7-9 will not happen given that we play 18 conference games, not 16.  I am interested to see what role Nessah plays especially since he has missed eight games.  I think he can make a difference if he is playing at least 15 mnutes a game and is as good as he is projected to be.

My question/observation is that the only player in the eight man rotation playing so far  who is shooting under 40% overall in FG% and under under 70% in FT % is taking more shots than anyone (including Jun 51-49) and nearly twice as many shots from the floor as anyone else (Moss is next with 30 and Castro with 26)?  I understand that Drumgoole is expected to be a volume shooter, but why not cut back a bit until he hits a rhythm and allow the shots to go to Autry, Jacoi, Moss and maybe Nessah when he gets more minutes? 

LSF, I have a suggestion not about the substance, but the style of your posts.   You are an older guy like me (class of 72) and I am interested in what your take is on these games and other issues.  But your posts are hard for me to read because they are one long run-on paragraph. Take a look at Gwmayhem's post two above yours and compare it to yours.  Mayhem's is much easier to read.  I suspect even younger posters might agree.

Again, I make this suggestion because I am interested in what you have to say..

Hungary beats the Swiss 78-63 but Nessah scores 22 points on 7-15 shooting (46.7%) including 4-5 on 3 pointers and 4-4 from the foul line. He also lead the team with 6 boards and had 3 assists and 3 TOs.  No on else on Switzerland had more than 12 points and the team shot 22/59 or 37.3%  His +/- was -18 but his efficiency rate was 20 while no one else on the Swiss  was higher than 10..

LSF, Castro's stats are for 314 minutes mostly against the Big East; Akinbola's are for 848 minutes, mostly against the A-10.  I have no idea if we will or can get Castro but remember we need two big men, not just one.  Besides he also did have 15 blocks. 

While Bevin's Gwynn Park lost by six to Largo in the state championship on March 5, Largo won the tournament winning their other games by 45, 6, 22, 15 and 14.

In all likelihood, Virginia will not make the tournament.   If they do not,. they have their great coach Tony Bennett to blame for sitting on his three fouls to give and allowing N.C. State a chance to hit the game tying three-pointer with 1.4 seconds to give..  Hopefully he is saving those three fouls for next year's tournament when he has a more deserving team.

Lunardi has Richmond in and not as a "last four" because he has then as the automatic qualifier since they lead the conference.  No way we get three in and the only way we get two is if Dayton does not win.  I think that is a realistic possibility and would go so far as to predict Richmond wins the A-10 tournament.

Most of the preseason forecasts had us finishing between 9th and 13th.  The consistent rationale was that we had two stars and the next six players had little or no college experience. .  I think that a strong case can be made that five of the six new players have met or exceeded (Johnson and Buchanan) expectations. I have confidence that Schroeder will get there also.  The two players that thus far (to different degrees) have underperformed expectations are the two returnees. It may take time but we know what they can do.
Defense and turnovers have to improve but don't forget much of the worst  play came with long layoffs (Only three games between December 10 and December 30)
 

Agree with Yegor/Shawta, but for us old folks there was Pat Tallent and Keith Morris in the backcourt along with Haviland Harper and Clyde Burwell up front.   (Bob Shanta was also in that class).   The problem was that as Freshmen, they had to play on the Freshman team and could not play varsity.  The Freshman team went 17-1 splitting with Maryland for the only loss. This included a 100+ point victory margin over Kirkland Hall.  The Freshman team routinely routed the varsity in practice...