Game Thread: Mason (11-2) vs. vcu (10-3), Sunday, January 5th, 12:00 PM

[sleeperpick]

Woohoo! I'm ready for my warm welcome for my annual visit to the club and a bit of verbal GOO from that Chankenstank guy. vcu 72-GMU 57.

your ankle monitor doesn’t allow travel outside your section 8 housing. We know you will only be in fairfax in spirit

 

[MudKat]

your ankle monitor doesn’t allow travel outside your section 8 housing. We know you will only be in fairfax in spirit

Wow, why don't your board administrators get a host site that actually works? You guys are so lame that you have a site that takes 5 minutes to load anything. Pretty much like your team. It never gets better and never will. No wonder there aren't many posts here. Who has the time to hang around enough time for the page to load. I go away 10 minutes waiting for anything here. Where's Chankenstank? My favorite pile of GooMoo. Dude can throw some heinous stuff. I enjoy reading things that would even get people banned from the UR board. He's a classic keyboard junkie.

 

[MudKat]

Show me the love Chank! Gotta see what bullshi!!! you have to say. I love baiting you to see what you'll do.

Having said this I expect you to hide like the pile of GooMoo you are. They are hosing piles of Chank off the streets of San Francisco as I type.

 

[mkaufman1]

Wow, why don't your board administrators get a host site that actually works? You guys are so lame that you have a site that takes 5 minutes to load anything. Pretty much like your team. It never gets better and never will. No wonder there aren't many posts here. Who has the time to hang around enough time for the page to load. I go away 10 minutes waiting for anything here. Where's Chankenstank? My favorite pile of GooMoo. Dude can throw some heinous stuff. I enjoy reading things that would even get people banned from the UR board. He's a classic keyboard junkie.

I’m extremely curious on how they teach English writing at vcu. If they even teach it. Quality writing here at its best.

 

[TweederGMU]

Need to shut down Santos-Silva inside and our 3's need to be on in order to pull this out. Very beatable vcu team this year so should be a good matchup.

Goodguys 66
McDonalds Rejects 62

 

[The Great PATSby]

The is BS!!! Just waited 30 minutes for a Sausage Egg McMuffin here in Richmond. The manager apologized and said a bunch of employees called out today...something about them traveling to Fairfax for some game.

 

[LOUDMOUTHS]

The is BS!!! Just waited 30 minutes for a Sausage Egg McMuffin here in Richmond. The manager apologized and said a bunch of employees called out today...something about them traveling to Fairfax for some game.

No, no, no. It’s been more than one day. Thanks to a slow news day we now know at least one of them got lost on the drive up here:

https://wtop.com/prince-georges-cou...person-who-lured-ran-over-seagulls-in-laurel/

 

[NewPatriot]

I am surprised to see that Oduro has been starting over calixte this season. I always thought Calixte provided the muscle and post defense to contend with bigger teams and allow wilson to protect the rim.

What is Oduro doing that enhances the Mason defense?

 

[mkaufman1]

I am surprised to see that Oduro has been starting over calixte this season. I always thought Calixte provided the muscle and post defense to contend with bigger teams and allow wilson to protect the rim.

What is Oduro doing that enhances the Mason defense?

Good question. Calixte is 6'8 but he always seems like a nontraditional big to me. He outworks everyone but hes not really a big who is going to crash the glass and post up to score. Love how he operates, but I don't think he is the big that Paulsen always wanted.

Oduro is probably more of what Paulsen wanted and what Reuter was supposed to be. He has a little bit more height to him (6'9) and bulk, but his basketball IQ is a bit higher in the sense he can crash the glass on both ends and he also (although it hasn't shown up much this year) can shoot it from outside which gives another element to his game. Everyone thought he would be a bit raw since freshmen bigs are usually raw, and he is, but he has proven the ability to adjust much quicker than one would thought. I think Oduro has rotated better on the defensive side of the ball than Calixte and with his offensive rebounding, that's where his extra minutes have come in.

I think pairing Oduro with a guy like AJ really helps Mason out up front giving a nice rebounding/shot block combination on the defensive side. But the big advantage Oduro gives is the offensive rebounding.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Line up to Mason +7.5 now...I would think they cover that at home.

 

[mkaufman1]

Line up to Mason +7.5 now...I would think they cover that at home.

I think vcu wins by 8-10 so yeah I agree with you

 

[GMUYoda]

Hyland owning us all over the floor

 

[GSII]

IS Evans out?

 

[MasonSAE4]

Gonar....yikes

 

[FreeGunston12]

No more Goanar. Not sure if the problem is in his head or his legs.

 

[mkaufman1]

No more Goanar. Not sure if the problem is in his head or his legs.

that used to be his money shot and an easy splash

 

[FreeGunston12]

I'd like to see more of Greg this game while AJ is in foul trouble. I think he matches up better with MSS.

 

[MasonSAE4]

Don’t want to complain too much cause this has been the first game in a while where the refs haven’t let vcu play prison rules but that call on AJ for his second was absolutely horrendous.

 

[Patriot8]

Team looks completely unprepared. Offense is non-existent. vcu has played the same way for years, and it looks like we are surprised.

 

[sleeperpick]

Don’t want to complain too much cause this has been the first game in a while where the refs haven’t let vcu play prison rules but that call on AJ for his second was absolutely horrendous.

True but then they have given us 3 bad calls as well. Specifically light skin bald ref