Maryland was/is in an interesting situation because its been rumored that Kevin Willard was going to take the Villanova job a few days before they lost to Florida tonight. If Willard does take the Villanova job (like tomorrow!!), you have to wonder how much of a distraction that was for the players, especially coming off buzzer-beater win against Colorado State last Sunday. 

You guys think the spread has shifted in George Mason's favor because people see the #2 and #7 in front of the teams and think Mason is way better than GW? Or does someone in Vegas have insider info that GW is not going to play well today!!

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Free Quebec wrote:

I really like Florida’s roster but their coach was just hit with several charges of sexual harassment, including sending unwanted dick pics and basically stalking women. Creepy stuff.

Might detail a really good team. Condon/Haugh great center combo (plus they have a 7’9” guy who doesn’t play - yes, 7’9”) and some really fun guards like Willie Clayton.

The Wingspan certainly is impactful, amazing what an endlessly great career local DMV product  Durant (injuries aside) is having e.g with that masssive wingspan, even as he nears 40, the body may age but that wingspan and crazy shooting touch still plays up.  If he wants to seems like he could make it well beyond 40 like Lebron.  
Speaking of which....

Question for you, are you surprised that Ryan Kalkbrenner keeps coming back to College? I realize he's very thin but doesn't his game translate to a useful NBA player?  Question #2... thoughts about Edey in the NBA? I know we've discussed going back a few years what a great college player/unknown NBA player he'd be with his massive size and throwback style game, the Roy Hibbard type players sort of went extinct, thoughts on those 2 Bigs? Mobility is not ideal but what dominant college players they are, and they bring more to the NBA game it seems like a college master like Drew Timme with limited ceiling and NBA fit problems

3rd Question for the forum...Dayton VCU... ceiling on them this year? they both look like March Madness auto bids so far... any other A10 teams that could make a run into the Auto Bid territory with a good enough OOC?

I definitely agree on Kevin Durant! He could play well into his 40's because the biggest factors in his success is his height/wingspan and shooting ability, not necessarily athleticism. Durant will be able to shoot over everyone well into his 50's and maybe early 60's and hi

Zach Edey's success and where he got drafted was stunning to me because it seemed as if the

There is a third GW player participating in the Kenner League..Trey Moss. According to a recap that I posted down below he's playing for the team 'Call You Mother.' Call Your Mother will play tonight at 6 against Sparc McClinton All-Stars. If Moss plays tonight,it looks like he'll be matching up with Erick Green (a local player who was a standout at Virginia Tech several years ago and had brief stints in the NBA) and Maryland transfer guard Rodney Rice. Being a Kenner League advocate (LOL) I think it can be beneficial for GW players to go up against veterans like Green and/or highly regarded college transfers/players like Rodney Rice. Dye Sporting Network should have the game posted tonight or tomorrow.

I posted another game from last night down below, Symonds All Stars vs. Univarcity 

https://medium.com/@kennerleague/july-21-recap-close-games-galore-and-a-vintage-performance-from-a-virginia-tech-legend-b81c331214b8 




 

It looks like the Dye Sporting Network is posting every game and has someone doing commentary on each game. For those of us who have been Kenner League regulars, Symonds All-Stars has been "GW's Unofficial Kenner League team" going back about 20+ years. But it doesn't appear as if any GW player was on the Symonds All-Star team that played over the weekend. I''ll go back and look if anyone from GW is on Symonds All-Stars or any other team. The Dye Sporting Network has posted 4 or 5 full games from the weekend. Here's some other games down below that may have some GW players






 


 

"Detached from reality" is the perfect description of Doug Gottlieb's mindset on coaching. I understand he's been in the Hot Take business for possibly 15+ years now but you'd think a guy like Gottlieb whose father was a coach (I think Gottlieb's brother is a long-time coach too) and also was a fairly accomplished player himself would have a deep understanding of how demanding the job is. Gottlieb seems to be treating this like a father with a 9 to 5 job coaching his 12-year-old kid's soccer team on the weekends!!

Free Quebec wrote:

Two big things in the portal today that I’ve seen that are semi-relevant to us:

1) Robbie Avila follows his coach to SLU. He’s going to he fun to watch in the A10, but not fun to play against.

Robbie Avila aka "Cream Abdul-Jabbar" aka "Larry Nerd" developed a cult-like following last season due to his look and how productive he was. Having a high-profile player like that in the A10 is great news, especially if St.Louis is real good. 

About DePaul, the announcers mentioned that Villanova had beaten them by like 26 and 38 in the 2 regular season matchups, so the fact that last night's game was close was shocking. But what wasn't surprising is that DePaul had multiple opportunities to win the game at the end and I don't think they ever got clean looks, they turned the ball over on their final possession which allowed Villanova to run the clock out. I give DePaul credit for coming to New York and playing hard unlike Georgetown! What's funny about Georgetown is Cooley seemed to have a big smile on his face as his team was getting embarrassed for most of the game, he must have been relieved that the season was going to be over at about 9 eastern and he could be put out of his misery!!

Even with the injuries to Kansas, you'd expect a blue-blood like that to be competitive regardless of who is out! They also got blown out at Houston in the regular season finale. Didn't Kansas start the year as the overwhelming favorite to win the National Championship? They shouldn't be this bad even Dickinson out. 

moneybox wrote:

Thank God this season is over! 1-14 in the final 15 games. We need to be looking for a new coach--injuries alone can't explain this disgraceful finish!

CC should get another year, but finishing 1-14 with 3 losses to La Salle is just inexcusable!! We didn't expect GW to win the A10 but they shouldn't have been this bad with Bishop, Max and Buchanan playing on the team

It seems as if ALL of Tony Bennett's teams (even his elite teams) have been offensively challenged, when you combine that with them having a hard time winning at Virginia Tech in recent years, you get a horrific 34 point loss. Virginia scored 49 points in a win over the weekend. 

About dmvpiranha's list of teams with acting losing streaks, Missouri hosts #5 Tennessee tonight at 7 on the SEC Network. I'm interested to see what the atmosphere/effort is like for a BCS team that has lost 12 straight games, especially playing a Final Four caliber team like Tennessee. 

Georgetown is in an interesting situation when they host St.John's tomorrow night on FS1 because St. John's coach Rick Pitino basically threw all of his players under the bus (saying things like they weren't athletic, they don't play hard, they don't play smart, etc., he even called some of them out by name) after they lost at home to Seton Hall on Sunday. Playing Georgetown would normally be a GET RIGHT game for a team, but I'm curious to see how St.John's plays after Pitino put all of the blame on his players.