Why exactly should VCU be a ncaa team more than 50 percent of the time?
They made seven straight tourneys so that is their expectation. Should or not, there was a level of success that was built up over the last ten years that is starting to fade a bit.
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And yet even that is way better than Mooney. And Mooneyās had significantly more roster stability. Not to mention the 7 straight tournaments VCU made were also the Mooney era and he only made 1-2 during that stretch. But somehow Rhoades has job pressure and Mooney has an extensionā¦
And thatās before we even get into the piece that the 10-15 years before Mooney took over, Richmond was the superior program. He let his cross town rival lap him and is still surviving off that one sweet sixteen appearance.
VCU has had some bad injury / sickness luck recently, though at least one of those was (technically) a tourney year
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Mooney had a pretty special run end of last season.
With a bunch of 5th and 6th years. And even then he had to win the A10 tournament to make the danceā¦
All Iām saying is:
a) the Richmond fans I know are fed up with Mooneyās underperformance. He gave the city away to their rivals and has a good season once a blue moon to do just enough to not get fired
b) J Willy would do better
I have a very milquetoast take here: I kinda think Mooney and Rhoads have both been fine and their respective fanbases should be content. (Though, yes, Mooney probably saved his job last season ā but he did!)
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Idk man if we had a guy performing below the level of the 20ish years leading up to his tenure and Tech was rattling off 12 (I believe? somewhere in that range) tournament appearances in 18 or 19 years I donāt think weād be content. Think the main reason he gets way with it is people forget Mooney was already the coach during the Capel, Grant, and Smart years.
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This is it exactly.
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Thereās the other issue too.
When Richmond jumped to the A-10, its fans assumed an easier path to the dance in a multibid league rather than in an autobid CAA. But in about five years with Beilein and Wainwright, they made it only once. And in 16 tries with Mooney (excluding 2020), theyāve made it just three times (although they would have been a 6-9 seed in 2020 were there a tourney). They made it more in the CAA.
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WRT Cameron Carr: How are folks taking his decision to take an OV to Louisville this weekend? A few weeks ago, it was thought that if personal connections played a major role, it would be Kansas State or Northwestern. If recent basketball success was the primary consideration, it was thought to be between Virginia and Tennessee. So, now he is off to see Louisville. Is this just because his recruitment took off so late that now he wants a better feel of what his choices might be? Or, did he not find what he wanted at either Tennessee or Virginia? Also, with both Northwestern and Virginia, academics would require a bit of effort. At Louisville, who knows? Then thereās the issue of playing time. Which school has the clearest path to early PT? Just a bit curious. I had thought his decision was coming next week (and, it may still), but this weekendās venture seems a bit perplexing to someone like me who isnāt fully aware of all the issues at hand.
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Pure speculation, but I take it as he still hasnāt found what heās looking for. If a kid is really excited about one of the schools heās already seen, it makes sense heād still do his due diligence and visit the others, but once heād done that heād pick the one he liked. Youād only add another late entry if you havenāt clicked yet. Maybe he really thought UT was gonna be it, and then he found it underwhelming?
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His dad being former teammates with Danny Manning makes it hard to read imo. Could range anywhere from dad doing Manning a favor to Camās drooling over all the PT Louisville has to offer.
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Work out with the players?
Isnāt that verboten?
Louisville will have like one guard on their roster next season as it stands (a current FR who was a 3-star recruit by 247 composite) unless some of the nine million guys they have who are listed as small forwards in 247ās database are actually guards.
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I guess that was Kenny Payneās pitch to Wagner: you can play all guard positions: PG / SG / backup PG / backup SG
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The Reston native was able to see the team go at it and the energy that the team played with was something that really stood out.
āWhen I got to watch them scrimmage, their bench had so much energy and that was impressive for it only being a scrimmage,ā he said. āThey were jumping around, clapping for their teammates and picking each other up and you would just think it was a regular game so that really impressed me.ā
compared that to 2021 when it was just Chase cheering during the COVID no attendance lol.
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Iāll say it so other posters donāt have to: Jason Williford was clapping.
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Cue the @Serum114 gif
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