Alum1 wrote:

Nicky Santoro wrote:

Not trying to call him out, but I couldn't help but notice Colpoys mentioned something about an "event in the Caymans" on this. I hadn't heard anything about this before now, and I'd have to imagine he is talking about the Caymans Islands Classic being our MTE for this season.

For context on what we might be able to expect, here are last year's contestants and their end-of-season Kenpom ratings: 

Boise St. (49)
High Point (82)
South Dakota State (137)
Duquesne (140)
Boston College (181) [They should move down to the A10, but I digress] 
Hampton (215)
Missouri St. (239)
Old Dominion (282)

It also brings me no joy to relay that this tournament was broadcast on FloHoops last year...

 
LOL. Yeah - no chance I get sucked into the FloHoops vortex again.

Top Ten Things GW Fans Hate to Hear:

#10) Starting at forward for Temple, Ramon Rivas
#9) DC parking restrictions will be strictly enforced near the Smith Center
#8) Concession prices are going up
#7) Let´s give a big round of applause to Big George!
#6) (Insert GW star player name here) is out with an injury
#5) It is late in the game against I*%@, and GW still has three time outs remaining
#4) Not since John Keuster...
#3) Let´s give a big round of applause to the Hippo!
#2) Your referee tonight is Larry Lembo
And the #1 thing GW fans hate to hear is...
(drum roll)
#1) The game will be streamed live on FloSports.

#1) Joe McKeown-- yeah GWmayhem said "players". So sue me. Hired in mid-August after his predecessor quit a few weeks earlier after one season, McKeown arrived at F St from NMSU (where he had amassed a nice W-L record in a very minor conference) and quickly announced that the Colonials were going to run-and-gun despite the squad having been built by a Vivian Stringer defense-oriented protegé. Few observers thought he would last more than two or three years in the big city in a powerhouse conference featuring St Joe´s, WVU and Rutgers. One glance at the Smith Center rafters shows how wrong that presumption was.
#2) Gerald Jackson-- GW and JuCo transfers are paired about as commonly as Beyoncé and Iron Maiden, but in this case it worked out very well for both. Without Jackson, the 1-27 season may very well have come a year or two earlier. With Max Blank´s knees never recovering, Jackson´s hustle and range saved the team from what would quickly become its fate. And I am very much aware that naming him means that to tell me my age you might need to use Carbon 14.
#3) Mike Jarvis-- hired from BU, the reaction on campus to his hiring was "well, he can´t be any worse than John Keuster, right. Right?". Soon, GW hoops went from being unknown even on campus to the social darling of DC-- even the President of the United States was calling the school to get tickets. Sigh, those were the days.
#4) Yegor Mescheriakov-- Jarvis made the "international pipeline" a thing, but when he began there was lots of skepticism and no one generated more than Yegor (OK, Alberto Roma did, too, but that was justified). A hit-and-miss frosh season did not help, but then in his soph campaign in 96-97 Yegor became a mainstay scoring 16.6ppg with 6+ rebounds per game... and the rest is history,
#5) Mary K Nordling-- GW knew they were getting the tallest player in the conference when she arrived, but her frosh year was a total bust as she was quickly exposed as being soft inside on defense and u

Letter signed. GW was chartered by an act of Congress not an executive decree, so staying independent of the Executive Branch should be something all the GW Community desires, no matter who the President is.
Besides, the only sitting presidents to attend GW games at the Smith Center have been democrats, and really that should be the baseline metric in this debate!

Joel Joseph wrote:

hiring an AD who hasn't accomplished anything at GW because he's been here less than a year.

I strongly disagree with that statement. No AD in GW´s 200+ year history has overseen taking the men´s basketball team to The Crown.

Agree this is probably hot air, but if anyone in Lipitz´s orbit is behind the rumour it would be very bad form.

I will go to the Final Four when George and the pep band go. I fear that may be a long wait.

I doubt the prior use of NCAA-cleared players is a factor in the NIL-era coaching hires. Do players even have to attend class anymore? More likely, KH´s salary expectations and his current wages scare off potential hires. An ACC assistant probably gets more than a Big West or MAAC head coach.

Free Quebec wrote:

Unfortunately I had to miss this game because of a work thing (maybe fortunately) so no comments on what happened.

Except to say this disaster tanked our KenPom to 128. Big fall for our final rating.

Plenty to improve next year.

Which of those 127 teams ahead of GW is worse than GW? 128 seems about right, middle of the pack in the A10 and (barely) upper half of DI.

Hey, they ran a play out of a timeout (first time this season?). Then made a stop. And then, of course, ANOTHER turnover. 2 out of 3 ain´t bad, right?

Do we want to digest those final 36 seconds? A chance to run down the clock and zero passes lead to a travelling. Then on defense, with three fouls to give in the final 9 seconds, they let Boise come down the court and score. Great job there, coach.

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

Game just doesn’t feel right. 3 lame ducks playing and a 4th player away with his mommy and daddy on vacation. Season ended with blowout loss to Mason. Let it rest in peace.

 Does this mean you and Vegas Vick did not trek out to southern Nevada for this event?