Will be interesting to see how St. Bona does against Buffalo tonight.

I would check your guide. Time Warner Sports Channel Ohio - Mid-Ohio and Northeast Ohio has the Ohio/St. Bonaventure on its schedule while Time Warner Sports Channel Ohio - Southwest Ohio has the Ohio Division I State Championship game on its schedule. I'm not sure which one of those is shown in Athens.

Link: http://www.twcsportschannel.com/oh/northeastohio/TV-Schedule

Game is on Time Warner program guide in Cleveland area. Will be interesting to see since it is doubtful the game will start at 4. Hope they don't cut out early on the back end. Nothing Time Warner does is surprising.

I caught the end of it and you are correct. The Bonnies went into their prevent offense and it nearly cost them. Buffalo's offense is ugly and will be all year IMO. Last year they had two good penetrating guards and a couple of bigs to get their misses. They just have one of the guards left and both good bigs are gone. But they are physical on defense, something we are not. But they make a lot of games ugly to watch.

Saturday's game will be a completely different story. We move the ball well and can shoot but to say we are not physical on defense is an understatement. But we'll have a size advantage. Our starting five goes 6-1, 6-8, 6-9, 6-9, 6-10. We also go 9 or 10 deep while I believe you guys only play 7. I know your big guy is out for the early part of the year so that will change I'm sure.

We seem to have at least one extended drought a game. Those are a lot tougher to overcome on the road. Let's see howhat we handle it.

I know we don't play a lot of zone but this might be a game to mix it in. The Bonnies can't shoot a lick from behind the arc. They were 2-21 last night and are ranked #332 as a team on the year. Of course, they couldn't shoot a lick last year either and managed to his 6-13 against us. Their guards, Marcus Posley and Jaylen Adams, combined for 46 last year hitting 6-10 from 3 and 14-24 overall. Adams used and abused Bean all night. Let's hope Simmons can do a better job on him.

Looked like you guys relied a lot on one-on-one play. Skeete and Wiggington missed seeing a few wide open players and drove for contested shots. Even Bearden didn't seem to be seeing the court very well. Maybe the two games I saw you guys were outliers but in both your offense looked like a serious work in progress.

I've been reading their board for the last week so I saw that. I also saw they were making fun of your attendance and then I looked it up and their attendance is pretty much the same as yours. I wouldn't say this game is our toughest game by far but it might be the most important OOC game for us. It's our only true road game and the Bonnies are a good team. If we win it and then beat Cleveland State next week we've got a real shot at 10-2 coming in to league play. To their credit someone called out the guy above on that claim.

Do you think it will be that little? I was thinking more along the lines of 7 or 8.

I noticed that quote too and was amused by it but was also impressed that it was immediately rebuffed by another poster. UB and OU are coming off of polar opposite years but I think we share some similarities at the beginning of this season, namely having talent but lacking consistency. Ohio has really struggled with turnovers and pressure, if St.B attacks OU they way they attacked Buffalo its going to be a big challenge for the Cats.

Speaking of Cats, on their blog recap of the UB game they mention their next opponent is the BEARcats. oops.

Looking a little more closely at Bonaventure's line up, here's a few observations-

SENIORS (3)
-Marcus Posley, PG. Leads team in scoring(18.3) and minutes(37.5), 38%FG, 27%3pt. Ball State transfer, 2*.
-Dion Right, PF. 2nd in scoring(17.3), leads team in rebounds(8.8). No other offers out of high school, 2*.
- David Andoh, PF. Hasn't played this season, medical redshirt. Transferred from SJSU and Liberty. 3*.


JUNIORS (3)
- Matt Mobley, PG. Hasn't played this season, transfer redshirt. Transferred from Cent Conn. No other offers out of high school, 2*.
- Courtney Stockard, SG. Hasn't played this season, reserve with broken toe. JUCO transfer, 2*.
- Denzel Gregg, SF. 26.7min/gm, 9.2pts, 6.0rebs. Two other offers out of high school, 2*.


SOPHOMORES (2)
- Jaylen Adams, PG. 2nd in minutes(34.8), 13.0pts/gm, leads team in assts(4.3). Offer from 1 other school, 2*
- Idris Taqqee, SG. 25.8min/gm, 3.3pts, 4.2rebs. Two other offers out of high school, 2*.
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FRESHMEN (4)
- Nelson Kaputo, PG. 20.5min/gm, 6.3pts, 3.0assts. leads team in 3pt%(.345). Eight other offers out of high school 2*.
- LaDarien Griffin, SF. 4.0min/gm, 1.0pts, 0.5rebs. No other offers out of high school, 3*.
- Derrick Woods, PF. 18.2min/gm, 5.3pts, 3.2rebs. Four other offers out of high school, 2*.
- Jordan Tyson, C. Red shirt, 3*.




St. Bonaventure has 12 players on scholarship but 4 of them appear to be taking red shirts this season for various reasons. Of the 8 available players one plays 4min/gm, leaving them with just a 7 man rotation- 2 seniors, 1 junior, 2 sophomores, and 2 freshmen. Our depth might be an advantage for us on the road. Also worth noting that as a team they are only shooting 26.9% from 3.

They don't blow you away on paper but they are an A10 team and they'll be confident at home vs a MAC opponent. Looking forward to this one, should be a good one.

JMU - Prestige?