Gwmayhem wrote:

Come on Rising, please stop it.  Wonders for everyone?  A win against Fordham is now a wonder?  

Yes, they can desperately use a win and it would in fact end the year on a good note.   Let's win today and then let's beat Duquesne on Saturday (who we split with last season).  It will take a 2-0 conference start to get me to feel a bit better about this team.  Not solely a win today. 

Seriously Gwmayhem? Did you miss all the doings of the last few days or the 1-6 start? The win was not important because it was Fordham. It was important to get something positive going at a critical time to get the players who remain starting to see there could be light at the end of the tunnel. Imagine going to Fordham and losing after all that has happened. Then tell me this win doesn't do wonders for this program at this juncture.

Mayhem and Rising, I was just getting ready to post how a big win on here makes everyone a bit happier with each other.  

Gwmayhem wrote:

Am not disputing the sentiment as much as I am the hyperbole.  I really don't believe you are The Dude but saying things like beating Fordham will do wonders for this program is right out of his playbook.  Let's both be happy about a well played win against a lousy team.  And, Happy New year to you as well as to all of the posters out there.

Agreed. Happy New Year!

Love some of you more than others-but happy new year to all.It’s been a hellacious year for many folks.
Im very grateful I have the incredible luxury of getting into the minutiae of college team sports.
There is a lot of “real “ pain out there.We are the lucky ones.

GWRising wrote:

Big positives today ...

1. Opening up a lead and maintaining it.
2. The B's - Bishop, Battle, Ball, Brelsford, Brown
3. +13 rebounding margin
4. Positive Team Assist to TO ratio
5. Sloan knocking down shots early
6. The first semblance of cohesive team defense for 40 minutes. Our FG defense stats are really going to improve.

Let's hope these things carry-over to 2021,

GWRising, I feel today was a new beginning for this team,  I appreciate how they responded to the adversity associated with the recent player and coach departures and to the early season close losses.

A wise basketball man once said that we must let the bread bake.  So even though it's in the oven and will take some time before it's ready to serve to everyone, I think the bread is starting to smell very good!

Gwmayhem wrote:

Well, we were long overdue to kick someone right in the little Sorianos.  God bless Kenny the announcer.  I will be toasting him soon with a drink of water in the middle of the night.

HA! I caught that "Drink Of Water In The Middle Of The Night" line from the Fordham announcer too. I've never heard it phrased that way before, but it was somewhat creative. It sounded as if those guys have been broadcasting Fordham games for several years, and that can't be an enjoyable experience no matter what type of pay they get, but Kenny and the other guy remain upbeat for the entire game, so you have to respect them.  

Don’t think you can say addition by subtraction after one game, Motsach, though perhaps the team simply responded to the upheaval with a better defensive effort and more sharing of the ball. 

One thing I’d note is that in the first 7 games, our assist totals from everyone other than Bishop were 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 7, and 6.   Yesterday, other than Bishop we had 13!

Some of that is just shooting better, but there’s no question we moved the ball better than in any game this year, especially with Tyler and Lincoln getting 5 and 4 assists respectively.  Hopefully not just a coincidence, but a sign of things to come.