JMU Scrimmage: A Defensive Wake-Up Call
Tom flies solo from Northern Virginia after Richmond’s 90–81 loss to JMU in the second scrimmage of the preseason. The final score made it look closer than it felt: JMU repeatedly got into the lane, while the Spiders struggled to defend one-on-one.
There were bright spots, including hot first-half shooting from McCaffrey and Kaiser and a stronger showing from Harper. Tom breaks down what worked, what needs attention before the season opener, and why the defense has to improve.
Plus: a beautiful but very loud arena, a denied media pass, the fading Richmond–JMU basketball rivalry, memories of…
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