I'm not saying any A10 team would ever be able to duplicate Steph's story (link below), but my instincts tell me that a true, long-term investment in GW basketball could pay big dividends for the school.

Stephen Curry accepts assistant GM role for Davidson hoops - ESPN
 

Not to be a downer, but why does Drumgoole start?  Caputo has better options, doesn't he?  I think Darren, Bevins and Nessah are all more reliable and equally as good defensively.

Is this the worst OOC home schedule we've ever played?  I can't think of anyone that was as bad.. 

GW0509 wrote:

Official A-10 Awards: Baldwin Doubles Down on A-10 Men’s Basketball Honors; Fordham’s Urgo Claims Coach of the Year - Atlantic 10

POY: Ace Baldwin, VCU
COY: Keith Urgo, Fordham
ROY: Max Edwards, GW
MIP: Brendan Adams, GW
6MOY: Josh Nickelberry, La Salle

First Team: Baldwin, Camara, Holmes, Bishop, Collins, Oduro
Second Team: Loyer, Grant, Quisenberry, Burton, Reynolds, Jimerson 
Third Team: Adams, Mennenga, Moore, Banks, DeLoach, Johns

Academic Team: Jimerson, Adams, Loyer, Grace, Bailey, Jr.
Defense: Camara, Holmes, Collins, Baldwin, Clark, Rose
Rookie: Edwards, Sharavjamts, Schweiger, Luis, Farrell

 

Great to see GW so well represented when it comes to end of season awards.  It's been too long.  Congrats to James, Brendan (x2), and Max.  I hope James comes back next season, wins POY and is drafted into the NBA.  Also, congrats to Coach Caputo and his staff for a great first season.  I think Coach of the Year is in his future.

Gwmayhem wrote:

I realize many of us have poked fun at this whole exercise but at the end of the day, whatever nickname is chosen is presumably one we'll need to live with for a long time.  I've spoken to about 8 different individuals over the past few days, both alum and non-alum.  Sadly, each one approached me rather than the other way around.  To those who were unaware, I shared the 10 finalist names being considered.

The subsequent feedback was awful.  I hope that there are people reading this who are either in a position to enact change or who know people with this capacity.  Please...go back to the drawing board.  These are just not good choices.  Some of these are just terrible sports nicknames (can you imagine if we were really regarded as The Catalysts moving forward), some of them perhaps convey the right idea but instead, the wrong word is being used (monuments, not monumentals), some may be going for a cool vibe that may not translate well (one person said the Blue Fog sounds like an environmental disaster), one fails to account for the perception of political divisiveness within the school (The Squad), one connotes violence and weaponry (Revolutionaries), etc.  

Also, does anyone know how the final selection will actually be made?  The school has announced a series of opportunities to make your choice known, but in the end, will this boil down to a popular vote?  Will there be a committee of a handful of folks who ultimately make the decision?  Or, do we turn this over to the branding agency as well?

GWmayhem, I respect your opinion, but respectfully disagree with some of the input you received. I don't like most of the names either (and would prefer to keep the Colonials moniker), but as long as the school is moving forward with the change, I think the moniker "Truth" is excellent and meets all of the school's guidelines. It's a moniker that can be easily branded and I think it will be well received by most, other than those of us

Gwmayhem wrote:

GWRising wrote:

I don't think it's a question of CC learning and more of a question of CC trying to do what he can with basically no bench and serious deficiencies in the front court. He may look back at this as one of his better coaching jobs given what he has to work with this season. Frankly, I had him winning 8-10 games maximum this season. In reality, he is coaching someone else's guys within his system. Adams and Bishop can only take this team so far. Any coach worth his salt can find ways to limit them. The only way you beat that is to have the other guys make them pay. Unfortunately, none of the other guys have shown the consistent ability to be an offensive threat. Max has his moments so does Ricky. There is a Hunter sighting on offense every now and then. It's just the consistency. When all those guys play well, we win. But many nights they aren't going to all play well. And then what answers does CC have on the bench? 

So again, take the wins we get. When we go to Brooklyn, we will be asking the impossible on back to back days with 8 guys. Enjoy the rest of the season. For this program, what will matter most is what transpires post-season in terms of recruiting players.

I'll go one better Rising.  I'd contend that we haven't really even seen CC's system yet.  Given what he's inherited coupled with a serious and increasing lack of depth, CC has opted to devise ways to keep his players out of foul trouble as best he can.  This means challenging far fewer shots defensively than his teams otherwise might.  Realizing that this translates to giving up more easy points than he would like, the philosophy has been to outscore opponents in high scoring games.  Consider that GW has scored at least 75 points in all but one of its victories this season.  The team is the 95th highest scoring team in the country, out of 360+ Division 1 programs.

And yet, my sense is that CC would love to win by playing great defense first and foremost. 

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