Open Scrimmage 10/22/16

[mason89]

Grayer didn't play because he twisted his ankle during practice earlier in the week. He said he would be good to go for opening night.

Thanks! Left shortly after the scrimmage, so I missed the Q&A.

 

[MasonFanatic]

I don't believe they invited students... usually they have a separate event for the students.

 

[Steve33]

This was the first time i have attended this event. Pretty sure i saw most of if not all of you guys, just dont know your faces to put with names, but it was good to see you all.

It was great to see the guys go through practice drills before the scrimmage and shoot free throws after. it was a solid 20 min of free throws while DP was talking to the crowd. I thought Troy looked really good getting hard to the basket, he created a foul or made the shot more often than not. He certainly has a chance to be a big producer in the years to come. I was also impressed with Newman, he looked pretty good shooting from three. I like the depth of this team going forward. I agree that a team of 11 Freshman / Sophomores is not going to finish in the top half of the A-10 but we are trending upward and that's what gets me excited for the season.

 

[Vurbel]

Winning 11 games last year was far more fulfilling than backing in to 22 of 24 wins during year one of the Virus regime.

 

[Vurbel]

If I remember right, we only covered the spread once or twice in the first 10 games. Somebody who has the time or motivation to look up an exact stat can look that up, the the concept is that we had close games with teams we should have blown out and got embarrassed by teams (32-4 vs. vcu?) we should have had a close game with.

 

[gmujim92]

If I remember right, we only covered the spread once or twice in the first 10 games. Somebody who has the time or motivation to look up an exact stat can look that up, the the concept is that we had close games with teams we should have blown out and got embarrassed by teams (32-4 vs. vcu?) we should have had a close game with.

It sucked. That's all I remember.

 

[MasonFanatic]

All I remember was that any game we led by 14+ points was a guaranteed loss.

As long as we never led by double digits, we often were able to hold on to a narrow victory.