and some of the shot selection overall was worthy of an immediate benching. Tarke should never take another shot unless it’s a wide open layup. I’ve never seen a D1 player hit all glass on a 12-foot pullup in the lane. Nice to be off the schneid and I wish I could make more home games cuz I’m 5-0 in TU Arena.

That's what I told him. I should have had at least one at the half or something else.

I can't imagine that was a play call, but everyone sort of cleared out like he was Kevin Durant on an iso. Shocked that he even thought about doing that in the second half. Or first half or ever.

It’s a new year but same old FCS Champ - ND State.

This is truly a team whose sum is greater than its individual parts. I mean, we’ve got 2 guys (Hicks & Samb) who really aren’t D1 players; May, who’s shooting has regressed to the point where we’re fortunate if he scores 6ppg; Lowery, who’s offensive game is extremely limited, but who does contribute in other facets; Embeya who’s a year away; Jones, who you hope can score 5-6 ppg and grab a few boards; Suliaman, see Jones. But we also have the 3-headed monster, also known as the law firm of Tejada, Williamson and Tarke, who each, on any given night, are capable of scoring 20 points. I’m still pleasantly surprised in the transformation of Tarke. Most of us, including me, had him pegged as one of the worst D1 players in the nation, and now he’s an integral part of the team. His drives to the basket are finally paying dividends. Let’s hope he keeps it up. Let me see a show of hands of those who thought we’d come back and win last night, when we down 18 in the first half. I was there, and it looked grim. I was just hoping we could cut the lead to around 10 by halftime, which is almost exactly what we did. I think we all know that anytime you fall behind by that wide a margin, that it usually takes all the team’s energy just to draw even, or near even, and oftentimes the rally fizzles out, but not last night. It was maddening for awhile, when we would get achingly close, but couldn’t tie or take the lead, that is, until we did. (Horrible call by the refs late in the game, btw when DWill got called for a charge, which negated a made 3pointer which would have given us the lead). I distinctly remember, with 4:30 left in the game, Lowery yakked a layup and Hofstra came down & buried a 3, to take a 5 point lead. I said to myself, “that was the dagger,” but we persevered. Not a great crowd, but boy did it get loud down the stretch. Can’t let Stony Brook be a trap game; get the W and we’re 5-1 after 1/3 of the conference season

Pride are the most efficient defense in the CAA, and least efficient offense. Both teams are in the bottom 30 in terms of temp in the country. A very low possession type of game. Claxton will be back coaching for them, no word on their two missing starters

Fair….. noted …. moving on to Thursday and TY

Okay, 12/29/10; TU 93 LaSalle 90. Philmore and Dupree each scored 27 points 2/8/23. In a W vs Hampton, Timberlake had 31 points and Holden had 22

Tarke is POW and Embeya ROW https://x.com/caabasketball/status/1878864746730201162?s=46&t=nScacl1TWT-KyOwj5stBaw

Dragons 🐉 gonna fall today and Malik Rose can’t help them. It’s gonna be Tyler Tejada time today. 25+ 😉

Strange game in the sense that we played poorly in the 1st half vs a team missing 2 starters who avg a combined 24 ppg. Then in the second half we scored 50 points (I know, inconceivable) and out scored them by 14. Stranger even more so considering we had 3 starters (Suliman, Jones and Hicks) who combined for a total of 9 points, and Tejada had a “meh” game, to put it charitably. Kudos to May, with 17 points, double digit rebounds and 5 assists. Now, can he build off this or revert back to a 6ppg guy? And kudos to of all people, Tarke, who I thought had a helluva game. Embeya and Lowery got off to disastrous starts, but both came on at the end. Generally, when they are on the floor, you’re basically playing 1 or 2 men short on the offensive end. Announced attendance 1,050, which is accurate, if you counted each person at the game twice. Troubling that we let this guy Frankel on NE, who came in avg 2.8 ppg, score 16. Bottom line, take the W and move on, but this team has so many limitations and flaws that there’s precious little margin for error. Let’s see what happens Saturday in Philly, vs a Drexel team that has no impressive W’s and lost to Bryant, who we beat. If we’re somehow going to challenge for a top-4 finish in the conference, this upcoming game vs Drexel is the kind we need to win

DraftKings has Towson -5 in an old school ugly skerryball CAA rock fight 66-62

Well I was getting buckets the other night and shooting 3s better than the current squad. Unfortunately since it’s been 20+ years since I graduated, I’m unavailable..😢

Actually, there is one Canadian who I think would fit in well with this program

Still waiting on the final name for OC. I believe, once he goes through the HR and procedure stuff, they will announce next week. Hearing an FBS assistant is in the mix, but we shall see.

No advantage on the boards (35-35). I thought Caleb Embeya did an outstanding job on Brzovic. He shot just 4 of 12 from the field (8-8 FT). When Jones was on him, it was over. He just spun and got to his left with ease. Had to foul or double which took place late. Caleb also had 10 boards. I think the offense is kind of like Lowery, a luxury, though he has more skills. Hopefully with 10 or so more pounds, he'll score some down low next season. Defense was odd. We gave up three easy transition baskets early on. Then some open threes and more layups. Defense was atrocious for the first 15 minutes But they shot just 7 of 23 in the second half. But they shot just 7 of 23 in the second half. There's no margin for error against that team. You can't play 25 minutes of defense because the offense can't dig us out of a hole. Thought Lowery played well and bounced back from last game. Had 10 points, six rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, steal.

He’s the team photographer so knows some inside info.

No doubt about the fact that the system works. It kids of reminds me of the Rays in baseball not wanting to let any of their pitchers go through the lineup a third time. It doesn't seem to be common sense to limit the amount of time your best players play, but Kelsey also demands high output from them and by limiting their time probably has them close to 100% capacity more often than not. It has worked, but he is still climbing the ladder to see if it will work at the highest level in terms of getting Louisville to the highest heights that program has seen. Definitely didn't mean that to knock Kelsey, because he has been good. I just don't know where I stand on the idea philosophically. To your point, it has worked well at every stop for him.

Really? Didn’t know that. I’m sure he’ll have a big game barring a lot of double teams

If we beat Charleston tomorrow we're so back.

Tarleton State LB Ty Rawls has been offered https://x.com/youngbull_ty6/status/1874143902384742472?s=46&t=nScacl1TWT-KyOwj5stBaw

Maybe the best free marketing Towson has ever received. #TUpenant #TowsonLogo https://www.barstoolsports.com/video/3534719/barstool-pizza-review-tinybrickoven-baltimore-md

Mount beat Miami yesterday

As a big Seinfeld fan, this was very clever