Another pathetic effort.  No consistency and a complete lack of focus.  This team is underachieving, there is no doubt about it.  No heart at all.

 If this is a lost year then at some point I'd love to see some of the younger players start to get more PT. Build for the future. I'm a pretty firm believer that next year should be a much better year. A starting line up of Cooper, Kellogg, Hall, Baltic, Smith with Stevie Taylor, Jon Mitchell, and Walter Offutt coming off the bench is a dream come true. If Johnson can make a big leap this offseason and become the player we all think he can be based on projections out of HS ball then he can add something as well. Jacobs may not give us too much production next year but he still needs time to develop. Throw him into the fire, let him get burned but more importantly let him learn from that. I don't think 7 points, 1 rebound, 3 turnovers would be that sorely missed by giving Jacobs a little more burn in games.

Is it football season yet?

Seriously, I'm not ready to give up on this team, but damn it was hard losing the BG game by double digits after they battled back and had two or three chances to take the lead.

The season is not over by a long shot. Unless we get better in some areas we are looking like a very average team that's capable of playing very well in stretches, but not consistantly. It's certainly not time to start emptying the bench and looking to next year.

John Groce is a young, high energy, charisma guy. He recruits very well relative to the MAC but hasn't delivered a MAC regular season championship (MAC tournament doesn't count, it just doesn't). Sound familiar?

In all fairness, in the last year we've lost Jay Kinney, Stevie Fresh, and Armon Bassett. They were all pure scorers and unfortunately that's exactly what this team is missing. So I'll give him a mulligan for this year.

I don't care about winning and losing. What I do care about is the effort on the court. For a few players on the team the effort is not there at all. In the last two games Devaughn has 58 minutes played and 2 rebounds. I don't care if both of his hands are broken, get more than two rebounds. Big Reg has 20 minutes and 1 rebound. Is that because Groce doesn't know how to get his players up for these games or is it on the shoulder's of the players themselves?

The sky has fallen on this season. I'm a Clevelander, I know all about hope and faith and next year. I'm a die-hard Bobcat fan, the same rules apply. I've come back early from breaks and left late just to squeeze in some extra home games during my time in school. Last night's loss was the death blow to the season for me. We lost to Bowling Green, a team that lost to Howard, the Howard that only has one other win this year (they just lost to Norfolk State last night at home).  I understand that yes BG beat Miami but I don't care. Good luck catching Ball State for that regular season crown while the goons in the East beat up on each other.

I'm an apologist when it comes to Bobcat athletics but I just can't justify all the bad on the team this year. All the home losses, the Kansas Incident, the OOC let down, the Marshall game, and the complete lack of effort on the floor. My enthusiasm will be back in time for our first round MAC tourny road trip to kick off the gusto portion of the 2010-2011 season

P.S. - I really see a lot of potential in next year's squad. Ivo's got the energy of Tunji but also has an offensive presence (not a knock on Tunji, he almost single handedly resurrected the Kent State game). Kellog appears to be able to stroke like Tommy. If Walter's a pure scorer and Smith can rebound, I'm ready to celebrate my senior year with a MAC championship.

Um, not trying to be a smart ass...but can you really give the guy a mulligan on these 3 players leaving when he was the one who brought them in to begin with? He deserves the opposite of a mulligan on these 3 players. He deserves a 2 stroke penalty.

To be fair TOS brought Stevie Fresh in.

Glass 50% full:  We started 0-4 MAC last year and look what happened and we're better than that 1-3 now.

Glas half empty:  Our overall record, our lack of answers.

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Is it football season yet? . . .

Shh . . . don't let Alan Swank hear you talk like that!