Bobcats open as 10 point favorites.

Ohio just needs to come to play and take care of business in this game. This is a game we should win, but is not a lock by any stretch.

He didn't say high major - he said fairly large. I would contend that SIU, Houston, and Michigan State are fairly large although I'm not sure where he got four. And yes, specialized studies is a bit of a head scratcher.

I was able to locate the score on both Google and Bing. And Facebook. And Twitter.

Maybe the issue here is your use of obsolete communication mediums?

Two of those last five games were road victories. It wasn't too long ago that we were a terrible road team. Then all of a sudden we weren't. Hopefully we come into this game focused because if we aren't and they are we could very well lose this one.

I'm with you, Go Ohio!

Maybe we should put a call into Larry Hunter as WC played this team twice this year?






GO BOBCATS

When I went down to breakfast Thursday morning in NY, I picked up the USA today and NY Times to read and check the score. No score and my phone was up in my room (some of us don't wear one as a fifth appendage). Those regular season games you mentioned actually mean something - they contribute to a record that hopefully gets you seeding in the NCAA or NIT, two meaningful tournaments. This is nothing more than a basketball version of a meaningless lower level bowl game. It makes money for some third party entity. Unfortunately many folks fall into the trap of assigning it meaning and I can guarantee you that if we win the darn thing, we will hang a banner and lots of people will list in some vague way on their resume or in a press release for ticket selling purposes next year.

Take the money for this and put it into the women's locker room improvement fund.

As giacomo posted on here earlier, send the kids home. The long season is over and it's time to move on so the answer to your first point is no. Second, at our level, there is no month of extra practices for a bowl game. What they do have are 10 or so practices dedicated to a once in a lifetime meeting of a specific opponent. So based on these two statements the "if" in number three doesn't exist.

The first time someone sustains a serious injury in one of these meaningless games due to season fitigue, I think the tenor of this conversation will turn 180 degrees. I will concede if I was 18 - 22 and on the team, I would enjoy playing though if I was one of the 8 guys who gets to play. If I was player 9 through 14, the bench just got longer and harder.

I don't necessarily agree with Alan but i don't think that he's complaining just to be complaining. That's an unfair charge. I find his arguments here to be reasonable.





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If they were truly "meaningless", there would be no one in the stands. Let them play.

Nice to observe that folks dug in around 2008 when we played our first CBI are still firmly dug in.

My opinion does not mean squat so I am not going to try to move anyone's from where they were a decade ago as I still find the tourney's useful and part of building a program that hopefully will not have to worry about playing in anything but an NIT or NCAA at some point.

I know Devo, Tommy, Asown and then Nick Ivo DJ Reg and the next group benefitted from the post season one and done atmosphere and losing hit them squarely where it hurt. They learned from that situation and that was why it was written into the contract of the only MAC coach to win a game in the NCAA (or two) in awhile.

Saying those guys are fatigued and injury prone is not stretching the truth but I have also seen what happens when scholar athletes have nothing to do...(only time I ever found myself on a crawl with the team and some BAers)... They have a routine and since 4th grade or so they have been playing. FWIW I thinnk they do better in the classroom and in Athens while they are engaged. They will tell you they do as well.

The money aspect IMHO is part of the deal. Basketball is the same names as they were 30 years ago. Wichita had Sasha Dudovich and now they have Baker. Carolina, Kentucky etc are still there. Only the ones that made a commitment like Gonzaga, Butler, VCU and a few are new names. THey each spent money and nnow the boards at those places reflect a growing expectation from fans and the support in time and money. I know there are some in those fanbases who complain loudly everytime a seat license goes up or the cost of pretzels change and always seem to have an opinion on where it is going or should be going but I have trusted OUr AD and he has done some nice things with regard to vision and direction of resources. The basketball program is in a positive direction from when we first showed up and I hope it will become as dominant a force in this league as I hope it can. I never mind a melange of opinions. They only get tiresome when it comes off as just another complaint. Well thought out ideas are always for the betterment of the U.