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Bobcat1998
1/21/2025 7:50 PM
OUbobcat9092 wrote:expand_more
If we're just going to punt this game with Clayton sitting on the bench, I want to see some Evans and Kuany in the game. Some Ben Nicol also.
I agree. Get AJB, Reef and Searls out of there. Two straight games of no effort. I can understand the injuries but the effort sucks. Memphis Sheldon is dead. Vegas Vic hates boxing out. Brown wants to be a spot up shooter. Free Nichol. Free Kuany. Hell, free Estis.
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BillyTheCat
1/21/2025 7:52 PM
If we dropped football to FCS we maybe could win more games. Someone has said on this board over the years.
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BillyTheCat
1/21/2025 7:53 PM
Lights going out would be the best thing that could happen tonight.
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SBH
1/21/2025 7:54 PM
bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more
Idiot announcers praising how EMU is keeping AJC in check, with only 3 pts and 1 reb
They've shut him down in the second half.
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FearLeon
1/21/2025 7:55 PM
Sheldon losing all feel for shooting this year is very reminiscent of BRod losing his stroke his last two seasons as a Bobcat.
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BillyTheCat
1/21/2025 7:56 PM
FearLeon wrote:expand_more
Sheldon losing all feel for shooting this year is very reminiscent of BRod losing his stroke his last two seasons as a Bobcat.
He at least hit the glass on that last 3
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Casper71
1/21/2025 7:58 PM
Bingo cc
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Cats5
1/21/2025 7:58 PM
Having no inside Big presence really hurts.
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FearLeon
1/21/2025 8:01 PM
Three guys basically out tonight: Chaos, Elmore and Clayton (mentally or sick/hurt?) and Ben Nicol still can’t get any minutes down 20 against EMU. Hard to believe he will be in Athens next year.
Last Edited: 1/21/2025 8:05:39 PM by FearLeon
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FearLeon
1/21/2025 8:03 PM
Cats5 wrote:expand_more
Having no inside Big presence really hurts.
No inside game.

No athleticism.

Bad combo.
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Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
1/21/2025 8:03 PM
cc-cat wrote:expand_more
He's especially good at dribbling in a circle down low with his head down. the fact he may be the best point guard we have is an indictment of the staff, not his effort.
Pavs does a lot of things well. He does a lot of things not-so-well, too.

But he's also basically our 4th best guy. So anybody watching this team that thinks he even warrants honorable mention for the biggest problems facing us seems pretty off-base to me. We had three guys on pre-season all mac teams -- Pavs wasn't one of them.

Our senior captain and pre-season 1st team all MAC guy completely disappeared against Akron.
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greencat
1/21/2025 8:04 PM
If Searls is the " #upgrade " it would be depressing to see what the " #downgrade " would be.
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Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
1/21/2025 8:05 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
If we dropped football to FCS we maybe could win more games. Someone has said on this board over the years.
Yes, more money would definitely be bad.
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Bobcat Love
1/21/2025 8:06 PM
Just two games ago, Claytong was doing the Michael Jordan shrug.

Reminiscent of Gavin Block pulling arrows out of his quiver en route to back-to-back 14-17 seasons under Saul, averaging 6-7ppg.
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Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
1/21/2025 8:07 PM
greencat wrote:expand_more
If Searls is the " #upgrade " it would be depressing to see what the " #downgrade " would be.
This team needs what Wiz does far more than it needs what Searls does.
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Bobcat Love
1/21/2025 8:08 PM
Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:expand_more
Searls is not a good defender and rebounds his position very poorly. He is what he is, but if we need 30 minutes a game out of him our defense is going to suffer. And we weren't a good defensive team to start with.

If Hadaway is out for an extended period of time, we're in a lot of trouble.
Theres a reason he was at ASHLAND.
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FJC31
1/21/2025 8:09 PM
Our roster deficiencies are showing in the worst way tonight.

A continued extended absence of Hadaway and Elmore (he might be gone) is going to be painful.
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GoCats105
1/21/2025 8:16 PM
cc-cat wrote:expand_more
There goes Pav again, dribbling, full-court trying to put a shot up. Great team basketball.
Pavs has the highest assist rate on the team by a huge margin, and without him the ball basically doesn't move. The idea that he's a selfish player is insane, and hI have no problem with somebody -- anybody in this game trying to make something happen right now. Nobody is stepping up and trying to lead this offense.
He's especially good at dribbling in a circle down low with his head down. the fact he may be the best point guard we have is an indictment of the staff, not his effort.
Is it an indictment on the entire MAC as well? Because he's 4th in the MAC in Assist/TO ratio and 2nd overall in APG.
Last Edited: 1/21/2025 8:18:12 PM by GoCats105
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bobcatsquared
1/21/2025 8:18 PM
It seems an ESPN+ camera person knows Clayton riding the bench is a story. The 2 announcers, however, have no clue Ohio's best player has been MIA since the early goings.
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FearLeon
1/21/2025 8:22 PM
bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more
It seems an ESPN+ camera person knows Clayton riding the bench is a story. The 2 announcers, however, have no clue Ohio's best player has been MIA since the early goings.
Clayton performance tonight is just like the Michael Jordan flu game against Utah.
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OUbobcat9092
1/21/2025 8:22 PM
Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:expand_more
If Searls is the " #upgrade " it would be depressing to see what the " #downgrade " would be.
This team needs what Wiz does far more than it needs what Searls does.
Miss rebounds, fumble the basketball, look like a deer on ice skates, and turn the ball over?
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bobcatsquared
1/21/2025 8:26 PM
Does Sheldon have the yips?
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Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
1/21/2025 8:28 PM
OUbobcat9092 wrote:expand_more
If Searls is the " #upgrade " it would be depressing to see what the " #downgrade " would be.
This team needs what Wiz does far more than it needs what Searls does.
Miss rebounds, fumble the basketball, look like a deer on ice skates, and turn the ball over?
Wiz turnover rate last year: 17.5%
Vic Searls so far this year: 22.9%

We -- very, very desperately -- need a big who can impact shots at the rim, hedge on a pick and roll and recover, and rebound his position reasonably well.

We don't need an offensive minded big who is our 7th best offensive player.
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Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
1/21/2025 8:31 PM
The only positive of the last two games is that we keep fighting.
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GoCats105
1/21/2025 8:31 PM
Might be time to go full havoc mode for the rest of the season.
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