Game 21: #18 Virginia Commonwealth University, Wednesday, February 4th, 7 PM, CBS SN

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

I like those odds!

If I were the captain of the dragon boat, I would have everyone hide in the hull, and when the unsuspecting carrier came near, I would have my fire archers take out the jets. Then we'd throw ropes on up there, we'd climb on up and rape everybody.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

I like those odds!

If I were the captain of the dragon boat, I would have everyone hide in the hull, and when the unsuspecting carrier came near, I would have my fire archers take out the jets. Then we'd throw ropes on up there, we'd climb on up and rape everybody.

We'd be better off catapulting horribly diseased and infected human bodies onto to their ships. We'd still get destroyed, but at least they'd be vomiting and shitting themselves profusely for the next month.

 

[wijg]

We'd be better off catapulting horribly diseased and infected human bodies onto to their ships. We'd still get destroyed, but at least they'd be vomiting and shitting themselves profusely for the next month.

Can we "accidentally" catapult Hewitt's body first? He infects them, we start to heal. That might be enough for us to get the win.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

but at least they'd be vomiting and shitting themselves profusely for the next month.

I fail to see how this differs significantly from a normal week in downtown Richmond.

 

[TweederGMU]

Losing Weber sucks. However, thinking this game will be closer than everyone thinks, ONLY if we learn to break the press and adapt to their traps. If we don't we will be blown out. Hewitt better have these kids in the gym right now learning to break presses and learning to inbound against it.

vcu can't really score the ball outside of Graham and Johnson. Their all around catalyst is out so they will have issues distributing the ball. Play zone and let them try and beat us inside. Thompson vs. Cox will be a great matchup. If we can lock down on Graham and Johnson and limit them then we have a shot at winning. The rest of their subs are young and can't shoot so get their starters in foul trouble and the tides will turn.

Goodguys 64
Spider bitten lambs with no super powers 62

 

[Irish44j]

Breaking the press is all about having guards who can dribble and pass, and having other players who know where they're supposed to be for outlets.

I've seen no evidence this season that any of those things apply to GMU's current roster. Our lack of a true PG is going to be the dagger and vcu will likely get 15+ turnovers off the press by itself.

I just turned down free tix from three friends of mine for the game. All of them are vcu fans who probably wanted me to come so they could talk trash for the entire game and I'd have no comeback....

 

[JimP]

Breaking the press is all about having guards who can dribble and pass, and having other players who know where they're supposed to be for outlets.

I've seen no evidence this season that any of those things apply to GMU's current roster. Our lack of a true PG is going to be the dagger and vcu will likely get 15+ turnovers off the press by itself.

I just turned down free tix from three friends of mine for the game. All of them are vcu fans who probably wanted me to come so they could talk trash for the entire game and I'd have no comeback....

Sounds like a good decision on your part.

 

[GMUgemini]

Breaking the press is all about having guards who can dribble and pass, and having other players who know where they're supposed to be for outlets.

I've seen no evidence this season that any of those things apply to GMU's current roster. Our lack of a true PG is going to be the dagger and vcu will likely get 15+ turnovers off the press by itself.

I just turned down free tix from three friends of mine for the game. All of them are vcu fans who probably wanted me to come so they could talk trash for the entire game and I'd have no comeback....

Moore actually did a fine job breaking vcu's press last year, and that was with Weber guarding him.

Most of our turnovers are completely pointless and unforced, so I suspect we're going to have a harder time with things like throwing the ball over Thompson's head out of bounds, or dribbling the ball off of feet, or turning to look at the sideline and getting a pocket picked -- those kinds of things.

 

[mkaufman1]

I hate vcu as much as the next Mason fan but I always look forward to the times vcu comes to "our yard", even though we dont' have home court advantage like we used to. Even if there is 4000 mason fans (and 1000 vcu fans), the games are usually pretty epic with a crowd into it.

I'm hoping that Mason practices breaking the press, and performs as well as they did against the vcu press last year. I think its important that they do not hesitate, pick up the dribble too soon, and keep going. I have faith that Moore, Jenkins and Marko will certainly help as at least the team is not lacking ball handlers.

That said, I don't expect Mason to win, but as has been the trend with most Mason games against top opponents under Hewitt, it'll be a rock fight, with Mason usually coming up short at the end.

vcu 68
Mason 62

 

[KAOriginal]

vcu has as of now 9 fan buses for the trip to the PC.

Get ready.

 

[Washingtonian]

Think someone else will try and do this?

Briante Weber steals a roll in as only Briante Weber would do. https://vine.co/v/h3XAlXOEvv0

 

[gmutom]

Briante Weber steals a roll in as only Briante Weber would do.

After the allegations that he stole an iPhone last year, I thought for sure this post was about him taking somebody's food in the cafeteria.

 

[Pablo]

Think someone else will try and do this?

Briante Weber steals a roll in as only Briante Weber would do. https://vine.co/v/h3XAlXOEvv0

While you have to love Weber's hustle, it should be noted that vcu was leading 71-57 with 46 seconds remaining in the game.

 

[mkaufman1]

Think someone else will try and do this?

Briante Weber steals a roll in as only Briante Weber would do. https://vine.co/v/h3XAlXOEvv0

I'm sure if a Mason player did that, the spike of the basketball would be disrespectful and not classy.

 

[PDGL Hoops]

Mason 60
vcu 72

 

[Washingtonian]

I was looking at ticketmaster, very few sections have seat availability.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

I was looking at ticketmaster, very few sections have seat availability.

Going to be a lot of black & gold at this one.

 

[mason2k1]

I was looking at ticketmaster, very few sections have seat availability.

same here.. thats what i get for waiting..

 

[Vurbel]

Going to be a lot of black & gold at this one.

Silver lining: maybe Edwards/Cabrera will say to himself "why don't we have this?"

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

horribly diseased and infected human bodies

Even these can look kind of cute if you dress them up in vcu cheerleading or dance team outfits.

Most commonly uttered phrase at the Paper Moon late nights: "Didn't I see you at the game earlier tonight?"