I think Miles is already the alpha guard. We just don’t have an alpha facilitator. Miles is a scorer and I think he’s proven that he should be looking for the shot first.

We lost a close road game in the MAC. Calm down people.

This was a very frustrating game. Not a particularly good game all around...the pace was fast and the bricks were aplenty. 98 rebounds in the game. We were too flat footed with careless overly fancy passing on offense and did a poor job of boxing out and grabbing the damn ball on defense. Coach Boals is no doubt really on the guys with this performance.

But we also had a lot of unlucky bounces...the rim was feeding the ball right to UB all night. I do not think rebounding will be an issue in the MAC, in fact I think it can be a strength. Not all luck though, there was definitely several that we let a UB guy come out of nowhere to grab a rebound he had no business getting. That'll be a point of emphasis this week.

Wiz getting 16 minutes (maybe more if he didn't foul out?) and DW only 24 (with just 1 foul) is definitely odd. Would love it if someone ask coach if DW is 100%. I understand he is a big guy coming off a medical redshirt year and load management and all that but only 24 mins in a close conference game where we desperately need him and the opponent has little answer for?

Only 2 players over 24 mins and 1 over 28 in a close conference game is pretty crazy...don't think I've ever seen anything like it. Boals, for the time being, seems committed to the deep 10 man rotation and limited minutes all around. Some nights it will be great others not so much.

Jaylin had an awful time distributing the ball tonight (and as an extension DW/Wiz were limited) and AJ couldn't create open looks like he usually can. We didn't shoot well across the board yet had a shot to tie it at the end. I'm disappointed but I can't be sky is falling upset over it. BG won't be easy and we may indeed have a poor record after 5 games but I still think this is a contending team and the MAC will be madness this year.

With each passing game it's obvious that Jaylin isn't a pure PG. He's not a "distribution first" think guy at the point. Too many step back 22 footers with a man in his face. Down 2 with the ball with 1:27 left and that horrible pass off the break to Baker was the ultimate killer. You can't do that.

I think he can be decent for the reasons you listed. However, he hasn’t been consistently decent despite having the Brown Bros and Wilson to distribute to. He makes his job harder on himself because of his decision making and at times what appears to not wanting being a facilitator.

Well said, this is actually when a "Fire Tim Albin" poll would be posted.

Have heard he's having issues with his knee. Not serious but troubling.

Apparently he didn't trust anyone on the team last year as well. Bad take.

Umm...with Gabe on the floor his +/- number was -23. Buffalo outscored Ohio by 23 points with Gabe on the floor. So yes, when you ask what we needed to do....we didn't need 16 minutes of Gabe on the floor. We needed more minutes out of Dwight who wasn't in foul trouble. Numbers don't lie.

Gabe has slow foot work which means he should always play closer to the hoop where he doesn't need to move much.






GO BOBCATS

The only issue with this model is two words: transfer portal. It's becoming harder and harder, especially for mid major teams, to develop young guys they have recruited and build towards the next season. I agree, it'd be great to see all of these young guys come back and continue in the program, develop, and win here. The reality is, we'll likely lose several pieces to the portal in April. It's becoming more like every year we're going to lose guys, bring in new guys, and hope they gel as a "new" group. The days of having several upper classmen on the team that have spent 3-4 years in Athens, to me, are largely going away.

At the beginning of the broadcast, the announcers said Ohio was one of the top rebounding teams in the country. I checked into it and we are indeed #30 in the nation. Seems like we probably have had some bounces go our way that have counted as rebounds because it doesn't seem like we are truly a "good" rebounding team and we certainly aren't blessed with height.

Not a whole lot to say about this game, tough road game to open up conference play. I've said all year that we will struggle in the post. When Wilson is on and is getting touches, he scores more times than not. After that, we have no options down low. We don't have shooters to compliment either so the double teams will continue.

Seems that Wiz is what we thought he was and those signs of improvement were probably overblown. Still a lot of season left but I can't trust him with the ball. When he is on the floor its essentially 5 defending 4.

I agree with another poster, we miss Sam Towns. I think he starts on this team this year and could've been a key contributor.