(12-30-2023 04:30 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  BTW, we play Elon at home on Thursday. That's our best chance for a conference win this season. I can't see us winning many at all.

Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

Billymac, I hear you, but A&T and NE are both on the road. Hampton is our last home game, so who knows by then.

(12-30-2023 05:12 PM)billymac Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 04:30 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  BTW, we play Elon at home on Thursday. That's our best chance for a conference win this season. I can't see us winning many at all.

Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

Yet so many believe our best chance for long-term success is to remain in this miserable conference.

(12-30-2023 06:12 PM)ScottyB757 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 05:12 PM)billymac Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 04:30 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  BTW, we play Elon at home on Thursday. That's our best chance for a conference win this season. I can't see us winning many at all.

Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

Yet so many believe our best chance for long-term success is to remain in this miserable conference.

anybody know if the wounded warriors were at the game ???

(12-30-2023 06:18 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 06:12 PM)ScottyB757 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 05:12 PM)billymac Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 04:30 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  BTW, we play Elon at home on Thursday. That's our best chance for a conference win this season. I can't see us winning many at all.

Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

Yet so many believe our best chance for long-term success is to remain in this miserable conference.

anybody know if the wounded warriors were at the game ???

Tai, Noah, and Jake were on the bench. Didn’t see Jack.

(12-30-2023 06:12 PM)ScottyB757 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 05:12 PM)billymac Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 04:30 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  BTW, we play Elon at home on Thursday. That's our best chance for a conference win this season. I can't see us winning many at all.

Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

Yet so many believe our best chance for long-term success is to remain in this miserable conference.

If we're at the bottom of the CAA I can still think "at least we're not in the Patriot League". If we move to the Patriot and sink to the bottom then I don't even have that.

(12-30-2023 09:38 PM)dploew Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 06:18 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 06:12 PM)ScottyB757 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 05:12 PM)billymac Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 04:30 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  BTW, we play Elon at home on Thursday. That's our best chance for a conference win this season. I can't see us winning many at all.

Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

Yet so many believe our best chance for long-term success is to remain in this miserable conference.

anybody know if the wounded warriors were at the game ???

Tai, Noah, and Jake were on the bench. Didn’t see Jack.

Where’s Lemond?

(12-30-2023 05:12 PM)billymac Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 04:30 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  BTW, we play Elon at home on Thursday. That's our best chance for a conference win this season. I can't see us winning many at all.

Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

I just looked at your academic schedule and that's the problem. It looks like classes don't start until January 24th? For comparison, UNCW starts classes on January 10th. If we started that late we'd be in the exact same position, lol. Hofstra doesn't start back until January 29th so they have four home games before students return.

Jan 24 before classes begin? My how the academic calendar has changed.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lots of things have changed, but there is one constant, the Tribe’s inability to be competitive on the road. 3-40 now and nearly all in non competitive fashion. When you are that bad, you could be last in a conference of two. Even the Swenson years during my time looked better than this. In the current college framework, it takes a special person to want to stay on a ship that sails that way. It is much easier to just start over. Hope they do better in conference play, but it seems like it would take a major change to accomplish that.

(12-31-2023 04:41 AM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 09:38 PM)dploew Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 06:18 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 06:12 PM)ScottyB757 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 05:12 PM)billymac Wrote:  Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

Yet so many believe our best chance for long-term success is to remain in this miserable conference.

anybody know if the wounded warriors were at the game ???

Tai, Noah, and Jake were on the bench. Didn’t see Jack.

Where’s Lemond?

Forgot about him. We were sitting across from the bench and I'm pretty sure I did not see him, but not 100% sure he wasn't there. Hamilton was under the basket passing balls in warmups. Others sat on the bench.

(12-31-2023 02:31 PM)dploew Wrote:  

(12-31-2023 04:41 AM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 09:38 PM)dploew Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 06:18 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 06:12 PM)ScottyB757 Wrote:  Yet so many believe our best chance for long-term success is to remain in this miserable conference.

anybody know if the wounded warriors were at the game ???

