Taj79

Somebody already pointed it out but it amazes me how well other teams shoot from distance against us. Sixty percent from three in the first half?!?! Yikes. And then in the second half, it seemed every shot they put up also went in. Schertz said at half Chicago State wasn't not a good shooting team but look what happened. I never panicked but State was pretty outstanding there for a while. I also thought the coach did all he could to disrupt our flow. Changing defenses. Numerous subs. Subs after free throws to delay our inbounding. And yet he was still 30+ points in the hole. But a win is a win. I think many of our team members need to follow Avila's lead and just play calm. We seem to be an equal opportunity TO at times. Five guys with 2 turnovers plus two of them with three. McCottry and Brown press at times. On the flip side, eight guys with 2+ assists is a good thing. Do like the fact that five guys made threes led by Sharma's 5. Agree with Schertz that the last seven minutes seemed to be hero ball when hero ball wasn't needed. Don't like barely beating the steal total by 1, 11 to 10. Our big defense with Avila and Otieno needs to get better. But it is ramp up time and we have lots of time to work out the kinks. I hope we don't look past Lindenwood while waiting Grand Canyon.

...... has the Billikens at #48 with VCU at #62.

Fordham went 8 and 5 OOC last year; after going 6 and 7 the year before that and a whopping 12 and 1 the year before that. So losing at home to NJIT is pretty sad. Nine of the ten players Fordham employed last night are transfers. Pen-and-inking them into the pillow fight right now.

lost to DePaul last night at DePaul 92 to 62.

Anya was on the bench. I saw a lot of Jordair Jett in what McCottrey was doing but tempered it with "it's just SEMO." As some have pointed out, there were obvious opening night jitters and tightness, the speed of the game favored sloppiness, between the three of them the seven-footers for SEMO didn't equal one D1 player, this team has shooters, Otierno got too many sloppy fouls, but the refs were questionable especially in the second half. I too don't see a true point guard at this point bit Jones, Green and Brown all have possibilities. Fifteen TOs with ten from McCottrey, Brown and Jones. Thames also overexcited. Overall, the biggest difference was our bench and to have such depth is atypical for SLU. Three blah games before Grand Canyon so time to work things out. Can't really complain about the start. SEMO might be good in the OVC but the OVC is below the Mo Valley .... which is already a few steps below the top A10 teams. The average margin of victory in the A10 last night was 21 points. Of note, the Bonnies beat Bradley by 6 on a neutral court, and only Loyola was really challenged (by Cleveland State at home) in the 11 games. The overall competition gives little credence to the results.

What happens if we lose at Dayton? Bid?

@IsaacR: my bad and my apologies. I was looking at this site 2025-26 NCAA BB Rosters - Google Drive and failed to toggle over to the SEMO listing. So everything I said is wrong. That's on me. By not toggling, I was talking the roster for Eastern Illinois and not SEMO.

SEMO is projected to start three guards, all at 6'2" or shorter. One is a transfer from Tennessee Tech and the other two are each 6'7". Seven others are JUCOs, a D2 transfer and a 5'11" guy who last played at Long Island two years ago. Do not believe this is the same team that tied for first in the OVC last year.

While I can slurp this up with the majority of you believers, I don't see how you can give letter grades to teams that are essentially a collective of unknown parts. While I will take however this mathematical hogwash was achieved, I prefer to sit and wait on the hard results to come in. Hard core data. Facts. And the OOC season is also suspect. I expect every A10 team, given what I have seen of the schedules, to post decent, above .600 records. We shall see.

The crusade continues with our very own Don Quixote on lead jack-ass.

Turned the game on and saw we were down ——-a man. We can’t score the way it is so down a man meant pray for a scoreless tie. Prayer answered.

As I have said before, given the nomadic mercenary posture of major college athletics nowadays, picking this kind of stuff is somewhat ridiculous. This site is pretty good as far as a comprehensive listing of A10 rosters and who the starters are expected to be: 2025-26 NCAA BB Rosters - Google Drive Chemistry and integration will be key, including for us. VCU's entire starting lineup is projected to be transfers added to a new coach in Phil Martelli, Jr. Now two of the transfers are coming with him from Bryant so who knows. One is Barry Evans, who started his career at Bonaventure where he was okay. Frankly, I don't disagree with the media poll very much as far as the order is concerned. I happen to believe Geedubyua should be the favorite as they return three guys and add an all-conference guy in Duquesne's Tre Dinkins. As for the all-conference selections, again a crap shoot. Deuce Jones is transferring from La Salle to St. Joes and he was Freshman of the Year at La Salle if memory serves. Outside of him, the Joeys return four starters. I think they are undersold in this poll at 7th. Billy Lange is gone -- which might be more positive than negative. Two of VCU's second teamers are transfers and the third, Ward, is coming in from LSU after a year off. He last played in 19 games two years ago. Dasante Bowen, second teamer from Bonaventure, sat out all but 10 games last year with an injury. On the third team, Keontae Jones was an all-conference performer last year at Cal State Northridge. While Javon Bennett is listed on the first team and Amael L'Etang is a second teamer, Dayton will need more and Jones is a very nice addition. I think the key there will eb how transfers from NC State and Villanova perform. Dejour Reaves was good performer at Iona, but is still only 6 feet tall and it's Fordham, which boasts 10 other transfers. Ahmad Nowell transfers into VCU from Uconn, where he didn't do much last year but it is Uconn. I don't think much of Mike Walz at Richmond but he is 6'11" and a senior. As for defense, Bennett led the league in steals and Castro, Rubin and Ajogbor are all rim protectors and shot blockers. Not surprised at their selections. Jennings played all 35 games at VCU last year, starting none.

Since my name was taken I feel compelled to point out 9 games x 90 minutes = 810 minutes = nearly 17 hours of soccer totaling six goals. Just sayin' ......

Offensive j-u-g-g-e-r-n-a-u-t.

Seems simple to me ..... guys outside the Top 50 are going to places where they can get better money, and more playing time. Then, in a year, jump into the transfer portal and portal up to the big boys for more cash. And thisidea plays into the big boys now mining the transfer portal more so than taking marginal high school players (marginal as in below top 50). Sancomb won't finish at Liberty just like Jackson won't finish at VCU.