W&M

[bhill483]

Just had a big win at home against a pretty good William & Mary team tonight. I was only watching the game updates but it looked like a good game.

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WOO HOOOOOO!!! Awesome win by the Phoenix! Bryant and Samson were on fire! The whole team stepped up. Best quality performance of the season IMO.

Go Phoenix!

[whoanellie]

Basketball wins especially help in football recruiting this time of year give the sports community some positive light during official visits

[elonpride]

That's a pretty solid win for the team. They battled back after falling behind in the 2nd half.

I didn't watch the game, but from observations in the highlights, this looks like the most athletic team we've had since moving up to D1. Thompson looks like he could be a beast inside and out if he can find consistency.

One thing to note, the guys are getting really aggressive on the boards.

Who thought this young team would be 10-6 at this point? They're playing hard, and winning without Eddy and Dawkins.

[phoenix2008]

Great win for the program - still a very young team though, relying that heavily on Samson and Bryant to shoot a high percentage from deep in order to produce offense is not sustainable...The team is very athletic though and obviously extremely well coached. I think we have proven we belong in the CAA and with such a young team, the future looks very bright.

#PTR

[phoenix2008]

"Horrible loss to a garbage team in a high school gym. Absolutely ridiculous! We will beat this crappy team by 20+ at the Hall." - W&M fan

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This is an awesome set of guys. The chemistry looks even better now than the team last year. And with a bunch of Frosh and Sophs in the mix. There seems to be a ton of confidence in the system and trust among one another. I'm very excited to see the program grow.

[fc4life]

Watched the game very closely. Great win for the guys.

Couple thoughts:

Bryant was great. He's young and fearless. Which is a blessing and a curse. He was feeling it and made some shots that were of the of the "don't shoot - oh great shot" variety. He's going to be a force in this league for a few years.

Tanner was Tanner. Made some big buckets. He still has trouble creating shots on his own. However, when he is free - bang!

Our front court still is brutal. We are making up for it with Thompson and Hairston getting good minutes and helping. We still have significant issues in that part of our team.

We had some issues with the zone that W&M threw at us. Lots of standing around. I was surprised the Tribe left it. We could not solve it.

Great win and Matheny is doing a great job getting this team to fight.

I still worry about the nights we don't shoot it well.

The Hofstra game is going to be a big test for us. They are athletic as heck.

[euphoenix99]

Really proud of the effort last night. When W&M got up by 7 in the 2nd half I was thinking they were done, but they fought back.

Agreed on the front court. I suspect that if Dawkins was healthy Sabato wouldn't be getting any minutes. He just seems out of his league in nearly every game. The thing that worries me is I see some of the same traits in Anton (same high school), but at least there is potential for him to develop. Winters has been stepping it up and that certainly helps. Not gaudy numbers, but effective.

Glad to see Thompson do well also. He's still rough around the edges, but he's really athletic and plays a lot like Blake, which we'll need more of next year.

Keep it up against Hofstra.

Go Phoenix!

[elon77]

Jan 9, 2015 9:27:10 GMT -5 phoenix2008 said:

"Horrible loss to a garbage team in a high school gym. Absolutely ridiculous! We will beat this crappy team by 20+ at the Hall." - W&M fan

I have to laugh at the Bill and Mary fan. He sure doesn't need to brag about that cave they play in. Half the seats in that dump are concrete, which usually isn't a problem because no one goes to see them play. Wait, sometimes they are used if ODU is in town. The best part of their game plan is some fat guy running around the place, finding and old rotten platform, and spelling Tribe after waving a towel for several minutes. Probably don't do it anymore since they are now the Wren's? Garbage team, what a jerk!

[elonpride]

Jan 9, 2015 12:58:21 GMT -5 elon77 said:

Jan 9, 2015 9:27:10 GMT -5 phoenix2008 said:

"Horrible loss to a garbage team in a high school gym. Absolutely ridiculous! We will beat this crappy team by 20+ at the Hall." - W&M fan

I have to laugh at the Bill and Mary fan. He sure doesn't need to brag about that cave they play in. Half the seats in that dump are concrete, which usually isn't a problem because no one goes to see them play. Wait, sometimes they are used if ODU is in town. The best part of their game plan is some fat guy running around the place, finding and old rotten platform, and spelling Tribe after waving a towel for several minutes. Probably don't do it anymore since they are now the Wren's? Garbage team, what a jerk!

That was just one of their fans, let it go! The Tribe fans were some of the most outspoken welcoming us to the conference. They're overall a solid group of fans.

[WMTRibe90]

It was one WM fan posting kneejerk after the loss. Most Tribe fans knew you would be tough to beat. You've got a nice squad that can certainly beat any CAA team when you're hitting from three like you did last night. I too question why WM left the zone defense that was working so well. Looking forward to the rematch. That was a fun game to watch right up to the last two minutes

[fc97]

Agree with the W&M guy, there are a lot of guys posting a lot of props to our team and coaching.... I have to respect that. Its a good win for the team, W&M is a solid squad. I think it shows we are a better feeling team this year with arguable less talent than last..... that's a sign of good coaching. Especially when 2 of your A players are out.

[elon77]

Their football fans were very nice to us this year. They seemed to be glad we were there and were easy to talk to. I will be there when Elon makes the return trip to their place and will hope for another win.