Agreed, but even with that I'd be more comfortable hoisting the trophy at the end of the A10 tourney.
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Well, the Temple game will determine whether we go 8-5 or 7-6 in the non-conference. The three worst teams in our OOC are Alcorn State, UMES and Gardner-Webb, so I figured 3-0 on those games. Beat Temple, finish 8-5 in the OOC and 16-2 in conference, gets you to 24-7. It depends on other schools around the country, but go 24-7 and get to the A-10 Final and we could be in the conversation. That being said, I don't see us going 16-2 against what is a better A-10 this year than last year. Anything can happen, and I'm hoping that yesterday was the start of a 25 game winning streak through the end of the A-10 Tournament in Brooklyn. This team is close to being really very good, but they need to learn to win the close games against good competition.
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18-15 MR first year
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And 18-13 his third. Those are the only two seasons since 2005-06 when we had less than 20 wins.
Some of you guys worry too much about the final destination and fail to enjoy the ride.
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Like you said (a point a lot of people ignore) there are other schools in the country doing this same exercise and the resumes of the teams you're competing against on the bubble is different every year. Being in the conversation could be a 5 second discussion: "nice record, too many bad losses, next."
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Just as a random observation: thanks to the court ruling preventing the NCAA from enforcing the transfer rules, UNLV demolished Creighton last night and jumped 64 spots in the NET. I'm pretty sure this is the largest one-day increase ever.
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Just to be clear:
Keylan in his first game - 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 0 turnovers, 1 block, 1 steal.
Kalib not in his first game - 25 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 turnovers, 0 blocks, 4 steals.
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I still predict we own the A10 this year. 17-1. We are right on the verge of putting it all together. I can feel it in my bones 
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I still predict we own the A10 this year. 17-1. We are right on the verge of putting it all together. I can feel it in my bones
FYI. VCU is not the only A-10 school that may be adding players to their active roster. This will be happening at a lot of schools.
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Doing that with a new coach will be so great!!
IF we go on a big run in A10 it will create national discussion because the A10 is much better this year than last (at least to date) and our run will include 2 players not involved in our early season bad losses, Bairstow and Bam. I still think we’ll need to win conf tournament but really like our potential trend and possibly becoming more relevant nationally again. I think fans eye test of this team will be very different by mid conference! Let’s enjoy the ride—go Rams!