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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Jan 30, 2021 21:16:42 GMT -5
4-6 now in the A10...10th place, our next 4 games should have us up to 6-8, but can we steal one and 7-7?
- vs. St. Louis - they looked rusty against Dayton, and no Richmond game...can we steal this?
- @ St. Joe's (of PA) - they are looking awful, and no Forrest (who lit us up for 25) and Daly questionable - should be a victory
- vs. George Washington - on paper we should beat them. They haven't been blown out at all, but haven't been that impressive - should be a victory
- @ St. Louis - will SLU have hit their stride then? No idea what to expect but we seem to always play really poorly there..even the Sweet 16 year
We happy with 2-2 and being 6-8? The sentiment on here seemed to be that losing by 11 to VCU was OK. Is that where we are now...happy to only lose by 11?
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Post by explorer88 on Jan 30, 2021 21:26:40 GMT -5
I can’t see how we can beat St. Louis.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Jan 30, 2021 21:27:53 GMT -5
I can’t see how we can beat St. Louis. said that about Richmond and Dayton too tho |
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Post by explorer88 on Jan 30, 2021 22:18:53 GMT -5
I can’t see how we can beat St. Louis. said that about Richmond and Dayton too tho Yeah I did. Maybe that will work again! |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Jan 30, 2021 22:52:42 GMT -5
said that about Richmond and Dayton too tho Yeah I did. Maybe that will work again! just don't say "I can't see how we lose to St. Joe's" |
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Post by 1863 on Jan 31, 2021 0:08:53 GMT -5
We happy with 2-2 and being 6-8? The sentiment on here seemed to be that losing by 11 to VCU was OK. Is that where we are now...happy to only lose by 11? Speaking only for myself....... I'm not going to be happy until we're scheduling the Notre Dames, Floridas, Syracuses, etc. again, getting banner headlines in the "USA Today" for having a player in contention for the NCAA "Player of the Year" award, getting bids to the NCAA Tournament, and all the other things La Salle used to experience regularly less than 30 years ago. But within the confines of this season, the fact that if the La Salle of November/December had shown up at VCU, it could've easily been a 93-42 loss. They look more like a team now, not an after-school playground team. So looking at it from that perspective - throw in the fact they were actually winning in the first half, yeah, for this moment, I'm OK with an 11-point loss to VCU. I'm with you all the way about where this program SHOULD be. Beating the Lehighs, Lincolns, Mercers, etc. do nothing for me. But seeing where this team was and where they are now with the limited talent they have allows me to accept that games like the VCU game serve as progress for now. |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 4, 2021 7:15:17 GMT -5
Anyone smell 4-0 now in these 4? Sub Fordham for the Hawks and it's still a win. Big question is does SLU return with a fury? Their body language looked like they were spent and just ready to give up on the season.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Feb 4, 2021 7:25:39 GMT -5
I'm very out of touch about what games are missing from this calendar:
Fordham - Feb 6
GW - Feb 13
SLU - Feb 16
Richmond - Feb 20
Bonnies - Feb 24
Duquesne - Feb 27
That's 24 games. Who needs to be rescheduled?
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Post by La Salle 08 on Feb 4, 2021 8:45:30 GMT -5
St joes
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 4, 2021 8:47:57 GMT -5
I'm very out of touch about what games are missing from this calendar: Fordham - Feb 6 GW - Feb 13 SLU - Feb 16 Richmond - Feb 20 Bonnies - Feb 24 Duquesne - Feb 27 That's 24 games. Who needs to be rescheduled? Just the SJU makeup from this weekend. That gets us to 18 A10 games. |
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Post by victoriouslasalle on Feb 4, 2021 8:55:03 GMT -5
I'm very out of touch about what games are missing from this calendar: Fordham - Feb 6 GW - Feb 13 SLU - Feb 16 Richmond - Feb 20 Bonnies - Feb 24 Duquesne - Feb 27 That's 24 games. Who needs to be rescheduled? Fordham scares me. On paper we should win no doubt. But we embarrassed them their first game back from covid. Hope we do not take them lightly. Expecting Fordham to bring their best game to this one. Richmond and SLU feel like definite losses. Expecting payback to be a bitch here for sure. Definitely have what it takes to beat GW. See a chance to knock off Duquesne. Bonnies, nah, nah. |
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Post by blueandgold on Feb 4, 2021 9:13:20 GMT -5
I'm very out of touch about what games are missing from this calendar: Fordham - Feb 6 GW - Feb 13 SLU - Feb 16 Richmond - Feb 20 Bonnies - Feb 24 Duquesne - Feb 27 That's 24 games. Who needs to be rescheduled? Just the SJU makeup from this weekend. That gets us to 18 A10 games. If we win the ones we should, we get to 8-10 (3-4 rest of way). We only need to win one of SLU / Rich / Osun and the faulty clock operator / Dukes to get to a .500 A10 finish. |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 4, 2021 9:40:59 GMT -5
What are people's thoughts around A10 cancelling the PIG. I mean...why risk exposure to teams at the bottom of the standings. If the season ended now, you'd have St. Joe's, Fordham, St. Louis, and GW at the bottom of the standings in the PIG. Is there any reason to have them show up in Richmond and compete when they have a combined 3-23 record?
And yes...I'd feel the same if La Salle was in the bottom 4. The risk-reward on this is not there to risk exposing teams.
