(19:32:54) Powerbait: we’re not gonna win the game
(19:33:18) austinniner: nope - we’re gonna lose fantasticly
(19:38:34) austinniner: we are the only team I know that can get a trip to the line and the other team gets 2 points out of it
(19:48:51) 919R: we should be up 8-10
(19:48:53) Iron9er: 1-6 ft’s from your PG is not gonna win you m(any) games.
(19:53:09) 919R: so aggravating tho…sh​ould be up 8-10 easy
(19:55:25) Lutz4Life: We Will WIN!!!
(20:01:02) MKNiner: wow, choke city
(20:01:19) Lutz4Life: son of a bitch. ugly ass shot
(20:01:42) ninerID: only 40 more alan major post game interviews
(20:07:42) Iron9er: i think its pretty apparent we dont have alot of talent outside of braswell.
(20:11:06) NinerWupAss: i just dont see why any of you are surprised we lost - we arent a good team, we are very flawed - we beat bad teams, lose to good ones and are 50/50 when playing an equal team - just chalk it up and move on
(20:16:39) NinerWupAss: i dont blame major for all these losses - but damnit there better be a turn around next yr because i have one more yr worth of season tickets in me
Disappointing. Didn’t get to see the game. Anyone want to give more of a recap?
From the box score and play-by-play, looks like Henry missed a lot of ft’s, but made some big steals. Rough shooting night again for Briscoe, and Barnett with only slightly better than typical road performance. Sherrill’s line is pretty disappointing. Mayfield seemed to do ok for all the off-court distractions. The foul totals suggest the home team didn’t get much favor from the refs.
This was our best chance to steal one on the road towards the end of the season and go on a run to .500 in conference. I still think this team can win all three home games coming up, because these teams are worse than SLU, Temple, and Xavier. But that doesn’t mean it happens. And I don’t think the team pulls off the upset at Xavier, we’ll see.
Sure. I’ll give it a try. How’s this? WE SUCK. That’s my recap. I’m not passing the blame on any one coach or player but I am becoming more concerned things won’t be much better next year.
We’ll add some more athletes and good young players next year but no floor generals. Need someone out there running the show and making smart decisions with the game on the line.
Very tough loss like a lot of them has been this year.Despite all the whining I
see on this board, I don’t think this team is far off from being a top A10 team.
They are a poor shooting team but they are in most games.Their biggest weakness
I see is post defensive.We need an athletic big that can intimidate and block
shots. We either get killed inside or we give up open threes because the
guards and forwards are helping out in the post. We are not far off.Don’t give
up on them.
We had fewer turnovers than them. Our “OMG QQQ worst-rebounding-team-like-EVAR” had 3 more rebounds than them. FTs were the difference.
And considering how much praise I give Pierria, I gotta call him out here. If you look at individual FT shooting performances:
EVN: 1-1
TWill: 3-4
DM: 1-2
Braz: 2-4
PH: 2-8
PH has the most room for improvement this round. If he coulda just shot 50%, that’d give us the 2 points for the win.
The other thing is, going by stats alone*, Briscoe had a better game than PH as far as PG goes. A/T:
DB: 2/0
PH: 2/3
That’s no bueno. You’re still ma boy, PH, but some clear areas to target for improvement.
[quote=“ninerrbl, post:5, topic:26379”]Very tough loss like a lot of them has been this year.Despite all the whining I
see on this board, I don’t think this team is far off from being a top A10 team.
They are a poor shooting team but they are in most games.Their biggest weakness
I see is post defensive.We need an athletic big that can intimidate and block
shots. We either get killed inside or we give up open threes because the
guards and forwards are helping out in the post. We are not far off.Don’t give
up on them.[/quote]
I’m guessing you and I have watched a different team all year. In addition to an athletic big man, we need at least one guy who can hit a jumper, much better pg play, and improvement in ball protection and free throw shooting. You think we are close, I see us being miles away from being a top 5 A10 team. We have seen some growth this year, but only baby steps. I just dont see a big leap next year- hope I’m wrong
We just need quality depth. I’m fine with playing E Vic and Williams this year. But Williams doesn’t make an impact and E Vic is a turnover machine. Hopefully the experience will help them next. If we had a few more quality options they wouldn’t see much playing time.
Hopefully Major got some recruits who can make an impact and provide depth. We are in most games and they are all pretty close games (at least winnable). Let the young kids play out the year and then see what happens next year.
I don’t know what to say. Watching this team is so frustrating for me. We rotate and give up open looks, we miss FTs, we miss open jumpers, we miss layups and we get careless with the ball at the worst times.
