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Post: #41
RE: JMU
I suggest that we just replace the number on Tarpey's uniform an "S". That was as incredible performance as I have ever seen at Kaplan. I swear that he was a good foot above everyone else in heavy traffic when he grabbed one of his last rebounds at a critical juncture at the end of the game.

It's going to be a hell of a tournament in Baltimore this year!!
01-11-2015 10:05 AM
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I have felt until now that one of our weak spots as a potential champion was the absence of a leader on this team (i.e. Schneider). Every championship team has one.

A great feeling to know we have him in Terry Tarpey.
01-11-2015 01:43 PM
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RE: JMU
I am more critical of where we are at as a team right now, regardless of any fatigue factor yesterday, and because I have very high expectations of what I think this team can be. We have the talent, young team or not.

Marcus and Terry are playing at a very high level. The rest of the team has got to lift each of their games up to the potential they are capable of every night.

Otherwise, there are weaknesses that are going to get exposed/exploited as league play continues:

Sean and Jack have got to become more aggressive in the post offensively. Teams are not going to collapse because a) they are hesitant to take open short shots, or b) power the ball to the hole in one on one situations. Sean had one power move with the ball, but faded away on the missed shot finish, rather than continuing into the player and basket. May still be hesitant to go to the foul line, but drawing those fouls has other positive impact. No time for finesse with these guys. No CAA team has a decided advantage against us in the post. These teams are not UNC's frontline, so Sean and Jack's mindsets and actions need to be different, and we need some production there to enable our outside strength.

Our half court offense for long stretches looked like the same ineffective offense of many of our past bad seasons; four players standing outside the arc with an occasional pass to the middle, but no movement. Marcus' NBA threes will not bail us out every game. It, also, means opposing teams do not have to expend defensive energy trying to guard constant movement and hard cuts. We need to be wearing teams down.

Team has got to rededicate their priority and pride in defense on every possession. Way too many lapses.

Daniel's defensive effort got him into the line-up last year and starting this year. The rise of his offensive game is important, but he needs to step back up his defensive impact. It all starts with the defense.

Omar's shot form has never been fundamentally sound, but when you've historically shown an uncanny ability to shoot, it doesn't matter. Right now, though, he is nowhere close on his outside shot. Hope he can find his zone again, but it's tough when it's not coming from a fundamental place. Terry has done a rare turnaround to change to a fundamentally strong form and get the results midcareer. My biggest concern is it appears to be adversely effecting the rest of Omar's offensive floor game. Too many forced plays, bad passes, atypical of Omar's intuitive feel for the game. It's one thing to not have the short term benefit of Omar's shooting, but he can't keep letting it result in poor decisions and offensive turnovers.

One surprise for me is that Mike Schlotman has not been the consummate point guard billed coming in. Ball handing and movement is not fluid and a tendency to dribble into places where he has nowhere to go with the ball. I hope there is more to come from Mike as he gets more healthy and comfortable, but indeed his future role may be that of another Terry Tarpey, rather than a floor general point.

With the length, mobility and ball-handling skills we have, I am very concerned that we had so much trouble with JMU's full court pressure. Team has got to get that taken care of quick, or we're going to see a lot more of that. Not sure we would have won this game if Brady had gone to it much earlier, as he should have.

Good to see another freshman, Connor, work his way into key minutes off the bench. His outside shooting will be needed as another option.

Staff and team seemed to be happy with the 3-1 start, but we should have been 4-0 with the teams we started with. Winning the CAA regular season will be very key to winning this year's tournament because it will potentially mean not having to beat, both, Northeastern and Hofstra for the championship. Happy to see us stay undefeated at home, as it should be, but the team has got to stay focused and play even harder on the road. UNCW's win at Northeastern was a gift, but we gave it back with the loss at Elon. Hofstra didn't. We can't leave winning the regular season championship to must win situations on the road at Northeastern and Hofstra at the end. Bill Coen thinks the league champ will have at least 4 losses, and I think this team needs to be shooting for better than that, and is capable of achieving that.

