- The Fightin' Wrens have perplexed friend and foe this season, showing substantial promise and confounding ineptitude, often within the same game.
- W&M's 3-8 conference record is good for a 9th-place tie with Hofstra (6th place among the 7 teams eligible for the CAA Tournament), and places the Tribe a full 2.5 games behind 5th-place-among-eligibles Drexel with five games to play. This isn't very good.
- Given both 1. and 2. above, we agree that W&M will finish either 6th or 7th among eligible teams;
The format of the abbreviated 2013 CAA Tournament means that the 6/7 seeds play the 3/2 seeds in the first round, avoiding the top-seeded Northeastern Huskies, who are clearly the class of the conference, until the finals. At the moment, the 2/3 line is being contested by Delaware, James Madison, and George Mason, all of whom are flawed teams that a hot Tribe squad is entirely capable of beating. (Ignore for the moment that fact that we're 0-3 against that trio this season. It's misleading in that it doesn't fit my narrative.)
Tribe coach Tony Shaver has demonstrated repeatedly his ability to get a team ready for the CAA Tournament, and this is one is his most talented, if not his deepest. Shaver's got four weeks and seven games to figure out why this squad has periodic lapses in concentration and solve its most pressing problem. If he does, the Tribe's chances are as good as anyone's in Richmond.Tonight marks the first of a four-games-in-eight days stretch that'll tell us a lot about whether Shaver's grokked his team's curious character. Three of those four are in Williamsburg, where W&M is 6-3 this season, and all save one are against mediocre opponents.
That one is this evening, as the aforementioned Northeastern Huskies travel from snowbound Boston. NU is 16-8, 11-1 in the CAA, and has shown a propensity for making plays when it matters most. Sort of the bizarro Tribe in that regard. W&M took the Huskies to double overtime in Boston in late January before falling, 95-91.
At this point, we are what our record says we are. But it says here that we don't necessarily need to stay that way. Lotta ball left. (Yeah, we're bringing that hoary chestnut back. Nothing else seems to have worked this season.)
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This is the year. The Tribe is going to Dayton where they'll get run out of the gym by Lamar. Hundreds of puzzled fans look on in silent bemusement as they await the Oregon State-Virginia Tech game, pondering why the NCAA won't sell beer at this event.
dayton! book your tickets now. g:tb mini-summit/road trip/aviation museum tour!
leesburg to dayton is 455.69 miles. just sayin'. and dayton is 70 miles from columbus, where we could invite ourselves to casa marston.
Jerry paints such a rosy picture
in jerry we trust.
I might have to boycott Makers Mark. They are reducing their alcohol by volume from 45% to 42%. Their reason, demand is too high and they have no way to support the growth. So I guess I'll help them out by not buying any more. Shame just finished a bottle over the weekend.
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a shame. but lots of good bourbon out there. if you haven't ready my many recs to try the Jack Daniels honey, try the Jack Daniels honey. tell 'em danimal sent ya.
We got a bottle of Maker's Mark 46 as a wedding gift. I've been a fervent, if not monogamous supporter of Maker's for a very long time, but Squeaky's revelation doesn't help their cause when more good alternatives pop up every year.
I won't implement a full-on Dave Grohl/Commercial Tap House/Wendy's on Lee Highway boycott, but it'll make me think twice.
Breaking news: The Pope is resigning, effective February 28. There will be a new pope elected by Easter. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
The bad news for Makers at my house is a bottle of Jack, Bookers and Willett Pot Still Reserve. And the back up bottle of 46, which is quite tasty.
Danimal, try the Willett if you can find it. Has a hint of honey. So might be similar to the Jack Honey.
jesus, clarence. try to keep up. all the good pope jokes were used by 8:30 this morning.
Yeah, I caught up after. I was poped. Sorry.
Zman, I am thinking maybe Auerbach won for his work on Dr. John's album? Or other such work. He's all over the place these days.
Or some producing he did in 2002.
What will you tell your father-in-law when he asks why you didn't invest in Eastern Poland?
well that was another terrible f'ing tribe loss
I do not like the Jack Daniels Honey. Or any of the honey bourbon's I've tried. The Crown Maple is okay but really sweet. Utimately, I want my bourbon to taste like bourbon.
preach it, mark.
also, fucking tribe.
You know who really sucks where Trive basketball is concerned? Rob.
i chronicle like a motherfucker, clarence. just can't predict for shit. i'd caution you to reserve your judgment until march, though.
marls and i drank our way across the east village, and made a pit stop that's soon to be legendary. or at least smile inducing.
Rob, the Tribe will lose in the first round again like they always do, and you know it. I'd wager the farm, or at least my farm boots.
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