OCF - are you out there. This is the one we always agree on - has went. Ouch!

That's brutal. I worked at the Mess 20 years ago and the staff was thin then, so I can only imagine how few editors are around nowadays. I'm explaining - not excusing - that error.

FIRE Saul! FIRE SAUL! FIRE SAUL! GET RID OF SCHAUS WHILE YOU'RE AT IT! AND MCDAVIS TOO! GET RID OF THE WHOLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES! LET'S CLEAN HOUSE THIS WIN WAS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

While I don't like it, this particular error drives my wife super crazy.

Missed one of the few games I've missed all year today. Interesting to see rotation changing of late. I thought Gollon would be the first to lose all playing time once MAC play began and he has. No big surprise there as he's not ready. I also predicted Harley would be the next to go and boy has he. From starting to getting zero minutes and Laster taking his rotational spot. The most recent change, that I didn't see coming as I thought he was doing rather well, was Wadley. 4 total minutes today with Taylor getting his time. Only disappointment I saw from only seeing the box score was KK 1-6 from 3 and only 2 rebounds with 4 fouls. I keep waiting for some consistency from him, but...

It was a good move to get Taylor in there to bang with Maric. He wore him out and it showed late.

My take: excellent first half of defense. NIU worked ball to get inside but good hands and good positioned caused a bunch of turnovers. On both ends of the court Cats took what was available. 60% on 3 pointers and over 50% overall. Pretty good shot selection. Only took 4 foul shots by Cats. KK and Tony C. Out with 2 fouls a good deal. Block and Taylor gave good minutes. 16 point lead.

2nd half was strange. NIU played well at both ends for 12 minutes. Took the ball at us and found the open man. Ohio stalled on all counts. 10 points until after 8:00 minutes to go. After time out Cats did the same as NIU and won the battle. Lots of drive and dish or drives to force a foul. Cats took their big guy out of game for most part. During bad stretch Cats' offense was way out of sorts. Several times shot clock around 6 with no movement towards basket. Head scratching!

IMHO officiating was "interesting". Gave them some rope then would call something that had been allowed. Saw a lot of frustrated faces on both sides. A couple of "it's a foul if the shot doesn't go in" calls that benefitted both teams.

28 minutes of very good basketball. KK took ball to hole a few time which could help give him some room to get a comfortable shot as season progresses. Taylor isn't afraid of other bigs- will let Tony C play less careful at times if it continues. Simmons' turnovers are mostly a minor distraction when he can drive and dish as teammates keep moving.

The good is getting better. The bad isn't getting better yet. Hopefully that is an experience thing and our lapses are not complete breakdowns.

OT- Mediterranean on 33 in Lancaster was a nice different food stop.

Go Cats!

thanks for the info. COnsidered listening on Tunein during lectures but thought I might miss something reeeeeallllly important so kept my head in the game.

Med...good place....odd to find it in Lancaster....but after 6 years going back and forth to that community...it is one of the better places to grab some food. New rib place on the south end of town just past 188 going north is also pretty decent since Glass City closed.

What is the Med place you're referring to in Lancaster? If you know me, you know I do Med food and lots of it. Is it Greeks, or Middle Eastern'ers?

 

Saul didn't blow the 18 point lead; the players did. And guess what; they got it back to an 11 point difference in the end. Basketball games have an ebb and flow. We scored 48 points in the first half. More than this young team should be expected to score, so the game came back on them in the second half. I thought it was very encouraging that when Northern went up 4 we didn't fold. That shows progress for, once again, a young team. I'm convinced that if this had been earlier in the year, once Northern went up 4, they would have just increased the margin and won going away. Instead we fought back. Nice win.

We won. Good win. To think anything else is laughable.