Game Thread: Up Next... Richmond (13-4)/(3-1). How Much Do We Lose By?

[Patriotsince81]

Roster - https://richmondspiders.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Schedule - https://richmondspiders.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Stats -https://richmondspiders.com/documents/2019/11/8/Richmond_Combined_Team.pdf

Richmond 75 - GMU 60.

Discuss, or not, the choice is yours.

 

[Bricker]

6

 

[GreenLantern]

Us - Lose
Them - By a lot
OT

 

[mkaufman1]

Blake Francis is out 4-6 weeks with a fractured sternum. So Mason might have a chance on Saturday.

 

[hoops10]

I've seen Richmond play a lot this year. Mason will get blown out. Mooney has got them in high gear. Richmond by 20.

 

[sleeperpick]

Blake Francis is out 4-6 weeks with a fractured sternum. So Mason might have a chance on Saturday.

that is good news for us. If we can contain Gilyard and Golden we could be in good shape

 

[mkaufman1]

that is good news for us. If we can contain Gilyard and Golden we could be in good shape to lose by only 30

FTFY

 

[jessej]

Richmond by 13

 

[phoenix-arizona]

 

[KAOriginal]

Spiders by 9......bet the house!

 

[Pablo]

https://richmond.forums.rivals.com/threads/at-george-mason.12053/:


John O'Connor@RTDjohnoconnor

Richmond on Saturday plays at George Mason, whose 6-1 freshman Xavier Johnson (25 mpg, 7 ppg, 3.4 rpg) is son of former Spiders star guard Kelvin Johnson (1,400 career points 1982-85).



Kelvin at UCF with Johnny Dawkins.

https://ucfknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/kelvin-johnson/2708

16 32counter, Today at 1:40 PM

 

[Pablo]

https://richmond.forums.rivals.com/forums/ur-basketball-board.16/:

"37-25 all time against Goo Moos - meaning before Mooney - 34-16 against them which makes the 3-9 record of Mooney against them all the more maddening ..... has taken me awhile to get used to the "fact" that when we play them now .....we may well lose. Don't want that to happen.....for some reason since Mooney we don't match up as well..Goo Moos coaching better? Dave Paulsen is head coach..."

18 spider fan, 19 minutes ago

 

[Pablo]

https://richmond.forums.rivals.com/forums/ur-basketball-board.16/:

"Long time Mason fan and donor to the program here.

If you guys lose to us Saturday, you should be very worried. We lost to GW by double digits with two of their starters out. A team of feshmen and sophomores made us look like a high school team.

Mooney has you guys in a great position this year and a loss to us would be a significant set back. Dave Paulsen is turning out to be the second worst hire in the history of the program (Paul Hewitt being the first).

Our offense is predicatble and unimaginative and worst of all, Paulsen refuses to take the blame at every press conference. The guy is delusional. Don't let our record fool you. Our OOC SOS is 300+. Any decent team we've played has blown us out by an average of 18 points.

You guys have had some great wins and only one terrible loss against Radford. And to be honest, Radford would beat us 8 times out of 10.

Your fans should make the trip to Fairfax tomorrow as it will feel like a home game.

20 MasonGuy, Today at 11:29 AM"

Shouldn't a "Long time Mason fan" know that Dave Paulsen is not the second worst hire in the history of the program? Also, a 73-67 loss at GW is not a double digits loss.

 

[sleeperpick]

https://richmond.forums.rivals.com/forums/ur-basketball-board.16/:

"Long time Mason fan and donor to the program here.

If you guys lose to us Saturday, you should be very worried. We lost to GW by double digits with two of their starters out. A team of feshmen and sophomores made us look like a high school team.

Mooney has you guys in a great position this year and a loss to us would be a significant set back. Dave Paulsen is turning out to be the second worst hire in the history of the program (Paul Hewitt being the first).

Our offense is predicatble and unimaginative and worst of all, Paulsen refuses to take the blame at every press conference. The guy is delusional. Don't let our record fool you. Our OOC SOS is 300+. Any decent team we've played has blown us out by an average of 18 points.

You guys have had some great wins and only one terrible loss against Radford. And to be honest, Radford would beat us 8 times out of 10.

Your fans should make the trip to Fairfax tomorrow as it will feel like a home game.

20 MasonGuy, Today at 11:29 AM"

Shouldn't a "Long time Mason fan" know that Dave Paulsen is not the second worst hire in the history of the program? Also, a 73-67 loss at GW is not a double digits loss.

who has time to go on another teams board?!? seems weird

 

[Mason32]

who has time to go on another teams board?!? seems weird

Is that where Jim vents?

 

[GMUgemini]

who has time to go on another teams board?!? seems weird

The guy also apparently never has heard of Paul Westhead either.

 

[psyclone]

Back to the game......Kenpom has Richmond favored by 2.

 

[gmutom]

Back to the game......Kenpom has Richmond favored by 2.

Wow, that's actually a very promising line for us, especially given how many eggs we've laid at home and with Kier being out. My hunch is that sucker bettors will be flocking to the Spiders only giving 2 on this one, but I still wouldn't recommend betting on or against us at this point.

No clue whether Jekyll or Hyde will show up one day to the next, nor do I know which of those two alter egos would be the better basketball player. My hunch is the Dr. Jekyll would be a great jump shooter with a coach's mind and that Hyde would be a monster rebounder with a killer instinct, but who really knows.

 

[TweederGMU]

Greene and Johnson make it rain and we pull this one of nowhere.

Goodguys 70
Thing splattered on bottom of my shoe 65

 

[Walter]

Mooney vs Paulsen. It will be epic.

My prediction. The losers fan base will demand their coach be fired.