It seems there was a tall guy once who had a first season O.U. stat line of:

PTS
3.0

AST
0.1

FG%
47.9

...but people acted like he was the next Giannis Antetokounmpo for some reason.

Absolutely. Team obviously isn't clicking yet and results don't look very good but no reason to give up now. Keep rooting and hoping they figure it out in March. Maybe they will and in that case you're right, nobody will care about tonight. Maybe they won't and this will get chalked up to a learning and rebuilding year.

Makes me feel like we need better players and guys need to get their collective crap together in a hurry. We'll see if that happens or not over time but you need these measuring stick and prove it games. They can't all be UC Clermont. Suck it up and compete with the big boys if you want to be at this level.

We can compete with Michigan, take them to overtime but get blown out by Florida? and then also get blown out by Marshall and Detroit Mercy?

Yes. Additional data points help put things in perspective and establish trends. Which one of those things above is not like the others?

I haven't seen the last three games, so I don't know if this is a trend but tonight the offense consisted mostly of one player dribbling for 20 seconds or so, then taking a shot. No movement off the ball whatsoever. Little passing to create an open man. This is not a three-pt shooting team, so the Florida D didn't have to guard the perimeter, making it tougher on the guys inside. That's not going to win many MAC games.

I agree with this statement. DWIII is looking like he's ready to play, but he has no supporting cast. The decimation brought about by the two defectors is obvious. I really admire DWiiI for his work ethic and his team spirit. Unfortunately this looks like the proverbial rebuilding year. I guess, at least in 2022, we are a football school!

Isn't UC-C in D2 in the UNITED STATES COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION?

They were all there along with his little brother who as we all know is an outstanding basketball talent himself who we are heavily recruiting.

AJ Brown deserved to start the game last night. #1-He is our best player on the team and his play has been head and shoulders above Baker in every phase of the game. #2-How do you not start him in front of his family and friends in his home state? Just as another nice gesture to him for picking Ohio when he clearly has P5 talent. Sorry, but Boals dropped the ball here big time. Trust me, all I kept thinking last night in the arena was that Todd Golden got a preview of what AJ could look like in Gator Blue and Orange. This is the world we live in now with the portal.

With a talent like this, playing AJ for only 3 minutes in the game’s first 12 minutes made zero sense for so many different reasons. The AJ Brown era of starting games in a Bobcat uniform should have began last night against Florida. It better start Saturday against Stetson. If not, we have every reason to question Boals and this staff even more for not starting his very best player and giving him at least 30 minutes per game.

Florida appeared taller, faster, stronger, and more athletic. They also appeared to have a chip on their shoulders after their own struggles against UCONN and West Virgina. The pace of the game also seemed extremely fast, thus giving Florida a clear advantage over us. Ohio has a lot of moving and independent pieces; most of which consist of MAC level inconsistency, which is why they are playing in the MAC and not the SEC. AJ Brown looks like the real deal, but he is young. There are flashes of promise here and there, but I don't see the team coming together yet or do I have much of a sense of who the leaders are at this time. I am sure it is there, but has yet to become clear to us outsiders.

The Michigan game, despite the outcome, is why it is fun watching Mid-Majors take on teams from the Power-5, especially if it is the Bobcats who are playing the role of David vs. Goliath. Unfortunately, there are games like this. The worst Ohio loss that I can remember, even compared to tonight's game, was that rebuilding year under Coach Hunter when Kansas absolutely mauled us, spanked us, and shredded us. We were clearly outmatched before the team even traveled there. Florida is no Kansas, of course, but they have a good coach and seem to have benefitted quite well from the transfer portal. Unfortunately for them, every team in the SEC is a potential monster this year, so I like our chances in the MAC better than their chances in the SEC.

I hope this team isn't needing confidence, because a beat down like this does not help. I am hoping instead that it gets them angry and motivated to show this was a fluke, and that it is time for everyone to start leaving it all out there on the floor, which was something that their own coach used to do while playing. With the transfer portal now in existence, it sounds like you can only take one year at a time, and that you should treat every year as your last with a specific team.

This was a terrible and embarrassing game. We did not hit a single shot outside the paint until there was about 10 minutes to go in the game. Offense was just a mess.

As is typical, some reactions are a little too far reaching. The commentator made a great point last night that you're gonna have about 3 games where just nothing is falling, and 3 games where everything is falling...your season is really about those 20 or so games in the middle. I do think last night was one of those dud games. But I will admit it was not well timed as we were on ESPN2 and I also thought about AJ Brown playing in his home state. All I could picture was them standing in the tunnel after the game and various trusted people in his life come away asking what in the world he is doing on that team.

Remember when Jason Preston was a freshman and Saul Phillips kept using Teyvion Kirk as the point guard all season while we all were screaming for a change? Kirk had about 2 turnovers for every assist while Preston was about 5 to 1 assist to turnover and oozing with obvious talent, and yet Saul just continued to let Kirk bring the ball up the court? In many ways Saul's career tombstone should read "here lies Saul Phillips, he just couldn't give up on Teyvion Kirk."

I hope the same thing doesn't happen with Boals & Baker. I will say Brown has actually had more minutes than Baker the last few games in the end. And we can't forget AJ got a late start due to the injury. But I do agree there is a symbolic vote of confidence and public acknowledgement that comes with starting. AJ is obviously one of the best guys on the court out there. He needs to be as full time as anyone.

Miles starting the season 18 for 31 (!!) behind the arc. 0 for 10 since. Hopefully that comes around as his outside shot was a huge part of some of our wins.

Great points. Boals is really committed to his guys but often times leaves me headscratching when it comes to others (and obviously we don't know what goes on in practice etc). I wonder why Adelodun sees no time. In a few minutes last night he had 2 rebounds and 2 assists and was all over the place defensively. Same with Ajay Sheldon. Dude plays hard everytime he's on the floor and had a nice floater. Three of our starters combined for 54 minutes, 1 of 17 field goals, 0 of 5 from 3 with 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals, 3 turnovers, 6 fouls and 3 points. That is between THREE STARTERS. I get that there are off nights but if you throw in Wiz and B-Rod who were each abhorrent, that's 7 guys in your rotation who were non-existent. I don't know how to cure it -- just hope we don't embarrass ourselves in conference.

When the news drops that AJ Brown enters the portal, we point to this game as the final straw.

This was the most obvious game on the schedule to start this kid. Pray that AJ's old AAU coach wasn't at this game.

I've seen multiple posts calling for this team to put their big boy pants on and step up and figure it out. I don't think that's how kids operate these days. If anything they are more likely to be looking at what team they'd want to pursue for next season and possibly earn some extra cash by doing so.