Game 16: GMU (10-5 / 1-1) vs Richmond (7-8 / 2-0) on Wednesday, January 8, at 7:00 PM.

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Richmond was picked to finish 7th in A10 Preseason Polls. No one on Richmond received any kind of preseason accolades.

The game is on ESPN+.

KenPom:
Gives us a 90% chance of winning.
GMU - 82
Richmond - 239
NET:
Mason - 83
Richmond - 273

We are 30-42 (.416) against Richmond all-time.

Richmond is currently 7-8 on the season and 2-0 in A10 play. They are 4-3 at home, 1-4 on the road, and 2-1 at neutral sites.

Schedule: https://richmondspiders.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Wins: Mount Olive (101-68), Maine (70-66), Florida Tech (67-57), Ball St. (73-60), VMI (78-71), GW (66-61), UMass (72-64)
Losses: Marist (79-72), Charlotte (65-48), Bucknell (80-76 2 OT), Louisiana Tech (65-62), #2 Auburn (98-54), Belmont (93-86), William & Mary (93-87), Florida Gulf Coast (75-57)

Probable Starters: 8 different Spiders have started this season. Players below started against GW.
6’0” Delonnie Hunt - 17.6 ppg & 4.1 reb - Senior
6’8” Dusan Nescovic - 12.9 ppg - Grad Student
5’10” Mikkel Tyne - 9.2 ppg - Sophomore
6’5” Jason Roche - 6.0 ppg - Senior
6’11” Mike Walz - 4.8 ppg & 6.4 reb - Junior

Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6’6” Collin Tanner - 2.8 ppg - Sophomore - has 4 starts
6’8” Apostolos Roumoglou - 5.7 ppg & 5.6 reb - Junior - has 6 starts
5’10” B. Artis White - 2.9 ppg - Grad Student
6’10” Jonathan Beagle - 9.3 ppg & 5.1 reb - Junior - has 8 starts

Roster:

Team Stats:

Richmond averages 71.2 points per game (14th in the A10) while giving up 73.6 12th in the A10).

The Spiders shoot 41.4% from the floor (Last in the A10) and 29.0% from 3 (10th in the A10).
Opponents are shooting 42.0% from the field and 34.2% from 3.

They shoot 76.9% from the free throw line (1st in the A10).

The Spiders have been out rebounded opponents by 2.1 boards per game and average 10.1 turnovers per contest.

Stats: https://richmondspiders.com/documents/2024/11/7/Combined_Stats.pdf

Thoughts: The Spiders are 0-1 against Quad 1 teams, 0-1 against Quad 2 teams, 1-4 against Quad 3 teams, and are 2-3 against Quad 4 teams. Given their shooting numbers, our defense, and the fact that the game is at EBA you have to go with us winning by 8 to 10 points. Oh, who really cares, we screwed the pooch against Rhode Island and just as easily could again.

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hoops10

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Delonnie Hunt is their top contributor. He is quick, good shot and drives the lanes. Its time for Billups to saddle up and clamp him down.
 

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Delonnie Hunt is their top contributor. He is quick, good shot and drives the lanes. Its time for Billups to saddle up and clamp him down.
I trust that he will.
Tony just has to tell him to never shoot the ball again.
 

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I trust that he will.
Tony just has to tell him to never shoot the ball again.

Billups didn't take a bad shot. It was generally on target. He simply missed it. But, then again, what shots has he made? Coach Skinn says that Jared's a good shooter [just not during games... ugh].

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Take care of home court. That is all.
 
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jruby

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Home game, defense and crowd wins it. Not worried about a bad Richmond team. Hit shots and make foul shots win by 20+ if not squeak out a close one.
 

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Per Mooney, Roche will be out for this game - had a procedure this morning to re-align his nose after breaking it vs. GW. Should be able to return for Saturday’s game.
 
The crowd might actually be pretty good with the high schools unnecessarily closed another day so no HS sports that night and Jimmy Carter Death Day getting the feds off Thursday
 
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