Taj79

One of the things missed or unreported in this game was the start of the second half. Williams, recognizing that Jones had three fouls, went right after him. Jones played passively. Williams got two free throws, then drove past Jones and missed but then garnered two offensive rebounds. After the third offensive rebound and the kick out for a Stromer three, Schertz called a timeout and replaced the passive Jones with a more aggressive Green. we outscored them ten to 2 in the next five minutes. Huge move by Shertz overlooked by most of us.

According to Stu's latest research and article, the NET margin of victory does matter. My personal opinion is who cares right now just win and see what happens. If you just win, the A10 autobid is there. Otherwise, I expect the committee to screw us ... and all mid-major programs because that's what they do.

Let's be real ....... someone said "same old A-10" in a different thread and this is the same old Rhodey. The Wiz says a 7th to 10th place finish and I concur. Rhodey is 3 and 1 and lost to Tulsa ay the US Naval Academy by 17 points. They have beaten powerhouses Stetson, Stonehill and UAlbany all at home. They go to Yale (one of their two OCC road games tonight) where they are 8.5 point underdogs. Their last road game will be at Providence. The rest of their OOC schedule includes, Towson, Brown, McNeese, Canisius and Northeastern. All are at home except Towson which at Kissimmee, Florida. This will likely lead to an inflated OOC record of 8 and 3 when allis said an done. Same old A-10? You betcha ---- overinflated OCC records likely.

Thames got a chiropractic adjustment there. He's likely fine and fully adjusted.

More stuffs like that from Otieno and he'll shut me up.

As noted, Thames is not a PG. He is too out of control and doesn't seem to be looking to make the right pass or the delicate pass. Everything is rushed at high speed. Jones needs to understand defensive principals. The good news there is if we lose him (to three fouls) we have Brown, Thames, Green, Sharma and McCottry to step in. Still waiting to see what Otieno brings to the lineup. Don't see the rim protection nor the rebounding.

May on at halftime. Let the snipers unite.

Thames is NOT a Point Guard.

@gabriel and @dlarry: two of the funniest back-to-back posts ever. Thanks for the apology and the etiquette throw down.

@gabriel: yes, cut our teeth. You don't get that, you don't get team sports and what three freshmen and six transfers means.

The first half was racing on overdrive ergo the 16 TOs. The second half we slowed down some and got the correct results. Our assist-passing is suspect right now. The reality is we cut our teeth first week on cupcakes. Let's see whta Saturday brings.

As noted in the Lindenwood GDT.

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.