The Wiz Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Yes, you read it right...we are favored for Sun. Enjoy it ...it won't happen much this season. This will be the battle of the slightly below average. ...both teams check in at C- GM is not a very good shooting team from anywhere on the floor including FTs. It is possible we could see a dueling deadzone game where both teams go into a funk and not score for 8+ min. The BIlls show up as Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Which one will it be or will it be both (again) What we need to do to win ' The Bills TOs...12 FGA...More than GM Slashline....45/35/72...even if we don't make these numbers we need to come close...this line has been very inconsistent...at least one number way out of whack each game. Deadzones....None...play 40 min Reb...35 GM Livingston & Moore...pts...single digts Thompson...No double double...btw this guy is a bad FT shooter..41.8%..don't be afraid to guard him Also keep him under 50% FG...shoots 57% from field Tot pts... less than 65 Reb 37 Bottomline....Even though we are favored this is not a gimme game as you can tell by the spread. GM comes in with a 4 game losing streak...they will be hungry. If we go into a deadzone again we will lose. We don't need to do anything fancy to win. Just play steady and consistent...avoid mistakes...Relax and play like the end of the Duq game. If we play a full 40 min we can blow this team out. I will take the win in any form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 bet the house on GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Hope I'm wrong but ain't buying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 GW seems to be the only team we match up fairly well against, God only knows why. George Mason, on the other hand, poses a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 GW seems to be the only team we match up fairly well against, God only knows why. George Mason, on the other hand, poses a problem. You may be right in that we match up better with GW. But GW is a much more talented and skilled team than GM. Given a choice, I would rather play GM ( C- ) than GW ( B+ ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 GW seems to be the only team we match up fairly well against, God only knows why. George Mason, on the other hand, poses a problem. This is true. We've been terrible against Mason in the brief time they've been with us in the A10. But they're having a similar season to us on paper. 6-11 overall. 5 players averaging between 8.8 and 11.7 PPG. They have a couple surprising wins - Ole Miss and Oklahoma State - but equally surprising losses - Colgate, Mercer, Manhattan, Towson, James Madison. They've been beaten soundly in every A10 game so far. They're a very poor shooting team by every measure. However, they're a very good rebounding team. They have a really unusual roster, with almost all players either freshmen or seniors. They have no sophomores, and only two juniors who play (and one walk-on). It's tough to get a team together when they're split so dramatically between veterans and newcomers, all playing for a new coach. Fun fact: Therence Mayimba - who chose Mason over SLU - trasnferred to Northwest Florida State College to play Juco ball this year. He redshirted his freshman season at GMU and an issue arose about a foreign transcript that the NCAA wasn't clearing in time for him to play this season. So he left. Not sure what this means for his D-I future. He's averaging 6.1 PPG for NWFSC. Anyway, on paper, we aren't going to have many (any?) A10 matchups closer than this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 How the F*&^K are we a C- team? Are there only 3 teams in D1 rated below a D-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 How the F*&^K are we a C- team? Are there only 3 teams in D1 rated below a D-? I have over 100 teams in the D & F category. In the A-10 , LaSalle comes in at D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Kenpom only has us nine spots ahead of La Salle. Plus the Bills have lost to your spreads again the last two games, so if they lose the GM game it seems there would be very little room to stay C+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Kenpom only has us nine spots ahead of La Salle. Plus the Bills have lost to your spreads again the last two games, so if they lose the GM game it seems there would be very little room to stay C+. Point of information...I have the Bills at C- You are correct in that if the Bills lose they will probably fall back to D+....If Mason loses by more than 5 there is a good chance they slip back to D+ also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 THROW OUT THE RECORDS WHEN THESE TWO TEAMS GET TOGETHER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 If they beat us by 28 again, would we fall all the way to D? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 THROW OUT THE RECORDS WHEN THESE TWO TEAMS GET TOGETHER! Mason 19 Bills 18. 2 overtimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 If they beat us by 28 again, would we fall all the way to D? Probably not...It is hard to move much with 1 game at this point. It would be damaging though and we would definitely fall to D+. Also, after a 15-20 point margin the computer scales back the impact of the extra points...diminishing returns. I think this will be an interesting game.....with 2 evenly matched teams playing each other it will become apparent who is over or under rated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Mason 19 Bills 18. 2 overtimes. The freshman who lit us up for like 18 in the first half last year is gone. That is really the only reason I see to be at all optimistic about this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 If SLU loses this game, there should be legitimate talk of firing Crews immediately. This is one of those games that you circle as a win when the schedule comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I don't see a winnable game on the schedule after this one with maybe the exception of Fordham ---- who I thought looked pretty good against Richmond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 If SLU loses this game, there should be legitimate talk of firing Crews immediately. This is one of those games that you circle as a win when the schedule comes out. When. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 As long as taking the "under" also includes any amount GMU will win by... UNDER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Not to nitpick, but It's not really the over-under; that would be the total points scored in the game - say, 140.5 for a given game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I mean literally throw out any records of these two teams playing each other. Delete them from the annals of history. Act like it never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I mean literally throw out any records of these two teams playing each other. Delete them from the anals of history. Act like it never happened. Fixed your spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BACKHANDtheRICAN Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 How the are we C-?? Down 30+ to a C+ team.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Not to nitpick, but It's not really the over-under; that would be the total points scored in the game - say, 140.5 for a given game. I know. I had made a point to pick "over", meaning that I always expected us to lose by more than we were predicted to lose by Wiz's calculator.in keeping with that, I had to switch it up and say "under" because in my book, losing counts as winning by less than 2. This will be the battle of the slightly below average. ... We're slightly below average???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BACKHANDtheRICAN Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 How the ###### are we C-?? Down 30+ to a C+ team.... Wiz PLEASE acknowledge that we suck and aren't a C- team so that you stop getting destroyed in your score predictions. WE ARE NOT GOOD or even bad...we are pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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