I think Billy Taylor is a class act and wish him good luck against Kent State.

The problem with the inexperience excuse is that BSU was arguably even less experienced than we were.  Perry was their only senior, and they were playing a bunch of freshmen and sophomores as well.  Berry, Robinson, Bond, Scaife, Kaminicki, etc.

I'm guessing Bo was the official?  So, was he fouled or wasn't he?

I know, but it's hard to say that inexperience cost us, when the team we lost to was equally (or more) inexperienced themselves.

Thanks Dragon...the game went off TW here in Cincy at midnight so it wasn't on the tube...then ESPN froze up on the second free throw!  Yep, what an ending...

Certainly no the "next level" but we did go from #7 to #5 in the MAC.  I guess we should be happy for the progress!  Outta....

Tough one... Was at a bar that lost the game for a bit around the 4 min mark, and when it came back it was 65-62... For some reason, I'm not as upset as I usually would be, but the foul called to give BS a 3 point play was BS... I think we will be better next year.  Normally this is Flomo's philosophy and not mine.  My biggest frustration is DeVaughn and Tommy going out like that but last year was an unbelievable memory they will always carry with them.  We were 18-14 for a reason and tonight proved it.  I'm disappointed though and March Madness is done for me.

+1 there - I think that will improve as well. Getting close to last year it "Has To".........

Pretty sure I will still send in the checks when the tickets/Bobcat Club letters/"bills" come............and drive 3 hrs round trip to every game.............

Have to agree with Casper on this one; with no one in foul trouble and all our 1a guys on the floor for the close of the game and overtime, I wasn't feeling a huge void of coaching competence for the last seven minutes. (as we had seen often through the season)

I re-watched the Kent FB game last week to clear out space on my DVR last week (couldn't stomach it sooner), and last nights game had parallels to that one for me, where it seemed that the team definitely didn't execute when necessary, and that you couldn't pin much responsibility on the staff. (and unlike the Troy game where there was a clear lack of preparation on the staff's part in addition to lapses by the team)

What does parallel to the Troy game though is just how small this team felt on the court, all season, for me anyway.  Troy was just flat bigger and faster than Ohio, and when I watched the Kent BB game yesterday I kept thinking to myself (although considering Ohio had beaten them): "How in the hell are we going to compete with those big guys?!"

Sure, Ivo and DW are athletic and strong, but they aren't big, and I don't see that coming anytime soon.  When games get to crunch time, it sure doesn't hurt to have a bruiser or two on the boards to secure a victory.  I know we want to think of ourselves as this up-tempo, transition team, but often times it feels like we are up-tempo to our end of the court, not to the hoop, then we have to work our offense for the shot, and I personally think that is a problem.

I'm a hoops novice, I admit, but a number of things concern me for next year.  I just hope the revolving door of non-graduation players ceases. (and at least this year with the departure of Stevie Fresh we didn't have the "chronic" issues that persisted the last two)

I see the need for a bruiser as separate from our offensive issues.  The need for a big body is more on defense than offense.  Reggie Keely is becoming that guy on defense.  His work on Justin Greene in the Kent game was fantastic, for instance, until he got the quick 3 fouls at which point the game turned around.  In my mind, we need him to continue to develop, and need to add one more bruiser to rotate with him, so that we can body up with Greene and Mavunga next year. 

Offensively, if Jon Smith can replace Devaughn's production, Ivo can continue making progress, and Keely can regain some of his confidence, I think we'll have sufficient interior scoring.