2025–26 opponent tracking

Dayton and GW played a pretty tight game the whole way, but Dayton had the slight advantage as time wound down and made almost all of the foul shots, so they picked up the 79–72 win. And, Southern Virginia beat up on Brevard.


1/6

Non-conference (1–0. 0–0 D-I vs D-I)
- Southern Virginia 89, Brevard 69

A-10
- Dayton 79, GW 72
 
SFspidur said:
Dayton and GW played a pretty tight game the whole way, but Dayton had the slight advantage as time wound down and made almost all of the foul shots, so they picked up the 79–72 win. And, Southern Virginia beat up on Brevard.


1/6

Non-conference (1–0. 0–0 D-I vs D-I)
- Southern Virginia 89, Brevard 69

A-10
- Dayton 79, GW 72
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I had Brevard +21
 
I watched some of the GW Dayton game. if we kept our offense but played Dayton's level of defense, we'd be top 4 in the A10 for sure.
can we maybe watch some great defenses and implement some of the things they do?
 
sman said:
I watched some of the GW Dayton game. if we kept our offense but played Dayton's level of defense, we'd be top 4 in the A10 for sure.
can we maybe watch some great defenses and implement some of the things they do?
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Yes, the pressure Dayton puts on the ball at all times is refreshing to watch. With our deep rotation/substitution patterns we should be able to provide much intensity and pressure on defense than we do.
 
While I know we have a few posters that are pretty technical and knowledgeable about defensive schemes, there definitely is a mind set and enforcement of that mind set that we lack on defense. Again, any of the Hurley clips I see, he never let's guys slide on that side of the ball. Having an aggressive mind set is definitely a big part of the equation. Now, you have to have length, strength and quickness too. I do think if we have the right personnel on the court we have enough of those skills that we should be better on D.
 
announcer said Dayton was without their top 2 big men ... L'Etang and Thomas.
they got outrebounded, but held GW's Castro to 5 shots (!) in 30 minutes by pressuring everything. they forced 22 (!) turnovers.
 
sman said:
I watched some of the GW Dayton game. if we kept our offense but played Dayton's level of defense, we'd be top 4 in the A10 for sure.
can we maybe watch some great defenses and implement some of the things they do?
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That's way too easy. Mooney likes the hard stuff.
 
Busy day for impact games!

As noted, SLU rode a closing 10–0 run to take down VCU. La Salle surprisingly beat Rhody at the Ryan Center to drop the Rams to 0–3 in the A-10. Mason was down 5 to Fordham at the half, but turned it on in the second half to win by 9. St. Joe's held serve at home against Duquesne but needed OT to do it. Davidson is cruising over Loyola midway through the second half, so it looks like the Ramblers won't claim another A-10 victim tonight.

Shifting to OOC, it was a rough 3–6 night for our opponents, with the brightest spot being Belmont rebounding with a quality road win at UNI. Meanwhile, Gardner-Webb gave High Point their largest margin of victory over a D-I opponent in school history (55 points), while The Citadel was destroyed by Mercer.

1/7

Non-conference (3–6)
- Temple 75, ECU 67
- ETSU 81, VMI 67
- High Point 104, Gardner-Webb 49
- Furman 78, Chatty 67
- Charlotte 74, UTSA 58
- Belmont 78, UNI 65
- UIC 70, Southern Illinois 57
- Mercer 101, The Citadel 63
- Winthrop 81, Charleston Southern 77

A-10
- SLU 71, VCU 62
- La Salle 79, Rhody 72
- Mason 67, Fordham 58
- St. Joe's 97, Duquesne 90 (OT)
- Davidson 79, Loyola 64

Bonus exhibition opponent (0–1)
- Marshall 66, JMU 64
 
Just three OOC games on the impact slate tonight, with the most notable being W&M losing to Monmouth with double digits. Meanwhile, Elon and ODU picked up tights wins.

1/8

Non-conference (2–1)
- ODU 70, Coastal 66
- Elon 69, NC A&T 64
- Monmouth 81, W&M 70
 
Busy day!

In the A-10, Mason and SLU stayed perfect as noted above, and GW is right behind them after beating the snot out of Loyola. Rhody got their first A-10 win in a big way, beating the crap out of Davidson, while Fordham went into the Reilly Center and replicated our feat of taking down the Bonnies.

The OOC side saw W&M drop their third straight game, this one a Q4 game to Drexel. Belmont survived against a down Drake team after being down 25 early in the second half. Elon similarly trailed for the first 38 minutes against Campbell before pulling that one out...their only lead of the game came with 1:38 to play when they went up 83–82 and then nobody scored the rest of the way. Furman beat up on VMI in a battle of Spider opponents, while The Citadel picked up a win and Charleston Southern gave High Point everything they could handle before falling.

1/10

Non-conference (5–4, 4–4 D-I vs D-I)
- Southern Virginia (D-III) 81, William Peace (D-III) 66
- Drexel 64, W&M 58
- Furman 69, VMI 48
- Belmont 78, Drake 76
- JMU 70, ODU 69
- Elon 83, Campbell 82
- The Citadel 79, Western Carolina 77
- High Point 84, Charleston Southern 82

A-10
- Mason 86, VCU 80
- Fordham 81, Bona 77
- Rhody 70, Davidson 45
- GW 101, Loyola 66
- SLU 84, La Salle 72

Bonus exhibition opponent (1–0)
- JMU 70, ODU 69
 
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