Tell us about Richmond
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Watched them today, had to win to get in and they're #84 on Kenpom. Meh.
They'll lose their first round game this year....that's all I got on them
Said it another thread. If Gilyard was 3 inches taller, he’d be at one of the big schools. He’s a helluva PG. one of those super senior, undersized guards that gets a lot of notoriety this time of year.
Other than that, don’t think they have anyone to match Keegan. Not many will.
Other than that, don’t think they have anyone to match Keegan. Not many will.
Their mascot is a spider and they have a spider handler (spider man) hold a live spider at games. Their beloved spider is named Rich the Spider.
They beat Cuse as a #15 seed about 30 years ago. Sorry, but it had to be brought up at some point.
They were the capital of the confederacy during the civil war.
That's all I got.
That's all I got.
Good guard, a good big man. If Iowa plays defense like they have been this should not be close. I worry about the short layoff, but that's my only worry.
This is very helpful info.
Fortunately Richmond has the same layoff. They blew their wad just to earn their way in this weekend and had to win a nail biter today also.
They’re no Oregon. So we got that going for us
their nickname is the spiders, pretty much all I know about them. If it were down to mascot creepiness they'd win easily.
It has the same name as the fictional high school from the feature motion picture "Coach Carter".
How did the Coach Carter team do in their end of season tournament?
Don’t get a slow start, makes the game more interesting but I prefer the way the last Northwestern game went.
The film ends with the team celebrating with the community, as graphics explain how six players went on to college.
Fortunately their Kenpom numbers are in line with Northwestern’s.
Always a worry, but I suspect we’re a deeper bench than Richmond as well. The boys will be ready.
Fran said they had a good coach, really good players, and that they play like we do. But, I also heard that they like to slow things down.
Their coaches young son cried tears of joy when they won today.
I look forward to his tears of sorrow on Thursday.
I look forward to his tears of sorrow on Thursday.
I realize anything can happen in this tournament, but what a terrible break for Richmond as a 12 drawing a very under seeded 5 Iowa team
Come Thursday, Iowa is going to make Richmond wish it was in the NIT.
I stayed home from school “sick” the day they beat Indiana in ‘88. One of my favorite memories with my mom. We were cheering for Richmond. But we smoke them on Thursday.
They have no one, and I mean no one, that can guard either Murray. Purdue was just huge inside and made it harder for Keegan to score at the rim. As others have said, GIlyard is good. Burton, the forward, is also a good player, can make 3's as well.
As a team, they have made 284 3's on the year. Gilyard has 90 of them, Burton another 55. So more than 50% of their made 3's from 2 guys. As a comparison, Iowa has made 325 3's on the year and shot a better % from 3.
What Richmond does well:
Don't foul on defense (they are 28th best in the country and not putting teams at the line). By comparison, Iowa is 71st.
Don't turn it over (9th best in the country in turnover %). Iowa is also stingy, with 3rd best turnover rate in the country.
They are kind of meh at everything else.
What they are poor at:
Offensive rebounding. They grab only 22% of their misses, 325th in the country.
Block%. They block only 6.1% of shots, 313th in the country.
They are 104th in the country in defensive efficiency, so should be much easier to score against than Indiana or Rutgers. But anything can happen in 1 game.
Richmond lost to Drake, Maryland, Utah State and Mississippi State in non conference. Iowa could not have asked for a better draw than playing in a 4-team quad of Richmond, Providence and South Dakota State. I would not be surprised in South Dakota State won the other game. Anything can happen, of course, but Iowa put itself in great shape to get out of the first weekend. Got Providence as the 4 seed (Pomeroy ranking of 49) instead of 4 seed UCLA (#8 in Pomeroy rankings).
Hawks eat big spiders as appetizers.😉
Looking briefly at Richmond’s championship game, the PG is the main threat. Small but super quick and a good shooter, we’ll need a good game out of Toussaint
Iowa beat Cuse as a low seed 42 years ago, so that equals that accomplishment.
Purdue and Iowa were both in the tourney 42 years ago and Purdue had a giant back then, just like they have a giant today....they both made the Final -4.
Greetings Hawkeyes, if you told me 4 days ago I would be posting on a Iowa message board I wouldn't of believed it. Ill go ahead and talk a little about us. Like you, we're getting hot at the right time. We had a what was likely an NCAA team back during 2020 but COVID wound up cancelling the tournament. Then last year we underachieved during a COVID ravaged season (3 pauses) with essentially the same squad. We returned many of the same players again this year but underachieved, had some bad bounces in the regular season vs all the top teams we avenged in the tournament. I feel that we had played like we did the last 4 days the regular season would of yielded better results. All in all we are thrilled to break what has been a way to long NCAA drought and seeing what these guys can do on the big stage vs the Big Boys.
As a team we don't run the Princeton offense as all the talking heads like to say since our HC is a Princeton grad. There are elements of it, specifically with regards to cutting to the basket. Defense was porous most the season.
