A Sea Of Red

George Mason University
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Jim Larranaga
14th Season as GMU Head Coach


2010-2011 Season Schedule/Results

• Overall ............. 7-2
  CAA ................. 1-0
  Home ............... 6-0
  Neutral ............. 1-2
  Road ................ 0-0
  
  11/13 - HARVARD .................................. W 66-53
  
  ESPN Charleston Classic
  11/18 - vs. Charlotte .............................. W 78-56
  11/19 - vs. NC State ............................... L 78-65
  11/21 - vs. Wofford ................................ L 82-79 in OT
  
  11/24 - RADFORD .................................. W 81-55
  11/27 - FLORIDA ATLANTIC ...................... W 66-51
  12/01 - GEORGE WASHINGTON .................. W 60-46
  12/04 - UNC WILMINGTON ........................ W 80-52
  12/08 - LOYOLA (MD) .............................. W 66-52
  12/11 - @ Liberty ................................... 7:00 PM

Key Players



#14 Luke Hancock
6' 5" Sophomore Forward (from Roanoke's Hidden Valley HS)
Thru 8 Games: Averaging Team High 13.1 Pts, 5.4 Rebs & 4.3 Assists + 56.5 FG% & Hitting 50% of 3-Pt Attempts (8-of-16)



#20 Cam Long
6' 4" Senior Guard
Thru 8 Games: Averaging 11.8 Pts, 4.6 Rebs & 3.4 Assists + Shooting 41.4% on 3-Pt Attempts (12-of-29)



#22 Mike Morrison
6' 9" Junior Forward
Thru 8 Games: Averaging 8.3 Pts & 6.6 Rebs with Team High 14 Blocks + 55.3 FG%



#24 Ryan Pearson
6' 6" Junior Forward
Thru 8 Games: Averaging 11.1 Pts & 4.9 Rebs + 53.0 FG%



#45 Andre Cornelius
5' 10" Junior Guard
Thru 8 Games: Averaging 8.3 Pts & 1.5 Rebs + 42.4 FG% but 8-of-31 on 3-Pt Attempts (25.8%)

An interesting stat heading into this game is that we are 27th nationally in rebounds per game right now according to our ESPN page. This is amazing considering the height of the lineup we run out there. These guys just hussle and don't give up on loose balls.

jenkins wrote:An interesting stat heading into this game is that we are 27th nationally in rebounds per game right now according to our ESPN page. This is amazing considering the height of the lineup we run out there. These guys just hussle and don't give up on loose balls.

But we have a midget team! How do we even compete!?!?!?!

Our undersized point guard has the same rebounding average as GMU's 6'9" post player.

Grow up or get a job or something...i never said that. I said we are undersized. That fact still hasn't changed. As i said then it doesn't mean you can't compete and overcome that. Our lineup is 6-6 and under, that is fine because we are making it work.

In fairness to Jenkins, our current starting front line is definatly on the short side. Early on we certainly thought we would be seeing more of Carter and JVP.

I'd love to have that Wilmington game back. Oh well, it's all a process. This will be a good test for us though. I don't expect to win, but I do expect it to be close and not decided until the last 5 minutes. And I wouldn't be surprised one bit to see us win.

I'm hoping to pull one of these next 2 out.

A split would indeed be nice. I'd say W&M is the more likely win, but I believe we can hang with GMU. Only 2 games in the next 2 weeks will give the guys time to rest, study and get in some quality practices.

jenkins wrote:An interesting stat heading into this game is that we are 27th nationally in rebounds per game right now according to our ESPN page. This is amazing considering the height of the lineup we run out there. These guys just hussle and don't give up on loose balls.

A lot of missed shots will do that.

Schfourteenteen wrote:

jenkins wrote:An interesting stat heading into this game is that we are 27th nationally in rebounds per game right now according to our ESPN page. This is amazing considering the height of the lineup we run out there. These guys just hussle and don't give up on loose balls.

A lot of missed shots will do that.

That has a lot to do with it. We're pitiful shooting the ball.

I read on the WU board how they had out-rebounded us by double digits in each of our match-ups over the past 3-4 games. It was nice to see Liberty come out ahead in the stat sheet there.

Missed shots mean more rebounding opportunities for both teams. It really doesn't play in to who gets more that much.

They missed pretty much the same percentage of shots we did in the Winthrop game. We just hit the boards harder.

olldflame wrote:Missed shots mean more rebounding opportunities for both teams. It really doesn't play in to who gets more that much.

ToTheLeft wrote:They missed pretty much the same percentage of shots we did in the Winthrop game. We just hit the boards harder.

jenkins wrote:27th nationally in rebounds per game

Notice the absence of the word "MARGIN"

Bottom line is we are a good rebounding team. Our PG is the best rebounding PG in the conference. Our PF is the best rebounder in the conference regardless of position. Everyone else holds their own just fine.

We won't lose a game this year because of defense or rebounding. When was the last time we could say that?

Schfourteenteen wrote:

olldflame wrote:Missed shots mean more rebounding opportunities for both teams. It really doesn't play in to who gets more that much.

ToTheLeft wrote:They missed pretty much the same percentage of shots we did in the Winthrop game. We just hit the boards harder.

jenkins wrote:27th nationally in rebounds per game

Notice the absence of the word "MARGIN"

You should check your stats before posting something like this.

We're 26th in the NATION in rebounding margin per game.

I'm responsible for the accuracy of someone else's posts?

Rebounding margin is a much more meaningful statistic. I'm sure VMI is very high on that total rebounds list, but like a lot of their stats it's a product of their style.

Schfourteenteen wrote:I'm responsible for the accuracy of someone else's posts?

yes

ToTheLeft wrote:
We're 26th in the NATION in rebounding margin per game.

I do appreciate you attempting to add to the discussion. Maybe we can turn our focus to this statistic.

Schfourteenteen wrote:

ToTheLeft wrote:
We're 26th in the NATION in rebounding margin per game.

I do appreciate you attempting to add to the discussion. Maybe we can turn our focus to this statistic.

I thought your backhanded response was "we get more rebounds because there's a ton of missed shots in the games we play"

When the truth is that we're just a really good rebounding team.

I thought you were continuing to harp on your point by quoting those posts.

We're one of the best in the nation at outrebounding our opponents. That would go against what I thought you were trying to say.

You know I love you.

BuryYourDuke wrote:This place has gotten extra contentious since the Coastal loss.

Very much so.

Anyways, look forward to seeing that this team is made of on Saturday. Really surprised UNCA lost, I thought they would be a good team this year. Although obviously you can't judge on one game.

They squeaked out a win over Loyola (MD) last night. This is going to be a big test for our program.

Squeaked? They won by 14.

Chris Lang wrote:Squeaked? They won by 14.

Well, Loyola is not exactly an impressive team so this gives me a little bit more hope.