Outside of DBJ and Drumgoole no one played particularly well. 5 bench points? Jacoi was once again invisible? 

Get ready for a long couple of months.

Gonna pour myself a nice cold one and sit back and enjoy watching the glass half full crew tell us all that there were a lot of positives here to take away.

Let´s get this out of the way:
The team was much better in the 2nd and Drumgoole had a fantastic second half.
HOWEVER, those final 60 seconds was one of the WORST MANAGED periods in GW basketball history. What was that offensive set run when down one with 24 seconds to go?!?!?!? Why was the time out left unused Chicago Bears style until it was way too late? Anyone who thought Miami (Fla) might be giving CC a call might want to think again.
GW had its moments today against a fellow A10 bottom feeder, and lost. Not making plans for a long weekend at the conference tournament.
 

No. It's a coaching loss. 13 point lead in the second half blown to bits. Why is our 6'11" center playing on the perimeter? First halves are a waste of time for this team. And no, we wouldn't be better off having gotten blown out by playing tougher OOC opponents. 

“HOWEVER, those final 60 seconds was one of the WORST MANAGED periods in GW basketball history. What was that offensive set run when down one with 24 seconds to go?”

No idea? As far back as Hobbs (was Lonergan different?) GW has tried to close out games based on athleticism, instead of using team work or even a 2-man game with little success

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What is the over/under on number of A10 wins?  I had hopes of finishing at least .500 in A10.  Richmond is a very poor team (but well-coached).  If not for Drumgoole having a career second half, we lose by 15.  The last 5 minutes were tough to watch.  Don't really see player development....  

Bad, bad loss. GW could conceivably start A10 play 0-5 if they don't wake up from the jump... UR's offense was literally just give the ball to Neskovic or Hunt and hope they draw contact and GW couldn't stop it.

Even against the weak schedule, the painful lack of creativity on offense was apparent. For this team, it's either Jun running into a bunch of defenders down low or hope that Gerald knocks down his threes. As gwstudent2024 mentioned above, the fact that Gerald was making his threes and GW still lost is a troubling sign moving forward. Also agree with moneybox - too much time with Rafael and Jun hanging around the perimeter instead of being close to the hoop. This team made just eight two point FGs all game against a below average defense. Nine points scored in the final nine minutes of the game. Let that sink in.

If Jun is taking five threes, that's a major success for the opposition. Jun did get the ball in different areas this game, but CC seems unable to get him quality shots off the ball consistently (that one play late in the first half against Kansas State where he cut to the hoop seems like an anomaly). Continuing to rely on Jun getting a friendly whistle taking it to the hoop needs to be emphasized less. Just 2 FT attempts today despite 15 FG attempts. Every opponent is ready for this.

My assessment following OOC play remains unchanged. There's simply no guard on this roster that can dynamically create their shot consistently which majorly caps the ceiling - even to the level that Hunt on Richmond can. Trey Moss is the closest, but he doesn't do it consistently (although had a decent game overall). If Autry isn't making threes, CC isn't going to play him. Jacoi is sadly the biggest disappointment this year - he's not particularly great going to the rim and has missed nine straight threes in the past three games and because this offense is so uncreative we haven't got to see his passing ability either. CJ had moments but some freshman mistakes pushing in transition. Dayan should have played more.

The two best plays were out of a timeout, when Rafael had that dunk from Jacoi and Hansen finding Gerald for a layup with a minute to go. As others have mentioned, Castro needs to be involved way more. He had zero attempts before halftime! He may not be a guy who can post up like other bigs but he's being treated like he's Akingbola and that's a problem. Last year's team was a good shooting one which could overcome no production at the 5 but this team does not have that luxury on a consistent basis.

How does a team go from down 29-21 at half, and get on a 31-10 run to be up 52-39 and never really being in control?  It’s a leadership thing along with a team personality issue.

As for Buchanan, I don't think Caputo ever tells him not to do something--like shoot threes!

Don't know why this happens, but obviously we tend to start poorly, comeback--and then give up our lead.
It worked largely with teams on our worst or 2nd to worst schedule in the nation because of the talent disparity. But a smart team like AU or well-coached one like Richmond will have different results.
   The Dayton game may not be pretty, according to the odds. Or it's at least possible that maybe somehow we will be incredibly motivated and Dayton will look past us.
   We wasted Gerald's performance to will us to victory yesterday.
 So at some point, let's just at least hope for smarter and better play and clock
management in the New Year.
    In the meantime, Happy New Year to all in the Colonials/Revs orbit!