If we retire Marcus' jersey at the last home game, let it be, also, the occasion of a bell weather season of winning a CAA regular season. The team and staff need to make it not only about Marcus being the most skilled Tribe player in history, but, also, the team accomplishment to support his impact.
01-11-2015 02:31 PM
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I think most of the analysis in the above post is dead on, especially the part stating Prewitt, not having a fundamentally sound shot, is prone to longer slumps.

The one statement that I am not sure I understand is claim the team and stuff are happy with the 3-1 start. I went to both the Elon and JMU games and I saw a team struggling with its confidence and a coaching stuff fighting to increase team intensity.

Shaver would not run to half-court, with fists pumping during a timeout called by the other team in an early January game if he didn't feel the team needed to learn how to turn the heat up. He is being very demonstrative this year because he knows the team lost most of its leaders. New ones have to emerge.

Last week both Prewitt and Dixon had sophomore slump moments. You know that's going to happen.

In the JMU, Shaver tried Sheldon, Tarpey, Prewitt and Dixon in the high post, where you have to attack the 1-2-2. Each of these players has the necessary athletic and technical skills to do so, none did the job.

The Tribe was unable in either game, despite multiple runs to create significant leads, to hit that "dagger" shot to put the game out of reach.

The body language I see from the players is that of a team knowing it can do better and frustrated that it is not.

As a fan, that made the end of this week a major bummer. And if we are still doing this in late-February, early-March, this will not be a successful season.

It's just that I think the players and certainly the coaches know improvement is necessary and, because I think they know it and the talent is there, I still think it is possible.
01-12-2015 02:10 PM
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Our guys need to play within themselves with confidence and energy and this will be a great season. Trying to be perfect, not being aggressive, being out hustled, or not being confident will lead to a not so much year. After 4 games in 8 days, they need to rest and re-group to get their energy back.
01-12-2015 02:38 PM
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Tarpey named CAA Player of the Week.
01-12-2015 04:49 PM
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I'm not willing to throw in the towel just yet.
01-12-2015 07:49 PM
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Just was posted on the JMU board that Nation has been dismissed from the team
01-14-2015 12:55 PM
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Did anyone else notice Nation's pathetic body language during the game? It's absolutely stunning that 7 of 8 recruits in Nation's class are no longer with the team. For all the difficulty the Tribe has in recruiting academically and athletically successful players, Tony certainly has managed to keep good character guys coming.

Speaking of which, my wife and father-in-law are regular attendees at the Shaver luncheons. He is suffering through a debilitating cancer treatment, but managed to get himself to the luncheon yesterday. Omar and Daniel were there, knew him from previous meetings, and were both very kind to him. He even got a hug from Omar. These young men do a great job representing William and Mary. I'm sorry that all of our competitors can't necessarily say the same.
01-14-2015 02:11 PM
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(01-14-2015 02:11 PM)3xTribe Wrote:  It's absolutely stunning that 7 of 8 recruits in Nation's class are no longer with the team.

Won't that affect their APR? I remember a few years ago when UNCW and Towson were ineligible for the CAA Tournament because of that.
01-14-2015 02:53 PM
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I think the NCAA has rightfully revised how the APR is calculated so that if a player leaves the team and is on track for graduation (not sure what those requirements are), a school does not get a negative APR hit. Otherwise, a school would get negatively hit when a 4.0 student transfers to another school which would not be fair.
01-14-2015 03:06 PM
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(01-14-2015 02:11 PM)3xTribe Wrote:  Did anyone else notice Nation's pathetic body language during the game? It's absolutely stunning that 7 of 8 recruits in Nation's class are no longer with the team. For all the difficulty the Tribe has in recruiting academically and athletically successful players, Tony certainly has managed to keep good character guys coming.

Definitely noticed Nation's body language last Saturday. I wasn't surprised to hear the news today at all.
01-14-2015 10:15 PM
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