In Game: at Richmond

[MrMac]

Dang!

[WildCock]

I don't know how many ways there are to lose close games, but we seem to keep finding them.

[cat44]

These announcers are delusional.

I wish ours showed some emotion for us. They pretty much suck as homers.

[CastleCat]

Huffman foul was somehow worse than the late officiating

[Sir Walter Cat]

Great effort. Almost good enough. We can push anyone except Dayton.

Hey! Look who’s next on our schedule.

[Owfitzpatrick]

Grant goes brain dead. Again.

No excuse. Can't make that play. Just can't.

The play was legal so not sure why you “can’t make that play.” Hand to hand contact is legal. King kicked his leg out, which is an offensive foul, if anything is to be called. And if Grant hadn’t closed out hard and king makes the shot, you’d have been the first to call out the “lack of effort” or “have to be in the shooter’s face.”

So what is the play he can make other than to not get called for a foul he didn’t commit?

[MLC67]

Ticky tack foul by Grant. What ever happened to the over arching rule that officials let the players decide game outcome. Grant’s contact had no effect whatsoever on the shot attempt. Disgraceful.

[seamac77]

chucking 3s at a 27% clip won't get the job done.

[quickcat]

Very dubious foul, but you can’t bring your hand down like that.

You cannot, especially on the road, when you should know that King is trying to get the foul called more than he's trying to make the shot.

[TiredCat88]

Grant goes brain dead. Again.

No excuse. Can't make that play. Just can't.

The play was legal so not sure why you “can’t make that play.” Hand to hand contact is legal. King kicked his leg out, which is an offensive foul, if anything is to be called. And if Grant hadn’t closed out hard and king makes the shot, you’d have been the first to call out the “lack of effort” or “have to be in the shooter’s face.”

So what is the play he can make other than to not get called for a foul he didn’t commit?

It's just typical Stan. Come on the messageboard for the season, be super negative about every play and pretend he is super coach. We see it every year.

[bagelcat]

I am what must be the Richmond gathering spot.

Had a nice chat with Neal Quinn, and his dad bought me a beer.

Last year I had my lunch paid for by a VCU fan.

Talked to Mooney as well.

[DC69Wildcat]

The replay is up on ESPN+. I just looked at the foul call against Grant, and I don't think the ref called the hand contact, which was very minor, if any. Grant jumped towards King, and when he landed, his right foot was under King's landing spot. I thought initially that King had flopped, but after looking at it several times, I think he came down on Grant's foot. I am much more bothered by the awful call against Brizzi when he stole the pass to Quinn. That was a clean steal. The ref on the end line called it, not the ref closest to the play. Quinn made both of the foul shots. And then there was the very obvious foul that was missed when Quinn went over Kochera's back to knock a loose ball off Connor's leg. At least Richmond didn't get any points out of that one. And lastly, I think the charge call against Connor on his baseline drive was bogus. It's debatable until the final replay comes up, and in that view, Bailey is still moving laterally and his right foot is still dragging along the floor when Connor collides with him. It's a close call, but I think it was a block.

Having said that, the refs didn't cost us the game. Even with those questionable calls, we defended well enough to win, we rebounded well enough to win, we scored in the paint well enough to win, and although Grant's two misses came at a most inopportune time, we shot free throws well enough to win. Once again, what we didn't do was shoot the three ball well enough to win. We missed too many wide open looks.

[CatDawg]

We suck!! He better recruit and get admissions to get over them selves…Bball is our calling card!!

[i77cat]

Grant goes brain dead. Again.

No excuse. Can't make that play. Just can't.

The play was legal so not sure why you “can’t make that play.” Hand to hand contact is legal. King kicked his leg out, which is an offensive foul, if anything is to be called. And if Grant hadn’t closed out hard and king makes the shot, you’d have been the first to call out the “lack of effort” or “have to be in the shooter’s face.”

So what is the play he can make other than to not get called for a foul he didn’t commit?

It's just typical Stan. Come on the messageboard for the season, be super negative about every play and pretend he is super coach. We see it every year.

Like it or not, Stan is right. Bad play by Grant, great play by King. It was a foul.

[seamac77]

Whenever you lunge at a 3 point shooter, you are begging for a whistle. Have to 'stay vertical".

Yes, the charge call on Kochera was total BS.