Game 25: GMU (19-5 / 10-1) at St. Louis (14-10 / 7-4) on Tuesday, February 11, at 8:00 PM.

[BraddockBeach]

Great win!! way to fight through the OT

 

[GMU1983]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBHKGDPo_-g

 

[psyclone]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBHKGDPo_-g

Pretty impressive reflections. Worth a listen.

 

[gmutom]

Pretty impressive reflections. Worth a listen.

Agreed. St. Louis got a great coach there, not that anybody wouldn't have been an upgrade over Travis Ford. Guy is really honest about taking blame but also giving us credit. He probably owned more mistakes in that one game than Kim did in two years combined at Mason.

 

[GMU79]

Agreed. St. Louis got a great coach there, not that anybody wouldn't have been an upgrade over Travis Ford. Guy is really honest about taking blame but also giving us credit. He probably owned more mistakes in that one game than Kim did in two years combined at Mason.

Yes. Class guy.

 

[Jack Strop]

Is it just me, or does it seem like every wild desperation 3 teams take against us at the end of games (or shot clock) goes in!!??

What about UConn in OT at Verizon Center in 2006?

 

[GMU79]

What about UConn in OT at Verizon Center in 2006?

There's always an exception, thank goodness!!

 

[DRK331]

Highlights from the road win over St. Louis here:

George Mason Patriots vs. Saint Louis Billikens: Game Highlights - ESPN Video

George Mason Patriots vs. Saint Louis Billikens: Game Highlights

www.espn.com

 

[GunstonsGhost]

Agreed. St. Louis got a great coach there, not that anybody wouldn't have been an upgrade over Travis Ford. Guy is really honest about taking blame but also giving us credit.

Some of the best coaching analysis, especially after a loss than I've seen in a while. A couple things I took away from this...Yes, we're going to get everyone's best as we're wearing the crown, but it's also gonna make them nervous coming for the king. Hence SLU's terrible opening sequence of turnovers.

Secondly, we're a scouting nightmare. Of course they're going to game plan for Haynes and Maddox, but that sounded like about the extent of their specifics. Every team is going to have to make in-game adjustments to handle a game where Woody, Anderson, O'Connor, KD, or Begg go off. They can't plan for all of our potential weapons. Once we get them out of their rhythm we got them where we want em.

 

[psyclone]

Some of the best coaching analysis, especially after a loss than I've seen in a while. A couple things I took away from this...Yes, we're going to get everyone's best as we're wearing the crown, but it's also gonna make them nervous coming for the king. Hence SLU's terrible opening sequence of turnovers.

Secondly, we're a scouting nightmare. Of course they're going to game plan for Haynes and Maddox, but that sounded like about the extent of their specifics. Every team is going to have to make in-game adjustments to handle a game where Woody, Anderson, O'Conner, KD, Begg go off. They can't plan for all of our potential weapons. Once we get them out of their rhythm we got them where we want em.

Agreed. Sounds like SLU were focused on limiting Haynes without having Avila guarding him primarily and avoiding foul trouble. They took the more logical tactic of having Avila sag off of Woody to help clog the paint.

We only shot a little over 30% from 2 and Jalen was 4-10, below his average of close to 60%. But of course, Woody spoiled the strategy by hitting a career-high number of 3's! And I think if they had Avila play him tighter, Woody would have blown by him for lay-ups (but probably not 27 points worth!) or it would have opened up the paint more for Jalen.

Nice to have a number of options of secondary scorers who have the potential of lighting it up on occasion!

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Just about every opposing coach and fan base say roughly the same thing after they play us:

“They just got a lucky on a night when a player that normally doesn’t produce all of a sudden goes crazy. It was an anomaly’

Well when it happens over and over again it’s not an anomaly, it’s a strategy

 

[GMUgemini]

If it wasn’t Woody, it could have just as easily been Anderson—or Begg, or O’Connor.

We have a lot of unselfish players and so what looks like a collection of mediocrity underneath Haynes and Maddox are really just a bunch of guys doing their job.