2022-2023 Season: Games of Interest - Future Opponents

[TweederGMU]

I think Gw is gonna struggle here on out bc they have a short rotation. Don’t think they’ll get top 4.

Of course I can totally be wrong too.

Well they arguably have the best 1-2 Guard Combo in the A-10 and that usually can get them sniffing the Top 4. All comes down to what Lindo and the rest can contribute in games. Dean sucks but seems to be around the rim to cleanup shots. Besides the vcu game, they could very well win the rest of their games.

Fordham and Bonny are coming on strong and never count out a Mark Schmidt coached team. Ugh, pains me to say it.

 

[psyclone]

Well they arguably have the best 1-2 Guard Combo in the A-10 and that usually can get them sniffing the Top 4. All comes down to what Lindo and the rest can contribute in games. Dean sucks but seems to be around the rim to cleanup shots. Besides the vcu game, they could very well win the rest of their games.

Fordham and Bonny are coming on strong and never count out a Mark Schmidt coached team. Ugh, pains me to say it.

Anything is possible, I suppose, but kenpom has GW as underdogs in each of their remaining 8 games except for their home game against LaSalle.

As for their guard play, here's what A10talk said:
"Duquesne came out early blitzing GW ball handlers and trying to wreak havoc in the passing lanes. Pressuring GW on the ball has been an especially effective strategy for opponents. With the only true guards on the roster being senior James Bishop and grad Brendan Adams, it can be often difficult for them to move the ball forward and initiate offense when faced with pressure like they saw against Duquesne. "

GW Loses Third Straight, Can’t Contain Duquesne Offensive Explosion

(Photo courtesy of Ryan Landry) FOGGY BOTTOM – George Washington, who has now lost three games in a row and has had their top four hopes all but extinguished, came out flat against Duquesne o…

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[psyclone]

Dayton up 7 at vcu with 3 min left Malachi Smith out with ankle injury but Brea doing well at. pg. vcu 7-15 on FTs.

 

[GMUYoda]

Last two minutes of this game is a slog

 

[GMUYoda]

vcu was 10-20 from the FT line... and somehow nearly came back from down 7 with a minute left. Dayton nearly gave the game away too with their poor FT shooting late as well

Dayton wins 62-58

 

[psyclone]

Dayton up 7 at vcu with 3 min left Malachi Smith out with ankle injury but Brea doing well at. pg. vcu 7-15 on FTs.

Flyers by 4 with some nervous turnovers in the last minute. Baldwin regresses to the mean.

 

[psyclone]

SLU almost blows game in last minute but scores the last 5 pts at home to beat URI by that margin.

 

[jessej]

GWU over Richmond in Double OT

3 Double Doubles
Bishop 33 points, 10 assists
Lindo, Jr. 18 points, 13 rebounds
Edwards 11 points, 16 rebounds

and
Adams 35 points

they dont have much of a bench, and they may lose on saturday because of being tired,
but they may be rested for us next week

George Washington 107-105 Richmond (Feb 8, 2023) Game Recap - ESPN

Expert recap and game analysis of the George Washington Revolutionaries vs. Richmond Spiders NCAAM game from February 8, 2023 on ESPN.

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[GMUSSTN]

We'll be lucky to get 2 more wins out of this schedule. GW is going to have a field day with us.

 

[psyclone]

Dayton up 7 at home vs SLU at the half. ESPN2. Dayton bigs with foul issues dealing with Holmes.

Dalen Cuff does a pretty good job with the analyses.

 

[phoenix-arizona]

Appreciation and happiness for Fordham on hitting 20 wins for the season. Per the Wiki ''This is the first 20 win season since the 1990-91 season''

 

[GMU79]

Appreciation and happiness for Fordham on hitting 20 wins for the season. Per the Wiki ''This is the first 20 win season since the 1990-91 season''

Good for them, and happy for DP.