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Post by sweat83 on Feb 4, 2021 11:46:51 GMT -5
What are people's thoughts around A10 cancelling the PIG. I mean...why risk exposure to teams at the bottom of the standings. If the season ended now, you'd have St. Joe's, Fordham, St. Louis, and GW at the bottom of the standings in the PIG. Is there any reason to have them show up in Richmond and compete when they have a combined 3-23 record? And yes...I'd feel the same if La Salle was in the bottom 4. The risk-reward on this is not there to risk exposing teams. I was thinking the same thing Glitter. No PIG this year. Just 1 game byes to the top 2 teams. Then let it play out. Where and when to play is up to the conference to decide, but need to alter the tournament this year. |
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Post by hykos1045 on Feb 5, 2021 6:48:26 GMT -5
What are people's thoughts around A10 cancelling the PIG. I mean...why risk exposure to teams at the bottom of the standings. If the season ended now, you'd have St. Joe's, Fordham, St. Louis, and GW at the bottom of the standings in the PIG. Is there any reason to have them show up in Richmond and compete when they have a combined 3-23 record? And yes...I'd feel the same if La Salle was in the bottom 4. The risk-reward on this is not there to risk exposing teams. This is actually my thought every season. The tournament should not be 5 days long, if the fans are tired I cant imagine what the players are going through. IF (big if) the A10 insists on making everyone participate, I was a fan of the A10 home games like when we won at Bonaventure in OT and hosted Fordham. Those games at least gave the opportunity for the full arena of fans to participate. Whereas, hardly anybody goes to the play in games when they're at a neutral site. |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Feb 5, 2021 7:21:30 GMT -5
Move it back to Atlantic City.
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Post by stlexplorer on Feb 5, 2021 9:42:22 GMT -5
Move it back to Atlantic City. YES! |
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Post by sweat83 on Feb 5, 2021 14:00:26 GMT -5
Rest of the season...We HAVE to get W's against Joe (if there is a game scheduled), Fordham, GW, and one against either the Bonnies or Dukes. I prefer a W against the Bonnies.
I don't expect us to sweep the Bills or Spiders.
That said, 4-3 last 7, and 9-9 in the A10. Can't complain about that if it happens.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 6, 2021 17:38:05 GMT -5
Rest of the season...We HAVE to get W's against Joe (if there is a game scheduled), Fordham, GW, and one against either the Bonnies or Dukes. I prefer a W against the Bonnies. I don't expect us to sweep the Bills or Spiders. That said, 4-3 last 7, and 9-9 in the A10. Can't complain about that if it happens. D'oh! Have to steal one now |
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Post by hykos1045 on Feb 7, 2021 9:56:59 GMT -5
Move it back to Atlantic City. Well, they have selected Richmond for the facilities, and geocentric location and the opportunity to work within some state COVID protocols that would be more prohibitive in either of NY, NJ or PA. Now, what happens in the conf tourneys if there are multiple programs on pause, still? Bye rounds would be in effect, and possible reseeding between rounds? I myself enjoyed the easy 40 minute trips to AC but actually enjoyed Brooklyn more as a destination, plus it is better on TV. For longer term, the best place in my opinion to have a conf tournament would be the Palestra. I really wish we could at least have the women's tournament there, in seasons when Penn is not the host for the ivy league tournaments, which is scheduled to rotate around their conference. |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Feb 7, 2021 11:25:39 GMT -5
Cost difference of housing a dozen teams and their families and fans near the Palestra vs Atlantic City is astronomical.
I hate the makeup of the current A10 though, but that’s a different thread.
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Post by hykos1045 on Feb 8, 2021 0:09:34 GMT -5
Cost difference of housing a dozen teams and their families and fans near the Palestra vs Atlantic City is astronomical. I hate the makeup of the current A10 though, but that’s a different thread. This shouldn't be restrictive. If anyone wants to do Philly on a budget they can just stay at the airport or mt laurel... not everyone is going to pay for the luxury of a city line hotel or the convenience of an inn at penn. Palestra has neutrality and historic significance that a tourney at VCU is never going to be able to offer. Frankly, I'm tired of the womens tourney being at VCU 5 out of every 6 years and I surely don't want the mens tourney to fall into the same pattern of convenience. Sure, AC was a good scenario for us, but not for the league as a whole. Maybe after we move back to the MAAC we can have our silver lining with all their conf. events being played there. |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Feb 8, 2021 7:09:20 GMT -5
Mt. Laurel to University City isn't a great trip. TBH, same with the airport.
I like the idea, but that would be why it doesn't happen.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 17, 2021 9:43:15 GMT -5
So this 4 game stretch wasn't the teams we thought. 1-3 in the 4 games, splitting with SLU, loss to Bonnies, loss to Fordham.
We sit in 12th place at 5-9 in the league. Right now the only scheduled games are:
- Feb 20 at Hawks (should be a win)
- Feb 27 home against Duquesne (who knows...they've been on COVID protocol and only have Richmond scheduled before us..could be rusty)
This leaves makeup games with GW and Richmond if they get those scheduled...which I doubt they will given all the other makeup games those teams need. GW has only played 5 league games, and Richmond 6.
Best case scenario, we win out and finish 9-9 in the league. I don't see that happening. I'm guessing we get one of the two makeups in, go 2-1, and finish 7-10 in the league, probably 10th or 11th place.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 19, 2021 21:16:00 GMT -5
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Post by fvp47 on Feb 20, 2021 23:34:37 GMT -5
Is GW on covid pause?
Curious as to why we go to GM for the 2nd time and not play GW.
And why is the GM game not at Gola
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