Game 26: University of Dayton, Wednesday, February 14th, 7 PM, MASN

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

78

76

Different angle using the mascots, Nice! Pat from SNL hahahahahaha

 

[GMUSig03]

Different angle using the mascots, Nice! Pat from SNL hahahahahaha

Was thinking we were going to have do that soon, kudos Pikapp!

I'm looking forward to using DJ3's avatar for the "a**" part of Umass next time we play.

 

[psyclone]

Dayton favored by:

• 3.9 rpiforecast
• 3 kenpom
• 5 vegasinsider

 

[patriot2000]

Dayton favored by:

• 3.9 rpiforecast
• 3 kenpom
• 5 vegasinsider

Not bad considering how we defend the three and how they shoot it

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[By George.]

Tried this thing where we asked questions to an opposing team's writer. Sully (@sullymygoodname on twitter) is one of the more active Dayton writers/tilters and he was gracious enough to take time to answer our questions here. Check it out and let me know what you think:

http://giantkiller.co/2018/02/13/ask-opponent-preview-dayton-flyers-sully/

Quid pro quo - I answered some questions for the Flyers fans here. Check it out if you're interested:

http://www.blackburnreview.com/qa-with-petey-buckets-the-mason-guru/

Adding Petey to the team: Top 5 move we’ve made

 

[Washingtonian]

147 over/under according to Vegas Insider.

Game notes from Dayton's website: http://daytonflyers.com/documents/2018/2/12//George_Mason_Notes_021418.pdf

 

[Mason2005]

Slow start is bc our fan base sucks. Sold out game to maybe 2k here today with 100 students.

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[phoenix-arizona]

It is Valentine’s Day. This game is probably not the best gauge for fan interest.

 

[Mason2005]

It is Valentine’s Day. This game is probably not the best gauge for fan interest.

Tell that to the sold out vcu game

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[Pikapppatri8]

So - it seems our defense still takes a little time to warm-up. Fortunately - it did not put us too deep in the hole.

Dayton looks tired and they cannot set up a pick and roll worth shit - I could weave my Harley through their set.

It seems we are beating them on rebounds which surprises me given their size

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Tell that to the sold out vcu game

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Their fans don't have girlfriends/wives.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Color me stupid - I just realized Anthony Grant is Dayton's coach.
Wow. --- I am behind the news curve.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Otis!!!!! With the three

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Man Dayton has a lot of turnovers.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Ian Boyd has a righteous beard.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Shit Dayton bricks 4 free throws in a row. And Otis motorboats their defense for a quick two to the rim

 

[MasonCrew]

Started slow but that was a great finish to the half. Ian's rebound was so nice.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

How the f**k did we lose to Fordham??

 

[mkaufman1]

Pretty good half overall. Dayton looks slow and confused at times. Mar boyd and calixte all have cleaned up the boards at points which is nice to see. Also the defense settled down after the first few minutes.

Hoping to see more of the same.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Pretty good half overall. Dayton looks slow and confused at times. Mar boyd and calixte all have cleaned up the boards at points which is nice to see. Also the defense settled down after the first few minutes.

Hoping to see more of the same.

Concur - but I would like to see more working to get inside the gap and shoot closer to the hole.

If Dayton is tired -- we need to push harder and deeper into their zone to score.

Upshot - harder, faster, deeper.