Just saying the 3 struggled in a situation where they really needed to play better.  Two of which are players that need to show up every night if we are going to be successful.  I'm so happy you cited the 10 REB's and forget the 2 Pts, 7 fouls, and 5 to's from THREE starters.  Sorry you are part of the giddy group that is happy with a close loss tonight.  Why is Smith on the floor if so limited?  Why not start Keely?  8 shots were due to not being able to stay on the floor!  THAT IS THE PROBLEM!   The stayed on the bus was an analogy, sorry me the bozo didn't explain that to a few mental midgets!

Not happy with a close loss.  Why would you suggest such? Just another uninformed post by you I guess.

Face it SH$t happens -- Baltic & Kellogg got in FT early. Deal with it. They sat. Thus, they didn't contribute s expected. Exactly what do you fail to comprehend?

REPEAT: Smith is NOT a scorer. Comprehendo? So your reference to the pts. scored is irrelevant due to the foul trouble of Baltic & Kellogg.

i'd say our guards and wings can play with the Big 6 Conferences.  The problem in the MAC, and with OU, is that we just can't regularly land the 4 and 5% players to play with elite teams night in and night out.  We always have to hope our bigs play well. 

Ironically, back when we had the Leons and Brandons, the situation was the reverse...Our frontlines carried us.  But as you say, normally it's the reverse for a mid major.

And not to beat a dead horse, it's what was so disappointing about the Fears abdication. There was a blueprint that was so foreign to mid-majors. Frontline players in both the frontcourt and backcourt.

I don't know if Groce's system will ever invite dominant post players to Athens. Swing forwards, sure. But centers? I don't see a center ever being a star in Groce's scheme. But I could be wrong. I think Ohio will be a tad undersized as long as he's here. I'm okay with that.

This is such an epic whiff.

Baltic and Kellogg only played limited minutes because they both picked up their 2nd foul within the first five minutes of the game.  Baltic's 2nd foul was a horrible call on what should have been a clear blocking foul.   Both Kellogg's first two fouls were on aggressive plays on the defensive end. The first was on help defensive after they had just gotten an offensive rebound.  The second was a ticky-tacky call that they didn't make on the other end of the floor.  But both came out very aggressive and definitely not a case of them "staying on the bus."    I have to question if anybody that came to that conclusion even watched the game.

Our definitions of centers differ.  Washington was an undersized four, in my opinion.

Centers rebound and run rim to rim in this system .ooking for the pass to the middle. NO pass present they have several options, pop out to the high screen, coe across the lane fromthe weak side to occupy the low post , catch in the high post at the elbow or catch on the baseline.

Every one here can remember KVK and Dvw
-setting the high ball screen
-running the middle of the floor to get a pass ahead
-shooting the baseline jumper
-shooting the jumper from the elbow

I have a hard time remembering either one catching in the low post and "going to work", seems to me both caught and shot from areas that created an open shot within the offense. Not sure how we got to where we are now with the bigs stopping the ball rotation and leaving 4 guys standing on the perimeter.

No doubt that DVW with his athleticism was able to run the floor and take advantage at the rim and KVK could use his height and shooting to step out and hit  those jumpers. ONe aspect I always thought DVW did not get credit for was his deadly accuracy on that jump shot from the FT/high post area.

Yep.

Bingo

I did that at Neyland Stadium a few years ago when Chris Garrett ran back that kickoff, letting out what I can only describe as a Yankee letting out a rebel yell...poorly. I had bought a ticket off a guy who looked like he needed my 35 bucks for crack. At the 40 in the lower bowl. Nothing but Tenneseeagians.. About five thousand people in orange started staring at me. I slowly slink down into my seat, as if they woudn't see a fat guy dressed in green...

By the end of the game, we were talking and having fun. But that moment was not comfortable.

I think the best situation like that is when you're in a neutral crowd and you start winning them over to your side. That started happening in 2005 at Nashville against Florida. Me and my friends had Villanova folks whooping for us by the end.