Recent content by Spider17

10 years ago, we were beating conference rival JMU at their home field on ESPN College Game Day. Now we are watching them go to the FBS college football playoffs with transfers from our program, while we finished 3-4 in the Patriot league. How times have changed.

Gritty win from the Spiders. We played with a lot of effort. We didn’t give up when the 3’s and free throws weren’t falling and ODU was at an arms distance almost the whole game. That is what effort gets you. Fighting for rebounds, playing with tenacity on D, creating your opportunities on...

What a great defensive stance from Walz! Making big play after big play on defense. Love the aggression getting the ball in the paint too.

Daughtry is an absolute beast! Adds such a different dynamic to our team

It’s finals week next week but that’s still no excuse. Student attendance has been awful this year. Very sad to see

Free throws hurting us

Spiders playing well but still only a 2 point game. Feels like we should be up by more

I’ve said it before and will keep saying it again. I love seeing this new identity we have of getting rebounds, especially offensive rebounds. Adds a whole new dimension to our game.

Buffalo +6.5 v. Saint Bonaventure William & Mary +13.5 v. GW

You make some good points as well and I think you’re right that maybe 7 or 8 out of 10 coaches will try to shoot for P5 for money or prestige if they have the chance but I do think that there is an appeal for a coach to want to come to Richmond, where we know all know job security is fantastic...

Also one of the threads commented on our transfer success. Credit to Mooney and staff for bringing in a great transfer class who all have made meaningful contributions, complement each other well, and play unselfish basketball; all while bringing a new identity of physicality and aggressiveness...

I think Hovde has the makings of being a great coach at Richmond and even though he was a former Spider himself, has enough teaching from Florida and developing his own brand of basketball at Columbia where it’ll be a fresh identity with Richmond. If a school is lucky enough to have an alum who...

I don’t know if I would call Walz playing passive, but I would definitely agree that he looks to be a facilitator more than a scorer, which tends to lead to some forced plays. I can understand though. He’s a 4th year player under Mooney’s system so looking for back door cuts or other pass plays...

I don’t think anyone ever thought this team was a “fraud”. It’s more that our cupcake OOC prevents us from showcasing that we are legit. This win at Belmont certainly makes a statement towards the latter. Keep it up!