I was there tonight..some thoughts-

- Tony took over tonight like no GW player has like Shawnta. In the 2nd half, URI knew what he was going to do, he killed clock and still scored. Unbelievable performance and he's not that far from passing Kevin Anderson from the 2nd best guard in the league.

- Be grateful for what you have. URI was so terribly coached it was laughable. ALl they did was come up, go one on one and shoot a contested shot. They have three of the better shooters in the conference and one of the most talented players in the conference and can't score because they have zero offensive game plan. Lot of URI fans wish they had a coach like HObbs fyi.

- Defense was terrific. Combo of Pellom and Smith really flustered James.Pressure forced a ton of turnovers. Great defensive game plan against this offense.

- I agree that we are lacking in depth at the 1 spot but we're not different from many other A10 teams. Xavier has no backup for HOlloway. Richmond has no backup for Anderson. And when URI put in their backup for JOnes who had foul trouble he was torched over and over again by TT. 

- Great games from Bynes and Ware. Ware is a very cerebral player. Just gets it done on O and rebounds and defends. Bynes was shooting great tonight and did an ok job running the offense. 

- Ugly game for BIg Joe. Missed a wide open dunk. Hopefully he can rebound from this for a big game Saturday. Still compared to Martel Joe looks like Hakeem Olajuwon. 

- I feel bad for Delroy James. With a coach who runs a true offense this guy could be an all-american. All the talent in the world-

- How anybody can argue we're not set up well for next year is beyond me. There's no argument really. 

Great post, DEA!  Thanks for the report. Couple of thoughts: 

1) You talk about how hurt URI was because they have no backup for Jones. Actually, they had arguably the league's best backup PG in Daniel West, but for some reason he left the team about 5 weeks ago. he was playing 18 minutes a game, and dishing out over 3 assists per game as a pass-first PG.  There was never an explanation that I saw for why he left.

2) Your point about how all they do is just drive to the basket one-on-one. Unfortuantely, that's what we do a lot, too.   I'm thankful URI doesn't pass better, becuase our D is designed to choke off that type of team.  But for almost all of the OOC, and even in many conference games, that's all we've done, too (now, we are setting a lot more screens, but like in the 2nd half vs. Temple, or even in wins vs. UMASS or SLU, what you describe is pretty much exacly what our offense was).  Obviously we are MUCH, MUCH better when guys are moving without the ball and setting screens for jumpers and for driving lanes.

3) I think people here underrate the impact of Pellom's defense.  I think is length and quickness are one of the main reasons that a lot of the middling A-10 teams are struggling to score against us.