Wonder if it will be "a close brush" with Colgate??   To the team and staff's credit - A LOT of them were at the game last night Cheering the Ladies on -  At the other games I've seen maybe one or two of them - nearly all were there last night.

 

El D, I'm with you; the team should really be 9-3 going into the Colgate game and 10-3 thereafter.  New, young or unfamiliar players, whatever Ferry's rationale, this team should not have lost at least 3 of those non-conference games. 

Up by 11 at the half. Ended the half with two SFs (Abrahamson & Mike) on the floor with three guards.
 

yak-rbc wrote:

can't watch at work, but i can check a stat sheet. 35-24 duq, only 4 TOs and 40% FG. Those numbers please me.

I.Mike and Tarin lead the way with 9 points, JRob has 4 boards in 5 mins

JRob couldn't get it going offensively, but he's snagged a few nice rebounds and his defense seems to be improving. He had a nice block.

Good effort today. Colgate punched us in the mouth with a 7-0 run to start the second half but the guys responded well. The two freshmen seem to be growing in confidence every game. The emergence of Castro will certainly help our cause in the A10. Glad abrahamson is back. Hopefully his wrist continues to heal because he can be a real asset if he is on.

This team defends much better than previous squads, especially the three point shooters, the stop of the second half opening run and the turn around at least shows progress. Lewis II and I Mike continue to impress.

Smith is playing well and was a real Jumping Jack on the block shot late in the game, nice to see Kale hit some three's, he really stroked the 2nd one from far out.

Good Win!🎅🏼 Merry Christmas

"Harper at half time with Ray Goss
Strategic plan in place
Now in execution phase
People should be excitement in 6 to 8 months"

6-8 months is after this season which I hope means hiring a good coach in the strategic plan.  If it isn't hiring a good coach he can put a wet bar in and it won't matter.  An excellent coach has to be the center - if he doesn't understand this - then he was not the right man to be hired.

Geez, Harper, if you start drinking the Ferry Kool-Aid, I am outta here.

ED and FAM, posted this in the Ferry Thread, but worth repeating:

As of this morning, our strength of schedule ranking at KenPom is 343th in the country, the 9th easiest slate. If you pull out the Kentucky game, it's the 2nd easiest schedule (yeah, that's a cherry pick). But to hear Ferry talk about the brutal non-con schedule is disingenuous.

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Maybe he's talking about the WBB schedule. Hell of a mixup.

That makes sense. Thanks.

applecorps wrote:

TomSpud wrote:

I listened to the entire halftime interview by  Ray Goss with Mr. Harper.  They had been talking about the WBB and I'm pretty sure the brutal non-conference schedule Mr. Harper was referring to is that of the women's team, which has lost to three nationally-ranked teams. 

Great first post Spud.

The quote was very troubling when it appeared to be Mr. Harper referring to the men's program. thx 

I took it as 100% talking about the men's team but I've been wrong before. Maybe someone can get another listen to it.