Mason’s A-10 Finish

[phoenix-arizona]

Hopefully top four. Come on double bye.

 

[FreeGunston12]

Hopefully top four. Come on double bye.

Whether for better or worse, this year we will have a very balanced team. I don’t want to project, because this season could turn out any number of ways, but I’m getting really pumped for Tuesday!

 

[psyclone]

Goff is back on the beat. He also wrote a GW preview in today's Post.

Lots of mention of Kier's situation and when he MAY return:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...orge-mason-hopes-others-will-grow-into-roles/

 

[GSII]

Where did Reuter actually land ??

 

[gmujim92]

Where did Reuter actually land ??

To land, first you must be able to leave the ground.

 

[GMUgemini]

To land, first you must be able to leave the ground.

Nice one.

Looks like his Twitter page hasn't been updated in over a year. If anyone wants to scroll through this database and see if he shows up in any of these countries, be my guest. I don't feel like doing it: https://www.usbasket.com/Americans-Overseas.asp?Country=BEL

 

[gmubrian]

To land, first you must be able to leave the ground.

I nominate this for post of the year.

Not really informative, but interesting enough to me, in mid May I saw him sitting at the train station in Burke Centre dressed in Mason gear.

 

[Washingtonian]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...orge-mason-hopes-others-will-grow-into-roles/

 

[GMUgemini]

St. Bonaventure got worked by Ohio tonight. Some surprising stats -- Osun with only 1 rebound, Kyle Loften 3-11 (0-2 from 3). Ohio was projected to be 223 by Kenpom, maybe they're better than expected, but that seems like a surprising bad early season loss.

All the other games seem to be going as expected (7-1 so far, with Fordham still playing).

 

[sleeperpick]

St. Bonaventure got worked by Ohio tonight. Some surprising stats -- Osun with only 1 rebound, Kyle Loften 3-11 (0-2 from 3). Ohio was projected to be 223 by Kenpom, maybe they're better than expected, but that seems like a surprising bad early season loss.

All the other games seem to be going as expected (7-1 so far, with Fordham still playing).

Bro you need to start watching games before you post... Osun got hurt and was on crutches early... and GW lost so at least 2 losses for A10....

 

[GMUgemini]

Bro you need to start watching games before you post... Osun got hurt and was on crutches early... and GW lost so at least 2 losses for A10....

Ah, yes. I am watching the first half of the Mason game, because I was still at school when the game started.

 

[patriotchild]

3 games in to A10 play 1-2. Still haven’t gotten a win against any potential top 4 teams and looks like we will be able to hold against the lower tier.

How’s everyone feeling about the next 15? I see us somewhere around 8-10 if this pattern holds. With the opportunity to go 10-8 if we can beat a few mid/upper tier teams.

our toughest stretch will start at Davidson and end at vcu.

@GW - must win, W
Richmond - I think we have a decent chance if we play good D. This would be a game that puts us in the upper half, L
Umass - must win at home. We’ve wine a lot of close games, but also a must win if we want to be upper half, W

@Davidson - down year for them. Need to caplitalize, W
URI - don’t seem us winning this. Big if we do.,L
@SBU - need to split with them, but unlikely, L

@Umass - need the sweep, another close one, L
@vcu. - hopefully competitive, L
GW - must win, W

@Richmond - 50/50. A sweep means we’re in good shape for top half, W
SJU - must win, W
Dayton - can we skip this game?, L

@Duquesne - must win for the sake of comparing programs and rebuilds. Likely L
SLU - not a good matchup, L
@Fordham - this place burns to the ground if we lose, W

 

[phoenix-arizona]

Too bad this poll can’t be reopened and the results cleared. I wonder how close it would be to last year’s result.

 

[GMUgemini]

Too bad this poll can’t be reopened and the results cleared. I wonder how close it would be to last year’s result.

My guess, fewer 1-4 votes (maybe 0), more 9th or lower, about the same number for 5th-8th.

 

[sleeperpick]

GW, Fordham, Lasalle and the Bonnies are all must win games (6).
Richmond, St. Joe's, Duquesne, UMASS are all games we COULD win and I would not be surprised (5)
vcu, Davidson, URI, SLU, Dayton are the games we have to win in order to secure top 4 seed (6).

I can honestly see us going 11-7 with a couple losses to the 2nd tier and a couple wins against the 1st tier of team while sweeping the cellar dwellers. That should be good enough for a top 5.

even the most negative can be blinded by a shiny piece of poo non conf wins