Game 1: Towson University, Saturday, November 12th, 7 PM, NO TV

[Vurbel]

I swear #10 for Towson was 37 years old!

 

[Vurbel]

Odd that Temara didn't play. Was he dressed (in uniform)?

During Jalen's redshirt season he dressed out for games and went though warm-ups. Maybe Troy is being redshirted? Still doesn't explain why he would dress out and AJ Wilson wouldn't. But it is my understanding that technically, Troy could still redshirt. Could be wrong, though.

 

[Washingtonian]

The students represented. Granted, it was a Saturday night. But it was also a Saturday night for us non-students.

There was a gold rush party near the JC around 5 PM, and then the students were walking in one big group to the arena. The students got free shirts and other things as well.

 

[Cedric Dempsey]

During Jalen's redshirt season he dressed out for games and went though warm-ups. Maybe Troy is being redshirted? Still doesn't explain why he would dress out and AJ Wilson wouldn't. But it is my understanding that technically, Troy could still redshirt. Could be wrong, though.

I wonder if you must earn your way onto the court?

 

[PoorManProfit]

It's very sad when the team/program you lose to is better and that team/program is TOW.

 

[psyclone]

Post game extra is now available at http://gomason.com/

It shows most every FG that Jalen made!

 

[MasonSAE4]

On the plus side the advertisements in the upper areas was well done. Edwards is putting in good work.

 

[psyclone]

Big upgrade report: place to put cups next to urinals in men's bathroom-- includes an ad, so it counts as an income STREAM! (I think I saw something like this in the Richmond Coliseum last time I was there with an ad from a Urology MD group--talk about great product placement!

 

[GSII]

On Tv, Troy looked very pumped to get in the game, but didnt. I doubt he is redshirting.

 

[Cedric Dempsey]

On Tv, Troy looked very pumped to get in the game, but didnt. I doubt he is redshirting.

TV?

 

[Petey Buckets]

This game felt a lot like last year. The team plays hard and with good intensity, but ultimately lacks skill and was overmatched. We still can't shoot. Jalen was 9-11 and the rest of the team was 13-42. We were 4-22 from 3. We haven't figured out an offensive identity and couldn't generate points in crunch time. This is going to happen a lot if we maintain a four-guard lineup that can't hit outside shots.

Other thoughts:

- Otis took 11 shots and 9 of them were threes. Need more drives from him. Marquise can't be the only guard consistently getting in the paint.
- I don't really know what we were trying to do on offense. Occasionally we generated some nice backdoor cuts (I think Deandre, Kier, and Boyd scored all their points on backdoor dunks/layups) but outside of that ball movement was way too slow. A lot of swinging it around the perimeter and taking rushed shots at the end of the clock.
- Justin Kier was on the floor in crunch time over Deandre. Wasn't expecting to see that. I really liked what I saw from him - he was out of control a few times but he seems fearless. Paulsen had him cover Towson's leading scorer on a few late 2nd half possessions, which is interesting. He acquitted himself nicely.
- Ian Boyd is built like a linebacker. No idea if he's going to live up to expectations or not, but physically he is as promised.
- I think we had four guards on the floor the entire game. Relvao and Dixon only got minutes when Jalen was sitting if I'm remembering correctly. It's going to be a long season if we're running a four-guard lineup that can't shoot, can't generate halfcourt turnovers (only 3 steals), and can't generate fast break points.

The margin could have been a lot worse if Towson could hit 3s (only 3-15). Didn't feel like we were defending it particularly well. Overall, I'm tempering my expectations for this season and just looking forward to continued improvement.

 

[GSII]

TV?

A10 network.

 

[gmujim92]

It was one game against a solid team with two strong seniors.

Way too early to draw any conclusions about this team.

I am extremely confident the shooting will improve, though.

 

[gmutom]

I am extremely confident the shooting will improve, though.

Man, I really hope so, because we missed a ton of wide-open looks Saturday night. I'm all for using 4-guard lineups if we have guards who can shoot and slash, but it got really frustrating watching us pass the ball around the perimeter with no perceived plan.

That said, we all need to remind ourselves that there are a lot of young kids on this team. Once the new guys get experience under their belt and the game starts to slow down, I'm sure we'll start to see more penetration and some of those open shots go down.

 

[gmu05]

I am extremely confident the shooting will improve, though.

Over 40% from the field I'll take any night with this group. But I guess you are talking about 3-pters.

 

[GreenLantern]

I saw a team that is still very young. It's going to take time to get some level of consistency with this group. I hope that we see growth this season so that games that were lost today, are not lost tomorrow. This doesn't change my perception that we could be a .500 team by seasons end.

 

[EXpatriot13]

The live stream feed was noticeably better since the last time I watched it (2 years ago). Finally show the score, time, etc. Small wins.

 

[mkaufman1]

The live stream feed was noticeably better since the last time I watched it (2 years ago). Finally show the score, time, etc. Small wins.

I also noticed the highlights were a little different too ( in terms of video quality, not that Mason makes every shot)

 

[masonjoe]

I also noticed the highlights were a little different too ( in terms of video quality, not that Mason makes every shot)

Where are the highlights? I don't see the post game extra video on this new gomason.com

 

[GMUSig03]

Where are the highlights? I don't see the post game extra video on this new gomason.com

After digging around for several minutes I finally found it towards the bottom of the home page on the medial wall.