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This certainly changes things for tonight and possibly for the CAA picture overall the rest of the way (depending on how the motion to reconsider goes):

https://cofcsports.com/news/2026/2/12/m ... mmediately

Big loss for Charleston. Hickman was the Cougars' second-leading scorer, although he hadn't scored more than eight points over his last five games, including Charleston's win at Hofstra.

Wags wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 6:18 pm This certainly changes things for tonight and possibly for the CAA picture overall the rest of the way (depending on how the motion to reconsider goes):

https://cofcsports.com/news/2026/2/12/m ... mmediately

Big loss for Charleston. Hickman was the Cougars' second-leading scorer, although he hadn't scored more than eight points over his last five games, including Charleston's win at Hofstra.

Beat me to it Wags! Lol.

The NCAA is such a mess. How can you have guys just ruled ineligible in the middle of the season? Just like with Bediako at Alabama, I'd argue he never should have been allowed to play in the first place, but once he did how can they go back and rule him out again so fast?

At any rate, this is a big break for us tonight and rest of the way. Would expect to see a lot more of Chris Davis Jr, one of Charleston's prized freshman who's minutes have been trending up lately

Ah yes, the NCAA brass is right on cue to screw over a kid for no reason and make an example out of ... a mid major. But completely gloss over the fact that they are allowing kids to play a ridiculous number of years and have guys that are approaching 30 out there - whole system is a complete joke.

Listen it's not us and it limits an opponent of ours which is helpful, but the point here is the NCAA is a disgusting and corrupt business that needs to be burned down and replaced with an organization with integrity and competence.

Wags wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 2:52 pm

EvanJ wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 2:47 pm KenPom expects us to win 74-72 with a 58 percent chance of winning.

That's surprising. Great if it happens!

KenPom has us 104th, and Charleston 173rd. That gap is as big as the median team in 183nd to 69 spots above or 88 spots below.

https://defiantlydutch.blogspot.com/202 ... eston.html is Jerry Beach's "I'll Be Quirky: Charleston." We are one of twelve teams without a double-digit loss. Belmont and Clemson got their first double-digit loss this week. The other teams without a double-digit loss are Arizona, Connecticut, Duke, Florida, Houston, Miami of Ohio (the only undefeated team), Michigan, Nebraska (who came back from down 22 to lose in overtime), Saint Louis, Stephen F. Austin, and UNCW. The Big Ten, Big 12, and CAA are the only conferences with two of those teams.

Davis needs 13 points to become the 43rd player to score 1,000 for us.

dutchPride86 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 6:32 pm

Wags wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 6:18 pm This certainly changes things for tonight and possibly for the CAA picture overall the rest of the way (depending on how the motion to reconsider goes):

https://cofcsports.com/news/2026/2/12/m ... mmediately

Big loss for Charleston. Hickman was the Cougars' second-leading scorer, although he hadn't scored more than eight points over his last five games, including Charleston's win at Hofstra.

Beat me to it Wags! Lol.

The NCAA is such a mess. How can you have guys just ruled ineligible in the middle of the season? Just like with Bediako at Alabama, I'd argue he never should have been allowed to play in the first place, but once he did how can they go back and rule him out again so fast?

At any rate, this is a big break for us tonight and rest of the way. Would expect to see a lot more of Chris Davis Jr, one of Charleston's prized freshman who's minutes have been trending up lately

Different people are making decisions. If a judge makes a temporary decision and then changes his mind or is overturned by a higher court, that is not the NCAA changing their mind. The NCAA wants Congress to pass a law about eligibility so that athletes cannot gain eligibility in court. Some judges might like the attention they get from ruling against the NCAA. Years ago there was a judge who overturned a high school sports suspension, which is normally considered too small a dispute to be decided by a judge.

https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=610977 has the rosters before the game. They do not have Hickman (or Amir Williams and our players who have not played all season). Charleston has nine guards, three forwards, and one center. Jaxon Prunty, who started 10 of the first 13 games and none of the last 12, could start instead of Hickman. He averages 4.4 points and does not shoot well.

https://www.flohoops.com/live/214590 will have video.

Edit: We are starting Edmead, Davis, Plotnikov, DeCady, and Sunday. Charleston is starting Martin Kalu (freshman guard, 9.8 points), Chris Davis Jr. (freshman guard, 6.5 points), Jlynn Counter (graduate guard, 16.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 5.3 assists), Colby Duggan (junior forward, 9.9 points), and Christian Reeves (junior center, 10.5 points, 7.5 rebounds). Davis Jr. is starting for the second time. Prunty who I typed about earlier is not starting.

dutchPride86 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 6:32 pm I'd argue he never should have been allowed to play in the first place, but once he did how can they go back and rule him out again so fast?

This is exactly the problem. This is a thing that has to be decided before a season or not at all.

There are plenty of examples to shake our heads and say, "Typical NCAA," but good input from Evan (above) on the judges and courts, and how that can affect the timing here. Judges should factor that into their rulings though. Declaring him ineligible this far into the season is ludicrous. At the very least, they can try not drag their asses with the case, and if they were going to have a ruling on Hickman, at least try to have it during OOC play, not as we start the final third of CAA play. Anyway, the motion to reconsider and the possible stay on the ruling may have him playing again this season, just not tonight, at least.

As much as I'm not going to complain about it benefitting Hofstra, I'm sorry for Hickman and Charleston, who should not have to go through this at this point in the year.

We trail 18-17. The teams combined to make 10 field goals, which all had assists. Plotnikov made 3 threes.

Edit: A drought made us go down 20-17, but Plotnikov made his fourth three. 13 seconds later, he stole the ball, which led to Patterson's dunk to go up 22-20. Edmead is on the bench with 2 fouls and 0 field goal attempts. Charleston has 7 fouls including 3 players with 2 fouls.

