2022-2023 Season; Hopes, Dreams, Wishes, Analysis & Predictions

[gmujim92]

FG% not too bad at .538, right? FT% gotta go up at least 20%. I don't think he'll be called upon to do a ton of scoring with this team - but a bunch of the other stuff.

Play defense, keep the ball hot, help on the glass and provide leadership. Whatever scoring we get from Saquan will be icing on the cake.

 

[Verdad]

Play defense, keep the ball hot, help on the glass and provide leadership. Whatever scoring we get from Saquan will be icing on the cake.

I agree with that, but having seen it so many times in recent history with guards who are not a threat from 3, still concerned about opposing defenses not having to guard him on the perimeter and allowing them to sag down low where, coincidentally, our best player is.

 

[gmujim92]

I agree with that, but having seen it so many times in recent history with guards who are not a threat from 3, still concerned about opposing defenses not having to guard him on the perimeter and allowing them to sag down low where, coincidentally, our best player is.

It would be a bigger problem if we didn’t have a 5 who can space the floor. We will have at least 4 competent 3-point shooters on the floor for the vast majority of the meaningful minutes, so there’s still gonna be plenty for defenses to handle even if Saquan never attempts a 3.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Tournament level teams don't lose home games. We must win them all to even be in the discussion - especially against team with poor records.

Davidson, vcu, Dayton, and St. Bonaventure all lost multiple home games last season. All of them to at least one A10 team and one out of conference team.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

am i reading to much into who is and isn't shown on the cover photo?

Probably not. There's only 5 words on that cover after all.

 

[dr. gunnie]

Looking at the All Time Records - we have never played Illinois State and I'm thinking a home and home with the Redbirds would be a great addition to the schedule (and it has nothing to do with my son going there next year).

 

[Quentin Daniels]

It would be a bigger problem if we didn’t have a 5 who can space the floor. We will have at least 4 competent 3-point shooters on the floor for the vast majority of the meaningful minutes, so there’s still gonna be plenty for defenses to handle even if Saquan never attempts a 3.

I'm fine with that as long as at some point we have Ojiako, Oduro, Jones, Gaines, Singleton lineup on the court. It can be a blow-out game in garbage minutes and be on for just a series or two and I'm fine w/it, as long as it happens at some point during the season.

I just want to see a 6'10", 6'10", 6'9", 6'7", 6'6" Mason lineup at some point.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Looking at the All Time Records - we have never played Illinois State and I'm thinking a home and home with the Redbirds would be a great addition to the schedule (and it has nothing to do with my son going there next year).

Teams we've also never played. Vanderbilt, Lipscomb, Tennessee State. And this purely is for my own convenience. (a rematch against Belmont is good)

Also, Montana State. Because Bozeman/Montana is awesome.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Play defense, keep the ball hot, help on the glass and provide leadership. Whatever scoring we get from Saquan will be icing on the cake.

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[gmujim92]

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Hey I write for a living. You think I didn’t do that on purpose lol?

 

[dr. gunnie]

A couple more random thoughts after looking at the media guide:

We have a sh!t ton of student managers. I like it. Those guys/girls do a lot of the grunt work and never get the credit they deserve, so tip of the hat to them.

You can tell in a couple of the manager pics that they have polos with the basketball and the GM logo on it. That seems like it's going to be used more and more which I think is a good thing. It's on the practice gear and was on a 1/4 zip in one of Dez White's family pics. Maybe a logo we can use for an adidas order in the near future???

Also, it has Darius Wilson listed as a second year student assistant. I was always under the impression that he was an outside trainer that worked with some of the players. I wonder if that is some sort of workaround or a handshake deal... or something Oruro asked for since they have worked together for years... just seems a little "interesting".

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Hey I write for a living. You think I didn’t do that on purpose lol?

That's infinitely worse. You’ve literally jumped the shark with that response. Literally.

Look, I know some people accuse me of being sanctimonious about this stuff and acting holier than a Baptist preacher and quick as lightning to pull the trigger, but a rudderless ship doesn’t get us to our destination and we can’t allow the inmates to run the asylum; even if that means cracking a few eggs to make the omelet. It’s the posters like me who are as steadfast as a rock and show the courage of a lion that ultimately turn the tide and you should be as grateful for it as a lottery winner or a small child on Christmas morn.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

That's infinitely worse. You’ve literally jumped the shark with that response.

Look, I know some people accuse me of being sanctimonious about this stuff and acting holier than a Baptist preacher and quick as lightning to pull the trigger, but a rudderless ship doesn’t get us to our destination and we can’t allow the inmates to run the asylum; even if that means cracking a few eggs to make the omelet. It’s the posters like me who are as steadfast as a rock and show the courage of a lion that ultimately turn the tide and you should be as grateful for it as a lottery winner or a small child on Christmas morn.

 

[jessej]

Not sure if it's been posted before, but the new media guide is out. The art on the cover looks great:

2022-23 MBB Media Guide (PDF) - George Mason University Athletics

2022-23 MBB Media Guide (PDF)

gomason.com

This document is fantastic

 

[GMU79]

That's infinitely worse. You’ve literally jumped the shark with that response.

Look, I know some people accuse me of being sanctimonious about this stuff and acting holier than a Baptist preacher and quick as lightning to pull the trigger, but a rudderless ship doesn’t get us to our destination and we can’t allow the inmates to run the asylum; even if that means cracking a few eggs to make the omelet. It’s the posters like me who are as steadfast as a rock and show the courage of a lion that ultimately turn the tide and you should be as grateful for it as a lottery winner or a small child on Christmas morn.

It's obvious all you're doing is to help the team any way you can, because you couldn't do any of this without your teammates just taking it one game at a time for the best fans anywhere and of course it helps that you're the son of a coach so you learned to play the game the right way.

 

[mkaufman1]

Let’s just hope that if the team does what they need to do, the players do what they need to do, that the basketball goes in the hoop when our team shoots for 2 2 2 or 3.

 

[BBride]

This document is fantastic

It really is. Saw what looks like the shot I took at Maryland of Blake Jones nailing a three but mine had a fan yelling in the background. Sometimes CKE will use a pic I take for a tweet or IG post which makes me feel like I am contributing something.

 

[jessej]

anyone know
1) do we have a secret scrimmage this year?
2) if so, who is it?
3) Likely someone local, not in the A-10, not on the current schedule

Since the NCAA began allowing teams to replace one or both exhibition games with a scrimmage in 1998, they have been colloquially referred to as ‘secret scrimmages,’ given that they cannot be publicized. The “secret” attached to those scrimmages is generally poorly kept.

 

[mkaufman1]

anyone know
1) do we have a secret scrimmage this year?
2) if so, who is it?
3) Likely someone local, not in the A-10, not on the current schedule

Secret Scrimmage List: Shhhhhh, don't tell anyone!!!

We're just a few weeks away from the start of the college hoops season -- and you know what that means: Secret Scrimmages!!! A ton of D-1 teams will get started this weekend by playing other D-1 teams in scrimmages that never truly happen. Well, that's what the NCAA wants you to think. But...

www.cbssports.com

Not-So-Secret List of 2022 College Basketball Scrimmages - Stadium

Shhhhhh!

watchstadium.com

@ Penn state on the 30th

 

[phoenix-arizona]

Let’s just hope that if the team does what they need to do, the players do what they need to do, that the basketball goes in the hoop when our team shoots for 2 2 2 or 3.