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TSU88

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  1. This thought has crossed my mind. I have nothing to base this on, but I assume if we win the regular season title, and then lose early in the tournament that Skerry will get at least a one year extension. I’m not going to lambaste you. First, you’re certainly entitled to your opinion. Second, I think you make some valid points. Anyone who would look at our team and individual stats, without knowing our record, would reasonably assume we have a mediocre record. That we don’t is a tribute to a number of things, including, but not limited to, our knack of pulling games out at the end (a refreshing change from years gone by). It also hasn’t hurt that we’ve seemingly played a lot of teams missing key players due to injuries. Of course, in the interest of full disclosure, we played a bunch of games early in the season where we didn’t have Tejada. No one more than me fervently hopes we can continue “winning ugly,” but any objective observer (emphasis on objective) would I think admit to having a nagging feeling that the bubble might burst in D.C.
  2. Keep stacking W’s. Basically 5 teams (us, UNCW, C of C, W&M and Campbell) competing for the top 4 spots, with Elon and Monmouth holding on for dear life at 6-5. 2 of our next 3 games vs Monmouth. A split wouldn’t be the worst outcome. Still have to do the Tobacco Road two-step, vs Elon and Campbell. A split there wouldn’t be a bad thing either. 7 conference games left. Even 4-3, which would leave us at 14-4, should get us a top 4 finish. Hopefully the teams behind us have games versus each other, so they can cannibalize each other
  3. In the college insider.com mid major poll, so we got that going for us 😆
  4. So, after the Monmouth game we’ll have played 2/3 of our conference schedule. I don’t particularly care if we finish first, though that would be nice. The important thing of course is to finish in the top four (and to hopefully finish in a position where we wouldn’t have to play C of C unless it were in the finals) The conference is pretty wide open. I mean who thought before the season that W&M & Campbell would be in play for a top 4 finish? Other than SB & NCAT any team could get hot in DC and win the championship. I’m concerned, given our propensity for falling behind early, and our limited scoring options, that we can string together 3 straight W’s come tournament time, but first things first; let’s lock down a top four finish
  5. That’s a man’s dunk. Would be nice to pair him with Tejada and DWill, but that’s probably a long shot
  6. Love the optimism. Hell, I’d go to Chernobyl if that’s where they sent us, as long as we’re dancing
  7. I believe it was former Redskins Coach George Allen who coined the phrase, “the future is now.” Agreed. Let’s get through this season before focusing on who’s leaving and who’s coming back. That being said, I think we can all see the writing on the wall as it relates to Tejada staying or leaving, and DWill’s price tag, if he continues to play like he’s been, will only go up
  8. My hunch is that W&M is going to come back to the pack a bit. Campbell has come out of nowhere to be 7-3, but when all’s said and done, it might be the usual suspects in the top four, us, UNCW, C of C, with the 4th spot up for grabs.
  9. It’s crazy, 1st game vs Drexel, on the road, we score 90+ (though it did go into OT) & tonight, at home, we score 55. Go figure
  10. I forgot Suliaman, which is easy to do. His shooting was atrocious tonight, and he needs to stop indiscriminately jacking up 3’s, on nights like tonight, when it was obvious his shot wasn’t going. With his physique, it would seem he’d be better suited for scoring in close, but at the end of the day, the best he’s probably going to do is around 6-8 ppg
  11. I find myself in agreement with much of this. All credit to the coaches and players for winning 90% of the conference games, but, like it or not, this team has certain limitations that leaves them very little margin for error, and gives me pause for concern as their ability to run the table at the conference tournament. When your 3 bigs, Jones, Embeya and Samb, score a total of 4 points, like they did tonight, I just don’t think that’s sustainable. May is pretty much a lost cause, when it comes to scoring. Yes, he has some utility on defense and as a rebounder, but let’s be honest, the anticipation for him this year was to avg in the low teens, not 5 points a game. Hicks is a D2 player, which leaves Lowery as the one guy you hope can score little in the event 1 of the big 3 is having an off night. Just seems to me that it puts a lot of strain on Tejada and DWill, and to a lesser degree, Tarke, to be on every night. Having said all this, we’re 9-1 in conference play, which is good enough for first place. I fervently hope that we keep it up, but yes, I have my doubts. With our track record in the conference tournament, who other than the most optimistic among us wouldn’t?
