Was Nessah hurt? Little surprised he only played 2 minutes.
Or maybe he’s not playing well in practice?

Glad to see the team pulled away at the end. Seemed like they got some more energy after the midpoint of the 2nd half.

That's good to know. 

I think they need to work on their comms though, like I am saying, I haven't really seen anything about what they are actually doing and what the money goes to. As noted above the monthly ones include a zoom call and other benefits, which is good, but you can't only talk to folks who already donate, you'll need to talk to other folks to get them to start donating too.

And in this case, I haven't heard anything since donating aside from an email announcing a new logo and website and the monthly membership, nothing like "here is what we have done with your donation, here is what the student athletes are receiving," etc. Maybe that's coming, but it would be good to make that more clear and more public if so. I think demonstrating the value more publicly would help make this bigger.

And I think visibility/awareness is lacking, in April I did a twitter poll, the majority of folks didn't even know there was an NIL. Not great considering people who follow me are probably already GW fans or at least interested. I'll do a new poll shortly and see if more folks are aware  https://x.com/GWcolonialhoops/status/1780008652184997908
 

Anybody have any insight? Or any connections where they can ask directly? I donate and they have tweeted a few times recently asking for donations, but haven't seen much else. Are students getting the money? Are there any companies already involved? Any kinds of activities, events, presentations, etc? How can people get involved and help out? UMass and others have been doing webinars, regularly update on what's going on, having contests and giving out prizes, etc. It seems like it's been several years and I really haven't heard anything. 

I emailed a few folks in April, didn't get a response from one person, and the other said they are working on some things. It's been 8 months though. I obviously want it to succeed, it's very important this day and age, but wish they shared more info. I don't think people are going to want to donate if they don't see anything happening.

That's good, hope he feels better soon. Excited to see him.

Gwmayhem wrote:

I'll respectfully disagree Squid.  If it were any other poster, I would chalk this up to being an innocent mix up.  But because it is THIS particular poster, I am fully convinced it's the work of a troll.  Anything for attention.
 

Just ignore him and move on then. Honestly. 

Same issue I posted earlier about the two threads. One poster, people get mad, another poster doing the same thing, no one cares. Just move on.

I couldn't care less about who hates who for what reason. Just keep it civil.

Edit: also, have you heard the term "don't feed the trolls"? If you think he's a troll (which I don't) responding to his every post complaining about it is just going to encourage him. It's not going to solve anything. 

Looks like he also played volleyball and track. Is he of Indian descent? Traditionally Indian last name but can't find too much about him online. If so might be a good opportunity to continue the flag tradition at the games, maybe attract some Indian or Indian-American students/alums. Rougier-Roane the other signee is Canadian too. 

Has anybody heard more about FoG lately? I donated a while ago and I think I have a recurring one, but have heard nothing since.

They say you have to spent money to make money, I think there is a donation corollary: you need to say how you are spending money if you want people to donate money. 

Dropping conferences is a really bad idea. I’m actually surprised people are bringing it up. Less exposure, less money, less attention. It’s not going to solve the admin and money issues people have posted about. We really shouldn’t do it

At least the team didn't get blown out in the second half like has been happening in the last few games. Maybe coach figured something out.

Agree with everyone else about shot selection. The offense towards the end was just dribble and try to beat your man off the dribble, and that didn't work.