Year 4 - 2022-2023 is on.
Starters:
Rice Lewis Wight Hatton Kochera
New: Karasinski
Transfers In: ??
As stands need transfer athletic wings

We have only 2 or 3 players good enough to start for us next year if we want a winning team.


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Here’s hoping:

1). current players get better and not worse,
2). incoming freshmen are the real deal,
3). we get a couple of experienced studs from the portal,
4). coaches figure out how to put together a system that works with the talent we have at both ends of the floor,
5). we make foul shots,
6). turnovers, being out quicked & pushed around, and out of control drives are uncommon,
7). assists, made 3 point shots, defensive stops and controlled drives are common,
8). there is chemistry and rhythm.

That is all!


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(03-08-2022 04:52 PM)LeadBolt Wrote:  Here’s hoping:

1). current players get better and not worse,
2). incoming freshmen are the real deal,
5). we make foul shots,

Three comments:

1. Hope is not a strategy.

2. Hasn’t #1 and #2 (above) been on every list for the last three years? Here’s “hoping” that, for twice (other than Kochera), it happens.

3. #5 (above) is always a worthwhile goal!

2021-2022 National Rankings (thru 3/7/22) to beat in 2022-2023:

Field Goal % made Tribe = 340/358
3 pt FG % made Tribe = 308/358
FT % made Tribe = 215/358
TO's/game Tribe = 7/358
Steals/game Tribe = 168/358
Fouls/game Tribe = 173/358
OReb/game Tribe = 192/358
DReb/game Tribe = 202/358
Tot Reb/game Tribe = 199/358
Assists/game Tribe = 288/358
Blocks/game Tribe = 198/358
Points/game Tribe = 333/358
Points Allowed/game Tribe = 299/358

I don't think Hatton will start as long as Wight is healthy.

I suspect Covington is the 5th starter right now purely by process of elimination, much as I hope we wind up with a better plan than that.

(03-08-2022 09:15 PM)FauqDawg10 Wrote:  I don't think Hatton will start as long as Wight is healthy.

I suspect Covington is the 5th starter right now purely by process of elimination, much as I hope we wind up with a better plan than that.

I would love to have a more steady hand at the guard spot and bring in Yuri in the "energizer bunny" role. Let him come in with his aggressive on ball defense and attack mode. That way he potentially gives the squad a lift off the bench. If he's out of control and turning the ball over you aren't saddled to him with starter minutes.

(03-09-2022 05:21 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(03-08-2022 09:15 PM)FauqDawg10 Wrote:  I don't think Hatton will start as long as Wight is healthy.

I suspect Covington is the 5th starter right now purely by process of elimination, much as I hope we wind up with a better plan than that.

I would love to have a more steady hand at the guard spot and bring in Yuri in the "energizer bunny" role. Let him come in with his aggressive on ball defense and attack mode. That way he potentially gives the squad a lift off the bench. If he's out of control and turning the ball over you aren't saddled to him with starter minutes.

Oh I definitely agree.

So, does anyone with a steady hand want to play for us?

(03-08-2022 05:46 PM)LeadBolt Wrote:  2021-2022 National Rankings (thru 3/7/22) to beat in 2022-2023:

Field Goal % made Tribe = 340/358
3 pt FG % made Tribe = 308/358
FT % made Tribe = 215/358
TO's/game Tribe = 7/358
Steals/game Tribe = 168/358
Fouls/game Tribe = 173/358
OReb/game Tribe = 192/358
DReb/game Tribe = 202/358
Tot Reb/game Tribe = 199/358
Assists/game Tribe = 288/358
Blocks/game Tribe = 198/358
Points/game Tribe = 333/358
Points Allowed/game Tribe = 299/358

The thing that I find most surprising about these stats is that, apparently, somewhere in the country, there were SIX teams that made MORE TO's per game than we did...

wow.

(03-09-2022 09:30 AM)FauqDawg10 Wrote:  Oh I definitely agree.

So, does anyone with a steady hand want to play for us?

