Game 32: A10 Tournament - #8 GMU (20-11 / 9-9) vs #9 St. Joe’s (19-12 / 9-9).

[Patriotsince81]

Same story as last 10 years! Gota get tougher! Don't care what you guys say, they are just way toooo soft! Okie is a stud though! Kid will be a baller

His freshman year has been great. Agree he's been a stud. BUT, he needs a 3 point shot. Right now everyone just lays off him. If he gets one he'll be unstoppable.

 

[jruby]

The better team won. Skinn, we need better players. Let's hope Haynes is the real deal. We need 5 new players. It's always about recruiting.

If you don't think OKIE can play in the A10, not sure what you watched! Mason isn't going to get much better than that kid. Keep dreaming!

 

[jruby]

His freshman year has been great. Agree he's been a stud. BUT, he needs a 3 point shot. Right now everyone just lays off him. If he gets one he'll be unstoppable.

100% yup! Gets a shot he'll lead them back to tornament

 

[Patriotsince81]

The better team won. Skinn, we need better players. Let's hope Haynes is the real deal. We need 5 new players. It's always about recruiting.

Agree 100%. I give Tony an A for doing what he's done in the time he had to do it. BUT, lots of room for improvement. We need shooters! You can teach a shooter how to play defense. It's a HELL of a lot harder to teach someone who can't shoot how to do it effectively.

So pissed to once again be irrelevant.

 

[ProfessorCFK]

This box score is unbelievable. What the hell happened to the bench?

 

[Patriotsince81]

2024-2025 Roster.

Haynes
Ball - NOT HALL
Okojie
Maddox
Either Newton or Billups, can't have both because we need scorers.
Begg
Cokley - although I expect nothing from him
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

 

[Patriot Lawdog]

Same story as last 10 years! Gota get tougher! Don't care what you guys say, they are just way toooo soft! Okie is a stud though! Kid will be a baller

Gotta get better from the outside or else we need at least 3 shooters around him. Total liability from outside of 10 feet.

 

[jruby]

Agree 100%. I give Tony an A for doing what he's done in the time he had to do it. BUT, lots of room for improvement. We need shooters! You can teach a shooter how to play defense. It's a HELL of a lot harder to teach someone who can't shoot how to do it effectively.

So pissed to once again be irrelevant.

Polite can shoot but he can't move and he can't play great defense so going to have to disagree here. Polite is what he is a guard on a 7-10 place A10 team. I think dismissing the fact OKIE almost single handily brought them back into the game..... Is well hilarious, not sure what exactly some people think a pg is or can do. Does he need a better shot? Sure but you aren't teaching a kid to move the way he does.

 

[Patriotsince81]

Polite can shoot but he can't move and he can't play great defense so going to have to disagree here. Polite is what he is a guard on a 7-10 place A10 team.

Have you seen Ronald play? 39-100 overall. 14-52 from 3 in conference play. I cringe at what he was today. Can't guard anyone.

 

[Patriot8]

2024-2025 Roster.

Haynes
Ball - NOT HALL
Okojie
Maddox
Either Newton or Billups, can't have both because we need scorers.
Begg
Cokley - although I expect nothing from him
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Seems like we need a rosterbation thread

 

[Earl the Squirrel]

Yay. Another off season to "hope for better."

Yep. Props to Billups for shutting down Rice and Reynolds the past two games. Glad he's coming back.

We all knew we needed one more outside threat this year. Today was just another painful reminder.

 

[MasonJason]

Have you seen Ronald play? 39-100 overall. 14-52 from 3 in conference play. I cringe at what he was today. Can't guard anyone.

He is not an A10 level guard. Never has been and we need another roster spot for someone.

 

[Patriotsince81]

Yep. Props to Billups for shutting down Rice and Reynolds the past two games. Glad he's coming back.

We all knew we needed one more outside threat this year. Today was just another painful reminder.

Has he said he's coming back? If so, I missed that.

 

[GMU79]

And again. One and done. And again. Disappointed.
But on the brighter side, portals are opening, HS players are being watched, and TS and staff did pretty well this year considering the circumstances. Beat Dayton. Beat UR. 20 wins.
Next year. Next step.
Heads up, gang!!

 

[jruby]

Have you seen Ronald play? 39-100 overall. 14-52 from 3 in conference play. I cringe at what he was today. Can't guard anyone.

Ok fine so he can't do anything at all. I'm not defending Polite. More to point it takes more than just shooting 3's.

 

[jruby]

He is not an A10 level guard. Never has been and we need another roster spot for someone.

I have a feeling there will be at least 40% roster turnover. Dinkins is gone, Kelly, Hall, wood, think Newton leaves, Polite is told to find a better place to play, Henry goes home to Texas.

 

[Earl the Squirrel]

Has he said he's coming back? If so, I missed that.

I'm just assuming he is.

 

[jruby]

The better team won. Skinn, we need better players. Let's hope Haynes is the real deal. We need 5 new players. It's always about recruiting.

I agree better team won, better coach lost. Lange is a joke. Can't imagine that dude has more than 1 year left.

 

[tblack33]

Overall the season was meh. Measuring stick for me was meeting KEs win total in conference, which we did.

I do not care about 20 wins whatsoever, we did it beating the blind and deaf and ultimately it means nothing. When we win 20 actually scheduling tough opponents I’ll be impressed.

A lot of work to do on this roster in the offseason. There’s a lot of opportunities to come to Fairfax and earn quality minutes.

I’m not disappointed in what Tony was able to put together this year, but I’m also far from impressed.

 

[hoops10]

If you don't think OKIE can play in the A10, not sure what you watched! Mason isn't going to get much better than that kid. Keep dreaming!

Wasn't talking about Okijie. Of course he was a bright light. How about replacing
Kelly, Polite, Newton, Billups (great defense, no offense). Kelly inspite of 14 points played terrible. His defense or lack of it was just poor. It's all in Skinn's hands.