Agree with everything FQ said, though I do worry about the lack of a "true point" (to the extent that those exist nowadays). Seems to be a lot of pressure on Aranguren to play just about all of the minutes there, unless N'Landu is ready at some point. Could be a real issue if he gets hurt or into foul trouble...

Definitely gets my vote for most disappointing season. They lost every game when trailing at the half. They lost every game when trailing at the five-minute mark. Whenever they had a big halftime lead, they usually squandered it. That is coaching, plain and simple, especially considering that the player talent level on the roster was easily the highest since the NIT team. Caputo is who is who is at this point - if he hasn't learned to make in-game adjustments by year four, I highly doubt he's going to suddenly become a master tactician in year five. I'm in the time to move on camp, but I'm sure the most that'll happen is Lipitz sending out a letter saying we need to do better like Vogel sent out before Jamion's last season.

Winless when trailing at the half this season. Winless in 50+ career games when trailing at the five minute mark of the second half. Contract details aside, it's getting real tough to come up with any on the court reasons to give this coaching staff another year (recruiting aside, which clearly hasn't been enough to overcome all their other issues).

moneybox wrote:

How many losses do we have this season when leading in the second half? Too many to count! And many of those losses were with Castro playing. I predict that if Caputo isn't given his walking papers after this season, the stands will be emptier next season than this. He simply cannot close a game--good refs or bad.

To go even further, I think the commentators said during the broadcast that they were 0-9 coming into the game when tied or trailing at the half. That and the other stat about Caputo being something like 1-50 when trailing at the five minute mark in the second half... not great, Bob.

The Ross-Man! wrote:

squid wrote:

Given all the conversation lately about NIL and transfers and coaches, I decided to start doing a monthly donation to FoG: https://fogcollective.com/ - direct link to donate https://bpsfoundation.net/donations/georgewashingtonuniversity/

Are they providing you with anything for the monthly donation?  The website seems pretty bare bones

This is the only reason that's keeping me from donating too - I'm sure they're all figuring it out, but some sort of guidance would be helpful. I know they operate in a different stratosphere, but look at all the resources and information UConn's put together here, for example.

Wonder how they got the average NIL numbers too - is FOG up and running again?

Ambassadors
Blue Fog
Revolutionaries
Sentinels

UMass picks up the 10th leading scorer in the country last year (0.2 ppg ahead of Bishop) - https://dailycollegian.com/2023/04/umass-lands-st-francis-pa-transfer-josh-cohen/

Seems as if they're going after a portal guy to step in at the two guard right away with Max as the third guard and multiple switchable bigs that can shoot - sounds just like coach's old teams at the U.

Echoing the points made by several here about FOG - I'd love to donate too, but without any sort of tangible updates I'm really hesitant to do so. I grew up as a UConn fan, and I'm curious to see why we can't do something as (seemingly) simple as their NIL store (read: merch) or even get some of the guys set up on Opendorse (once we have more than two active players on the roster lol). Happy too to learn more about how this all works, as I get that it's very much a whole new world for everyone involved.