Monmouth leads 27-14 at Drexel. Drexel won 73-51 at Monmouth.

Edit: We lead 37-30 at halftime. Plotnikov has 17 points from shooting threes 5-9 and free throws 2-2. Davis had 8 points and 4 assists. Patterson scored 6 and leads all players with 6 rebounds. DeCady, Sunday, and Edmead scored 2. Edmead did not attempt a field goal. Onuetu shot 0-3, and Reaves shot 0-2. Both teams attempted more threes than twos. Charleston averages 24.8 free throw attempts, but they attempted only 8. Chris Davis Jr. and Colby Duggan lead Charleston with 8. Plotnikov scored more than the next two highest players on either team combined. Duggan committed 3 fouls. Jlynn Counter did not make a field goal. He had 2 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists. Charleston blocked 3 shots, and I would have thought they blocked more.

Northeastern's Xavier Abreu has 19 points hosting W&M. W&M led by 12, but now leads by 2.

What a ridiculously terrible offensive foul there from Victory as Hofstra losing momentum. Idiotic. Just cant rely on him to keep his head in the game

German gonna break the Charleston pxp guy tonight

Ugly game but a win is a win and this was a big one.

+10 in rebounds was huge with all the poor shooting

Terrific win! Wasn't pretty but showed some real guts and toughness.

#1 reason we won tonight imo - DEFENSIVE REBOUNDING. Charleston only had 7 offensive rebounds for the game, we were +10 on the boards overall. The lack of 2nd chance opportunities for Charleston made all the difference. And Charleston is a team that just doesn't get beat on the boards like that.

Cruz made the plays a conference POY has to make in the final 2 minutes to win a game a like this. German's shooting helped make up for Edmead's off night

The offense when DeCady is in and no Biggie continues to worry me, I know Speedy was going offense/defense there down the stretch but thought he pulled Biggie too soon.

Sunday also continues to be unsung hero of the season. Cant say enough about how far he's come.

Finally, outside of German, Hofstra shot a combined 1-20 from 3 and still won. That's equally terrible and amazing. Lol

Paid them back, almost identically. Lost to Charleston at home, 66-64, won at their place, 66-62.

As mentioned, German 6/13 from 3, with his teammates 1/20 from 3. He absolutely saved them offensively.

Imagine shooting just 33% but winning at Charleston. They did because they allowed 32% shooting.

Now 14-1 allowing under 70 pts and 3-8 otherwise. They will go as far as their defense takes them.

dutchPride86 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 10:16 pm #1 reason we won tonight imo - DEFENSIVE REBOUNDING. Charleston only had 7 offensive rebounds for the game.

Charleston had 17 of those in Hempstead a couple of weeks ago.

Very happy with the win, but wow did the settle for a lot of threes when they were up 10 and let them chip away on the other end. Have to find a way to mix it up a bit especially with 1-20 from everyone not named German.

Great job on the boards. Silas was big again, as noted,especially given their size and very little from Victory (again).

Still don’t understand why Roberts doesn’t see the floor anymore. If he gets hot, he’s instant offense especially when then are shooting 21% from 3


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In two games against Charleston, we led for over 60 minutes.

Staff and team earned a hard fought road W tonight against a tough team in a tough environment - we are flawed, but we do have options, and now that the roster is actually being used it's a huge strength - can't just shut down 1 or even 2 guys, this squad can beat you in a number of ways, and that's really their key to winning this year IMO - almost good Cruz isn't an all game guy, forces the team to step up unlike yrs past with the clear POY guys

Some glaring concerns, but I'm not going to lay into any negative tonight, no team is perfect - they deserve some props in what was a huge game with an even more extremely difficult game coming up - I'm not too optimistic about that one, but after this W it takes a LOT of pressure off so go out there and throw your best punch, keep it close, and see what happens

Get some fast rest fellas, gonna need the whole team effort again at the W.

Pride97 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 10:51 pm Still don’t understand why Roberts doesn’t see the floor anymore. If he gets hot, he’s instant offense especially when then are shooting 21% from 3

I think it's his size and defense. But when everyone but one guy is struggling from 3 and the defense is good overall, it's worth the risk defensively for a short streth or two to throw him out there for a dozen total minutes and let him see if he can go a quick 4/6 from 3.

Polito wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 11:36 pm extremely difficult game coming up - I'm not too optimistic about that one, but after this W it takes a LOT of pressure off so go out there and throw your best punch, keep it close, and see what happens

They already did the job on this trip with the win tonight. It makes Saturday a house money game. If they lose, no problem, as long as they are competitive to show they belong with UNCW, in case they meet them in DC. Shouldn't be too much pressure. A win would be great, but after tonight, not really necessary. They're now in sole possession of 3rd and a game out of 2nd. That's fine for now. Just compete in Wilmington even if it's a loss. Just don't get blown out to the point where UNCW is sending a message that Hofstra doesn't belong with them. And then TCB in the last four to earn no worse than a 3 seed. That would give them a decent shot reaching the finals and taking another shot at UNCW if they are the 1 seed and hold serve in DC.

dutchPride86 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 9:24 pm What a ridiculously terrible offensive foul there from Victory as Hofstra losing momentum. Idiotic. Just cant rely on him to keep his head in the game

4 fouls in 8 min.

Between that and his ejection, he played a total of just nine minutes in both games against Charleston this year. Thanks goodness for Silas Sunday.

Victory has unfortunately regressed and needs some big time coaching up.

Mikey77 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 13, 2026 10:23 am Victory has unfortunately regressed and needs some big time coaching up.

Agreed, he can't make layups at 6-11...what's up with that?