Tai, Noah, and Jake were on the bench. Didn’t see Jack.

Where’s Lemond?

Forgot about him. We were sitting across from the bench and I'm pretty sure I did not see him, but not 100% sure he wasn't there. Hamilton was under the basket passing balls in warmups. Others sat on the bench.

I totally understand HIPPA, and a player’s right to confidentiality when it comes to injuries. But it is really disconcerting when a player that we believe is injured is not even sitting on the bench.

We can pretty much conclude that Noah’s injury is related to his knee that held him out at the start of the season, but I do not recall him getting dinged up during the 3 games that he played in his return at Air Force yet he was back in street clothes at Norfolk State. As a die hard fan, I am certainly not looking for confidential medical updates, but it would be nice if we had some estimated time table to look forward to his return.

The same goes for Jack. The only reason any of us know anything about his absence is because I believe that it was Big John who said that he sustained a concussion at Richmond. I really like it when Jack plays and it just makes me nervous when I do not even see him on the bench, even though concussion protocol would certainly explain his absence.

Regarding the 2 Freshmen, I saw Tai on crutches at the ODU game, and without crutches at the Virginia Lynchburg game, but he is at least sitting on the bench. The Lemond absence, however, worries me and makes my mind flash back to Thornton Scott.

I fully understand that I have no right to any information. But some harmless updates would certainly be appreciated, especially when I am working real hard to get excited about 4 of our first 5 CAA games being at home. A healthy team, combined with a home crowd, could wash the memory of the non conference schedule away real quick.

(12-31-2023 05:37 PM)WMTRIBE75 Wrote:  

(12-31-2023 02:31 PM)dploew Wrote:  

(12-31-2023 04:41 AM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 09:38 PM)dploew Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 06:18 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  anybody know if the wounded warriors were at the game ???

Tai, Noah, and Jake were on the bench. Didn’t see Jack.

Where’s Lemond?

Forgot about him. We were sitting across from the bench and I'm pretty sure I did not see him, but not 100% sure he wasn't there. Hamilton was under the basket passing balls in warmups. Others sat on the bench.

I totally understand HIPPA, and a player’s right to confidentiality when it comes to injuries. But it is really disconcerting when a player that we believe is injured is not even sitting on the bench.

We can pretty much conclude that Noah’s injury is related to his knee that held him out at the start of the season, but I do not recall him getting dinged up during the 3 games that he played in his return at Air Force yet he was back in street clothes at Norfolk State. As a die hard fan, I am certainly not looking for confidential medical updates, but it would be nice if we had some estimated time table to look forward to his return.

The same goes for Jack. The only reason any of us know anything about his absence is because I believe that it was Big John who said that he sustained a concussion at Richmond. I really like it when Jack plays and it just makes me nervous when I do not even see him on the bench, even though concussion protocol would certainly explain his absence.

Regarding the 2 Freshmen, I saw Tai on crutches at the ODU game, and without crutches at the Virginia Lynchburg game, but he is at least sitting on the bench. The Lemond absence, however, worries me and makes my mind flash back to Thornton Scott.

I fully understand that I have no right to any information. But some harmless updates would certainly be appreciated, especially when I am working real hard to get excited about 4 of our first 5 CAA games being at home. A healthy team, combined with a home crowd, could wash the memory of the non conference schedule away real quick.

Hopefully we will see both on the bench Next Thursday !! I would hate to think they have left the team!!!

(12-30-2023 11:50 PM)WMInTheBurg Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 06:12 PM)ScottyB757 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 05:12 PM)billymac Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 04:30 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  BTW, we play Elon at home on Thursday. That's our best chance for a conference win this season. I can't see us winning many at all.

Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

Yet so many believe our best chance for long-term success is to remain in this miserable conference.

If we're at the bottom of the CAA I can still think "at least we're not in the Patriot League". If we move to the Patriot and sink to the bottom then I don't even have that.