No one in particular. But, by midsummer there will be about a bazillion guards with D1 experience in the portal.

(03-09-2022 09:30 AM)billymac Wrote:  

(03-08-2022 05:46 PM)LeadBolt Wrote:  2021-2022 National Rankings (thru 3/7/22) to beat in 2022-2023:

Field Goal % made Tribe = 340/358
3 pt FG % made Tribe = 308/358
FT % made Tribe = 215/358
TO's/game Tribe = 7/358
Steals/game Tribe = 168/358
Fouls/game Tribe = 173/358
OReb/game Tribe = 192/358
DReb/game Tribe = 202/358
Tot Reb/game Tribe = 199/358
Assists/game Tribe = 288/358
Blocks/game Tribe = 198/358
Points/game Tribe = 333/358
Points Allowed/game Tribe = 299/358

The thing that I find most surprising about these stats is that, apparently, somewhere in the country, there were SIX teams that made MORE TO's per game than we did...

wow.

And yet, as horribly as we graded out on just about everything, our CAA season reflects the following:

TOWSON

Probably the only team that we were not competitive with but still led at halftime at their place and by 8 early in the second half.

UNCW

Had a chance to win at the buzzer at their place but lost in overtime

HOFSTRA

Beat them at Kaplan.

DREXEL

Dominated them for almost the entire game during our win on the road.

DELAWARE

Game at Kaplan went down to the wire

CHARLESTON

Lost by one with one second left at their place.

JMU

Blew 23 point lead at home and lost in overtime because we missed key free throws

ELON

Split 2 close games, losing the game on the road because we missed free throws in the last 2 minutes of the game.

NORTHEASTERN

Won at Kaplan and lost in overtime in the tourney.


As horrible as we were, we could have easily won 8 conference games if we had learned how to get out of our own way by reducing unnecessary turnovers and making free throws in end of game situations.

(03-09-2022 09:30 AM)billymac Wrote:  The thing that I find most surprising about these stats is that, apparently, somewhere in the country, there were SIX teams that made MORE TO's per game than we did...

wow.

I touched on it in a previous post at some point. A few of those 6 were truly bad. Some finished in the top half of their conference. The TOs are damning, but they can be offset if the team can score & defend well. Memphis (19-9), #347 in TOs, comes to mind. They just knocked off #1 seed Houston (#14 nationally) in the AAC tourney. SFA (#346) is 22-8 and the 3rd seed in the WAC. I hadn't realized that CofC was just behind us turning the ball over. It certainly hurt them, but didn't sink them the way it killed us. Reason being they could put the ball in the hoop.

Tribe was bottom half of the NCAA in most meaningful categories, and coupled with the ridiculous TOs struggles lead to an awful season.

I would not be surprised to see some of our current players enter the transfer portal or just quit the team. We have a lot of players with three years of eligibility left so some have to leave at some point or we don't honor all of their eligibility.

It is time for hard decisions and the past is only the predictor of the future for those foolish enough not to learn from history.

(03-09-2022 10:08 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(03-09-2022 09:30 AM)billymac Wrote:  The thing that I find most surprising about these stats is that, apparently, somewhere in the country, there were SIX teams that made MORE TO's per game than we did...

wow.

I touched on it in a previous post at some point. A few of those 6 were truly bad. Some finished in the top half of their conference. The TOs are damning, but they can be offset if the team can score & defend well. Memphis (19-9), #347 in TOs, comes to mind. They just knocked off #1 seed Houston (#14 nationally) in the AAC tourney. SFA (#346) is 22-8 and the 3rd seed in the WAC. I hadn't realized that CofC was just behind us turning the ball over. It certainly hurt them, but didn't sink them the way it killed us. Reason being they could put the ball in the hoop.

Tribe was bottom half of the NCAA in most meaningful categories, and coupled with the ridiculous TOs struggles lead to an awful season.

And if you had gone up about 3 more spots, a familiar name, VCU, would have appeared. They were among the best in the country in causing turnovers and among the worst in the nation at making them...talk about Jeckyll & Hyde.

