We put up 44 and winning the rebound battle. Just some positives at least

Pavs is a stud.
Conners asserting himself.
Evans active.
Kelly is a future star.

Lots of positives.

Frustrations:
Hadaway stop shooting so many 3s
Sheldon hustle is good..no offense if not wide open
Kuany looks lost
Simmons will either dominate or kill us with his attitude

Overall good fight against what will be a top 5 team.

Simmons needs a reality check: you're not elite. Work harder. That last breakaway miss was lazy as Heck. Should be benched rest of game. He has been a huge disappointment. Really wish we had Breath and Elliott. Their hustle and athleticim is next level. I am sure OUr guys are tired. Still fighting.

I’m afraid we’re out of gas

Final score won’t reflect it but this is the first solid game of the year

I agree with all of this!

That was the best game we've played to date.

This team misses Breath. My early observation is he might be our best big.

Pavs, if he's gonna go 3-4 from 3, and 9-10 from the FT line....and score 28. Give him the keys to the car (Boals already has). This is more me proving I don't hate the kid. If he plays like THAT, he's a stud.

Simmons is over-rated. We need him to be successful, but I'd cut his minutes. Ayden Evans is still super raw, but you see the potential. He needs 4-8 minutes a night to develop.

Hadaway is our Mr do everything. Similar to having no real backup PG to Pavs (though it should be Sheldon), we have no other player on our team with Hadaway's skill set with length that can rebound, score and defend but also can play on the wing/corner. Agree I'd like to see him take less 3s as well, but sadly he may need to shoot a couple more than even he wants just to keep the D honest.

JJ Kelly has looked the part. He's got everything we lack. Size, length, speed, athleticism, can shoot, can drive, can rebound. His 3pt release is slow - and he's still a little tentative - so he still looks like a freshman at times, but man keep giving that kid minutes and he's going to blossom before our eyes.

Conners may be our best, most reliable, 3pt shooter this season. He can also drive and score a bit. To me, he should be our starting SG. I hate that it means Elliott might go to the bench but he's a better 3pt shooter than Elliott. And Kelly is longer than Elliott at the 3. Elliott is a PG. And while I harped for it last season, like I said at the top of this post, if Pavs is going to play like that then Elliott isn't playing over him either. Conners or Elliott and Simmons could create an amazing 1-2 "instant offense" duo off the bench IMO.

Sheldon. Mr. Hustle. Mr. loose ball rebound. Mr. loose ball steal. Mr. Still Can't Shoot. Mr. Still too small. Mr. needs to be our backup PG and then stays on the floor for crucial defensive possessions (though he still gets beat off the dribble) or when he's hitting from deep.

Then there's Kuany. Mr. Energy. He's super long. Super athletic. Super clumsy. He's a walking foul. He can also jump out the gym. Give him mop-up minutes and tell him to just dunk/rebound until he can figure out how to play D without fouling so much.

Starting 5: Pavs/Conners/Kelly/Hadaway/Breath
First 2 off bench: Elliott/Simmons
8th man/D guy/backup PG: Sheldon
Spot Minutes: Evans
Mop-Up Minutes: Kuany

looking at these last two games i see that we did better against louisville than St. marys. we scored 20 more points and had two balanced halves in scoring. 44 in the first and 37 in the second. obviously we don,t have the horses to beat a team like louisville especially on their court.

4 games in, with a tough schedule. Think folks are overreacting quite a bit. I've seen plenty that makes me think this team's more talented than last year's.

Certainly some shortcomings, but the MAC is the MAC and we should have a puncher's chance.

My overly simplistic analysis: Against St. Mary's we didn't have a pulse. Against Louisville, a faint pulse with some arrhythmia detectable.

This is where I’m at. A lot of these takes are overly dramatic. We’ve faced two mid-major preseason conference favorites and two teams with a Round of 32 floor.

We’re much more talented than last year and will be fine in MAC play. A 6-6 non-conference record to me was always a success, given the schedule.

Sheldon’s minutes are the main nuance to me, much like others. That’s Boals issue at this point and not a depiction of the talent we have.

That poster left with Albin.