Game 32: Atlantic 10 Tournament - #5 GMU vs #13 St. Bonaventure game on Thursday, March 12 at 2:00PM.

[GMU79]

Take it easy guys on the topic, this can go down the wrong road.

Let’s focus our complaints on today’s loss.

Not me this time!
Ban 'em, ban 'em, I say!

 

[DRK331]

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Post game presser here

Tony Skinn's part is at 24:27

 

[Patriot Lawdog]

The good and the bad of the current world Mason is in...What you did 2 months ago means nothing. Everyone starts fresh every year. When you have a sh*tty end to a season like we did, you flush it because most of the players are gone anyway.

 

[nchocola]

As long as we have Tony, we will always have a chance. He’s not the best in game coach, but he is young still. He has room to grow.

Just really bad turnovers in the second half. No Fatt Hill hurt because Troutman had a very poor game.

Back to the portal.

I think Tony needs to try and schedule a few quad 1/2 games away in non-conference play next year. They need to try and position themselves to at least have a chance at large. I’d rather lose some of those games than go 13-0 against mainly quad 3/4.

 

[Portlandian]

Mason did play a distractingly large amount of out of conference road games. That VA Tech road loss used to feel like such a millstone.

 

[TweederGMU]

Here's my analysis on the formula for an A10 team to have a shot at an at-large, based off the past 3-4 years.

In conference - Can't lose more than 3 games and preferably none at home to mid-bottom to far bottom tier teams (no upsets). 4 loses (MAY be acceptable in some years) but we really need to keep it at 3 and under losses. 15-3, or better, is where we need to be.

OOC - We HAVE to schedule better. Put us in an opportunity to get good wins at a neutral or away site, don't be scared to schedule tough. Also, we need to destroy (consistent 15+ point wins) the lesser quad 3 and 4 teams and pick up wins against good competition - in Quad 1 and 2 ranges.

vcu is predicted to be in the tourney now.... and their best OOC win this year is VT and/or South Florida. Other than that.... they went 15-3 in conference and tested themselves in a MTE tournament. They lost to solid teams in Utah State (lost by 3), NC State, #22 Vandy, New Mexico (lost by 3). They only lost to a ranked St. Louis twice and us in conference.... they took care of business in their conference slate which means a ton.

I think the NCAA committee evaluators always value consistency in a team's conference - a big factor I've heard conference chairs state acceptance on a team is that they were consistent (meaning good) throughout the year and especially in their conference.

Here's the freaking annual blueprint.

Love,

Tweeder