  12. I’m confused. Embeya was 1-1 from the floor tonight, with 0 points from the line, for a total of 2 points. I wish he had gone 5-5 & 3-4 from the foul line, as that would have meant he would have scored 13 points. No fooling, what am I missing?🤔
  13. What in the hell are you talking about? I’ve forgotten more than you know about basketball. Can you, oh I don’t know, cite some specifics to support your half baked thesis? Is it because I called out May, who empirically is one of the worst shooters in D1? And what does having played or not played HS basketball have to do with the price of eggs? I guess what your “argument” boils down to is that I shouldn’t have an opinion, if it’s not a sycophantic glowing opinion, lavishing praise on our team. The more you post, the more demonstrate what a clod you are. Do not annoy me with your stupidity going forward, as you just don’t know the game,
  14. What game was Embeya 5-5? Are you aggregating his stats over a number of games?
  15. Talk about winning by a fingertip, if the Drexel player got that shot off .01 seconds sooner, it’s a deflating L. Very, very glad we won, but tonight illustrated that if all 3 of our top (and really, only) scorers aren’t scoring, we’re going to struggle mightily. Tonight it was Tarke who was a no-show, and as great as Tejada was in the first half, he barely scored in the second, leaving DWill to go one-on-five on occasion. I don’t know how much longer we can get away with this, but I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts. Just not sure it’s a formula for 3 W’s in 3 days in DC in March. Tonight was the 2nd home game recently where we’ve been futile in scoring in one half of a game. 19 point first half vs SB I believe; 20 points in the second half tonight. Also another home game where the opponent comes out scorching hot, only to rapidly cool off. I believe Hofstra got off to a hot start and tonight Drexel took things to a ridiculous level, hitting its first 8 shots. One of these days we’re not going to be able to dig ourselves out of these early holes…or not. I’m so done with May. I’ve never seen a guy whose shots go halfway down, only to spin out. You’d think 1 or 2 of his shots would go down, just based on the law of averages, but somehow he defies such laws. Next game Thursday vs a very bad team, SB, on the road. Then next Saturday vs Monmouth on the road. Can we have another 2-0 road trip? If we play like we did in the first half tonight, it’s certainly within the realm of possibility. If we play offensively like we did in the second half tonight, I’d say probably not.
  16. Never imagined we’d be 8-1 at the halfway point of conference play. With W&M getting trucked by the Camels 🐪 tonight, we’ll be in sole possession of 1st place going into Saturday’s game vs Drexel. With decent weather, no football to compete with, students back & team on a roll, we should have a nice, and raucous, crowd. DWill is on a heater, and the other 2/3 of the 3-headed monster kicked in about 30 points tonight. Pretty amazing that we start 3 guys who combined avg less than 20ppg, yet we keep winning. Let’s enjoy the roll, and slay the Dragons 🐉 next
  17. Ok. For some reason I thought they were ineligible
  18. Not saying they’re going to roll over, but, aside from playing spoiler, I’m not sure how much they have to play for. Due to leaving the CAA, aren’t they ineligible for the conference tournament, meaning there’s no path to the dance for them?
  19. Nice road W in a place we usually struggle. When the 3 headed monster of Tejada, DWill and Tarke are all on, we’re a tough out.,I’d like to see Lowery start over Suliaman, but I doubt Skerry’s going to tinker with the starting lineup, given the roll we’re on. Nice to see Tejada hitting the boards. Would be nice to get a W in what might be our last road game vs DE. A W would put us at 8-1, halfway through conference play
  20. There’s only one group of 4 horsemen, consisting of Arn, Tully, Ole and Rick, managed by JJ Dillon. Those guys taught me about brotherhood, teamwork and winning dirty. Well, mostly winning dirty 😆 And yes, you’re right, we need Tejada, Tarke, DWill, May and Lowery (or at least 2-3 of them) to come up big tonight
  21. You’re exactly right. The “University of Mars” monicker was given to him by Alex Karras, during his (underrated IMHO) stint in the Monday Night Football booth
  22. This guy is the best known player in the history of the University of Mars
  23. You know, I’d ask you how stupid can you be, but I m afraid you’d take that as a challenge
  24. Your insightful post brought to mind the following quote by Mark Twain: “better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”
  25. I know you’re not directing this to me. I already donate to TAF & NIL. Wanna compare donations?
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