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(12-01-2014 11:05 AM)north beach monarch Wrote:  VCU is soft. I watched VCU on TV and now live and my belief in the ESPN recruiting rating system is forever out the window. The so-called 4-star recruits VCU gets could never play in the tougher leagues like the B10, B12 Big East or even the ACC. they are tall and skinny and play off the ball. The A10 is a soft league, they don't bang and play physical, even C-USA is a more physically tougher league then the A10. VCU is one soft team, get in their face and VCU will back down. Every A10 coach probably now owns the tape of the ODU game and if you want to beat VCU, break the press and shove it down their throat. We own bragging rites for a year.

The press isn't easy to break. Without Freeman, they would have beaten us going away. Trey made it look easy, but it isn't. They aren't a top 15 team, but they are good and they will be playing in the NCAA tournament.

Yeah if you live in Richmond and have to live by the vcu propaganda you hear every vcu recruit is a 4 star player and the are going to the final four. I can't wait to play Rice. Rhoades told me once that it is too bad ODU's basketball team is so bad. That was on Christmas EVE.[/i]

• Looks like LSU’s loss to Old Dominion two weeks ago wasn’t so awful after all. The Monarchs beat VCU at home on Saturday to improve to 5-1. ODU won the game because it only committed 12 turnovers against VCU’s Havoc. As I’ve always said, if you can take care of the ball against that press -- and that is a big if -- then VCU is just another good team.

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/201...pe=default

ODU gets just 2 votes in the AP, none in the Coaches Poll.

http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball..._poll.html
http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/bas...ches-poll/

Does everyone have big blue room access or was it opened up for everyone? I've never seen that many people in there.

No vote for us from Shaka...he's still salty

I tweetered to one of the VA AP voters on Sunday about voting ODU. Wasn't quite voter intimidation but not that far off.

I was hoping for more votes. We just need to continue taking care of business.

VCU is soft!!!!

Love that we can wear this proud distinction for the year!

Last time we owned them in 2011, our enjoyment wasn't long lasting.

In fairness, the week that included a VCU win also included a reaming from Illinois State. Had ODU won that tournament, they could be on the verge of the top 25.

(12-01-2014 01:25 PM)CUSAmonarchman Wrote:  No vote for us from Shaka...he's still salty

Can you blame him? Looks like their loss to us knocked them out the top 25 altogether. lol

My husband saw a T-shirt on an ODU fan in the lobby-

The Good The Bad and the UGLY......VCU !! I want one.

(12-01-2014 02:45 PM)Monarch Homselr Wrote:  My husband saw a T-shirt on an ODU fan in the lobby-

The Good The Bad and the UGLY......VCU !! I want one.

They were giving them out Free to students!
Had hundreds of them at the student entrance. To bad the students did not show up!
I was very disappointed in that.
Not sure what they will do with the hundreds of leftovers.

(12-01-2014 03:15 PM)Big Blue Crazy Wrote:  

(12-01-2014 02:45 PM)Monarch Homselr Wrote:  My husband saw a T-shirt on an ODU fan in the lobby-

The Good The Bad and the UGLY......VCU !! I want one.

They were giving them out Free to students!
Had hundreds of them at the student entrance. To bad the students did not show up!
I was very disappointed in that.
Not sure what they will do with the hundreds of leftovers.

Give them out at the next game hopefully. I wasn't able to make the VCU game (watched with the family), but I want one of those shirts.

(12-01-2014 11:05 AM)north beach monarch Wrote:  VCU is soft. I watched VCU on TV and now live and my belief in the ESPN recruiting rating system is forever out the window. The so-called 4-star recruits VCU gets could never play in the tougher leagues like the B10, B12 Big East or even the ACC. they are tall and skinny and play off the ball. The A10 is a soft league, they don't bang and play physical, even C-USA is a more physically tougher league then the A10. VCU is one soft team, get in their face and VCU will back down. Every A10 coach probably now owns the tape of the ODU game and if you want to beat VCU, break the press and shove it down their throat. We own bragging rites for a year.

Dayton, St Louis, St Joe's, to name a few, are anything but soft.

(12-01-2014 07:09 PM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(12-01-2014 11:05 AM)north beach monarch Wrote:  VCU is soft. I watched VCU on TV and now live and my belief in the ESPN recruiting rating system is forever out the window. The so-called 4-star recruits VCU gets could never play in the tougher leagues like the B10, B12 Big East or even the ACC. they are tall and skinny and play off the ball. The A10 is a soft league, they don't bang and play physical, even C-USA is a more physically tougher league then the A10. VCU is one soft team, get in their face and VCU will back down. Every A10 coach probably now owns the tape of the ODU game and if you want to beat VCU, break the press and shove it down their throat. We own bragging rites for a year.

Dayton, St Louis, St Joe's, to name a few, are anything but soft.

look i know you are a vcu and shaka lover but never said there aren't a couple good team in the A10 but the style of the league is softer.. I go to half dozen A10 games in philly every year. St Joe is in a rebuilding year - lost to Western Kentucky and to the zags by 58. not going anywhere this year. Yes they are soft. Dayton will fade second half and go to the nit like they always do. Look for 2 maybe 3 A10 teams in the tourney. St Louis is not going anywhere this year, barely beat NC A&T. VCU is hard on the outside and soft in the middle. Just the way it is, get use to CUSA getting better press this year. Charlotte is for real, UTEP, WKU, Latech, odu.....

I didn't say they were all good, St Louis is terrible. But soft is the last thing I would call the A10. I will refrain from the name calling and ignore the juvenile "accusation" and just leave it at that.

(12-01-2014 03:15 PM)Big Blue Crazy Wrote:  

(12-01-2014 02:45 PM)Monarch Homselr Wrote:  My husband saw a T-shirt on an ODU fan in the lobby-

The Good The Bad and the UGLY......VCU !! I want one.

They were giving them out Free to students!
Had hundreds of them at the student entrance. To bad the students did not show up!
I was very disappointed in that.
Not sure what they will do with the hundreds of leftovers.

To be fair it was thanksgiving break. I had a ticket, but couldn't get back due to that.