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French would've been an A10 first teamer multiple times if he shot 60% from the free throw line. He was that good at everything else.

We continued our tradition of refusing to set a screen in the backcourt when our PG was being pressured.

We are lucky they are 9-19 from the line.

We lost by almost 20 to Wichita, 10 to Vermont, and only beat Dartmouth by 1. It's more than just the SIUC game in play here.

This game gave me major crews vibes.

Davidson is not the same team at all in the post Bob Mckillop era.

Puricelli!!

What a shot!

Gaebe! All square at 2-2

Beautiful cross and header. Not out of this one yet.

1-0 Penn State

Big time miss.

He has really perfected his floater game

I was actually a fan of Dalger's energy, 8 rebounds in 20 minutes which led the team.

Micah Mason from Duquesne is another player from the A10 era to throw in the mix. Seems like he would always end up having a huge game against us. And that included the game that ended our 19 game winning streak in 13-14.

Don’t you go poopooing top 4 a10 finishes and 20 wins now.

https://youtu.be/5tVZ_BEEupg Some Hasahn like dunks in this video. He looks to finish strong through contact and has some explosiveness. He averaged 3.5 RPG in only 12 MPG. Doesn’t need to be a double digit scorer. Great pickup.

That time is absolutely insane! He’s averaging around a 4:20 mile over the 5k

I think there are times when TJ is placed in a bad matchup at the 4 on defense if we're playing a team that is big at the 4 (see Dayton and VCU this past year), but if it's a team also playing small then I'm good with him at the 4. Otherwise I think he's better as guarding a wing/guard type.

Jennings responded to Noland’s Instagram story announcing commitment by saying “great look!”. Hopefully a good sign!!

Her shot making and playmaking abilities are just ridiculous. Really fun to watch.

Jeff Sagarin has us at 84, and Kenpom has us at 96. Are those secretly controlled by the Power 5 Schools too? When you go 3-9 in Q1/Q2 games, you're not anywhere close to deserving of an NCAA bid. You can't just schedule well- you actually have to win against good teams. And not get blown out.

Markquis Nowell is absolutely filthy.

This a great post and summarizes the Ford era really well. But I think there are a couple items to point out: 1) I think some are greatly exaggerating how close we were to an at-large in 19-20. Yes we were playing extremely well at the time but we did not have much of a resume that year - neither Bonnies nor VCU were going to be NCAA teams that year. We lost to our only 2 quality opponents in non-con in Auburn and Seton Hall and went 0-2 against Dayton including a game at home we coughed up in the final 8 minutes. IF we beat Dayton on that Saturday, maybe we have a shot but that's a big if and the point remains again Ford was unable (again) to have an at-large resume together going into the final week of the season. I sincerely doubt 1 more win that week gets us much consideration by the committee. 2) In 2020-21, yes the two losses coming out of the COVID pause were a killer, but after that we had 3 games that could've still gotten us in the NCAA's (At VCU, At Dayton, and in the A10 tourney against Bonnies) and we lost all 3 of them. You HAVE to find a way to win one of those games. That was the most talented team in my time as a fan (been going to games since the early 2000's). But again lost those three games and the trend of Ford unable to win that "get us over the hump" game continues. I'm confident Ford will put together a roster that will compete towards the top of the A10 again. But he's got to find a way to get his teams to execute in big games. I'm really hoping he can do that.

I'm a SEMO alum so I'll be pulling for my Redhawks. I went to Evansville with my wife and couple friends for the OVC final and it was a great time. And of course pulling for Utah State.