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Post by luhoopsfan on Mar 17, 2019 22:08:58 GMT -5
Sadly, looking forward to next season in March. Curious as to any insight people have on the schedule for next year obviously we have Penn, TU, Nova. I’m guessing no tournament because of whatever the rule is regarding frequency of in season tournaments.
Also intrigued because of the new AD. if it were me and I’m trying to change the culture for the long term, I’m going heavy on cupcakes next year trying to instill some confidence and getting the feel for winning. No amount of schedule manipulation is going to make this team tournament potential so why not rack up as many wins as possible just to get the winning energy going.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Mar 17, 2019 22:18:36 GMT -5
Heard some rumblings about a double header at the Palestra with Army and Navy playing us and St. Joe's the weekend of the Army-Navy game, but with our AD leaving and Army's AD leaving, that might not happen this year.
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Post by diehardexplorer on Mar 18, 2019 10:09:04 GMT -5
I’m guessing no tournament because of whatever the rule is regarding frequency of in season tournaments. there's no limitations on in-season tournaments other than you're only allowed to play in one exempt tournament (where the 3-4 games you play only count as one) per season.
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Post by explorerentourage on Mar 18, 2019 12:01:46 GMT -5
Aren’t we due for a preseason international tour this year? Isn’t that every 4 years? Might be good to get some early practices/team chemistry in the offseason.
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Post by diehardexplorer on Mar 18, 2019 12:50:13 GMT -5
Aren’t we due for a preseason international tour this year? Isn’t that every 4 years? Might be good to get some early practices/team chemistry in the offseason. you're right. last trip was to prague before the disastrous 2015-16 season (9-22 record). hopefully they follow the old formula and do a canadian trip instead which resulted in nit and ncaa bids the following two seasons.
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Post by luhoopsfan on Jun 12, 2019 13:24:18 GMT -5
Informal survey: Would we prefer to see the 2019/20 schedule set up for
the best chance for high winning % with an easier schedule (on paper)
The most opportunities to beat high-major competition for post season considerations
I’m sure somewhere in between us s the ideal, but if there were only the two options above, is this year a season for a schedule designed to rack up lots of wins to create a winning atmosphere?
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Jun 12, 2019 15:47:34 GMT -5
Stack wins
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Post by belfieldhappyhour on Jun 20, 2019 20:26:30 GMT -5
Forget if this was posted before, but here are our home/away pairings. No trip to SBU is nice
La Salle Men's Basketball Home Atlantic 10 Schedule (9 Games) Fordham Massachusetts Richmond Saint Joseph's Saint Louis Dayton George Mason St. Bonaventure VCU
La Salle Men's Basketball Away Atlantic 10 Schedule (9 Games) Fordham Massachusetts Richmond Saint Joseph's Saint Louis Davidson Duquesne George Washington Rhode Island
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Jun 20, 2019 21:51:10 GMT -5
Forget if this was posted before, but here are our home/away pairings. No trip to SBU is nice Looking forward to seeing Osun protecting the rim in The Gola (it was either that or a clock operator joke...I couldn't decide)
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Post by coachd on Jun 25, 2019 12:51:57 GMT -5
Forget if this was posted before, but here are our home/away pairings. No trip to SBU is nice Looking forward to seeing Osun protecting the rim in The Gola (it was either that or a clock operator joke...I couldn't decide) Your joke was mis-timed! The A10 refs even got it wrong after reviewing it!! Costing some Explorer faithful (really faithful) big $!
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Post by explorerentourage on Jul 2, 2019 13:27:28 GMT -5
Temple coming to Gola November 16th
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Post by blueandgold on Jul 2, 2019 13:35:57 GMT -5
Temple coming to Gola November 16th La Salle Homecoming weekend of Nov 9-10, Temple at Gola/Palestra Nov 16. Time to block out those two Saturdays.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2019 21:30:53 GMT -5
Temple coming to Gola November 16th La Salle Homecoming weekend of Nov 9-10, Temple at Gola/Palestra Nov 16. Time to block out those two Saturdays. Block out or black out those days? I'm leaning towards doing both.
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Post by ukiedoug on Jul 2, 2019 22:00:12 GMT -5
Blacking out with Crayzeeguy after consuming multiple bottles of Black Haus (with an occasional beer thrown in) during the Christian Ray and David Beatty game winners respectively vs our homecoming opponent and Temple. Open invite. Deep fried pierogies and Gaeta's tomato pies (Castor Ave) included.
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Post by manayunk53 on Jul 3, 2019 9:17:11 GMT -5
Blacking out with Crayzeeguy after consuming multiple bottles of Black Haus (with an occasional beer thrown in) during the Christian Ray and David Beatty game winners respectively vs our homecoming opponent and Temple. Open invite. Deep fried pierogies and Gaeta's tomato pies (Castor Ave) included. Personally I prefer Rumple Minze over Black Haus, but the pierogies and tomato pies sound like a nice spread.
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Post by golagola on Jul 17, 2019 15:23:08 GMT -5
Another Thanksgiving week tournament, let's hope this one goes better than the last one
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Post by golagola on Jul 18, 2019 12:07:56 GMT -5
NCAA Tournament team from last season
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Post by explorer88 on Jul 18, 2019 12:26:01 GMT -5
Lunatic must be going out of his mind with this schedule. If we are not playing Clemson, Maryland, Purdue, and Georgetown he is not happy.
