Game Thread - W&M at RC - Tuesday 11/11 7pm ESPN+

[Section9_RowD]

Love seeing both Beagle and Walz both having good games - they feed off each other imo Beagle was fired up and loud in pre-game workouts and ended with a double double and Walz had great stretch in latter half of 1st half.

 

[*23*]

Fun game, though agree with 13, refs way too ticky tacky both ways.

Need Argabright handling vs press.

Beagle with double double. Loved his aggression and enthusiasm.

Nice to see AJ get going. We need him and Johnston to combine for 25 to 30 consistently.

Tyne and Tanner with solid games.

 

[Spiderguy]

And why is AP in there again? No reason for his minutes vs Daughtry's minutes in this game!

This is reminding me of the Deion Taylor era. Did nothing for 4 years except always move from point A to point B in the offense correctly, And at least he could defend some. Ap can't defend.

Only in second year but possibly Mooney loyalty factor????

Got several rebounds. That’s a positive. But shouldn’t be shooting 3 pointers.

I haven’t seen minute’s distribution, but he seemed to get way more second have mins than Daughtry and JRob. From this fan’s perspective seeing Rom last year and this year so far, I’d think he should be option after Daughtry and JRob. I’d be curious of Mooney’s reasoning.

 

[72Spider]

Happy for the win. Very interesting to see a team that looks very different than Mooney teams of the past.

I think we are seeing why the schedule is the way it is. W+M is not a good team and took us to the wire on our home court. We need to shoot better and play better defense to beat better teams.

WM trying the old Loyola Marymount run and gun style (under Paul Westhead). Not terribly talented but I guess this gives them the best chance to win.

 

[Spider17]

Happy that spiders found a way to win. These games have both been very entertaining in terms of offense and not entertaining with all the fouls, which makes it difficult to watch.

Here are my thoughts on the game.
- Again, love the physicality in which we play. We play aggressive driving to the paint and we fight for rebounds. We out rebounded W&M 53-36 and had 22(!!) offensive rebounds. When has that ever happened before? This is an identity of teams Mooney has never had in the 12 years I’ve been watching Richmond bball. This is what we’ve all been clamoring for and there’s no coincidence that the more aggressive teams tend to win games
- Argabright is such a great player. He’s going to be an all-timer for us when it’s all said and done
- Walz had a much better game and so did Tanner. Johnston had a great shooting night
- Need to limit turnovers more
- Practice has to focus on breaking the press. As others have commented, Johnston was getting caught in the corner and getting trapped in a double team.

- Some coaching decisions by Mooney I didn’t like:
1) Keeping Daughtry out of the game for most of 2nd half. Refs were calling so many fouls. He has a good sense of getting to the basket. Don’t know why we didn’t take advantage of that more.
2) There was a point in the 2nd half where we were up by 5 or 7 points with under 2 minutes. We settled for jump shots which allowed W&M to get back into the game. It wasn’t until Lopez was driving to the basket that the game was out of reach. Needed to do that earlier and have the refs call the fouls which they’ve been doing all day
3) I don’t mean to harp on the guy, but what has AP done to deserve meaningful minutes and at the end of the game? He’s 0-10 in 3 point shooting in the first 3 games. He rebounds well but otherwise isn’t the best defender. I want to see Daughtry and JRob fill that role more.

Overall, glad to get the win. Can’t get in a foul contest and shootout every night. I want to see us tighten the rotation up more and play to our guys strength of physical, in the paint, bully ball. W&M will be a better team this year so hopefully this game sneaks into the Q3 territory instead of Q4.

 

[MDSpider8]

Only in second year but possibly Mooney loyalty factor????

Got several rebounds. That’s a positive. But shouldn’t be shooting 3 pointers.

I haven’t seen minute’s distribution, but he seemed to get way more second have mins than Daughtry and JRob. From this fan’s perspective seeing Rom last year and this year so far, I’d think he should be option after Daughtry and JRob. I’d be curious of Mooney’s reasoning.

Noticed this too - AP played 18 minutes to Daughtry’s 11 and JRob’s 8. Don’t think either of Daughtry or JRob played in the last 10 minutes or so.

 

[Spiderguy]

Happy that spiders found a way to win. These games have both been very entertaining in terms of offense and not entertaining with all the fouls, which makes it difficult to watch.

Here are my thoughts on the game.
- Again, love the physicality in which we play. We play aggressive driving to the paint and we fight for rebounds. We out rebounded W&M 53-36 and had 22(!!) offensive rebounds. When has that ever happened before? This is an identity of teams Mooney has never had in the 12 years I’ve been watching Richmond bball. This is what we’ve all been clamoring for and there’s no coincidence that the more aggressive teams tend to win games
- Argabright is such a great player. He’s going to be an all-timer for us when it’s all said and done
- Walz had a much better game and so did Tanner. Johnston had a great shooting night
- Need to limit turnovers more
- Practice has to focus on breaking the press. As others have commented, Johnston was getting caught in the corner and getting trapped in a double team.

- Some coaching decisions by Mooney I didn’t like:
1) Keeping Daughtry out of the game for most of 2nd half. Refs were calling so many fouls. He has a good sense of getting to the basket. Don’t know why we didn’t take advantage of that more.
2) There was a point in the 2nd half where we were up by 5 or 7 points with under 2 minutes. We settled for jump shots which allowed W&M to get back into the game. It wasn’t until Lopez was driving to the basket that the game was out of reach. Needed to do that earlier and have the refs call the fouls which they’ve been doing all day
3) I don’t mean to harp on the guy, but what has AP done to deserve meaningful minutes and at the end of the game? He’s 0-10 in 3 point shooting in the first 3 games. He rebounds well but otherwise isn’t the best defender. I want to see Daughtry and JRob fill that role more.

Overall, glad to get the win. Can’t get in a foul contest and shootout every night. I want to see us tighten the rotation up more and play to our guys strength of physical, in the paint, bully ball. W&M will be a better team this year so hopefully this game sneaks into the Q3 territory instead of Q4.

Really good analysis! I enjoyed reading your post.