 

[mkaufman1]

Checking in on some of our nonconf opponents

Boston College- 192 NET- 12 wins 15 losses
Tulane- 90 NET 16 wins 7 losses
Hofstra- 87 NET 19 wins 8 losses
Queens-215 NET 13 wins 11 losses
Belmont- 116 NET 18 wins 9 losses
Buffalo- 188 NET 10 wins 14 losses
Toledo- 95 NET 19 wins 6 losses

I obviously didn't do all the teams but maybe at the end of the year I will do that.

Best home win right now looks like Hofstra followed by the neutral win against Tulane and home win against Toledo
Best overall win right now also looks like Hofstra
3 wins in the top 100 as of right now.

 

[GMUYoda]

Surprised that vcu just took Fordham behind the woodshed

 

[patriotchild]

Surprised that vcu just took Fordham behind the woodshed

Think it makes it pretty clear how mediocre the A10 is. Fordham ooc was super weak and they had a favorable conf schedule due to imbalanced schedule. like us, they weren’t supposed to good and didn’t get teams like Dayton vcu SLU twice. Difference so far is that they’ve handled their business against the rest of the mediocre teams and took one from SLU

 

[gmujim92]

GW blows 16-point lead at Bona, then Bishop gets fouled on a 3 with 2 seconds left in OT and drains all 3 free throws. GW 83, Bona 81.

After all of the ups and downs, Mason is now solo sixth place, only one spot lower than we were picked in the A-10 preseason poll.

Crazy.

 

[psyclone]

GW blows 16-point lead at Bona, then Bishop gets fouled on a 3 with 2 seconds left in OT and drains all 3 free throws. GW 83, Bona 81.

After all of the ups and downs, Mason is now solo sixth place, only one spot lower than we were picked in the A-10 preseason poll.

Crazy.

Bonnies were outplayed badly by GW from the 10 min mark until the last few minutes of regulation when they were within 8-10 points. GW turned it over several times against the Bonnies press to send it into OT.

Kenpom now has 3 teams projected for the 6-8 seeds with 9-9 records: Mason, LaSalle, and GW. Anyone know how a 3 way tie is broken? If it's the team's record against the other 2 teams we'll finish 2-1. LaSalle on the the other hand is currently 1-1 but has a remaining game at GW, which is currently 1-2.

Of course, it's no gimme that we'll finish 9-9 with 2 games on the road (Dayton and Richmond) and a tough home game against Fordham.

 

[GMUgemini]

Bonnies were outplayed badly by GW from the 10 min mark until the last few minutes of regulation when they were within 8-10 points. GW turned it over several times against the Bonnies press to send it into OT.

Kenpom now has 3 teams projected for the 6-8 seeds with 9-9 records: Mason, LaSalle, and GW. Anyone know how a 3 way tie is broken? If it's the team's record against the other 2 teams we'll finish 2-1. LaSalle on the the other hand is currently 1-1 but has a remaining game at GW, which is currently 1-2.

Of course, it's no gimme that we'll finish 9-9 with 2 games on the road (Dayton and Richmond) and a tough home game against Fordham.

Yes, that’s how it works. And it’s winning percentage versus the other team in the group, so Mason’s 2-1 would be better than GW’s 2-2 (assuming they win). If La Salle wins, we’d be tied and then it would go head-to-head (and we’d own the tiebreaker over them).

The simple solution is to just have a better record and not have to worry about it.

 

[MasonFanatic]

GW blows 16-point lead at Bona, then Bishop gets fouled on a 3 with 2 seconds left in OT and drains all 3 free throws. GW 83, Bona 81.

After all of the ups and downs, Mason is now solo sixth place, only one spot lower than we were picked in the A-10 preseason poll.

Crazy.

6th is exactly where I said we'd finish if we still had PG issues. Crazy.

 

[psyclone]

Difficult as it may be emotionally, I'm thinking that it's better for us to root for vcu over St. Joe's tonight to create more distance between Mason and the Hawks. They have the head-to-head tiebreaker with us and would only lower our winning % if we wind up in a multi-team tie in the middle of the pack.