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Game will be streamed live via the CAA Stretch portal. Also, if you have Cox Cable, the game will be televised via YurView Channel.

Now, the real season begins. JMU holds a 50-46 lead in the all-time series over the Tribe. However, the series has been lopsided in the Tribe's direction over the last 5 seasons as they've won 9 of the last 11.

Those 96 games represents the most-played opponent for the Dukes historically (Mason is just a few games behind). The Good Guys are 15-26 in W'burg.

W&M is 4-8 (3-8 vs D1) on the season. Though, they've played one of the better schedules in the CAA as their RPI SOS is ranked in the top 100. They are coming off a 32 pt loss at UVA this past Saturday.

The Dukes and Tribe have 3 common opponents on the schedule so far. W&M lost to Radford at home by 9. They lost to Mason at home by 3. And, they lost at ODU by 18.

Last year, the Dukes threw away a win at W&M in epic late-game fashion. For starters, JMU built an 18 pt lead with a little over 11' left in the game. And, held a 13 pt lead with just under 4' left. JMU was up by 8 with 42 seconds left. With 14 seconds left, W&M fouled Stuckey Mosley with JMU up by 2. He made the first FT and missed the 2nd one. W&M hit a circus 3 at the buzzer to take the game to OT to which the Tribe went on to win.

Our bigs will get perhaps their biggest test of the season in W&M's 6'10" Jr. PF Nathan Knight. The big man is averaging scoring 19.3 ppg and pulling down 7.4 boards a game. 6'7" Jr. Wing, Justin Pierce, averages scoring 16.1 ppg and is pulling down a team leading 9.6 boards a game. 6'5" Jr. Guard, Matt Milon, is their other double-figure scoring guy at 11.1 ppg. Milon attempts about 6 3's a game and is just under 40% from outside the arc.

Knight will get his. Last year at the Convo he went for 16 pts and 12 boards and then 2 weeks later in W'burg he went for 21 and 5 against the Dukes.

The question is can Wilson and Phillips at least slow him down some and use their fouls wisely. Knight is shooting 77% from the charity stripe, which is pretty good for a big.

The Tribe should open around 6-7 pt favorites.

Getting a W on this swing to W&M and Elon (Sunday, 4pm) would be a confidence-builder for these Dukes, who have registered some awful performances of late and definitely their worst at Fordham in our last game (even worse than at ODU). These first few games in the CAA schedule may signal how the rest of the season goes. With 3 home games following this 2-game road trip, going 1-1 or even better 2-0 provides some optimism that the Good Guys can jump start a solid effort in the CAA. Losing both would be a terrible sign. Hopefully, the Dukes will get off to a good start and finish what they couldn't last year in W'burg.

Go Dukes!
(12-26-2018 09:19 AM)Wear Purple Wrote: [ -> ]Game will be streamed live via the CAA Stretch portal. Also, if you have Cox Cable, the game will be televised via YurView Channel.

Now, the real season begins. JMU holds a 50-46 lead in the all-time series over the Tribe. However, the series has been lopsided in the Tribe's direction over the last 5 seasons as they've won 9 of the last 11.

Those 96 games represents the most-played opponent for the Dukes historically (Mason is just a few games behind). The Good Guys are 15-26 in W'burg.

W&M is 4-8 (3-8 vs D1) on the season. Though, they've played one of the better schedules in the CAA as their RPI SOS is ranked in the top 100. They are coming off a 32 pt loss at UVA this past Saturday.

The Dukes and Tribe have 3 common opponents on the schedule so far. W&M lost to Radford at home by 9. They lost to Mason at home by 3. And, they lost at ODU by 18.

Last year, the Dukes threw away a win at W&M in epic late-game fashion. For starters, JMU built an 18 pt lead with a little over 11' left in the game. And, held a 13 pt lead with just under 4' left. JMU was up by 8 with 42 seconds left. With 14 seconds left, W&M fouled Stuckey Mosley with JMU up by 2. He made the first FT and missed the 2nd one. W&M hit a circus 3 at the buzzer to take the game to OT to which the Tribe went on to win.

Our bigs will get perhaps their biggest test of the season in W&M's 6'10" Jr. PF Nathan Knight. The big man is averaging scoring 19.3 ppg and pulling down 7.4 boards a game. 6'7" Jr. Wing, Justin Pierce, averages scoring 16.1 ppg and is pulling down a team leading 9.6 boards a game. 6'5" Jr. Guard, Matt Milon, is their other double-figure scoring guy at 11.1 ppg. Milon attempts about 6 3's a game and is just under 40% from outside the arc.

Knight will get his. Last year at the Convo he went for 16 pts and 12 boards and then 2 weeks later in W'burg he went for 21 and 5 against the Dukes.

The question is can Wilson and Phillips at least slow him down some and use their fouls wisely. Knight is shooting 77% from the charity stripe, which is pretty good for a big.

The Tribe should open around 6-7 pt favorites.

Getting a W on this swing to W&M and Elon (Sunday, 4pm) would be a confidence-builder for these Dukes, who have registered some awful performances of late and definitely their worst at Fordham in our last game (even worse than at ODU). These first few games in the CAA schedule may signal how the rest of the season goes. With 3 home games following this 2-game road trip, going 1-1 or even better 2-0 provides some optimism that the Good Guys can jump start a solid effort in the CAA. Losing both would be a terrible sign. Hopefully, the Dukes will get off to a good start and finish what they couldn't last year in W'burg.