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Post by vital on Jul 18, 2019 14:12:35 GMT -5
If the top 5 A10 plays well in non conference games and if the Explorers play well in their non conference schedule and conference games we could be looking at a slim chance at a NCAA bid in year 2 under Coach Ash...With only 2 Seniors...bright future..
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Jul 18, 2019 15:19:50 GMT -5
If the top 5 A10 plays well in non conference games and if the Explorers play well in their non conference schedule and conference games we could be looking at a slim chance at a NCAA NIT bid in year 2 under Coach Ash...With only 2 Seniors...bright future.. fixed it
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Post by 23won on Jul 18, 2019 18:49:12 GMT -5
NCAA Tournament team from last season Fairly Ridiculous
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Post by hykos1045 on Jul 18, 2019 20:02:07 GMT -5
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Jul 18, 2019 20:37:38 GMT -5
Expect nothing less from a Prep guy tho
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Post by sweat83 on Jul 19, 2019 6:41:47 GMT -5
I like how the schedule is shaping up. Winnable games in the Gulf Coast Challenge and against FDU, and tough games against Temple, Nova, Penn (and Bucknell?). Aside from Shaggy and Saul, everyone else is seeing only their first or 2nd year in a La Salle uni. May take some time for the team to gel, and get a set lineup and rotation going. But I don't see an 0-10 start to the year. Interested to see how Ash rotates or employs Croswell, Kimbrough and Stone.
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Post by vital on Jul 19, 2019 10:39:06 GMT -5
If the top 5 A10 plays well in non conference games and if the Explorers play well in their non conference schedule and conference games we could be looking at a slim chance at a NCAA NIT bid in year 2 under Coach Ash...With only 2 Seniors...bright future.. fixed it I'll take that also in year 2
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Jul 19, 2019 11:15:45 GMT -5
We won't be there in year 2. To expect a bunch of freshmen...regardless of how highly touted...to come in and take a 10-21 team to the post-season is a tall order. The A10 is a physical, tough grind and it will wear their bodies down by season's end.
If we can see a defensive and offensive system being put in place with the players responding and being coached appropriately, and progress shown with the younger kids by the season's end, I'll be happy. I didn't see that last year...especially at the end. People chalked it up to "not his guys"...OK...now he has his guys..let's see what happens. Realistically, we are a season or two away from any post-season.
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Post by a10champion15 on Jul 19, 2019 13:41:30 GMT -5
Like the way the schedule is coming together. Good mid majors, some "cupcakes" and our big 5 matchups. Pretty similar to what G did. If I'm not mistaken we have 3 OOC games to fill/determine.
It really is difficult to put expectations on this team. In my mind, this team is a wild card, however, I absolutely do not expect a tournament appearance.
Just a couple things I'm looking at:
-The roster and playing time during the OOC this past season was all over the place. For example, take a look at the Bucknell and Penn box scores. Completely different rotation as the season progressed so I don't know how much value I put on last season's OOC performance. Ash didn't figure the rotation out until later in the OOC and A10 play, understandably so.
-Verbalcommits updated their roster rankings. La Salle's roster based on recruiting rankings is ranked #1 in the A10. (Take that with a grain of salt)
-We are returning 6 of our top 9 players, add 4 freshmen, and Scott Spencer. We have no idea how the 5 newcomers have will perform but all have a high upside.
-Out of the 6 players returning, 3 of which were freshmen, do they improve and by how much? Also, it was David Beatty's 1st season as an explorer who got progressively better as the season progressed.
-Is it confirmed Jack Clark is out for the season? Someone mentioned to me that it hasn't been determined yet and is a work in progress.
-Our A10 schedule is pretty favorable. Play UMass, SJU and Fordham twice who are all anticipated to not be great. We play Dayton and VCU at home who are 2 of the 3 NCAA likely teams from the A10. Davidson being the other.
-Our weakest areas last season were the lack of FTAs, poor 2FG%, too many PFs and rebounding issues. A lot of those issues were attributable to the lack of size inside and learning a new system. The lack of size was clearly addressed and we will see how well they adapted Ash's system with a year under their belt.
Overall, this team on paper to me seems decent and is an upgrade from last season. One thing I'll say about Ash is despite all struggles the team had last season, he nearly always got his team to play hard. I rarely felt like the effort wasn't there. With new talent, some returning experienced players and a solid coaching staff I definitely think some optimism is warranted for performing over expectations, more so for the future seasons.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Jul 19, 2019 16:29:53 GMT -5
One thing I'll say about Ash is despite all struggles the team had last season, he nearly always got his team to play hard. I agree with most of what you said except this. I just didn't see them playing hard consistently at season's end. Blowouts at Dayton, St. Louis, and against Rhode Island in the tournament didn't strike me as the team playing hard consistently. That needs to improve.
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Post by a10champion15 on Jul 20, 2019 12:21:57 GMT -5
One thing I'll say about Ash is despite all struggles the team had last season, he nearly always got his team to play hard. I agree with most of what you said except this. I just didn't see them playing hard consistently at season's end. Blowouts at Dayton, St. Louis, and against Rhode Island in the tournament didn't strike me as the team playing hard consistently. That needs to improve. Keep in mind Dayton, SLU and Rhode Island were better teams. They lost 10 games during A10 play and only 2 of which they weren't competitive in. Given the roster last season, I don't think that's too bad.
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Post by belfieldhappyhour on Jul 22, 2019 17:50:02 GMT -5
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