Came here to say this. The four fouls is one thing, but it's pretty obvious CMU is exhausted. Let Elliot push the agenda and catch them sleeping for easy buckets. We made this way harder than it needed to be.

More fouls per minute?

Are we winning in spite of our coaching? Is it time for a change?

I want to retain Elliott, Brown, Pav, and Hadaway equally. I'll live with whatever other roster turnover may happen, but those four have to stay.

Gritty win. Refs were just bizarre. Called a lot of hand checks on us while CMU was bodying our guards all game. Strange.

Clayton obviously injured and gutting it out.

It’s gonna be a struggle with Clayton hurt and Hadaway out.

Eliott getting more confident every game. Good to see.

I don't want them to leave, but I think in the case of James, Sheldon, and Nicol there needs to be some honest reflection of what they can realistically contribute to the program and whether that's aligned with what they want out of what college basketball career they still have. Burris and Kuany obviously get a pass. Evans should be looking at the departures of Clayton and Searls as his golden opportunity to at MINIMUM solidify 15 minutes a night in the rotation.

Pav, Elliott, Brown, Hadaway, reliable frontcourt player TBD can be a contender.

Hand checks are illegal, while being in legal guarding position using your body is not illegal.

#theUpgrade vs #theLithuanian

"Upgrade" - zero points, 1 rebound, 5 fouls

"Lithuanian" - 25 points, 6 boards, 2 fouls

(recruiting matters)

I know it was high school, so take it for what it's worth (not much), but a friend of mine watched Burris play several times in high school. When I told him Burris was coming to OU, he was surprised. Said he looked like a player out of our reach, destined for a bigger school.

Maybe I have missed it, but I haven't seen anyone mention the random new guy on the mens roster. I looked him up last night, and he's a crossover WR from the football team. https://ohiobobcats.com/sports/mbball/roster/matthew-stue...

Respectively, this isn't it.

Yeah if we want to blame Boals for our bigs this year at least place the blame where it lies and that's on AJC and Boals trust in him to be the guy this year.

Of course all the other MAC coaches thought he'd be OK too since they voted him preseason player of the year, but whatever.

Searls and Evans were never meant to be more than a backup and essentially a redshirt this year. Searls has been fantastic in that role, even stepping up to start and holding his own while Clayton was out. Evans is lost but was never meant to see the court much this year. Goal is he becomes a bench guy next year and then look for starter minutes by year 3.

Some of you look at the portal and demand 1 year instant uogrades/impact - and we've done that too with guys like DW3, Jaylin Hunter, Reef and Pavs - but that doesn't mean you still can't/don't have developmental guys. Especially for bigs who notoriously take time to develop.

It was obviously Jeff's answer to bigs costing too much in the portal. Rely on your supposed player of the year with Hadaway as a running mate and find a plug in back up in Searls for this year. Then the "fix" for the bigs comes from recruiting a possible stud but you have to wait 2-3 years to reap the rewards.

My guess is we see another 1 year spot starter at center next year from the portal or D2 to again pair with Hadaway and then let Evans become the backup next year and starter in 26-27. That would also likely be the year to recruit the next HS big to develop behind Evans in hopes they're ready by 28-29.