Game 23: GMU (20-2 / 8-1) vs Duquesne (11-10 / 3-5) on Wednesday, February 4, at 7:00 PM.

[Patriot Blue]

Why can't we beat Duquesne? Sad going into St. Joe's. These guys pretty much assured GMU of the NIT last year too.

Don't sleep on the Hawks

 

[jruby]

Oh well, just an absolutely horrible loss. Just have to hope he doesn't leave. Injuries just kept pilling up and no one stepped up tonight. No coming back from this one. Post season rattle of 3 or 4 in a row now. Really going to need a miracle in a city i'm not sure they have ever even won a single game in?

 

[hoops10]

CTS needs to get off his affinity for Sivka. Nothing personal but the guy has no defensive skills. He needs some underneath defense and he just doesnt play Kanga nearly enough. Just a poorly played and coached game. Maybe its what they need.

 

[mshin5]

I’m being so serious that Kanga should be starting. He’s miles better than Presley and I would like to see Adobayo playing again after it seems he has been permanently benched. I think Presley deserves that same treatment. Keep Sivka at a limited role and bring him out for those late game situations instead.

 

[GMU1983]

Quad 3 loss…we are almost certain to have to win the tournament now!

 

[JimP]

Don't sleep on the Hawks

The Hawks have been on a roll and every Mason game comes down to a few possessions. Impossible to be overconfident.

 

[jruby]

We’d have to pull off a miracle to get the at-large bid now

I think top 4 is in jeopardy. No chance of an At-Large they could win out and won't get in.

 

[GMUgemini]

We’d have to pull off a miracle to get the at-large bid now

Oh, this killed any thought of an at-large. Our SOS was bad enough that a single Q3 loss was going to keep us out no matter what.

 

[JimP]

Was 57 or 58 to 50 GMU. Step it up there and put the opponent away at that point.

Sigh. Easy for me to say I guess.

 

[gmutom]

We didn’t deserve to win this game. For all the nonstop talk here about our post players, Tony and our guards need to own this loss.

Long played well but we can’t afford to get 16 combined points from Mincy, Hill, Troutman and Presley and expect to win.

And Tony needs to like take a long look in the mirror, because his stubbornness to change the starting lineup and inability to scheme against a zone defense is killing us right now.

 

[TheStringer]

We didn’t deserve to win this game. For all the nonstop talk here about our post players, Tony and our guards need to own this loss.

Long played well but we can’t afford to get 16 combined points from Mincy, Hill, Troutman and Presley and expect to win.

And Tony needs to like take a long look in the mirror, because his stubbornness to change the starting lineup and inability to scheme against a zone defense is killing us right now.

10000000% right. Guards f**king blew it by their inability to hold onto the ball and break a zone. Presley starting and getting 6 minutes is so f**king asinine to me. Why start him if you won’t even play him?

 

[mshin5]

I hope CTS can now confidently say that the starting line up needs some fixing. Of course it had to take a bad loss to hopefully knock some sense that some of the guys starting just don’t deserve it

 

[Patriotsince81]

Well, that was a direct kick in the nuts I hoped we could avoid. Now in a dogfight to stay in the top 4 given our remaining schedule. Disappointed to say the least.

 

[GSII]

Oh well, just an absolutely horrible loss. Just have to hope he doesn't leave. Injuries just kept pilling up and no one stepped up tonight. No coming back from this one. Post season rattle of 3 or 4 in a row now. Really going to need a miracle in a city i'm not sure they have ever even won a single game in?

Stop being a drama queen.

 

[Patriotsince81]

I appreciate any and all efforts to improve student attendance and engagement but tonight was a fail on all counts. We'll need better on Saturday.

 

[jruby]

I appreciate any and all efforts to improve student attendance and engagement but tonight was a fail on all counts. We'll need better on Saturday.

Let the kegs flow and they will come...

 

[Patriotsince81]

Let the kegs flow and they will come...

$50 says some undergrad will puke his/her guts out and shut down at least one bathroom.

 

[jruby]

$50 says some undergrad will puke his/her guts out and shut down at least one bathroom.

That's 100% guaranteed!

 

[Sport31]

Total team loss. 17 TOs ,missed free throws, poor interior defense once again. We are all lying to ourselves if we say we didn't see this coming. We haven't led at halftime in three quarters of our conference games. Pulled 3 games out in the last 2 min and if we didn't have Mjncy we would be a .500 team. Most of us are calling for a new starting 5 minus Presley and Troutman, can't spare the coaches anymore, it is broke now fix it.

 

[TweederGMU]

We’d have to pull off a miracle to get the at-large bid now

No freaking way now. Have to win the A-10 tourney.

URI and now this loss was the nail in coffin.