Go Dukes!

We did not throw the game away at W&M last year, the refs took it from us.
Hope there is a lot of purple there Friday night.
Ugh, the memories from last year’s W&M game still hurt. In Rowe’s infamous “my fault” game JMU snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
It was the worst end game collapse I’ve witnessed in person for any basketball team, not just JMU. 03-puke

This year W&M brings its typical crappy defense which should be a nice help for JMU’s bad offense. On the other side, W&M has an atypical offense. The program historically known for its shooting prowess is dead last in the CAA for 3pt shooting. Perhaps Rowe utilizes a collapsing zone to take away Knight while helping defend backdoor cuts. Whatever he chooses, he can’t leave Dwight Wilson 1 on 1 on defense. I suspect we will see much more of Develle Phillips as long as his finger is healed.
We haven’t really seen a whole game of full court pressure from the Dukes. If Rowe wants to take W&M out of half court sets and force them to rely on 3 Freshman guards instead Of the 6’10” Knight, then we should see the full court press early and often.

The Tribe is bad and the college is on Winter break. If there ever was a road game that JMU should have a great chance, this is it.

JMU 80
W&M 77

Revenge against the Nerds
The difference this year will be that we won't have a lead to lose. We just lose outright with maybe a few point lead here and there.

W&M 75
JMU 65
I’ll be there Friday to see how the first game of the real season goes!
JMU plays well to open the new year.

Dukes 77
WM 68
W&M opens as 7 pt favorites. O/U = 144.

Other games to open the CAA schedule Friday night...all games at 7pm

-Towson (+1) travels to Elon

-Delaware (+12) travels to Hofstra

-Drexel (+13) travels to Northeastern

Also, Saturday at 7pm... Charleston travels up the coast to UNCW.
We need to get Darius Banks going tonight. In the last 2 games, he has attempted 3 field goals in each. We need him taking 8 to 12 shots per game like he was early in the season. Also, he is an excellent free throw shooter (83.3% on the season, 82.1% his frosh season last year). He has been to the line the last 2 games for a total of 5 attempts.

Also, through the first 11 games this season, Banks was averaging grabbing 5.2 boards a game. Last 2 games, he has 6 rebounds total across the 2 games in 56 minutes of court time.

Hopefully, we can just chalk it up to 2 really off games. Heck, everybody was off at Fordham for that matter. I still think the trio of Mosley, Lewis and Banks can be a beast to deal with when those guys are moving the ball and looking for their shots. Way too much standing around in our last couple of games passing the ball around the perimeter. Attack the gaps!!

I am also hopeful, though not necessarily optimistic, that we have worked on our half court offensive sets some over the holidays to run some (better) screens and open up lanes for these guys to drive and get to the line more. Lewis is also a solid free throw shooter and can ring up points that way (80% for his career so far).
(12-26-2018 06:44 PM)Wear Purple Wrote: [ -> ]Other games to open the CAA schedule Friday night...all games at 7pm

-Towson (+1) travels to Elon

-Delaware (+12) travels to Hofstra

-Drexel (+13) travels to Northeastern

Also, Saturday at 7pm... Charleston travels up the coast to UNCW.

Line moves...

Odd to see such a drastic move for a CAA game, but Towson has gone from opening as 1 pt dogs to now being 3 pt favorites on the road at Elon.

Also FWIW...

Delaware is now 10.5 pt dogs at Hofstra.

Drexel is now getting 11.5 at Northeastern.

W&M has moved up slightly from a 7 pt favorite over JMU to now 7.5.
Rowe has been saying for a long time they had been traveling a lot and didn't have a lot of time for practice and looked forward to being able to practice.
I feel like this game is going to be very telling to the fate of the rest of our season. If this team comes out flat, there's no chance this team is .500 in the CAA. If they win, perhaps the practicing is paying off.
As mentioned earlier I predicted W&M to win, so you know which direction I think this team will be going.
My heart says JMU 74-70, my brain says W&M 80-66
Side note, JMU Athletics just announced the Jan. 5 home game against Charleston has been moved from an originally scheduled 7pm start to now being a 4pm tip.
(12-28-2018 01:43 PM)Wear Purple Wrote: [ -> ]Side note, JMU Athletics just announced the Jan. 5 home game against Charleston has been moved from an originally scheduled 7pm start to now being a 4pm tip.

Sadly, my travel plans for that day have changed and I can now make that game.
I have no one but myself to blame for watching the MBB Dukes. I have low expectations, but hopefully we can start CAA play on a positive note
I only count 11 guys in purple in the pregame warm up lay-up lines. Assuming Cam Smith is no longer in play, that leaves 12 guys. I wonder who might not be suited up tonight and why????
Greg Jones is starting at the 4. I wonder if Jacobs is out???

edit note: Nevermind, looks like Jacobs is suited up and will come off the bench I guess.
Mosley with the shaved haircut. In the words of Dukester... wow!
JMU just had a possession that used the entire shot clock and ended with a turnover. What shocks me is the ball did not go inside the 3 point line one time the entire shot clock.
15-0 run by the Tribe gives them their first lead at the 3:30 mark, but Mosley comes right back to tie it with a 3
Our 12 point lead vanished in an bad 2.5 minute stretch. Ugghh
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