(01-19-2018 11:59 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  

(01-19-2018 10:38 PM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  What happened here? Honest question. They seem to have the opposite problem of the Men's team. they played much better out of conference.

Our non-conference schedule wasn't particularly challenging. Which was kind of a good thing; this program needed to build some confidence. But our BEST win was a home victory over ECU....current RPI # 250. 3 of our other 4 wins came against teams outside the Top 300.

Then, you enter league play, against the # 10 league in the country (last year - # 8), and bam.....wakeup call comes. We did play Towson close on the road (72-71 L). In fact, our first 5 CAA losses were each by single digits. But we just can't seem to get over the hump yet.

I think we do have a team capable of winning some league games this year, but the last 6 years of this program struggling prior to Coach Barefoot's arrival really put us behind the other teams in this league. It'll take some time before we can expect to be a legitimate contender.

I thought we may have played some weak teams OOC but don't follow it close enough to know one way or another.