Announcers for Navy were promoting that we should be in the Patriot league


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

(12-31-2023 10:57 PM)wmmii Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 11:50 PM)WMInTheBurg Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 06:12 PM)ScottyB757 Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 05:12 PM)billymac Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 04:30 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  BTW, we play Elon at home on Thursday. That's our best chance for a conference win this season. I can't see us winning many at all.

Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

Yet so many believe our best chance for long-term success is to remain in this miserable conference.

If we're at the bottom of the CAA I can still think "at least we're not in the Patriot League". If we move to the Patriot and sink to the bottom then I don't even have that.

Announcers for Navy were promoting that we should be in the Patriot league

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Most Patriot League supporters wish they had better schools in their conference.

(12-30-2023 01:32 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  I like the principle behind how the offense we play works, but for whatever reason, we cannot consistently run it or get looks out of it. It's designed to be free flowing and allow guys to create. What we get is guys uncomfortable with the ball, jacked up 3's outside of the offense, or give the ball to Chase and go one on one. We are about to enter into conference play now. Guys should have a pretty good grasp on running this offense, but instead it appears we've regressed. Have the players checked out on it? Can the coaches not teach it? The lack of fundamentals is glaring.
This is the last bad team we are going to face this year and we are teetering on getting blown out

We're very much in the same boat here. It's a fine offense conceptually but in practice we look terrible. Getting to watch in person with the "full court" view, we look so stagnant. Players just standing on the wings clearly out of the play. It's little wonder we constantly get bad looks. I was struck by our defensive looks as well. I brought a friend to the game (not a fan of either team so he was a neutral observer) and he mentioned just how deep our defense sags off the 3 point perimeter and yet we were consistently getting beat to the rim.

Really frustrating when it feels like the team is being put in a position where they could lose a game multiple ways.

(12-31-2023 07:21 AM)82hawk Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 05:12 PM)billymac Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 04:30 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  BTW, we play Elon at home on Thursday. That's our best chance for a conference win this season. I can't see us winning many at all.

Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

I just looked at your academic schedule and that's the problem. It looks like classes don't start until January 24th? For comparison, UNCW starts classes on January 10th. If we started that late we'd be in the exact same position, lol. Hofstra doesn't start back until January 29th so they have four home games before students return.

I just learned today that the late start was instituted to allow for winter programs to be held. It isn't a traditional J term like Elon and others have (see below), but it is a small move in that direction. Without the late start, it wouldn't be possible to fit it in.
https://www.wm.edu/offices/registrar/cal...rprograms/

(01-03-2024 01:18 PM)3xTribe Wrote:  

(12-31-2023 07:21 AM)82hawk Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 05:12 PM)billymac Wrote:  

(12-30-2023 04:30 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  BTW, we play Elon at home on Thursday. That's our best chance for a conference win this season. I can't see us winning many at all.

Well, you better hope NC A&T doesn't get kicked out. They, along with Hampton and Northeastern are the only other CAA schools to enter conference play with a losing record (Elon is 7-6).
A&T and Hampton are the only school to have struggled more than us.

Also, I don't know what the CAA has against us, but each school only gets 9 home games and four of ours (the first 4 home games) are scheduled before the students return, so no real home crowd advantage for any of those important early games.

I'm betting no other school has that many. Typical CAA.

I just looked at your academic schedule and that's the problem. It looks like classes don't start until January 24th? For comparison, UNCW starts classes on January 10th. If we started that late we'd be in the exact same position, lol. Hofstra doesn't start back until January 29th so they have four home games before students return.

I just learned today that the late start was instituted to allow for winter programs to be held. It isn't a traditional J term like Elon and others have (see below), but it is a small move in that direction. Without the late start, it wouldn't be possible to fit it in.
https://www.wm.edu/offices/registrar/cal...rprograms/

That link wasn't working for me, but I think this is the page that you were referencing: https://www.wm.edu/offices/registrar/cal...rprograms/