Perhaps I missed this, but did Dinkins play in the second half?  Injured?  He looked frustrated sitting on the bench --- maybe he played a few minutes and I missed it....  Can't afford any injuries...

Get well soon Barry. It seems that when people our age get a bug it takes longer to recover. My doctor says that as we get older we need a lot more Vitamin D. I thought I was taking enough but my last tests showed I was just at the acceptable level. Taking more has helped me recover from my bugs more quickly.

Free Quebec wrote:

The Dude wrote:

GW NET #47 at the start of the day would predict about 44 tomorrow after a 13 point victory over #50 William & Mary

8-2 through 10 games, 3-1 in Quad 2.  

Some notable other notable non Power 5 NET teams:
McNeese 46 
William & Mary 50
Gonzaga #2 
Yale 32  Columbia 60
Saint Louis #34
Saint Mary's 24  Santa Clara 34
Tulsa 38

Some Eye rising Power teams:
Marquette #164 (lost by 20 today going to drop further)
Georgia Tech 208.... 208!!  
And how about Vandy #5! what a rise for Vanderbilt, Mark Byington name going to be connected to some big openings in the years ahead.

2-2 (not 3-1) vs Q2

3-1 wins over South Florida, Middle Tennessee and William & Mary (at least at the time of the post and here too:

https://bballnet.com/teams/george-washington



 

BGF wrote:

Thanks, everyone, who helped me out today. I walked away with eight of the models, chew from my tickets and six others from posters on this board. They will go to great use, and I truly appreciate it!

I love this team, these players past and present, this coach and staff, what this university provided me in my 4 years, but ultimately I love this community whether wishing LSF well or hooking up Barry with momentos for others. Community, community, happy Sunday all

dmvpiranha wrote:

While James did not have a great shooting day, she makes winning plays when it matters most and that's important for a team.

James is a really confident jump shooter, and has been taking good shots. When the shots start dropping, she's going to be a force. 

Thank you

Overall, a good performance tonight. I figured CC was going to have the team playing focused given the circumstances. W&M is a very well-coached team, but I do feel that their extremely fast pace starts to hurt them late in games against better teams. Their depth isn't bad, but GW had the edge there and I think that ultimately made the difference. The way they play though is unconventional and definitely gives them the upper hand when it comes to starting games and catching teams off guard. It will definitely be effective against the majority of the CAA. Hopefully we don't have to face Fasasi again. It was looking like he was going to kill GW again (and he was early on) but thankfully he was shut out in the second half.

I had my issues with the offensive shot selection in the Army game, but it was much better tonight. The three point looks were largely good and they weren't forcing up shot after shot from there. Improvement on defense will ultimately determine the ceiling of the team. Much better in the second half preventing W&M's cuts early and in general throwing them off their rhythm. Before that, GW would contest well on the actual shot attempt, but because W&M was already deep in the paint they had so many shots just fall in. I think early on after halftime there was also a bit of delayed double teaming that was effective. I had mentioned in the preview that they take a lot of above-the-break threes, and somehow it looked like they were much less comfortable taking threes in the corners, at least in this game. GW definitely played a role in that after halftime, just in general contesting a lot better.

Slim's mobility against pretty much everyone is such a luxury to have. W&M just had no one who could guard him. His highlight reel dunk was honestly more due to CJ throwing the pass too high, but it was very impressive nonetheless. Bubu is really disruptive defensively and was much better on the layups tonight. I think he will shoot decent from 3 by the end of

BGF wrote:

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

Hi Barry. I will be unable to attend today’s game due to illness. If you wish, I can forward to you my 2 tickets, which include the President’s Club passes. If interested, send me a private message on this board and I will send you the tickets if I ever get out of Urgent Care.

Thanks. I appreciate the offer on the tickets, but I’m good to go and I don’t think they’re going to give me extras on someone else’s tickets.

Not sure why you’re in urgent care, but I hope you are out of there fast!

Thank you Barry.   Glad you got your models.

kdb san diego wrote:

Depth wore W&M down, lot of decent substitute rotation.  Somebody will have to explain to me what a charge etc is.  Defender standing still  with hands in the air and the offensive player throws a shoulder into him--foul on defender.  3 point shooting concerns me.  And I know nothing compared to most on this board.
 

On one hand, you have every right to be concerned (as do I) about the 3 point shooting, which was 6-27 (22%), many of which were wide opened looks.   Garrett in particular seems to be in  bit of a 3 pointer slump, as is Dinkins, as the 2 shot a combined 1-10.   On the other hand, we were shooting a very respectable 37.5% for the season coming into the game tonight.    In the end, even with the off shooting from the 3, we scored 99 points tonight and are averaging 91 ppg for the season.  Isn't that how our offense is suppose to be judged?  And as with previous games, there were very few shots put up by GW which I would call a bad shot.    No, the problem is not with the offense...its the defense.
 

Looks like there were some good halftime adjustments!