Game 30: GMU (22-7 / 13-3) vs La Salle (12-17 / 4-12) on Wednesday, March 5, at 7:00 PM.

[TweederGMU]

What was up with Gio?

Stas just performing well. Gio has brick hands and hasn't been playing well. Next man up

 

[undertherock]

Coach Skinn says Haynes injury was indeed cramping and that he'll be okay

 

[GunstonsGhost]

Coach Skinn says Haynes injury was indeed cramping and that he'll be okay

Also called him a big baby lol

 

[Jack Strop]

Stas just performing well. Gio has brick hands and hasn't been playing well. Next man up

Stas defense has improved handsomely since we last saw him play in the flow of a contested game. I really thought he'd make that 3 from the corner. He was shaking his head and cursing himself when he went back to play defense after his miss.

I feel bad for Gio getting benched, but he's become a liability on offense lately. Gotta work on his hands and general quickness, ya know, chase the chicken like in Rocky II.

 

[GMU1983]

Gio is a major liability cannot catch the ball and when he puts the ball on the floor he gets gets stripped…play Stas

 

[Jack Strop]

https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1jMKgkzzaqMKL

CTS very candid and forthright during the presser. Alluded to players taking games off and/or bodies wearing down.

I think the Haynes/Maddox dust up lit a fire under these boys—fuel it up!

 

[psyclone]

Mason Athletic facebook page: press conference

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1048837477038553

View: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1048837477038553

 

[Sport31]

Good loud crowd for a weeknight game tonight. I think Tony knows his team isn't t playing at the level they were Dec-Jan.and he needs to fix it quickly before the A10 tournament. Great game from Braden tonight , Maddox and Haynes played well but you can't have two starters play 15-25 min and not score a single point. If I were king for a day, I would start KD, Darius, BO Jared, and Haynes. That's the team that's going to get you to the A10 semi s and finals and maybe beyond. Use the other 3-4 guys to spell them but you need 25-35 min each out of the starters I mentioned to go far.

 

[Verdad]

Good loud crowd for a weeknight game tonight. I think Tony knows his team isn't t playing at the level they were Dec-Jan.and he needs to fix it quickly before the A10 tournament. Great game from Braden tonight , Maddox and Haynes played well but you can't have two starters play 15-25 min and not score a single point. If I were king for a day, I would start KD, Darius, BO Jared, and Haynes. That's the team that's going to get you to the A10 semi s and finals and maybe beyond. Use the other 3-4 guys to spell them but you need 25-35 min each out of the starters I mentioned to go far.

Such respect for Jalen Haynes that multiple fans are calling for him to play the 4 and the 5 and go with a 4 man starting lineup!

 

[gmutom]

I could swear I saw Gio wearing a brace of some sort around his torso on the bench today. I know Tony didn’t address an injury, but I also don’t recall him saying he was available but didn’t play.

 

[Patriotsince81]

I see Anderson posted another donut in the points column. Has he scored 10 points total in the last month?

In his last 8 games he's just 5-25 overall and 3-14 from 3. We need him to make some shots to say the least.

 

[Falco]

still pissed about the URI loss lol.

 

[Mason2005]

The Richmond game still has meaning if vcu loses to Dayton. We could be co-champs with them.

 

[Bsutterl]

Gio needs to go down another level, cant teach size but also cant teach soft hands and Gio only has one of those things

 

[undertherock]

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/sports/local-sports/virginia-sports/george-mason-university/oconnors-26-lead-george-mason-over-la-salle-69-62/

 

[Sport31]

Anderson and Newton need to come off the bench. zero points in 43 combined minutes makes the offense look terrible. Start KD and Jared and watch what happens. Play them each at least 30 min along with the big three and we will win theA10 tourney or worst case be in the finals.

 

[Dawgs99]

I could swear I saw Gio wearing a brace of some sort around his torso on the bench today. I know Tony didn’t address an injury, but I also don’t recall him saying he was available but didn’t play.

He wears a brace or a heating pad pretty much every game when he's not in the game. He just can't catch the ball and/or dribbles too much around the basket. Great size is negated if you don't really have any feel for the game. Give me a few shorter, like 6-8 ,guys who can move and block shots next year! Think the kid from Mt. Zion fits the bill.

 

[Dawgs99]

After 30 games it's pretty obvious that when we win it's going to be ugly. Kudos to Stas "The Big Swede" for his play tonight. Many here have called for him to get more minutes, he earned them tonight. He's a team player, communicates well, and is fundamentally sound. I love Gio but he has no hands or feel for the game. It's also pretty obvious to me that without Jared in the starting lineup we just come out flat defensively. He needs to start and play as many minutes as humanly possible. He is the heart and soul of this team. I'm tired of us being down 12-2 after 5 minutes. Ugly win, but hey, 23-7 / 14-3. Anderson gives us a big nothing as a starter. KD found his role tonight, sitting on the bench.

I think KD has settled in pretty nicely here after the rough start. Its got to be humbling for him to go from an impact player in the best league in the country to a bench player in the A10 but he seems to have found his role....closer. With the game on the line, I want him and Billups in the game! We're not 23-7 without KD.

 

[mkaufman1]

I think KD has settled in pretty nicely here after the rough start. Its got to be humbling for him to go from an impact player in the best league in the country to a bench player in the A10 but he seems to have found his role....closer. With the game on the line, I want him and Billups in the game! We're not 23-7 without KD.

Wish I could like this more than once. It was a bumpy start for him, but I definitely think he has embraced his role coming off the bench but playing a lot of minutes.

Yeah, he has a lot of hot and cold moments, or sometimes he is going 100mph on a pass. But 100%, we don't get to 23-7 without his ability to play defense, get to the rim and run our offense over 50% of the time.

 

[Where's the party?]

Good loud crowd for a weeknight game tonight. I think Tony knows his team isn't t playing at the level they were Dec-Jan.and he needs to fix it quickly before the A10 tournament. Great game from Braden tonight , Maddox and Haynes played well but you can't have two starters play 15-25 min and not score a single point. If I were king for a day, I would start KD, Darius, BO Jared, and Haynes. That's the team that's going to get you to the A10 semi s and finals and maybe beyond. Use the other 3-4 guys to spell them but you need 25-35 min each out of the starters I mentioned to go far.

Could not agree more. That lineup is exactly what I'd run with. The current lineup (Anderson, Woody, and BO on point) has put us behind in the first 8 mins of the last several games. And a bad offensive team can't afford to spot a lead to a good team.

I was high on Gio early this season, but his ball skills make him a complete liability at this point. He just can't catch, hold or dribble the ball. He's a walking turnover. Last night was even worse as he let a couple easy rebounds bounce out of his hands. Play Stas from now on. We may lose little on D (not much) but it puts another shooter on the floor.