I hate to state the obvious here, but being down potentially 3 starters would be tough for Duke to overcome let alone OU.

Not sure if we know if AJC was/is sick/inured/bad attitude (not sure I believe that one, bc he's a super senior and the team is 3rd in the MAC), but we wont win m(any) games without him.

Rip the band-aid, start the freshman. Regroup.

Sheldon looks bad. At least he was distributing the ball, but his shot is atrocious.

Searls - despite all the interesting hate - is playing efficiently. He's not Rudy Goebert out there, but he's active, he's scoring points, not taking bad shots, getting offensive rebounds. He's playing well.

AJB just hasn't stepped up. Someone needs to shake him alive. He took 12 shots vs EMU. I think he needs to take more and try to get going early, but he just hasn't been a factor. It's so bizarre, bc I think he's probably the most talented player every time he steps on the floor - but rarely looks confident enough to even attempt to assert himself.

Pav is doing his best to will this team forward and I appreciate it. He's finding his confidence. He's not taking bad shots. He's also playing efficiently. He's going after rebounds. He's distributing the ball. Also no defensive wunderkind out there, but he's trying to make up for it offensively.

They just dont seem to gel. It's all clunky. Gonna be a lot of 30+ min nights with so many injuries.

I'd go with

Pav
Reef
AJB
Evans
Searls (AJC?)

Elliot (Maybe Reef off the bench, let Elliott try to get going)


Throw everything else against the wall and see what sticks. Nobody is gonna be ready without playing and the wheels might be coming off if injuries linger.

Had this one marked as a W until last night when I saw us play and saw the Kent score. If you were waiting for the flashes to find their footing, it may have just happened.

I have friend, an Ohio alumnus, fraternity brother, and fellow Athenian, who is coming to Athens for this game from Washington, D.C. He's watched a lot of our games on TV, so he knows what he's getting into, but I still feel a little guilty that I didn't tell him to stay home. I guess I don't have a life either.

In Urban Bobcat defense...I'm sure there is a hint of sarcasm there. It's always fun to go to a game in Athens with college buddies...win or lose.

Sorry, guys and gals, but I've been an OHIO fan longer than most of you have been alive, and I find this current team one of the most frustrating I've ever watched. I like the individual players who all seem to be good guys, good students, and solid citizens. They really know how to pummel cupcakes, but when it comes to playing any team with a pulse they really struggle. Perhaps, it's lack of athleticism, but I sense that that is not the only issue. To borrow a phrase for the late, great Larry Hunter, this team seems to go into tough games with the wrong "mindset." To me they look like a bunch of amoebae running around with little coordination. Maybe too harsh? I hope that at the end of the season they put it all together and win the MAC tournament, but right now I'm feeling very down about this team.

It reminds me a bit of Saul's first squad.

That team went beyond underachieving to objectively bad.

Hadaway and Clayton will be out against Kent State with Elmore James likely back in the lineup.

Wow! Hate to hear that. Hasn’t he been having solid success there?

Last I looked he is something like 134-84 there

We still have a solid 7 guys and Elliott showed last game that he is the real deal. If there is any silver lining right now it's that Elliott should be getting more minutes with Hadaway and Clayton out. Evans was dominated inside last game so hopefully he can be more aggressive. And please, please, please get Kuany in just to see what we've got. Does anyone know the number of games he can play and still redshirt? Is that even a thing anymore?

It was discussed at the most recent NCAA Meeting to change this rule to something similar that football has, but as of right now, any game played and your redshirt is burned.