I know we have recruited better and that we are still rebuilding, but at this point of the rebuild I don’t see the where we are any better of a program than we were 5 yrs ago. We have traded defensive ineptness with offensive ineptness, we are still 50/50 on beating equal teams and now instead of winning a few games against quality teams and losing to some to bad teams we beat all the bad teams and lose to all the quality teams. I guess that stops me from getting my hopes up about being better than we are.
Next year is HUGE for the rebuild of this program. I am very worried about losing JB’s outside shot. I don’t like depending on freshmen to bring that, but that is where we are. Really is on Major to coach these guys up and that includes offense. The only thing we can be sure about next year is that Braswell can score and Demario can be a solid addition. Outside of that we have to hope Major coaches PH up, Lester provides reliable shooting, Thorne has grown this year and can be a defensive presence, Evic and T-Will expand their skills, new guys are able to step in and give quality minutes, etc. Also have to hope that Major keeps growing his skills. The coming out of halftime and getting tooled is getting old. That is a lot of stuff to hope for.
Just gotta keep hoping we are on the right path. I had hoped we would improve as a team as the season has gone, but don’t really feel like we have, outside of cutting down turnovers. Some of our individual players have gotten better though so that is good. Of course some have gotten worse. Nothing about being a Niner basketball fan is easy. Thankfully the season is almost over and we can get on to sports where we know how to win. I am not a baseball fan - but our basketball program is doing it’s best to make me one.
I could be wrong, but I think we were playing better defense at the beginning of the year. Defense was our strong suit. I could be mistaken, but it seems to be it’s regressed.
Richmond is rebuilding and currently kind of suck. We are rebuilding and currently kind of suck. We are not good in any way on the offensive side. Baseball is 3-0 and the Mayan calendar ends in December.
We are 3 one point losses from being 6-6 in league and 15-10 overall. We were also leading at the half against GW and Dayton. If we could’ve held on to those then we would be 8-4 in league and 17 - 8.
I see improvements, but they are modest. If we finished next year with a 17 win or above season then I would be ok with that. We are a couple of years from a 20 win season at this growth rate.
[quote=“Dowless, post:15, topic:26379”]We are 3 one point losses from being 6-6 in league and 15-10 overall. We were also leading at the half against GW and Dayton. If we could’ve held on to those then we would be 8-4 in league and 17 - 8.
I see improvements, but they are modest. If we finished next year with a 17 win or above season then I would be ok with that. We are a couple of years from a 20 win season at this growth rate.[/quote]
All of this is true - but good teams find a way to win those games. We didn’t.
[quote=“Dowless, post:15, topic:26379”]We are 3 one point losses from being 6-6 in league and 15-10 overall. We were also leading at the half against GW and Dayton. If we could’ve held on to those then we would be 8-4 in league and 17 - 8.
I see improvements, but they are modest. If we finished next year with a 17 win or above season then I would be ok with that. We are a couple of years from a 20 win season at this growth rate.[/quote]
It’s valid, we are close to being a .500 team in the A10 and that part of the A10 is jammed full of teams. After looking at our wins it seems all our wins (accept one 2 point win) are by 5 or more points.
Question, does anyone know of another coach who had no head coach experience taking over a D1 college team? Did it take them years to learn? Maybe this is par for the course with someone like Major (never having been the guy before). I don’t know of anyone off hand to compare.
Someone said Mooney, but he was a HS head coach for a couple schools and Air Force. I’d like to see how someone did being a career assistant with zero head coaching experience and getting a D1 head coaching gig. Maybe it will take 2+ years for Major to get a grasp on his job as well. Would be interesting to compare.
We had fewer turnovers than them. Our “OMG QQQ worst-rebounding-team-like-EVAR” had 3 more rebounds than them. FTs were the difference.
And considering how much praise I give Pierria, I gotta call him out here. If you look at individual FT shooting performances:
EVN: 1-1
TWill: 3-4
DM: 1-2
Braz: 2-4
PH: 2-8
PH has the most room for improvement this round. If he coulda just shot 50%, that’d give us the 2 points for the win.
The other thing is, going by stats alone*, Briscoe had a better game than PH as far as PG goes. A/T:
DB: 2/0
PH: 2/3
That’s no bueno. You’re still ma boy, PH, but some clear areas to target for improvement.
PH makes up for it on the defensive end[/quote]Henry has to work on his FTs. He wasn’t even close to making most of the ones he missed. That has to be a lack of concentration. I don’t get it.
If poor shot selection counted as a TO, Deuce would lead the team. He is scared shitless of entering a pass to the low post or somebody cutting to the basket off a pick & roll.