Were led by A10 Tournament MVP Jacob Gilyard (5th year) the all time NCAA steals leader. He's playing the best ball of his career at the moment and was the main catalyst of the team during the tournament. Known more of a distributor but was more of a scorer earlier in his career and has opted to take more initiative trying to score the ball.
As far as some other key players for us Tyler Burton is IMO our most talented player and biggest mismatch when we play in the A10. Averages 16/7 shoots 80% from FT and can take control of a game.
6th year senior and AARP member Grant Golden has been here forever. Has good post moves and can dish the ball as well. Not known for his defense or rebounding though. More of a point forward.
5th year senior Nathan Cayo plays the 4 for us and isn't having as strong a season he did previously but is a very good cutter and getting to the basket. Finishing can be a problem with him at times.
Our best defender Andre Gustovson was out most the first half of the season and took a while to get back to 100%. He's been a great glue guy for us this season and does all the small things.
Bench included former All Conference player Nick Sherrod who tore his ACL twice over the years and came back for a 6th year. Not the player he once was, slow defensively but able to still shoot the 3. Matt Grace who is a wild card. He's Grant Goldens backup, played a ton in the NIT last year and balled out and turned into a solid role player since. Kinda awkward looking game, but he gave us the go ahead points today and yesterday late in the game. We have played him and golden on the floor at the same time too. Im curious if we go with a bigger lineup vs. Iowa. I think its imperative were able to push the ball inside to Golden who can setup the offense under the basket and get the defense lost which could lead to a lot of cutters. When we are at our best, teams that play us for the first time and are passive are likely to find themselves behind real quick and chasing us the rest of the game. If you are careless with the ball it will be a long day no matter how good a shooting night you're having.
Have a few other players but these will get the bulk of our minutes. Got rolled vs Maryland earlier this season but have beaten Big 10 teams in the past (2020 Wisconsin included). Our Achilles heel is rebounding. We got better at it the past few weeks but if I am Iowa I am crashing the boards EVERY TIME you miss a shot. Do that and don't turn the ball over and its going to be hard for us to win. We are not a historically good rebounding team. Our coach tends to emphasize efficiency over being overly physical. (Focus on preventing/causing turnovers over creating more possessions with rebounding). We are the only school to win games as a 12,13,14,15 seed and have a history of being "Giant Killers" which the media will probably talk about during the game.
Oh our AD is an Iowa grad.
Hope this helps.
As a team we don't run the Princeton offense as all the talking heads like to say since our HC is a Princeton grad. There are elements of it, specifically with regards to cutting to the basket. Defense was porous most the season.
Were led by A10 Tournament MVP Jacob Gilyard (5th year) the all time NCAA steals leader. He's playing the best ball of his career at the moment and was the main catalyst of the team during the tournament. Known more of a distributor but was more of a scorer earlier in his career and has opted to take more initiative trying to score the ball.
As far as some other key players for us Tyler Burton is IMO our most talented player and biggest mismatch when we play in the A10. Averages 16/7 shoots 80% from FT and can take control of a game.
6th year senior and AARP member Grant Golden has been here forever. Has good post moves and can dish the ball as well. Not known for his defense or rebounding though. More of a point forward.
5th year senior Nathan Cayo plays the 4 for us and isn't having as strong a season he did previously but is a very good cutter and getting to the basket. Finishing can be a problem with him at times.
Our best defender Andre Gustovson was out most the first half of the season and took a while to get back to 100%. He's been a great glue guy for us this season and does all the small things.
Bench included former All Conference player Nick Sherrod who tore his ACL twice over the years and came back for a 6th year. Not the player he once was, slow defensively but able to still shoot the 3. Matt Grace who is a wild card. He's Grant Goldens backup, played a ton in the NIT last year and balled out and turned into a solid role player since. Kinda awkward looking game, but he gave us the go ahead points today and yesterday late in the game. We have played him and golden on the floor at the same time too. Im curious if we go with a bigger lineup vs. Iowa. I think its imperative were able to push the ball inside to Golden who can setup the offense under the basket and get the defense lost which could lead to a lot of cutters. When we are at our best, teams that play us for the first time and are passive are likely to find themselves behind real quick and chasing us the rest of the game. If you are careless with the ball it will be a long day no matter how good a shooting night you're having.
Have a few other players but these will get the bulk of our minutes. Got rolled vs Maryland earlier this season but have beaten Big 10 teams in the past (2020 Wisconsin included). Our Achilles heel is rebounding. We got better at it the past few weeks but if I am Iowa I am crashing the boards EVERY TIME you miss a shot. Do that and don't turn the ball over and its going to be hard for us to win. We are not a historically good rebounding team. Our coach tends to emphasize efficiency over being overly physical. (Focus on preventing/causing turnovers over creating more possessions with rebounding). We are the only school to win games as a 12,13,14,15 seed and have a history of being "Giant Killers" which the media will probably talk about during the game.
Oh our AD is an Iowa grad.
Hope this helps.
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It's been a long time since we came into the tournament on a run. Either of the other teams look good for the second round. Best shot at Sweet 16 in decades. Now is our time.
