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933127

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Harry said:
Sounds about right...unfortunately!
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These early predictions tend to be inaccurate for the most part and the predictions based on unfair bias toward past season performances.

Look back at the 2013-2014 early predictions:

La Salle was predicted to make another NCAA appearance with thier four guard one center scheme since they made it to the sweet 16 in 2013.

GW was predicted to finish last since they were so awful in 2013.

Saint Joseph's was predicted to finish in the middle of the pack.

Here is what really happened:

La Salle middle of pack no NCAA or NIT, GW in top 5 and NCAA, Saint Joseph's in top 5 and NCAA.

Many intangible and tangible factors are left off these predictions.

I would say Mason improves and finishes in the middle of the pack. The only thing I agree with the article on is that Julian Royal's ability to make an impact will determine how much Mason improves. I am hoping his impact will be similiar to GW's Maurice Creek.
 
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933127 said:
These early predictions tend to be inaccurate for the most part and the predictions based on unfair bias toward past season performances.

Look back at the 2013-2014 early predictions:

La Salle was predicted to make another NCAA appearance with thier four guard one center scheme since they made it to the sweet 16 in 2013.

GW was predicted to finish last since they were so awful in 2013.

Saint Joseph's was predicted to finish in the middle of the pack.

Here is what really happened:

La Salle middle of pack no NCAA or NIT, GW in top 5 and NCAA, Saint Joseph's in top 5 and NCAA.

Many intangible and tangible factors are left off these predictions.

I would say Mason improves and finishes in the middle of the pack. The only thing I agree with the article on is that Julian Royal's ability to make an impact will determine how much Mason improves. I am hoping his impact will be similiar to GW's Maurice Creek.
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This is a good point, and a big reason why many of these way early preseason predictions aren't even worth the time it takes to read them.

Still, if we get picked to finish last in the A-10, it will be because the people doing the predicting believe we have the worst coach in the conference.

That's a tangible factor that's difficult to overlook.

Could Hewitt surprise us all and lead our team to a significant improvement from last season? Certainly possible.

But it's tough to even finish in the middle of the pack of a quality league like the A-10 when you have the second-best head coach on a nightly basis.
 
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gmujim92 said:
This is a good point, and a big reason why many of these way early preseason predictions aren't even worth the time it takes to read them.

Still, if we get picked to finish last in the A-10, it will be because the people doing the predicting believe we have the worst coach in the conference.

That's a tangible factor that's difficult to overlook.

Could Hewitt surprise us all and lead our team to a significant improvement from last season? Certainly possible.

But it's tough to even finish in the middle of the pack of a quality league like the A-1t0 when you have the second-best head coach on a nightly basis.
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A bit of a quibble here--we're picked NEXT to last. Ahead of Duquesne and just behind Davidson. Does that mean that Mckillop is only slightly better than Hewitt as a coach?
 
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psyclone said:
A bit of a quibble here--we're picked NEXT to last. Ahead of Duquesne and just behind Davidson. Does that mean that Mckillop is only slightly better than Hewitt as a coach?
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No, it means that the person who made the prediction (correctly) thinks it will be a big jump talent-wise for Davidson going from a low-major Southern Conference to the A-10.

Still, McKillop immediately became one of the best coaches in our league.

If he sticks around long enough to benefit from being able to recruit higher-profile players, Davidson will be competitive with the upper-half of the A-10.
 
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gmujim92 said:
But it's tough to even finish in the middle of the pack of a quality league like the A-10 when you have the second-best head coach on a nightly basis.
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Interestingly, I believe that Hewitt was the better coach vs. Derek Kellogg in both meetings last season. And, if not for Chaz Williams, the Patriots likely would have swept the Minutemen.

Now, I'm no Hewitt fan. But, I certainly believe that you must also hold the players accountable for the poor season.
 
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Pablo said:
Interestingly, I believe that Hewitt was the better coach vs. Derek Kellogg in both meetings last season. And, if not for Chaz Williams, the Patriots likely would have swept the Minutemen.

Now, I'm no Hewitt fan. But, I certainly believe that you must also hold the players accountable for the poor season.
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Kellogg is a terrible coach, and yet another of the "slick recruiter" types who believes he can win by simply amassing talent.

The guy hasn't won squat at UMass. And yet, he's really the only coach in the A-10 close to Hewitt on the ineptitude scale.
 
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I think we play WVU close with the game won but allow WVU to hang around and let them win it in the final seconds. We see hope from our moral victory but then lose every single game in conference. Hewitt blames the season on a walk-on turning over the ball during a preseason game. He tells Brad, "It set the tone for the season. Just wait until I get my walk-on guys." At which point Edwards fires Hewitt and hires one of Larranaga's sons to be head coach who in turn hires the entire starting FF five to be his assistants. Floor is named the Coach L court. Prior to the dedication, a proclamation is read by Cabrera which bans O'Connor and Hewitt from ever stepping foot on the campus again. Guards are giving orders to use all necessary force to prevent those two from trespassing on the Fairfax campus.
 
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Not likely to happen. Jay Larranaga is now the lead assistant with the Celtics and apparently was on their short list for head coach when they went with Brad Stevens.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2...stant-coach/HlZCb0WKoWY3gIxgSJ36dI/story.html

So if he's on track to be a head coach in the NBA, why would he take a college job at any place but a really big name school?
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Didn't seem to hurt Mike Wells NBA prospects.

If he did decide to come, I suspect it would be a 3 to 5 year turnaround project at best and then he'd be on his way.
 
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gmutom said:
My brother went to WVU, so hopefully we can win that game so I can get family bragging rights. #wishfulthinking
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I'm in the same boat - only I also went to WVU before transferring to Mason after a year.

The thing that sucks is that WVU has a football game that Thursday against Kansas St at 7:00, so WVU fans will have to DVR one of the two games. I'm guessing most fans won't even know their hoops team is playing. If I'm the Athletic Department at WVU, I'm asking for any tipoff time except the 7:30.
 
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