(03-09-2022 11:49 AM)billymac Wrote:  

(03-09-2022 10:08 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(03-09-2022 09:30 AM)billymac Wrote:  The thing that I find most surprising about these stats is that, apparently, somewhere in the country, there were SIX teams that made MORE TO's per game than we did...

wow.

I touched on it in a previous post at some point. A few of those 6 were truly bad. Some finished in the top half of their conference. The TOs are damning, but they can be offset if the team can score & defend well. Memphis (19-9), #347 in TOs, comes to mind. They just knocked off #1 seed Houston (#14 nationally) in the AAC tourney. SFA (#346) is 22-8 and the 3rd seed in the WAC. I hadn't realized that CofC was just behind us turning the ball over. It certainly hurt them, but didn't sink them the way it killed us. Reason being they could put the ball in the hoop.

Tribe was bottom half of the NCAA in most meaningful categories, and coupled with the ridiculous TOs struggles lead to an awful season.

And if you had gone up about 3 more spots, a familiar name, VCU, would have appeared. They were among the best in the country in causing turnovers and among the worst in the nation at making them...talk about Jeckyll & Hyde.

Often teams that press and cause turnovers also make them in an up tempo offense. The trick is to cause your opponents to make more turnovers than you do.

(03-09-2022 11:49 AM)billymac Wrote:  And if you had gone up about 3 more spots, a familiar name, VCU, would have appeared. They were among the best in the country in causing turnovers and among the worst in the nation at making them...talk about Jeckyll & Hyde.

Fast pace will inflate per-game stats all over the place, artificially improving offensive "for" stats and worsening "against" stats.

(03-09-2022 09:58 AM)WMTRIBE75 Wrote:  

(03-09-2022 09:30 AM)billymac Wrote:  

(03-08-2022 05:46 PM)LeadBolt Wrote:  2021-2022 National Rankings (thru 3/7/22) to beat in 2022-2023:

Field Goal % made Tribe = 340/358
3 pt FG % made Tribe = 308/358
FT % made Tribe = 215/358
TO's/game Tribe = 7/358
Steals/game Tribe = 168/358
Fouls/game Tribe = 173/358
OReb/game Tribe = 192/358
DReb/game Tribe = 202/358
Tot Reb/game Tribe = 199/358
Assists/game Tribe = 288/358
Blocks/game Tribe = 198/358
Points/game Tribe = 333/358
Points Allowed/game Tribe = 299/358

The thing that I find most surprising about these stats is that, apparently, somewhere in the country, there were SIX teams that made MORE TO's per game than we did...

wow.

And yet, as horribly as we graded out on just about everything, our CAA season reflects the following:

TOWSON

Probably the only team that we were not competitive with but still led at halftime at their place and by 8 early in the second half.

UNCW

Had a chance to win at the buzzer at their place but lost in overtime

HOFSTRA

Beat them at Kaplan.

DREXEL

Dominated them for almost the entire game during our win on the road.

DELAWARE

Game at Kaplan went down to the wire

CHARLESTON

Lost by one with one second left at their place.

JMU

Blew 23 point lead at home and lost in overtime because we missed key free throws

ELON

Split 2 close games, losing the game on the road because we missed free throws in the last 2 minutes of the game.

NORTHEASTERN

Won at Kaplan and lost in overtime in the tourney.


As horrible as we were, we could have easily won 8 conference games if we had learned how to get out of our own way by reducing unnecessary turnovers and making free throws in end of game situations.

You have done a good job, intended or not, highlighting the 2022 state of CAA basketball. Will be interesting to see what seeding Delaware receives vis a vis likes of champions from Patriot, Big South, MEAC, etc. What also needs remembering is that the Tribe was in a position to lose some of the games the team won. The season could have been better from a record standpoint, but also could have been worse.

I would think Delaware, Colgate and Longwood have all earned a 15 so far, although perhaps Longwood could move up with some other losses. Would think the MEAC winner is headed for a 16.

Jamion Christian fired at GW. Can't imagine he would ever want to come back here, but would be nice for our next coach!