Nice to know we can slaughter a team. Hadaway was outstanding. Gabe's stat line was solid!

Would be nice to see Jaylin hit a 3.

Eastern looked incredibly bad, wow. Acuff's 30 pts didn't even matter.

Tough week ahead against Akron and Kent!

I got home just in time to see EMU go on a 23-3 run to end it and still lose by 20. LOL.

Unless it's an ACC or SEC school closer to where he's from, why would he need to transfer? No reason to make a lateral move to another mid-major.

(warning: with guys like Dalton Knecht tearing it up on the major-major level, those p5 mega-school will be looking mid-major players even more than before)

Adding a PG made sense, but Reef really isn’t one. He’s a better Devon Baker. So again, we didn’t really address a weakness in Reef as we still need a PG for next season.

I’m keen to removing Sheldon from this group because he’s showing more athleticism than I think a lot of us thought he had. He also looks like the only real threat from 3PT range on our roster. Otherwise, I agree the others strengths don’t offset weaknesses to the current roster build.

the team did a great job winning the game. but the concern i see is how it that they had an 82-44 lead with seven minutes left and the final score wound up being 85- 67? it appears that for the last seven minutes the team totally broke down. the final score should have been around 100- 56. the team needs to start playing 40 solid minutes every game

 

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Gotta agree with BC2. Sheldon and Haddaway with their playing time have improved tremendously. They both add a lot offensively. The negative is,in my opinion, their defense needs to improve a whole lot.

That was an absolute ass kicking. We had them almost doubled up before we took our foot off the gas. Great ball movement and of course actually hitting our shots. Hopefully it gets the guys some confidence. But I've been around long enough to not fall in the trap of getting overly excited about 2 home games against weaker teams.

Best game for the Mitchell/Hunter duo. Both had some excellent drives to the bucket and pop up jumpers as well as several good assists. Getting more and more convinced Sheldon & Hadaway can be all-MAC level performers. Adding back AJB & EJ4 with Clayton makes me feel great about a starting 5 next fall.

I will never be able to accept the fall off of student support. I know it is a nationwide epidemic but I will still complain about it. How do 100 football players show up for the game as required to be recognized during the 1st half, and not a damn one of them sticks around? You're literally already in the building. These are fellow student athletes, who surely understand and appreciate how it feels to be supported by your classmates. It is free for the best seats in the house. It absolutely infuriates me. My 15 year old was completely dumbfounded as he watched them just walk right off the court and out the door. I sure hope none of them ever complain about the crowd size of one of their football games.

Beyond that, the students had maybe 10 guys standing and engaged and by the 2nd half there couldn't have been more than 100 total students there. Hope their afternoon of Netflix creates lasting memories for decades.

Have only heard it secondhand, but I agree - lack of support from YOUR OWN GUYS... that's tough. Especially, when you're literally already in the building. You had to LEAVE a place you already were - rather than support your guys in a fun game that was an absolute beating.

Back in my day, which was still fairly recently, teams supported each other. Even womens games had a nice crew of athletes.

Don't want to police their free time, but I hope Albin said something. It's a respect thing.

In theory, it should and could be easier to add what we need this portal season. Baring any transfers, our "core four" going into next season are AJC, Hadaway, AJB, and EJ4. It's safe to say Sheldon will play a ton along with Evans -- who might be an unknown but he's you know, 6'10.

I'm leaving Reef out as a starter because I'm still not convinced he won't dip once Jaylin graduates and he isn't a true PG even if he does stick around. Guaranteeing him a starting spot makes me think we'll see more of the same of whatever offense we're trying to run this season. If he's here, he should be 6th man.

Back to my original point -- we need to find complimentary players that fit the mold of rebounding, defense, facilitation, and 3PT shooting. Since we have 4 starters locked, it's unlikely we'll be a hotbed for P6 transfers when you factor in the lack of guaranteed playing time and limited financial means.

Again, just a theory -- but I'd like to think we can more effectively pluck talent looking to move up and contribute at the next level as role players based on our needs, instead of P6 players (getting attention from everyone) looking for starter minutes since we won't be able to offer that.

Yeah, I'm also very glad he can see. And like his game. But he needs to be able to guard somebody to be a starter, let alone all MAC. Sheldon, to me, is a rich man's Tommy Schmock. I think of him as what Bill Simmons calls a heat check guy; a shooter/scorer off the bench who can get you a lot of points quick. But I'm not sure I've seen him well-rounded enough to be an all conference guy.