22-23 Opponent Tracking Thread

[Mr X]

“I know it when I see it” applies just as much to good basketball as it does to pornography.

Thats what she said.

 

[northernvatiger]

Why did Saint Louis play an NAIA school?

 

[WillWeaverRVA]

Why did Saint Louis play an NAIA school?

Just to have another win on their W-L record, though I will never understand why schools play non-NCAA opponents these days with 361 schools in D1.

 

[VCU Finance 2008]

Richmond has a freshman guard that is tearing it up and so far looks like he’s gonna be a problem for the next four years. Our highly regarded freshman barely sniff the court😕

FFS we are 5 games in to the season.

 

[VCU Finance 2008]

“I know it when I see it” applies just as much to good basketball as it does to pornography.

Good ball movement is key!

 

[bighornn]

His last official game before this month was at the STU...
In his 2nd VHSL championship, each for different area schools...

Yes, I was there. With Nelson and Roosevelt Wheeler the headliners, along with a very young Dennis Parker, JM trounced Gate City in the 2A championship game. It was the last game played in the state tournament due to the global pandemic.

 

[theyaintwantit]

Just to have another win on their W-L record, though I will never understand why schools play non-NCAA opponents these days with 361 schools in D1.

Doesn’t make sense to me. Wins over non-D1 schools don’t calculate into the NET or KP either.

 

[WillWeaverRVA]

Doesn’t make sense to me. Wins over non-D1 schools don’t calculate into the NET or KP either.

Yeah, it means even less nowadays since most of the metrics exclude them. Torvik does factor in stats generated by those games (against an opponent with a rank of 0) but I think that’s the only one and I doubt a school would want to pay Southeast Penntucky Tech $50,000 just to look a little better on Torvik.

 

[VCU Heel]

Good ball movement is key!

Off the ball movement is important too.

We’re talking about basketball… right?

 

[VCU Heel]

Doesn’t make sense to me. Wins over non-D1 schools don’t calculate into the NET or KP either.

It might actually make a lot of sense when you think about it. If you have to choose between a Q4 home opponent or a non-D1 NAIA home opponent, which it better for your metrics? The Q4 opponent doesn’t really help and could potentially hurt your NET if there’s an upset. The non-D1 team is still a home game that brings in revenue and allows your players to pump up their stats and for your bench to get some run. I doubt most fans know the difference between Kennesaw Sate and an NAIA program if they’re both on the schedule. Attendance would probably be just about the same.

 

[Celticguy]

Watched a little of Jacksonville v Campbell. While J-Ville was thumping them pretty badly score-wise (64-43) they are not good, even by the standards of our play this season to date.

 

[Wolfpack Ram]

Yes, I was there. With Nelson and Roosevelt Wheeler the headliners, along with a very young Dennis Parker, JM trounced Gate City in the 2A championship game. It was the last game played in the state tournament due to the global pandemic.

It was also 2A and JM had D1 players on their roster.

 

[Mr X]

I may be an opponent to a few of you or many of you, but Happy Thanksgiving to all!

 

[RowdyPkunk]

Out of Conference Opponents
Manhattan (1-3)... Lost to VCU 73-56
Morgan State (2-5).... Lost to VCU 69-54
Arizona St.* (4-1).... Beat VCU 63-59
Pittsburgh* (2-3).... Lost to VCU 71-67
@ Memphis (2-2).... Beat VCU 62-47
Kennesaw State (4-2)
Vanderbilt (3-3)
@ Temple (2-4)
Jacksonville (3-1)
Howard (3-5)
Radford (3-3)
Northern Illinois (2-3)
Navy (4-1)


Conference Opponents
La Salle (2-3) (0-0 in A-10)
Duquesne (5-1) (0-0 in A-10)
Davidson x2 (5-1) (0-0 in A-10)
Loyola-Chicago (2-3) (0-0 in A-10)
Dayton x2 (3-2) (0-0 in A-10)
UMass (4-1) (0-0 in A-10)
Richmond x2 (3-3) (0-0 in A-10)
George Mason (2-4) (0-0 in A-10)
St. Bonaventure (3-2) (0-0 in A-10)
Saint Louis x2 (5-1) (0-0 in A-10)
Rhode Island (2-4) (0-0 in A-10)
Fordham (5-1) (0-0 in A-10)
Saint Joseph's (2-3) (0-0 in A-10)
George Washington (3-2) (0-0 in A-10)

Non Conference Opponent Record: 35-36
Conference Opponent Record: 46-31 (0-0 in conference play)
Combined Overall Record: 81-67

 

[RowdyPkunk]

Thursday November 24th
Northeastern defeats Manhattan- 69-67 in OT
NC State defeats Dayton- 76-64
Seton Hall defeats Memphis- 70-69
Vanderbilt defeats Fresno State- 67-59