Taj79

Meadows hurt. What else is new? How did he survive four years at two other schools? Was he dropping body parts all that time as well?

John Gianinni today.

This is one hellova read. I didn't post way back when but if I did choose, I'd probably have been in the wait-n-see crowd. But the Oklahoma State fan was dead right on. Amazing.

I’ve said all year it’s a roster of role players with no leading men. Why are we surprised at losses? Undisciplined. No offensive scheme. No defense. Poor fundamentals. Out of shape. This is where we are ate with CTF at the helm. Down double digits he gave up —- sat in a zone. He QUIT.

Medley was also disruptive on defense. Problem is he is not a viable offensive threat. Short of Jimerson, no one on the floor scores if its Medley, Jimerson, Zhang, Hughes and Thames.

Loyola guys clutch and grab everyone.

Curcic may not be the answer (who is) but ZERO minutes. After the Umass game? WTF Ford?

Meadows, Hughes, Thames ——- 5 total points. Again role players outmatched in real games.

Ford content to sit in zone and lose by less.

Meadows is overmatched and useless.

If all this is indeed true, then May made a calculated decision that has backfired terribly in reality. Folks get canned all the time for such decisions. Coaches get canned all the time for failing to win. Those facts are documented umpteen times over in real life. I guess institutions of higher learning are exempts from lessons learned in reality, The dean at Harvard got canned but kept her $900k teaching job (Harvard/MIT/Penn wherever).

I believe it is 12 D1 level sports.

I watched Loyola go into Richmond and give VCU a game. I was impressed because I don't think much of Loyola, Watson and Valentine. I figured VCU's athleticism would overpower them just as it did us. VCU was favored by 5.5 and the win by 7 allowed me to make some money. But Loyola hung really tough. Adelekun led Loyola with 14. Loyola, just like us, had no answer for Bamisile and his 25. We don't do well on the road and we've already lost to these guys. Not good.

@Soderball: okay. Thanks for the answer. However, we already tend to run the shot clock down and then because we have no one sans Parker who can create his own shot, we are chucking whatever shot we have left. I haven't seen us press on defense short of one guy putting minimal pressure on the advancing point guard. Our press against VCU led to back-to-back layups indicating to me that we don't know how to press. Also, our point guards are so weak, they get pushed out to near half court to start our gawd-awful weave so this in and of itself should play pretty well into you "run the shot clock more" philosophy.

@Soderball: curious as to your suggestion on just how to slow the game down. We already run the weave, get the ball back to the top of the key, then scramble to launch a shot near the end of the shot clock. That's our offense, I guess then you mean doing something with this gawd-awful defense we throw out there?

Dayton is one player away from mediocrity as well.

Dayton just dropped 15 on Richmond first half. Of course, Richmond only scored 20.

Traditionally, we don't win on the road. If we concede that with this team, then our only hope are home wins. Who we got left? Umass. Fordham. VCU. George Washington. Richmond. Dayton. Those teams are a combined 77 and 36 overall; 25 and 12 in the A10. Also combined they are 13 and 12 on the road. Fordham is 3 and 3 on the road. Geedubya is 1 and 3 and Umass is 0 and 4. I think those three games might be it although Richmond is only 3 and 3 and we played Dayton close in Dayton. Athletically, once again, we don't see to match up well with VCU. Dayton is up to #16.

Dayton as a 3-seed. A10 Juan Bid. First Four Out = Gonzaga!

In case you missed it: Grant Huffman and Angelo Brizzi against Cian Medley and Mike Meadows Wednesday night: Huffman/Brizzi Medley/Meadows Points: 38 4 Assists: 10 5 Rebounds: 8 3 3pts: 5 - 7 0 - 2 Turnovers: 1 3 Combined, Meadows, Medley, Hughes and Jimerson were 3 of 16. Let's watch Saturday and see how far out Umass pushes our points as they cross the half court line. Quote

Umass is better than Davidson to whom we just lost to at home by 20+ points.

I've referred to one poster as Chip Diller from Animal House. "All is well!!!"

Grant Huffman is leading the A10 in assists at 4.6 per game. Think about that when you mention Yuri.

@Lord Elrond: semantics. But I think we are on the same page.

Gentlemen: Medley provides no offense. Meadows zero. Hughes zero. Zhang zero. Jimerson can't get open. No plays are ever run for Hargrove. Parker is a one-on-one+ player. Thames is a junkyard dog at best. Only Ezewiro has a game suited for a 4/5 player. There is no discernable offense. No one can play man-to-man and they are all lost on any zone. The bottom lines are twofold: who recruited this mess and who is teaching them the schemes? I don't see another win all year. Tonight was it and we lost at home by 20 plus.