(02-01-2019 04:26 AM)Tribal Wrote:  How good was Chase Audige tonight for William and Mary? Well, he had 17 points (7-10 FG), 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. But here's the big number: The Tribe was +16 with him on the floor. -Dave Johnson

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I saw that stat too and I think it might be misleading. Since Audige played 35 minutes then it really makes me wonder how bad his sub was because that means his sub was -10 during just 5 minutes on the floor. I don't remember anyone playing that poorly yesterday.

Drexel went on a big run towards the end of first half with Chase on the bench yesterday ...

Chase is our engine and tone setter, especially with JP just coming out of his funk. Without Chase on the floor the intensity often dips significantly on both ends.

(02-01-2019 07:34 AM)ColonelEbirt Wrote:  Not enough commentary about how few 3-pointers we took.

Audige is a player we have not seen at W&M. Can’t wait to have him in a Tribe uni for 4 years.

Great to see JP back. Zero spin / back to the basket moves in the lane. When he went in there it was hard to the hole or dish to a teammate. Dagger 3-pointer at the end. We need him leading this team.

Team FT’s back where they need to be.

All great points.

Re Audige: Whenever Tribe freshmen start playing really well, I start to worry whether we will indeed have them in a Tribe uni for four years (Phillips, Baker).

Re Pierce: If the "old JP" is back then I can see this team definitely moving up nicely in the CAA standings. I guess Saturday will tell .....

The 2nd half was mostly really good basketball from the Tribe. Saturday is a big game because of the Gold Rush tradition, a big crowd and a chance to close the gap on Delaware in the standings. But, even if the Tribe can win Saturday, the remaining schedule is the troublesome part. 5 of the last 7 on the road. Now, they might do better at Towson and at JMU then they did at UNCW and Charleston, but there are also road games at Hofstra and at Northeastern. If everything went just great, I still don't see how we win more than 9(5 out of the last 8). That likely would be enough to avoid the Saturday games at the tournament, but it would be 5th or 6th place.

So pulling for Justin and for Matt to play well. While I liked the effort last night and the win, I thought the effort was very good against Charleston as well. So, hopefully, we can get another step forward tomorrow.

(02-01-2019 10:45 AM)TribePride91 Wrote:  but there are also road games at Hofstra and at Northeastern.

Fortunately, the Tribe has no fear about playing at Hofstra.

Agreed 9-9 is probably our ceiling in the CAA this year.

OTOH, 9-9 with a 5th place finish and a first round win in the tourney, followed by a competitive semi - I would take that in a heartbeat!

I think some of us are still looking to find a way to win 3 straight games in Charleston. I still think that is possible, but winning two games over Charleston/Hofstra/Northeastern is a very tall task. I know it puts me in the tinfold hat crowd, but I think someone else needs to knock out Charleston unless we face them in the finals.

Tribal, I'm impressed that William & Mary lists career points going that far down. Hofstra only lists career points of players with at least 1,000. They have the names of every player, but not points or anything else.

Thank you MrsGotRibe for following me on Twitter.

(02-01-2019 01:51 PM)TribePride91 Wrote:  I think some of us are still looking to find a way to win 3 straight games in Charleston. I still think that is possible, but winning two games over Charleston/Hofstra/Northeastern is a very tall task. I know it puts me in the tinfold hat crowd, but I think someone else needs to knock out Charleston unless we face them in the finals.

No question Hofstra has been the best team so far. But, I would not rate them as the favorite in the tournament. With the tourney being in Charleston, I think they are still a slight favorite over Hofstra and Northeastern right now. Hard to envision any of the other 7 teams with a real shot and none of the 4 teams in the 7-10 & 8-9 games have any chance. Delaware could still end up in the top 3 if they keep winning. Any chance the Tribe has at the top 4 depends on a win tomorrow.

It is definitely a 3 horse race.

(02-01-2019 01:51 PM)TribePride91 Wrote:  I think some of us are still looking to find a way to win 3 straight games in Charleston. I still think that is possible, but winning two games over Charleston/Hofstra/Northeastern is a very tall task. I know it puts me in the tinfold hat crowd, but I think someone else needs to knock out Charleston unless we face them in the finals.

Which is exactly why we need the get the #5 instead of the #6, who will probably play Charleston right away. I'd like to give as much of a chance as possible for someone to knock them off. Much more comfortable with a potential matchup against Hofstra in the semis.

(01-31-2019 10:00 PM)Tribester Wrote:  What happens if Hofstra finishes the CAA at 18-0...and loses by one in double OT to Charleston on the worst no call by a ref in NCAA history in the tourney final? Does 29-4 get them an at large bid? I know their non conference slate was garbage, but would the committee have the guts to keep a 29 win team out of the tourney?

Obviously very difficult for any mid-major to finish with five losses or fewer, and most of those who have run the table in conference hold serve in the tournament. But a fairly close analogue to this is 2013 Stephen F. Austin, who finished 27-4 while losing by two in the last seconds of their conference title game. There was some discussion of them getting an at-large, but it wasn't all that much of a debate and in the end they were given an away game in the NIT.

You pretty much have to be one of the 45-50 best teams in the country to get an at-large. I don't think Hofstra is near that right now, but if they won 11 more, depending on what those wins looked like, it would definitely merit some discussion.